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1135596

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date	28/06/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard children against exposure to gambling opportunities associated with (a) in-app and (b) in-game purchases on gaming consoles and mobile devices.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	270805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Protecting children and the vulnerable from being harmed or exploited by gambling is a core objective of the Gambling Commission, as the regulator for gambling in Great Britain, and a priority for the government. There are also strong protections in place for children who play video games.</p><p> </p><p>The Pan European Game Information (PEGI) ratings system used to classify video games, will not award ratings to products that allow gambling, significantly restricting their ability to be sold in the UK. Where a game contains elements that could teach or encourage gambling like behaviour, it will be awarded a minimum PEGI 12 rating and will also have a gambling pictogram label applied to alert parents to the content.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, most video games and mobile platforms come with a range of parental control tools that can include allowing parents to block games based on PEGI age ratings, disable in-game purchases and monitor and place limits on use. PEGI provides more information here https://pegi.info/parental-controls.</p><p> </p><p>Where licensed online gambling is offered, operators are required to verify the age of a consumer before they can deposit money and gamble, or access free-to-play demo games.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission has strong powers and has shown it will take action where there are breaches of the rules - in 2017, it successfully prosecuted the FutGalaxy website for offering illegal gambling with in-game items – known as skins gambling.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2019 11:23:55 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1134541

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June to Question 265492: BBC, what his policy is on funding public service broadcasting in the (a) North East of England and (b) Easington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	269035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Public service broadcasting is funded either through the licence fee for the BBC; or through commercial activities of the commercial public service broadcasters, such as ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.</p><p> </p><p>Public service broadcasters hold a responsibility to ensure that they serve audiences across all parts of the UK and all demographics. The Government continues to encourage all broadcasters to consider what more they can do to increase investment and strengthen their appeal to audiences across the nations and regions, including in the North East of England.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/07/2019 15:25:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1132557

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations to the BBC on increasing spending and investment in (a) the regions and (b) Easington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	265492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from government and the government cannot intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/06/2019 12:48:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1132095

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the BBC on the over-75s TV licence and the report from Frontier Economics to the Corporation that found only 11 per cent of the poorest tenth households would continue to receive a free licence under the BBC’s means-test plan.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	264383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>I meet with the BBC regularly to discuss a range of issues, including the over 75 licence fee concession. The future of the age-related licence fee concession was entirely a matter for the BBC and it has decided to continue the concession only for those who are aged 75 and above and in receipt of Pension Credit from June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>I am disappointed with this decision and the Government expects the BBC to look at further ways to support older people.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/06/2019 15:06:53 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris