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date	23/07/2018
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	Data Protection: Members
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which statutes govern the use by hon. Members of the personal data of their constituents.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	167239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) apply to the processing of personal data undertaken by elected representatives and political parties. The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations are also relevant because they regulate the use of telephone calls, emails and texts for direct marketing purposes, including political campaigning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner's Office has published guidance for political parties and elected representatives on the steps they should take to comply with the law, this can be found at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/political/</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/09/2018 12:16:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

947078

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Public Libraries: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to deliver a properly funded and sustainable future for libraries.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL9768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service, and it is for individual local authorities to decide how to use their funds, including how best to provide a public library service that meets local needs within available resources. DCMS works across central and local government to encourage investment in libraries to ensure they can continue to support delivery of local and national priorities and needs.</p><p>DCMS and the Local Government Association established the Libraries Taskforce, which works to promote good practice and innovation to assist library services and enable them to be sustainable for the long term. DCMS provides funding to Arts Council England, as the development agency for libraries; ACE is funding seven libraries organisations in its National Portfolio for 2018 to 2022 at a total annual spend of £1.6 million, including Libraries Connected as a sector support organisation for libraries.</p><p>DCMS has also provided direct funding support for library services in England, including a £2.6 million programme to support the installation or upgrade of wifi in public libraries in England, and the £3.9m Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone fund, to support innovative library service activity in 2017/18 to benefit disadvantaged people and places in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/08/2018 11:56:38 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

947092

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Listed Events
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the current sporting occasions which are classified as listed events for media coverage.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL9782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2018 answer text <p>The Broadcasting Act 1996 (as amended) gives the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport the power to designate key sporting and other events as “listed events”, to ensure that such events are made available to all television viewers, particularly those who do not have subscription television. Ofcom publishes this list in its code of listed events, which I attach: <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/35948/ofcom_code_on_sport.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/35948/ofcom_code_on_sport.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/08/2018 11:55:23 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name ofcom_code_on_sport.pdf title OFCOM code on Sport
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott