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732374

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to increase funding for public libraries to enable more libraries to become digital community hubs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has provided support for library authorities throughout England to deliver library services that are accessible, modern and meets local needs. This included funding a £2.6 million programme to support the installation or upgrade of wifi in public libraries in England; benefitting around 1,000 libraries, and enabling over 99% of public libraries to offer free wifi. In addition, DCMS financed the £3.9m Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone fund to support innovative library service activity to benefit disadvantaged people and places in England. Around 60% of the successful local authority applicants are using digital means to support delivery of their projects. The Government will continue to encourage local authorities to invest in libraries to ensure that they remain relevant and meet the needs of the community.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/07/2017 14:57:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

731758

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her Department's policy to retain the entitlement to free television licences for the over-75s for the period 2020 to 2022.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>We retain the power to maintain free TV licences for over 75s until 2020, when the power transfers to the BBC. Any change proposed by the BBC would of course require consultation with the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/06/2017 16:09:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

731772

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she will take to ensure the reliability and objectivity of information essential to our democracy and a free and independent press; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government will always protect the reliability and objectivity of information essential to our democracy and a free and independent press.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/06/2017 13:08:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

731775

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce an industry-wide levy from social media companies and communications service providers to support awareness and preventative activity to counter internet harms; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>As part of the work on the Digital Charter, which was announced in the Queen's speech, the Government is considering a range of options to counter internet harms. Further details of our approach is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/matt-hancocks-speech-on-technology-at-the-margaret-thatcher-conference-on-security</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/06/2017 16:17:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

731776

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media: Ethics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to institute an expert data use and ethics commission; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The effective use and governance of data is of vital importance for our economy and society and my officials continue to work with others in government, industry and academia on this issue.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/06/2017 16:20:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

731779

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle digital exclusion in Coventry South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to tackling digital exclusion. The Digital Skills and Inclusion chapter of the Digital Strategy, published in March of this year, describes some of the many ways in which we are working across government and with industry and the charity sector to address the digital divide.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Government also funds Good Things Foundation to deliver the Future Digital Inclusion Programme. Good Things Foundation oversees the network of more than 5,000 UK Online Centres, several of which are located in Coventry South.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/06/2017 13:09:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

731946

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Athletics: Sportsgrounds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the locations of all eight-lane athletics tracks constructed in England since the 2012 Olympics.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>According to Sport England’s Active Places Power database which maps community sports facilities in England, 7 new eight-lane athletics tracks have been built in England since 2012. They are as follows;</p><p> </p><p>Edge Hill Sport in Ormskirk</p><p>Little Marlow Running Track in Marlow</p><p>Prissick Sports Village in Middlesbrough</p><p>Robert Blake and Elmwood Leisure in Bridgwater</p><p>St Marys School in Ascot</p><p>Victoria park in Warrington</p><p>Waltham Forest Feelgood Centre in Walthamstow</p><p> </p><p>This data can be found at: <a href="http://www.activeplacespower.com" target="_blank">www.activeplacespower.com</a></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 28/06/2017 09:47:41 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

731983

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to replicate the funding available to the creative industries through the European Regional Development Fund when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the EU means we can take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. We are discussing closely with stakeholders all EU funding schemes, to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK‘s national interest.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/06/2017 12:58:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

731984

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on the role of teaching creative subjects in schools in addressing any potential skills gap in the creative industries when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with ministerial colleagues on a range of issues relating to the creative industries, including skills and education. The creative industries are a focus of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper and Sir Peter Bazalgette is reviewing access to skills and talent as part of his sector review.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/06/2017 13:02:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

731985

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Culture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on smaller creative and cultural organisations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>We have met with a range of organisations, including large and small creative and cultural businesses to assess both the potential impacts, as well as the opportunities, arising from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 720 question first answered 27/06/2017 13:05:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan