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642998

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	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	Mobile Broadband: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 3.20 of the Autumn Statement 2016, if she will take steps to address broadband not spots in York and North Yorkshire with funding allocated for fibre broadband and 5G technologies.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	54617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the Government would be investing an additional £1billion in the UK's digital infrastructure by 2020-21. The funding will support the market to roll-out full-fibre and future 5G communications, and, in partnership with local authorities, will help connect more homes and businesses across the UK. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/11/2016 14:05:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

747505

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Digital Technology: Urban Areas
	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 her Department is providing to cities to grow their digital media industries.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	2371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The creative industries, including the digital media industries, are the fastest growing part of the UK’s economy. The Government is committed to ensuring that the creative industries continue to thrive nationwide, including in York.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we are developing an ambitious Industrial Strategy that will drive growth across the country, bringing together local businesses as well as political and public sector leaders. We want to identify and support local specialisms and clusters of business. For many places, the creative industries will form a vital part of that thinking.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:38:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

989465

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Analgesics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of restricting the sale of paracetamol and aspirin to behind the counter to reduce the number of deaths by self-poisoning.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	180815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the body responsible for regulating all medicines in the United Kingdom on behalf of health ministers. In 1998, smaller pack sizes were introduced for non-prescription medicines containing paracetamol or aspirin to manage the risk of misuse and overuse. The MHRA continues to monitor the safety in use of non-prescription medicines containing paracetamol and aspirin and will take further action to safeguard public health if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research, funded by the Department, commissioned research published in 2013, which analysed deaths by poisoning by paracetamol since the restrictions to its sale were introduced in 1998, ‘Long term effect of reduced pack sizes of paracetamol on poisoning deaths and liver transplant activity in England and Wales: interrupted time series analyses’. This is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f403" target="_blank">https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f403</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 25/10/2018 11:46:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

648690

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	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	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria she applies when making a decision on recommendations by Ofcom for appointments to public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	55580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State uses the criteria set out in the advertised job descriptions.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/12/2016 12:51:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

648691

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	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	Channel Four Television: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account she takes of diversity when deciding on recommendations from Ofcom on individual appointments to the board of Channel 4.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	55579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>As with all public appointments, the Secretary of State focused on the criteria set out in the advertised job description when making her decision on appointments to the board of Channel 4, to ensure that the candidates had the specific skills and experiences required.</p><p> </p><p>We are strongly committed to ensuring diversity in all public appointments. For example in the first half of 2016/17, 50% of new DCMS appointments went to women and 18% to BAME candidates.</p><p> </p><p>Diversity in all its forms is an important factor taken into account when all public appointments are made.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/12/2016 12:51:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

652284

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Channel Four Television: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral evidence by the Chair of Ofcom to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 22 November 2016, on the outstanding range of recommendations made for appointment to the board of Channel 4, for what reason she rejected one of those recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	56196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Non-executive members of the Channel 4 Corporation board are appointed by Ofcom with the approval of the Secretary of State. Ofcom advertised for four vacancies for candidates with specific sector skills and experience. The Secretary of State approved the four candidates on the basis that they met the skills and experience set out in the advertised job descriptions.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 08/12/2016 09:29:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

784818

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Staff
	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 many staff appointed after 24 June 2016 in her Department hold a post that includes work on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	111794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepared for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning. Staff within the DCMS EU Team lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues. Members of staff across the Department also provide advice and analyses on EU Exit issues as required. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department's other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/11/2017 13:23:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

790902

	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	Public Telephones
	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 her Department holds on the number of public telephone boxes in each parliamentary constituency in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	113529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not hold information on the number of public telephone boxes in individual constituencies.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/11/2017 17:50:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

622005

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2016
	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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 7WS, what consideration her Department has given to the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	50458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>On 17 October the Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families laid a Written Ministerial Statement before this House reaffirming the Government’s commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It stated that both the UNCRC articles and the Committee’s recent Concluding Recommendations serve as a helpful and important guide to making sure that our policies – whether they hold direct or indirect consequences – consider children.</p><p> </p><p>It is very important that we analyse the impact of policies in relation to particular groups: this is a fundamental part of good policy-making. This is done in a range of ways, particularly through engagement with civil society and professionals. In addition, Cabinet Office guidance encourages all government departments to consider, and set out in summary, the anticipated effects of legislation on children and on the compatibility of draft legislation with the UNCRC. This guidance can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/450239/Guide_to_Making_Legislation.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has introduced a number of policies which will continue to have a positive impact on the lives of children and young people. For example, Government’s strategy for sport and physical activity (published in December 2015) extended Sport England’s responsibility for participation in grassroots sport to include children as young as five. In September, Arts Council England launched three pilots for its “Cultural Citizens Programme”, focusing on introducing cultural activities to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also a world leader in child online safety, with legal protections against abuse and illegal content, and tools for parents and children to avoid content they do not wish to see. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety, set up in 2008, brings Government together with key stakeholders to help to keep children and young people safe online. We also have a strong track-record in working with the internet industries to drive progress. We have introduced draft legislation to require age verification controls for access to online pornographic material provided on a commercial basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 03/11/2016 16:33:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

720297

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Rob Marris
	uin	70459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Parliament is dissolved.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/04/2017 13:56:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris