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1361102

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 the report entitled Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Covid-Status Certification: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report, published on 9 September 2021, and the statements that (a) the Events Research Programme concluded that, where possible, certification should be introduced rather than more economically restrictive measures and (b) published findings will be made available in due course, if she will make those findings from the Events Research Programme publicly available immediately.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	58834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-autumn-and-winter-plan-2021/covid-19-response-autumn-and-winter-plan-2021" target="_blank">The Autumn/Winter plan</a> published on 14 September sets out the potential next steps for certification. The analysis for the final phase of events, which finished at the end of July, is underway. DCMS continues to work closely with other government departments and expects to be able to publish the final Events Research Programme findings shortly.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/10/2021 13:58:03 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1361103

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
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	Events Industry: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the findings of Phase II and Phase III of the Events Research Programme.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	58835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>The analysis for the final phase of events, which finished at the end of July, is underway. DCMS continues to work closely with other government departments and expects to be able to publish the final Events Research Programme findings shortly.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/10/2021 11:27:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1361162

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
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, what recent discussions she has made with the BBC on the trends in the size and share of its viewership and audiences.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	59077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The BBC is editorially and operationally independent of the government, and trends relating to audience and viewership are a matter for the BBC.</p><p>The BBC’s Royal Charter requires the BBC to represent, reflect and serve audiences, taking into account the needs of diverse communities of all the UK nations and regions. It is for Ofcom as the BBC’s independent regulator to ensure the BBC complies with its Charter duties.</p><p>The BBC includes details on audience trends within their Annual Report and Trust Statement.</p><p>The Secretary of State and I have had constructive discussions with the BBC leadership, and have made it clear that the BBC needs to ensure it is more accessible, and representative of the people who pay the licence fee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/10/2021 08:31:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1360643

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Internet: Pornography
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 she will bring forward proposals to (a) bring pornography sites which do not host user-uploaded content within the scope of the Online Safety Bill and (b) strengthen age verification processes for those sites.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	58476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The strongest protections in the draft Online Safety Bill, published in May 2021 for pre-legislative scrutiny, are for children. Where pornography sites host user generated content or facilitate online user interactions, they are in scope of the Online Safety Bill.</p><p>The Online Safety Bill will capture the most visited pornography sites, social media platforms, video-sharing sites, forums and via image or video search engines. Companies will be required to protect children from harmful content such as online pornography or face tough enforcement action by the regulator.</p><p>The government recognises the concerns that have been raised about protecting children from online pornography on services which do not currently fall within the scope of the Bill. The government will use the draft Bill’s pre-legislative scrutiny to explore ways to provide wider protections for children from online pornography.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/10/2021 16:58:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1360646

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Internet: 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, if she will bring forward proposals to strengthen online protections for children by requiring technology firms to tackle cross-platform risks as part of the Online Safety Bill which would place a duty on the companies to (a) assess cross-platform risks when designing their sites and (b) share information with other companies on (i) offender behaviour, (ii) threats to children’s safety and (iii) new features which could lead to child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	58477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will create a safer online ecosystem and address cross-platform harms to children. Companies in scope likely to be accessed by children will need to put in place appropriate systems and processes which protect children from encountering harmful content by means of their service. This could include protecting children from being directed to harmful content or activity on other sites.</p><p>The regulator will undertake research and horizon-scanning to identify cross-platform emerging issues, backed up by robust information-gathering powers. In addition, the super-complaints process will enable organisations to submit evidence of systemic issues that are causing harm to certain groups across more than one service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/10/2021 16:59:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1360651

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Planning Permission: Newspaper Press
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 she plans to expand the requirement for (a) planning and (b) other statutory notices to be placed with news outlets to include digital-only news outlets.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	58377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>While policy responsibility for each specific type of statutory notice lies with other departments, my department is working closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to ensure that the implications of any changes to publicity requirements relating to planning notices are understood before decisions are taken, as they consider next steps with regard to the Planning for the Future White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 58378 question first answered 21/10/2021 13:00:45 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1360652

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Local Government: Newspaper Press
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 she has to enable local authorities to place statutory notices with digital-only local news outlets.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	58378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>While policy responsibility for each specific type of statutory notice lies with other departments, my department is working closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to ensure that the implications of any changes to publicity requirements relating to planning notices are understood before decisions are taken, as they consider next steps with regard to the Planning for the Future White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 58377 question first answered 21/10/2021 13:00:45 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1360655

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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
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 her Department is taking to encourage volunteering during the recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	58400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>DCMS is focusing its role as a steward of the sector, working collaboratively to improve access to volunteering by removing long-standing barriers, some of which have been exacerbated or exposed by COVID-19.</p><p>As part of our work to investigate how and the extent to which COVID-19 has impacted on volunteering in England, we produced a report to investigate what drives demand for volunteers and how this varies over a typical calendar year, as a means of identifying potential issues in the supply of volunteers. This also examined the effect of the pandemic on volunteer supply and demand. *</p><p>We are working with the voluntary and community sector to develop a Vision for Volunteering, which will be a clear and actionable 10 year plan to simplify access to and experiences of volunteering in England.</p><p>We are also planning to launch a new Volunteering Futures Fund, which will provide new volunteering opportunities for young people and others who experience barriers to volunteering, within DCMS sectors (arts, culture, museums and heritage) as well as in youth, tackling loneliness and place-based community initiatives.</p><p><strong></strong>* <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-report-on-the-drivers-in-demand-for-volunteers" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-report-on-the-drivers-in-demand-for-volunteers</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/10/2021 16:45:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1360716

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Channel Four: Hearing Impairment
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 she has had with Channel 4 on the restoration of their subtitle service for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	58373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The department has been in contact with both Channel 4 and Ofcom on this issue. It is important that television content is accessible for all UK audiences and as such all public service broadcasters are required to ensure adequate provision of access services, including subtitling, for their broadcast channels. Ofcom, as the independent regulator, is closely monitoring the situation, including the actions being taken to restore normal service as quickly as possible and to keep viewers informed.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 21/10/2021 12:57:02 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1359101

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Culture: Exports
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 her Department plans to establish a cultural export office.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	56135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of the UK’s creative and cultural industries, not only to the economy and international reputation of the United Kingdom, but also to the wellbeing and enrichment of its people. We support our world leading creative industries across the UK through a range of export support programmes, including the successful Music Export Growth Scheme and International Showcase Fund.</p><p>Creative SMEs in England can also access the Internationalisation Fund which provides matching grants for export support including attendance at trade shows. The Department of International Trade is setting up new trade and investment hubs in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the North-East to boost trade and investment and level up the country. The offices will include teams of export and investment specialists who can provide businesses with expert support and advice.</p><p>The Department for International Trade has also set up a new <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fask-export-support-team&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cneil.semple%40trade.gov.uk%7C87bdd32c3ab8400ccec508d9931964ae%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637702559540882236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=JQ2nCjk4DeqbtImiyZx9GZD%2FjCX0lRwCzoZUFjXfk%2BA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Export Support Service</a> where UK businesses can get answers to practical questions about exporting to Europe by accessing cross-government information and support all in one place.</p><p>All of this support is featured in the new <a href="https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/5944/home-58/" target="_blank">Creative Industries Export Campaign</a>. This was launched on 20 September, and will encourage both new exporters and companies wanting to look at new export markets to take advantage of the new opportunities available to the UK as an independent trading nation.</p><p>DCMS continue to work closely with the Department of International Trade, the Creative Industries Trade and Investment Board (CITIB) and sector representatives to consider what more can be done to help the creative and cultural industries adapt to new arrangements in the EU and take advantage of the opportunities that the UK’s new global position offers.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/10/2021 08:21:59 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard