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930935

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	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	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following proposed changes to the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, whether they intend to require companies to have a minimum standard social value before they are awarded a government contract; and how this will help in safeguarding against events such as Carillion’s collapse.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The government remains committed to the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 and believes it can contribute to creating a diverse public services supply market and harness wider benefits for our communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 25 June, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington announced our intention to lead by example by extending application of the Act across central government. Doing so will not require legislation. Officials from the Cabinet Office, Crown Commercial Service and Office for Civil Society, DCMS will work together to implement this policy with departments and explore further opportunities for the Act.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans for a minimum standard of social value in contracts, to give contracting authorities the flexibility to respond to the maturity of the relevant market.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL8936 question first answered 04/07/2018 12:39:40 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

930936

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	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	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 25 June, when they intend to introduce a bill to amend the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 to require public contracts to be awarded for social value; and when they propose that this bill will take effect.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The government remains committed to the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 and believes it can contribute to creating a diverse public services supply market and harness wider benefits for our communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 25 June, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington announced our intention to lead by example by extending application of the Act across central government. Doing so will not require legislation. Officials from the Cabinet Office, Crown Commercial Service and Office for Civil Society, DCMS will work together to implement this policy with departments and explore further opportunities for the Act.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans for a minimum standard of social value in contracts, to give contracting authorities the flexibility to respond to the maturity of the relevant market.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL8935 question first answered 04/07/2018 12:39:40 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

921801

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	Broadband
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their plans for delivering full-fibre to the premises broadband connections to the majority of homes and businesses by 2025; and what proportion of homes and businesses they plan to reach by (1) 2020, and (2) 2022.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL8502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, launched in the Government’s Industrial Strategy, will set out the regulatory and policy changes that are needed to support investment in full fibre networks and deliver on the Government’s ambition, as announced by the Chancellor in his CBI speech for fibre rollout: 15 million premises covered by 2025 with a national network by 2033. The Report is due to be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL8503 HL8504 question first answered 21/06/2018 10:26:41 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

921802

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	Broadband
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional investment will be available to deliver their plans for full-fibre to the premises broadband connections to the majority of homes and businesses by 2025.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL8503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, launched in the Government’s Industrial Strategy, will set out the regulatory and policy changes that are needed to support investment in full fibre networks and deliver on the Government’s ambition, as announced by the Chancellor in his CBI speech for fibre rollout: 15 million premises covered by 2025 with a national network by 2033. The Report is due to be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL8502 HL8504 question first answered 21/06/2018 10:26:41 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

921804

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish a response to their Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review consultation which closed in January.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL8504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, launched in the Government’s Industrial Strategy, will set out the regulatory and policy changes that are needed to support investment in full fibre networks and deliver on the Government’s ambition, as announced by the Chancellor in his CBI speech for fibre rollout: 15 million premises covered by 2025 with a national network by 2033. The Report is due to be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL8502 HL8503 question first answered 21/06/2018 10:26:41 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

895020

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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	Public Lending Right: Electronic Publishing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to lay statutory instruments before Parliament to extend the Public Lending Right to e-book loans.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
	uin	HL7385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Section 31 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017), when commenced, will extend the Public Lending Right (PLR) to include the remote lending of e-books and audiobooks, where such lending takes place away from library premises. The Department is currently consulting with interested parties about amending relevant secondary legislation to ensure that it reflects section 31 of the DEA 2017. We intend to lay the necessary statutory instruments to amend relevant secondary legislation as soon as is practicable, following consideration of the responses to consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL7386 question first answered 15/05/2018 12:07:49 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

895021

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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	Public Lending Right: Electronic Publishing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that the Public Lending Right will be extended to e-book loans in time for the planned implementation date of 1 July.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
	uin	HL7386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Section 31 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017), when commenced, will extend the Public Lending Right (PLR) to include the remote lending of e-books and audiobooks, where such lending takes place away from library premises. The Department is currently consulting with interested parties about amending relevant secondary legislation to ensure that it reflects section 31 of the DEA 2017. We intend to lay the necessary statutory instruments to amend relevant secondary legislation as soon as is practicable, following consideration of the responses to consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL7385 question first answered 15/05/2018 12:07:49 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

751125

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	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	NHS: Negligence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what (1) research they have commissioned, and (2) consultation they have undertaken, in relation to the role of library services in a digital age.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Libraries Taskforce, jointly established by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Local Government Association, published Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021 in December 2016. This strategy sets out 7 strategic Outcomes that libraries support, one of which is increasing digital access and literacy, and it highlights a range of initiatives through which libraries support digital skills, access, skills and related work. This document was produced following extensive consultation with the sector and stakeholders. The UK Digital Strategy also underlined the importance of libraries as a ‘go to provider’ for digital skills training.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL723 question first answered 19/07/2017 15:23:16 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

751126

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment: West Yorkshire
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the appropriateness of the provision of library services in a digital age.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Libraries Taskforce, jointly established by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Local Government Association, published Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021 in December 2016. This strategy sets out 7 strategic Outcomes that libraries support, one of which is increasing digital access and literacy, and it highlights a range of initiatives through which libraries support digital skills, access, skills and related work. This document was produced following extensive consultation with the sector and stakeholders. The UK Digital Strategy also underlined the importance of libraries as a ‘go to provider’ for digital skills training.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL722 question first answered 19/07/2017 15:23:16 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

889800

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Ofcom: Conflict of Interests
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what policies are in place to avoid conflicts of interest between the role of the chair and deputy chair of Ofcom and their participation in the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL7132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>All candidates for public appointments go through a fair and open process as set out in the governance code for public appointments. Candidates must disclose any conflicts of interest upon applying and are questioned on these at interview. ​​Successful candidates must then comply with the code of conduct for board members of public bodies. Both Lord Burns and Baroness Noakes complied with the requirements as set out in these codes. Members of the Ofcom Board are required to maintain a register of members' disclosable interests which is published on the Ofcom website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL7133 HL7134 HL7135 question first answered 04/05/2018 14:06:28 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis