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1105882

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Voluntary Work: Young 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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2019 to Question 235376 on Voluntary Work: Young People, what the sources are of past non-public income generated to fund NCS and the forecasted £3 million of income for the upcoming financial year.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	238396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Historically, the main source of non-public income generated for NCS has been the £50 sign-up fee. A small amount of income has occasionally come from other sources, such as corporate sponsorships.</p><p> </p><p>The forecasted circa £3 million income for the upcoming financial year will be generated from sign-up fees.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/04/2019 10:30:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1105998

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Cybersecurity: Business
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 has taken to help protect businesses from cyber attack after the cyber attack on Metro bank in February 2019.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	238338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Protecting UK businesses from cyber attacks is a key priority within the Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021.</p><p> </p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) works with a wide range of partners to provide advice and support to businesses and organisations across the UK, enabling them to put measures in place to protect against cyber attacks. Up to date guidance - such as the Small Business Guide for SMEs - is freely available on NCSC’s website and is underpinned by NCSC’s insights into cyber threats. The NCSC has also published its Board Toolkit to help company boards better understand cyber security.</p><p> </p><p>Government continues to engage with businesses of all types and through multiple channels to raise awareness of cyber security best practice. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published the FTSE350 Cyber Governance Health Check for the UK’s leading firms; Ministers have recently undertaken a series of industry roundtables to drive action on cyber security, and DCMS has worked with Home Office to deliver the Cyber Aware campaign for businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/04/2019 14:23:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1105484

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Gift Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to take steps to prevent organisations from making a profit on Gift Aid claims when they receive a donation.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	237704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Charities Act 1992 requires all professional fundraisers, including online fundraising platforms, to inform potential donors of their fees and charges.</p><p> </p><p>The Fundraising Regulator strengthened its Code of Fundraising Practice in June 2018 to clarify what is expected of online fundraising platforms in terms of their transparency.</p><p> </p><p>Improved transparency requirements enable potential donors to make informed choices about their giving.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 14:44:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1105559

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, with reference to the Carnegie UK Trust's report of March 2019, Engaging Libraries: Learning from Phase 1, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of that report.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	237630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the recent Engaging Libraries programme, supported by Carnegie UK Trust and the Wellcome Trust, which enabled public library services to pilot creative public engagement projects on health and wellbeing. We also welcome the announcement that a second phase of the programme will be launched later in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the learning in this report, the Government recognises the important roles that libraries can play in promoting health and wellbeing. In December 2016, the Libraries Taskforce (which was jointly established by DCMS and the Local Government Association) published its Libraries Deliver: Ambition document. This set out seven strategic Outcomes to which libraries contribute and that local and central government is seeking to support and encourage; one of these was helping people to have healthier and happier lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Taskforce includes representatives of Public Health England and NHS England, and has been active in promoting and sharing good practice about a number of the Engaging Libraries projects through its blog on GOV.UK. In addition, the Taskforce has published an advocacy brochure to specifically showcase to library services, local councils, and partner organisations how libraries can support health and wellbeing for people and communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/04/2019 14:42:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1105183

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Tate Galleries: Pay
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 (a) management and (b) staff at Tate Galleries in (a) Liverpool, (b) London and (c) St Ives on the 2018 pay award and ballots of PCS and Prospect members for strike action.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	237059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Tate Group is an arm’s length body of the department, and as such has operational independence from government, including on matters of pay. Whilst I am therefore aware of discussions relating to the 2018 pay award and the ballots of PSC and Prospect members, neither I nor my officials are taking an active role in discussions with Tate management or staff on the matter.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/04/2019 10:18:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1105233

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Youth Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 45 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published in August 2018, what steps his Department has taken to establish a national Young Commissioners and Inspectors Group to involve young people directly and meaningfully in the commissioning, monitoring and evaluation of national programmes affecting young people.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	237169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>On 27th February 2019, DCMS launched three new youth voice projects, including a Young Commissioners and Inspectors Group, a Civil Society Youth Steering Group and a digital youth engagement research project. Through these projects, the department is enabling effective youth participation in national policy making and pioneering approaches which can be adopted across government. The projects are being delivered by a consortium of youth organisations led by the British Youth Council and will run as pilots until March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 09:10:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1105237

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Citizens' Assemblies
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 21 March 2019 to Question 233511 on Citizens' Juries, what the timeframe is for the announcement of the successful pilot locations.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	237171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Innovation in Democracy Programme is a key part of the Civil Society Strategy announced last year. The successful locations will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 09:12:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1105309

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Nuisance Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the effect on levels of nuisance calls of companies requiring consumers to provide their phone numbers when purchasing products or signing up for services.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	237188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Companies who process personal data and use it to make marketing communications are regulated by the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). Both of these are administered and enforced by the Information Commissioner (ICO). If a company collects phone numbers from customers, it must be clear and transparent about how personal data will be handled, and ensure that the data is processed in a way which individuals would expect. Personal data must not be shared with third parties without an appropriate legal basis. Organisations that fail to comply may be subject to enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO has the power to impose a monetary penalty on those who break the law.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made an official assessment of the effect on levels of nuisance calls of companies requiring consumers to provide their phone numbers when purchasing products or signing up for services.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/04/2019 14:31:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1104697

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Sports Business Council
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 the outcomes were from the meetings of the Sports Business Council held between June 2017 and April 2018; and when the council next plans to meet.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Sport Business Council (SBC) has explored a number of priority areas for the sector, such as intellectual property, event staging, sector skills, and local partnerships, and has established the importance of engaging with the sports economy I intend to consider the work to date of the SBC, and continue engagement with the business of sport in the months ahead.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 09:15:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104698

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Healthy Living Ministerial Group and Sports Business Council
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 plans the Government has to maintain the Inter-Ministerial Group for Healthy Living and the Sports Business Council.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>I continue to meet regularly with my ministerial colleagues as well as officials and representatives in Northern Ireland to discuss our joint working on healthy living including sport and physical activity. I intend to consider the work to date of the Sports Business Council, and continue engagement with sport as an economic sector in the months ahead.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 09:16:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon