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	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he is making on steps to ensure that internet service providers are (a) meeting commitments to deliver unavoidable choice to parents on setting network level filters at home, (b) providing family-friendly wifi in public places and (c) tackling concerns about over-blocking.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	5790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government continues to prioritise actions to improve children's safety online. Under the auspices of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), Government meets key partners on a quarterly basis to drive and oversee progress.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn, Ofcom will report on progress made by BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin to roll-out family friendly filters. These four ISPs provide internet services to around 90% of the UK's fixed-line customers. Ofcom has already delivered three reports on progress in this area, and will be delivering a final report later this year. Whilst we await Ofcom's findings, we understand from the ISPs that collectively, over 95% of customers have now made an active choice on filters, or had filters applied to their accounts.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that around 90% of public wifi is provided by six providers, all of whom apply filters which block adult content and illegal child sexual abuse material by default in areas that children are likely to be unsupervised by a parent. The recently-established UKCCIS Filters Group, which evolved out of a previous group dedicated to overblocking, will keep Government informed as to progress in this area, and is continuing to look into ways to address concerns about over-blocking.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 5788 question first answered 23/07/2015 16:58:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

388146

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of internet customers have made an active choice on filters.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	5788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government continues to prioritise actions to improve children's safety online. Under the auspices of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), Government meets key partners on a quarterly basis to drive and oversee progress.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn, Ofcom will report on progress made by BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin to roll-out family friendly filters. These four ISPs provide internet services to around 90% of the UK's fixed-line customers. Ofcom has already delivered three reports on progress in this area, and will be delivering a final report later this year. Whilst we await Ofcom's findings, we understand from the ISPs that collectively, over 95% of customers have now made an active choice on filters, or had filters applied to their accounts.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that around 90% of public wifi is provided by six providers, all of whom apply filters which block adult content and illegal child sexual abuse material by default in areas that children are likely to be unsupervised by a parent. The recently-established UKCCIS Filters Group, which evolved out of a previous group dedicated to overblocking, will keep Government informed as to progress in this area, and is continuing to look into ways to address concerns about over-blocking.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 5790 question first answered 23/07/2015 16:58:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant