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1421601

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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	Ofcom: Telecommunications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	With reference to the Penrose review, published in February 2021, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation in that review that Ofcom should promote competition and reduce regulatory burdens in the communications sector.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	905571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Our Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review recognised that promoting competition and stable, long-term regulation were critical to our connectivity ambitions. We embedded these goals into Ofcom’s Statement of Strategic Priorities.</p><p>Moreover, work continues across government on the UK’s regulatory frameworks: the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has consulted on reforms to competition and consumer policy; and, the government has set out its vision for modernising the economic regulation of the utilities sectors, including telecommunications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/02/2022 16:43:52 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1422044

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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	Press: Regulation
	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 recommendation of the Joint Committee scrutinising the Online Safety Bill that the exemption for news publisher content should be amended to cover consumer and business magazines, what steps her Department has taken to engage with industry bodies to create a definition of news-related material that encompasses IPSO-regulated specialist publishers.
	tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
	tabling member printed	John Nicolson
	uin	122709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>Online Safety legislation has been designed to safeguard access to journalistic content. News publishers’ content will be exempted from platforms’ new online safety duties. The criteria against which an organisation qualifies as a publisher is set in the draft Online Safety Bill. If an organisation meets these criteria, then its content will be exempt. The criteria is clear that it captures news publishers' whose principal purpose is the publication of news-related material.</p><p>The Bill will also impose a duty on the biggest and riskiest companies, Category 1 companies, to safeguard all journalistic content shared on their platform. Through this duty, these platforms will need to have systems in place to ensure they take into account the importance of the free expression of journalistic content when operating their services. These protections will cover specialist publishers such as consumer and business magazines, where they are engaged in journalism.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 122708 question first answered 22/02/2022 14:44:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4415 label Biography information for John Nicolson

1421824

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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	Gamstop
	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 announcement that GAMSTOP, an industry-funded organisation, will be operating a single customer view trial, if she will take steps to ensure that the upcoming Gambling White Paper makes provision for affordability to be assessed by an organisation independent of the industry, which is able to make proactive and informed interventions utilising relevant data.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	122747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission received over 13,000 responses to its consultation and call for evidence on Remote Customer Interaction (including on issues to do with affordability) and has published an interim update on its website outlining next steps. We will continue to work closely with them on affordability in the run up to publishing our White Paper which will set out our vision for the sector.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/02/2022 14:55:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1421871

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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: Regulation
	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 has plans to address the regulatory differences between the online and land-based gambling sectors in the forthcoming Gambling White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
	uin	122832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government launched its Review of the Gambling Act 2005 to ensure that the regulation of gambling is fit for the digital age. The Review will be wide-ranging and evidence-led. Our terms of reference can be found at the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-gambling-act-2005-terms-of-reference-and-call-for-evidence/review-of-the-gambling-act-2005-terms-of-reference-and-call-for-evidence." target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>A core objective of the review is to ensure that customers are suitably protected whenever and wherever they are gambling, and that there is an equitable approach to the regulation of the online and the land based industries. We will publish a white paper setting out our planned proposals for the online and land-based gambling sectors in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/02/2022 14:53:11 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1421596

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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: Reviews
	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 White Paper on the gambling review.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	905564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is a priority for the department. We will publish a White Paper with our conclusions in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 905566 question first answered 11/02/2022 10:29:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1421598

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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 Act 2005
	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 her Department plans to publish a White Paper on the reform of the Gambling Act 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	905566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is a priority for the department. We will publish a White Paper with our conclusions in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 905564 question first answered 11/02/2022 10:29:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1421597

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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	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 steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle disinformation.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	905565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of misinformation and disinformation very seriously.</p><p>The DCMS-led Counter Disinformation Unit is leading work to tackle this, bringing together monitoring and analysis capabilities across government and working with a range of partners, including social media platforms.</p><p>Our Online Safety Bill will force companies to tackle misinformation and disinformation. However, we expect companies to take steps now to improve safety, and not wait for the legislation to come into force before acting.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/02/2022 10:27:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1421600

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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
	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 she is taking to help enable UK citizens to control their own data.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	905569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The government has put together an ambitious package of reforms to create a new data protection regime that is pro-growth and trusted for our citizens and businesses.</p><p><br>Our proposed regime should incentivise organisations to invest more effectively in the governance, policies and tools that protect personal data so that UK citizens can have even greater confidence that personal data is being used responsibly.</p><p><br>We recently consulted on our proposed reforms and will be setting out next steps shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/02/2022 16:39:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1421595

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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	Swimming Pools
	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 has taken to improve access to swimming pools.
	tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
	uin	905563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of improving access to pools however the responsibility primarily lies at Local Authorities level. Swimming is a crucial life skill, as well as a great way to stay fit, and I encourage Local Authorities to invest in swimming facilities.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the pandemic, the government supported the reopening of local authority swimming pools through the £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England has also awarded over £24 million to swimming and diving projects since April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/02/2022 13:50:00 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1421777

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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: North Yorkshire
	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 estimate she has made of the value of the York and North Yorkshire creative industry; and what estimate she has made of the potential value of that sector in the future.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>In 2019, our provisional estimates show the creative industries contributed £3.4 billion to the Yorkshire and the Humber region in gross value added (GVA), 3% of all industries output in the region. The sector also supported approximately 122,000 jobs in the region, 5% of all regional employment.</p><p>Looking to the future, we are developing a Creative Industries Sector Vision which will set out our ambition for the sector up to 2030. As part of this, the government recently announced £50 million of growth support for creative businesses across the country. Both the Sector Vision and £50 million support package will support the growth of creative businesses, and we are keen to encourage growth in regions across the country.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/02/2022 14:23:56 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell