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995534

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
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 protect mobile phone users from being signed up to PayForIT services without consent or knowledge.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	184406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The regulation of premium rate services, including those offered via the PayForIT payment method, requires that consumers must not be charged for such services without their consent or knowledge. The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA), the UK’s regulator of premium rate services, is continuing to work with the industry to tackle this issue, by improving security standards and updating consent to charge guidance. The PSA also takes robust enforcement action against breaches of its regulation and this includes imposing substantial fines, ordering refunds to be made to affected consumers and prohibiting service providers and individuals from providing phone-paid services for a period of time.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/10/2018 17:14:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

892305

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Plastics
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 reduce its use of single-use plastics .
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	138542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>In our 25 Year Environment plan the Government outlined a range of measures on how we will reduce the amount of plastic in circulation through reducing demand for single-use plastic. This included a commitment to removing all consumer single use plastics from the central government estate offices.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/05/2018 15:15:44 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

873788

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Gambling: Advertising
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 assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of banning gambling adverts on television shown prior to the watershed of 9pm.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	134902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>There are strict controls on the content of all gambling advertisements, including television adverts. Gambling operators who advertise in the UK must comply with the advertising codes, which aim to ensure gambling advertising does not appeal particularly to children or young people or exploit those who are vulnerable. Gambling adverts must not portray, condone or encourage gambling behaviour that is socially irresponsible or could lead to financial, social or emotional harm. The Committees for Advertising Practice recently published guidance setting out tougher standards for interpreting the rules on gambling advertising, focusing on protections for those vulnerable to problem gambling and on free bets and bonuses. Further guidance on protecting children and young people will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Gambling Industry Code for Socially Responsible Advertising there is an industry-wide voluntary commitment not to advertise on television before 9pm, with the exception of lotteries, bingo and advertising around live sporting events. This code also bans free sign up offers targeted at new customers before 9pm.</p><p> </p><p>We sought evidence on protections around advertising as part of the Government's Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures, and outlined a package of measures in our consultation. The consultation closed in January and we will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/04/2018 15:02:02 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828227

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Tourism: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of his Department's budget was spent on increasing the number of visitors to Yorkshire in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, which they do through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. One of the current projects in the £40m Discover England Fund supports attracting visitors to the Yorkshire area: the adrenaline-fuelled city breaks scheme, led by Marketing Sheffield received £500, 000.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain ran a £500,000 marketing campaign to support the Tour de Yorkshire in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>Yorkshire will also host the Road World Cycling Championships in 2019 which DCMS is supporting with funding for event delivery, through UKSport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 30/01/2018 14:43:44 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828228

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Arts: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 financial support her Department provides to support the creative industries in (a) Kirklees and (b) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises the role played by creative businesses, including media, right across the UK in local economic growth. Government supports this growth via tax credits, regional development programmes, relocation of Arms Length Bodies associated with the sector, rebasing of public sector broadcasters and putting ‘place’ at the heart of the Industrial Strategy. The department does not collect data on creative industries investment on a region-by-region basis.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS funds Arms Length Bodies that have regional objective and invest in arts and culture, which develop future skills and talent for the Creative Industries. According to Arts Council England and British Film Institute data, Kirklees has received grant-in-aid and lottery support of almost £17m, since 2012. Yorkshire and the Humber received over £396m in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Employment in Yorkshire and the Humber’s film and TV industries increased by 40 per cent in 2016, outstripping every other UK region. A driver of this growth is Screen Yorkshire’s ‘Yorkshire Content Fund’, a public-private investment fund for the TV, film, video games and digital sectors, The fund is open to producers either based in Yorkshire or wishing to film or establish a base in the region. Screen Yorkshire has worked extensively with the British Film Institute and received regional support for its Screen Hub, which is also supported by 14 local partners, including 8 local authorities and 6 universities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/01/2018 16:28:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

790901

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Arts: 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, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Education on ensuring young people from diverse backgrounds can succeed in the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	113480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have regular discussions with their counterparts in the Department for Education on a range of issues relating to the creative industries, including ensuring young people from diverse backgrounds can succeed in the sector. The Department also supports a wide range of initiatives to diversify talent in the creative industries, including the Creative Industries Council’s Create Together strategy, which sets diversity targets for the sector; the BFI’s Three Ticks, which requires films receiving public funding to meet diversity standards; and Project Diamond, which monitors diversity in the broadcasting sector.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/11/2017 12:20:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

774137

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Broadband: Colne Valley
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 improve superfast broadband coverage in Colne Valley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Colne Valley constituency falls within the area of BDUK partner 'Superfast West Yorkshire'. It is this local body who are responsible for managing superfast rollout in West Yorkshire. For further details of their plan, please contact the project directly https://www.superfastwestyorkshire.co.uk/</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 26/10/2017 11:36:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757406

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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: Equal 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 steps her Department is taking to help reduce the gender pay gap at the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to eliminating the gender pay gap. As a public service broadcaster funded by the licence fee, the BBC has a responsibility to set an example for others and lead the way in promoting equality in the workplace. It is for the BBC to determine how to close its gender pay gap and we expect to see improvement in next year's disclosure.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2017 14:55:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker