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1314822

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	UK Safer Internet Centre
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 support the Government plans to provide to the UK Safer Internet Centre.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	1288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK Safer Internet Centre plays an important role in improving online safety in the UK, particularly for children.</p><p>The Centre has been successful in its bid for further funding from the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility programme for the calendar year of 2021, for which the government provided a letter of support. Officials are in regular engagement with the Centre on its future funding position.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2021 14:07:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1303948

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
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	Tourism: 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, whether he plans to increase the volume of marketing spend in key (a) development and (b) other source markets in the upcoming Tourism Recovery Plan.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	171576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>The Global Travel Taskforce last year committed the Government to publish a Tourism Recovery Plan in support of the sector, which will include plans for a marketing campaign to welcome visitors back to the UK as soon as it is safe to do so. We will publish this document in the Spring.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>When holidays are permitted again, we will work with VisitBritain, VisitEngland and local partners to champion the UK’s diverse tourism offer once again - just as we did with last year’s Enjoy Summer Safely and Escape The Everyday campaigns.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A successor to the Global Travel Taskforce will report by 12 April with recommendations aimed at facilitating a return to international travel as soon as possible, while still managing the risk from imported cases and variants of concern. Following that, the Government will determine when international travel should resume, which will be no earlier than 17 May. The Government will align the timing and details of its marketing plans with the outcome of the report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/03/2021 10:42:33 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1303950

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
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	Hotels: Construction
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 it remains Government policy for 130,000 more hotel rooms to be built by 2025; and what progress has been made against that target to date.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	171577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government will publish a Tourism Recovery Plan in the Spring. Given the significant impact of COVID-19 on the tourism sector, we now face different challenges to when the Tourism Sector Deal was published. The Recovery Plan will build on the foundations of the Sector Deal.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are continuing to engage with stakeholders to assess how we can most effectively support tourism’s long term recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/03/2021 10:40:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1275723

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
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: Educational Broadcasting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department holds on the (a) number of hours of school-age educational programmed content on the BBC and (b) amount of online content on BBC bitesize in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	136490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information. The BBC may hold more information on this topic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Page 115 of the BBC’s Annual Report for 2019-20 sets out some information on how the BBC has performed on its public purpose to support learning for people of all ages. The report also states that the BBC offered 14 weeks of educational programmes and lessons during the summer term and that, by the end of the term, the BBC had published nearly 2,000 curriculum-led ‘Bitesize Daily Lessons’ online.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further, on 5 January 2021, the BBC also announced its education offering for the UK’s third national lockdown. The announcement included three hours of primary school programming each week day on CBBC, and at least two hours of secondary school content each day on BBC 2. It also included an expansion of BBC bitesize online content for primary and secondary school pupils. The full announcement can be found on the BBC website here: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2020/bbc-launches-biggest-education-offer-ever" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2020/bbc-launches-biggest-education-offer-ever</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I also refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQs 136489 and 136491 where I set out Ofcom’s figures for the education provision by Public Service Broadcasters collectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 19/01/2021 17:45:22 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1275720

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
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	Educational Broadcasting: Television
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 data and information his Department holds on trends in the level of (a) original programming hours and (b) broadcast hours produced as (i) Programmes for schools and colleges and (ii) other educational content for school-age children by (A) the BBC, (B) ITV and (C) other broadcasters.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	136489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ofcom data indicates that in 2018, public service broadcasters (PSBs, in this context the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) collectively broadcast 125 hours of content in 2018 meeting the description of “formal education”. Of this, 65 hours were considered original content.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This output was supplemented by content available on-demand, online, on podcasts and radio, as well as less formal educational content such as documentaries and broader children’s content.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Between 2010 and 2018, the total amount of educational content broadcast by PSBs fell considerably (2010: 725 hours). Over the same period, the amount of original educational content broadcast by PSBs remained relatively constant (2010: 70 hours), albeit with considerable year-to-year fluctuation. Data covering 2019 and 2020 is not yet available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ofcom data suggests that commercial multi channels broadcast 40 hours of original content classified as ‘other’ in 2018 (2014: 0 hours). This classification includes formal education.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further information can be found on Ofcom’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 19/01/2021 17:38:52 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1275724

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
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	Educational Broadcasting: Television
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 information his Department holds on trends in the level of (a) original programming hours and (b) broadcast hours of (i) programmes for schools and colleges and (ii) other educational content for school-age children on (A) the BBC, (B) ITV and (C) other broadcasters.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	136491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ofcom data indicates that in 2018, public service broadcasters (PSBs, in this context the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) collectively broadcast 125 hours of content in 2018 meeting the description of “formal education”. Of this, 65 hours were considered original content.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This output was supplemented by content available on-demand, online, on podcasts and radio, as well as less formal educational content such as documentaries and broader children’s content.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Between 2010 and 2018, the total amount of educational content broadcast by PSBs fell considerably (2010: 725 hours). Over the same period, the amount of original educational content broadcast by PSBs remained relatively constant (2010: 70 hours), albeit with considerable year-to-year fluctuation. Data covering 2019 and 2020 is not yet available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ofcom data suggests that commercial multi channels broadcast 40 hours of original content classified as ‘other’ in 2018 (2014: 0 hours). This classification includes formal education.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further information can be found on Ofcom’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 19/01/2021 17:43:09 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1251549

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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: Disinformation
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 he has made of the extent of (a) misinformation and (b) disinformation on social media on the covid-19 outbreak to date; who the originators of the most widespread messages are; and what assessment he has made of the motivations behind such messages.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	114832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of disinformation very seriously. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it continues to be vitally important that the public has accurate information about the virus, and DCMS is leading work across Government to tackle disinformation.</p><p>That is why we stood up the Counter Disinformation Unit up on 5 March to bring together cross-Government monitoring and analysis capabilities. The Unit’s primary function is to provide a comprehensive picture of the extent, scope and impact of disinformation and misinformation regarding Covid-19 and to work with partners to ensure appropriate action is taken.</p><p>Misinformation and disinformation can come from a range of sources, however it would not be appropriate for us to provide a running commentary on the amount of misinformation or disinformation seen to date. Throughout the pandemic, we have been working closely with social media platforms to quickly identify and help them respond to potentially harmful content on their platforms, including removing harmful content in line with their terms and conditions, and promoting authoritative sources of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/11/2020 16:11:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1246537

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
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: Ombudsman
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendation in the Duty of Care in Sport independent report to Government by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, published in April 2017, that the Government should create a sports ombudsman or sports duty of care quality commission, with powers to hold national governing bodies to account for the duty of care they provide to all athletes, coaching staff and support staff.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	108218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>It is important that the systems elite sports have for dealing with concerns about athlete welfare are as effective as possible, regardless of whether any new service - be that an ombudsman or a different model - is developed. All sports and clubs should have appropriate procedures in place, and when formal channels have been exhausted and a matter remains unresolved, investigations should be conducted independently through an appropriate organisation such as Sport Resolutions UK.</p><p>The Code for Sports Governance came into force around the same time as the Duty of Care report was published in April 2017. This imposes clear requirements on all funded sports organisations to have appropriate whistleblowing and safeguarding policies and procedures in place. In addition, UK Sport have proactively worked to strengthen the existing systems, structures and responsibilities for dispute resolution within the high performance system, and introduced numerous measures in the 12 months following the report’s publication. These actions included mandating an independent element in discipline and grievance procedures, establishing a dedicated integrity unit, and introducing an annual Culture Health Check survey that monitors athlete welfare and enables issues to be picked up and addressed.</p><p>My department will continue to work closely with UK Sport and keep this issue under review, looking to strengthen provision wherever necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/11/2020 16:30:50 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1171228

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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 and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to improve (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	900207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The government’s £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme is already supporting rollout of gigabit broadband in rural areas.</p><p>The government has also pledged £5bn of funding for Gigabit broadband in the ‘hardest to reach’, predominantly rural, areas of the UK.</p><p>The government announced in-principle support in October 2019 for the Mobile Network Operators’ Shared Rural Network proposal. It aims to collectively increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom to 95% by 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 900211 question first answered 16/01/2020 15:05:41 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds