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1061123

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Culture: Barnsley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2019 to Question 216298 on culture: Barnsley, for what reasons there has been a decrease in funding between 2016-17 and 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	221689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The financial year 2018-19 is yet to conclude.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/02/2019 13:22:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1054781

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Social Media: Information Warfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 908935 on Social Media: Information Warfare, when he plans to publish the White Paper on Online Harms White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	216109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The joint DCMS-Home Office Online Harms White Paper will be published in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/02/2019 16:24:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1055109

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	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	Food: Advertising
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate the consultation conducted by Ofcom on the proposal for a watershed on advertising foods with high fat, salt and sugar content will be (1) completed, and (2) published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL13438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>In the second chapter of the Government's Childhood Obesity Plan, the Government committed to consult on introducing a 9pm watershed on TV advertising of HFSS products and similar protection for children viewing adverts online - with the aim of reducing children’s exposure to HFSS advertising, and incentivising sugar and calorie reduction. We will be publishing the consultation at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>As far as we are aware, Ofcom has no current plans for any equivalent consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/02/2019 12:11:25 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1056479

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	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: Mutual Societies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what public service mutuals have been created since May 2010; and what is the current status of each one.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maude of Horsham
	uin	HL13530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Public service mutuals are under no obligation to notify the Government’s Mutuals Team, based in DCMS, when they are created or if they cease operating. There is therefore no formal register of the number of public service mutuals. However our records show that 119 public service mutuals have been created since May 2010. Of these, 110 continue to be active. Nine no longer operate, with their services either no longer delivered, or now delivered within the public sector or by another private sector organisation.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £4 million between 2017-2020 to support the growth and development of the mutuals sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/02/2019 12:48:03 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham

1056904

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with Ofcom and mobile network operators, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, to (1) seek assurances that such operators will continue to incorporate overseas calls and internet access in their existing contracts for consumers, and (2) enable consumers to switch from contracts that have changed as a result of any new rules on roaming.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL13558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have carried out extensive engagement on EU exit with representatives of the telecommunications industry, trade bodies, consumer bodies and the regulator Ofcom. In the event of no deal, the government has published a technical notice on mobile roaming. The Technical notice is available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-roaming-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/mobile-roaming-if-theres-no-brexit-deal.</p><p> </p><p>On switching, certain changes in contractual terms during the term of a contract give the customer the right to exit that contract without penalty. For mobile phone contracts, telecoms companies have to follow rules set out by Ofcom. These set out that a customer is able to exit their contract penalty-free if the change in price under new roaming policies was considered to be material.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/02/2019 12:49:26 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1058718

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	International Broadcasting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in how many media markets do (a) Russia Today, (b) Press TV and (c) BBC World broadcast for 24 hours.
	tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
	tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	uin	219523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold this information. Ofcom, as the UK’s audiovisual regulator, currently licenses BBC World News and Russia Today for the purposes of AVMSD but it does not collect this type of information either. According to BBC’s own audience measurement data, World News is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide and around 454 million households.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/02/2019 16:33:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1058820

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	Canoeing
	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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to English waterways for canoeists.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	219578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s sport strategy, Sporting Future, encourages and promotes outdoor recreation. Use of our waterways by all can be a creative and fun way to engage with the natural world and to stay healthy.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England is actively engaged with British Canoeing and the Canal and River Trust to get more people from all backgrounds active. In addition Sport England is providing £6.85m to British Canoeing for the period between 2017 to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘public rights of navigation’ issue around access to waterways is dealt with by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and they are currently working with British Canoeing to consider solutions to access disputes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:29:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1058848

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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: Consultants
	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 the value of contracts held by his Department with (a) Deloitte, (b) Slaughter and May and (c) Mott MacDonald is in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	219294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/02/2019 16:17:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1058920

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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: Children
	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 his Department is taking to encourage children to participate in a range of sports outside of the school day.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
	uin	219323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We want all young people to be healthy and active. That is why Sport England is investing over £194 million (between 2016-21) into projects focusing on improving children’s engagement in and enjoyment of physical activity. This includes £40m for projects which support families with children to get active together, and continued investment into satellite clubs.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Departments for Education and Health and Social Care on a new cross-government action plan, to get kids active in and out of school, which will be published in spring.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:29:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1058965

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	5G
	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 discussions he has had with Ofcom on opening up access to undeployed 5G 3.6GHz radio spectrum for use by independent and community networks.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	219543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s key objectives in relation to spectrum are ensuring the efficient and effective use, improving mobile coverage and encouraging innovation and investment in new 5G services to meet future demand. In the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, the Government set out how the 3.6 GHz band could facilitate access to spectrum to support 5G services, thus promoting dynamic efficiency and innovation through more flexible approaches to spectrum licensing.</p><p> </p><p>We welcome Ofcom’s consultation document on the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz release for 5G services. Whilst Ofcom have provisionally stated that these bands will be auctioned on a national basis, the Government continues to explore spectrum sharing models which would allow community or small provider solutions to meet the needs of local areas.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS meets regularly with Ofcom to discuss these issues and consider future use cases for 5G technologies. However as Ofcom is the national regulatory authority, they are responsible for managing spectrum and ensuring that spectrum is used in the most effective way to facilitate such growth.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government believes that there should be greater liquidity in the spectrum market and barriers to spectrum trading should be removed. The Government would like Ofcom to clarify, through amendments to its Spectrum Trading Guidance Notes, that leasing or pooling of spectrum is not prohibited under the Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) Regulations 2011 (as amended).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/02/2019 16:27:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake