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749251

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Advertising: Misrepresentation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to nominate new members to the S4C authority to fill current and impending vacancies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We intend to make appointments to the board of the S4C Authority later this year. Appointments will be made in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments, and will be regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 18/07/2017 11:49:49 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

749225

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Tourism: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to recognise chess and bridge as sports for the purpose of applying for funds provided by national sports organisations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
	uin	HL561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The process for the recognition of sports in the UK is a matter for the Sports Councils’ Recognition Panel which is made up of Sport England, Sport Wales, Sport Scotland, Sport Northern Ireland and UK Sport.</p><p> </p><p>The games of bridge and chess are not recognised as sports by any of the UK sports councils.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans currently to revisit the question of recognition for either chess or bridge.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/07/2017 15:25:02 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

749250

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Plastics: Waste
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DDCMS) review relating to the funding of S4C; for how long the funding commitment will remain frozen; whether any agreement has been reached on the proposed reduction of the DDCMS funding; and what assessment they have made of the impact of that proposed reduction on S4C's financial position.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The department will conduct a review of S4C funding requirements for 2017/18 before the second half of the financial year begins.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 18/07/2017 11:49:31 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

749222

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Terrorism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the Community Organisers programme is still in place; if so, (1) to which Government department or agency it is accountable, and (2) in which places it is in operation; if not, when it was brought to a close and on what authority; and for each year in which it has operated, what was the cost.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Community Organisers programme contract ran from 2010 - 2015. A new Community Organisers Expansion Programme was launched in March 2017 and will run until 2020.</p><p> </p><p>1) The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) contracted the delivery of the Community Organisers Expansion Programme.</p><p>2) 20 Social Action Hubs will be appointed across England to train Community Organisers as part of the Expansion Programme. The first 10 hubs have been publicly announced (<a href="http://www.corganisers.org.uk/news/launch-2nd-round-funding" target="_blank">http://www.corganisers.org.uk/news/launch-2nd-round-funding</a>) and the second 10 will be announced later in 2017.</p><p>3) The Community Organisers programme costs for 2010 - 2015 are published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts which can be found at the link below. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>. The Community Organisers Expansion programme costs for the financial year 2016/17 will be published by DCMS in mid July 2017 on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 17/07/2017 15:46:05 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

749252

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Mobile Homes: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the approach made by S4C for its remit to be broadened to enable it to extend its activities on digital media platforms.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Welsh Conservatives manifesto, the government remains committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details in due course</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL589 question first answered 18/07/2017 11:50:14 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

749253

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a new funding formula for S4C.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Welsh Conservatives manifesto, the government remains committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details in due course</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL588 question first answered 18/07/2017 11:50:14 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

749345

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Tourism: EU Nationals
	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 she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of introducing tax incentives to compensate the tourism industry for any increase in the cost of employing EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	3398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with the Chancellor and other Cabinet colleagues about the implications of EU exit on DCMS sectors. We will continue to work with our colleagues in Treasury to support the tourism sector in the best way possible.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/07/2017 13:04:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

749341

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Video Games: Classification Schemes
	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 assessment she has made of the effect of downloading of additional content of videogames that will potentially change the age classification of the game.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Pegi classification system for video games considers the potential for additional downloadable content to diverge from the age rating of the initial product. Under the terms of the certificates issued for games by the UK’s Games Rating Authority (GRA), where subsequent content offered for download is not appropriate to the Pegi rating issued, the new material must be notified to the GRA so they can review and award a new Pegi rating.</p><p>Video games publishers failing to comply face fines from Pegi of up to 500,000 Euros.</p><p> </p><p>In the last 12 months the GRA has received seven submissions of additional downloadable content from games publishers. They considered that none of these needed a higher Pegi rating than the original game.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:45:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

749336

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Video Games: 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 her Department takes to prevent parents and guardians buying video games for children which are not certified as appropriate for a child's age.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Pegi age ratings and content advice on video games - and on associated marketing materials such as tv advertisements - help parents and guardians make informed choices about the products they purchase for children or allow them to access. We encourage those responsible for children to look carefully at the ratings and pictograms, on boxed products, on downloadable content, and also to consider using parental controls on gaming and mobile devices to manage access.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with industry and the age ratings bodies on further promotion of the Pegi age ratings and advice about safe gaming, including through initiatives such as AskAboutGames.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:48:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

749343

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Social Media: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the child protection implications of the Snap Map service available to users of Snapchat; and if she will take steps to ensure that children and vulnerable people who use that service have their location data protected from unofficial third parties.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	3356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for the protection of personal data and the right to privacy. The Secretary of State and I also met with the Information Commissioner last week to discuss data protection. The Government understands the concerns that have been raised and have discussed Snap Map with the ICO.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 3204 3357 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:10:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley