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1006648

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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	Signal Blocking Devices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ban the sale of electronic jammers which can be used to disable tracker devices on stolen vehicles and agricultural equipment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL11428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>It is currently prohibited under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 to sell any such devices which interfere with legitimate use of spectrum or to otherwise place them on the market.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/11/2018 12:55:09 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1007486

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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	Television: Royalties
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, for the future regulation of television content royalty payments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL11489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans. Following the government’s decision to repeal Section 73 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) conducted a technical consultation which looked at the broadcast rights market, the position of rights holders and whether new regulations would need to be introduced following the repeal. The consultation concluded that there was no need for new regulations as there are already extensive commercial rights agreements in place between relevant parties, which would be capable of factoring in new rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 28/11/2018 15:18:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1010131

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Social Enterprises: Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the interest rates charged by social investment funds compared to those charged by high street banks.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL11578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL11579 HL11580 HL11581 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:10:06 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1010132

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Social Enterprises: Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of (1) the effectiveness of the administrative processes employed by social investment funds, and (2) how they compare to the processes used by high street banks.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL11579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL11578 HL11580 HL11581 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:10:06 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1010133

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Social Enterprises: Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) benefits of social investment funds, and (2) evidence that the monies invested in them are used efficiently and effectively.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL11580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL11578 HL11579 HL11581 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:10:06 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1010134

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Social Enterprises: Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they measure how much money from social investment funds is spent on the poorest communities; and if so, how.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL11581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL11578 HL11579 HL11580 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:10:07 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1010138

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Gambling: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many gambling premises were closed down following findings of underage gambling in each year from 2000.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL11585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Neither the government nor the Gambling Commission holds this data. Local authorities are responsible for licensing premises.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Local Authorities are responsible for premises licences, if there are serious failures or widespread vulnerabilities in an operators’ policies or procedures to prevent underage gambling, the Gambling Commission may take formal regulatory action in addition to any action being taken on premises licences.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 29/11/2018 16:09:04 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1010141

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Technology: Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efforts of technology companies to improve the gender and racial diversity of their staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL11588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Digital Strategy set out our commitment to enabling a more diverse digital workforce. As the digital revolution progresses, many more jobs will require digital skills and many more tech roles will be created, both in technology companies and in the general economy. We cannot afford for certain groups of people, including women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds, to be excluded from or unable to progress within these roles.</p><p> </p><p>While there is substantial progress that still needs to be made by technology companies to improve the gender and racial diversity of their staff, there are also significant industry-led initiatives aiming to solve the issue.</p><p> </p><p>Over 290 companies, from international tech giants right through to start-ups, SMEs and charities have already signed the Tech Talent Charter - an industry led initiative, supported by Government. The Charter gives organisations tangible actions and principles they can adopt to change their hiring and retention practices to become more gender-diverse and commits signatories to measuring the diversity profile of their UK employees and to share this data for (anonymous) collective publication in an annual report.</p><p> </p><p>There are also other industry-led programmes doing valuable and innovative work to help more women, ethnic minorities and other under-represented groups into tech, such as the #SheMeansBusiness initiative (by Facebook in collaboration with Enterprise Nation and FSB); the FDM Getting Back to Business programme; Fujitsu UK’s work on developing diverse role models within their workforce, and Backstage Capital, which is committed to investing in start-ups with diverse founders.</p><p> </p><p>We are also engaging with the work of organisations such as UK Black Tech and other organisations active in improving ethnic diversity in tech, and have recently convened an industry round table on inclusive technology in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineers.</p><p> </p><p>Under new Government legislation over 10,000 employers reported their gender pay gaps this year. We are now working with employers to help them understand their gender pay gaps, and support them to put plans in place to tackle gaps. Government is also currently consulting on the Ethnic Pay Gap and consultation responses will inform future government policy on ethnicity pay reporting.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 29/11/2018 16:16:20 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1011244

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Gambling: Advertising
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the impact a ban on gambling advertising on television would have on the number of problem gamblers in the UK; if so, what effect they estimate such a ban would have on that number; and what studies, if any, they have carried out to make such an estimate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL11605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government considered the evidence on gambling advertising as part of the Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures.</p><p> </p><p>The review found that although the number of gambling adverts on TV rose from 2007, reported rates of problem gambling remained below 1% during this period. The most recent survey estimated the number of adult problem gamblers in Great Britain as approximately 340,000, 0.7% of the adult population. A major research survey concluded that the impact of advertising on problem gambling prevalence is likely to be relatively small, but identified areas for further research.</p><p> </p><p>There are already strict rules on the tone, content and placement of gambling adverts, and while the Review did not conclude there was a case for a ban, it set out measures to strengthen protections further. Further research has been commissioned by GambleAware into the impact of gambling advertising on children, young people and those vulnerable to harm. This is due to be completed next year. We will keep these issues under review including examining new evidence as it emerges.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 30/11/2018 12:34:11 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

1011253

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Smart Devices: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take in regard to location-tracking smartwatches worn by children which are not secure and which are easy to hack.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL11614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data very seriously, particularly when it relates to children and young people. Organisations that process personal data collected by smartwatches must comply with the the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. The GDPR imposes strict obligations on organisations to process people’s data fairly and lawfully and to ensure that any data collected is held securely. Organisations which fail to comply may be subject to enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office.</p><p> </p><p>We do not intend to ban the sale of smartwatches, but we have issued a Code of Practice for organisations involved in the development, manufacturing and retail of products linked to the ‘Internet of Things’ to ensure that products are designed securely and keep consumers safe. In parallel, we have published consumer guidance to raise public awareness about setting-up, managing and improving the security of their consumer devices.</p><p> </p><p>The code of practice and the guidance for consumers can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/code-of-practice-for-consumer-iot-security" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/code-of-practice-for-consumer-iot-security</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/consumer-guidance-for-smart-devices-in-the-home" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/consumer-guidance-for-smart-devices-in-the-home</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL11615 question first answered 30/11/2018 13:06:09 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath