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971926

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	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 Licences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to abolish the BBC licence fee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL10286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The government considered licence fee funding during BBC Charter Review in 2015. While no funding model meets all the criteria of an ideal system, the current model provides the BBC with a sustainable core income paid by all households that watch or receive television. This model has wider support than any alternative: 60% of Charter Review consultation responses indicated that no change was needed to the current licence fee model, and only 3% favoured full subscription funding. As a result, we have committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the BBC for the duration of the new 11 year Charter period. The BBC is independent of government. The BBC Board is therefore responsible for the appropriate use of licence fee revenue, and it is for licence fee payers to determine whether the BBC is value for money. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL10287 HL10291 question first answered 19/09/2018 09:46:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

971927

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	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 Licences: Cost Effectiveness
	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 value for money the BBC licence fee represents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL10287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The government considered licence fee funding during BBC Charter Review in 2015. While no funding model meets all the criteria of an ideal system, the current model provides the BBC with a sustainable core income paid by all households that watch or receive television. This model has wider support than any alternative: 60% of Charter Review consultation responses indicated that no change was needed to the current licence fee model, and only 3% favoured full subscription funding. As a result, we have committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the BBC for the duration of the new 11 year Charter period. The BBC is independent of government. The BBC Board is therefore responsible for the appropriate use of licence fee revenue, and it is for licence fee payers to determine whether the BBC is value for money. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL10286 HL10291 question first answered 19/09/2018 09:46:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

971932

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	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 Licences: Surveys
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last carried out a survey consulting the British people on their willingness to continue paying the BBC licence fee for the services provided.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL10291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The government considered licence fee funding during BBC Charter Review in 2015. While no funding model meets all the criteria of an ideal system, the current model provides the BBC with a sustainable core income paid by all households that watch or receive television. This model has wider support than any alternative: 60% of Charter Review consultation responses indicated that no change was needed to the current licence fee model, and only 3% favoured full subscription funding. As a result, we have committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the BBC for the duration of the new 11 year Charter period. The BBC is independent of government. The BBC Board is therefore responsible for the appropriate use of licence fee revenue, and it is for licence fee payers to determine whether the BBC is value for money. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL10286 HL10287 question first answered 19/09/2018 09:46:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

969550

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	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	Citizens' Assemblies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government where and when they intend to pilot citizens' juries.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL10186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The Innovation in Democracy Programme (IiDP) will involve citizens in decision making at local government level through innovative models of participatory democracy. Local authorities will be invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to take part in the programme later in 2018/19, with the programme running until March 2020. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:08:29 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

971928

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	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	BBC: Political Impartiality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the BBC is not politically biased.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL10288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations. The government has embedded impartiality in the BBC Charter and public purposes. The BBC Board is responsible for ensuring the BBC delivers its Charter obligations and Ofcom, as the independent regulator of the BBC, is responsible for holding the BBC to account in fulfilling its mission and public purposes. Alongside this, the Ofcom Broadcasting Code requires all broadcasters, including the BBC, to report and present news with due accuracy and impartiality. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:09:14 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

969344

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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 and Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent children and young people becoming addicted to gambling.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL10174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text Protecting children and the vulnerable from being harmed or exploited by gambling is a core objective of the regulation of gambling in Great Britain, and a priority for the government. Operators offering gambling services to people in Great Britain must have a licence from the Gambling Commission and must have effective policies and procedures designed to prevent underage gambling. The Gambling Commission has a range of powers to act in the case of failure, including the power to suspend or revoke a licence, impose financial penalties or prosecute criminal offences. The Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility set out measures to increase existing protections around online gambling and gambling advertising. The Gambling Commission is currently consulting on strengthening age verification protections for online gambling. It is also working with the video games industry to raise awareness of the risks of third parties using its products to provide illegal gambling facilities.<p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:07:58 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

874576

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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	Telecommunications: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the regulation of the electronic communications sector in a manner which will avoid imposing additional complexity on British companies trading across Europe after Brexit; and whether those plans are dependent on whether the EU Electronic Communications Code is implemented during the transition period after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
	uin	HL6796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>We will ensure that regulation of the electronic communications sector remains fit for purpose and avoids any unnecessary complexity for business and consumers. Those objectives are not dependent on the implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code, although we will of course adhere to the applicable legal framework at all times.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/04/2018 15:52:05 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

890675

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of each of the recommendations of the report by Social Enterprise UK, Our money, our future, published in 2017, on the effect of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 on public sector spending.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL7198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>We welcome Social Enterprise UK's report 'Our money, Our Future'. We are considering the report's recommendations as we develop our Civil Society Strategy through engagement with public sector commissioners, procurement and civil society representatives.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the recently appointed Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector Crown Representative is meeting stakeholders to assess how to increase social value through commissioning. Social value will be an important element in the Civil Society Strategy which we will publish later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 09/05/2018 12:37:15 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

752412

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) regarding the fee structure for coaching courses and for the Level One coaching qualification for school-aged children; what assessment they have made of the impact of fees charged on participation by young people from (1) state, and (2) private schools; and whether they have advised the LTA to vary that fee structure according to which type of school a young person attends.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>We want all young people, regardless of economic background, to be healthy and active, and playing tennis is a great way to achieve this. Coaching courses and participation fees are for sports to manage, but as set out in the government's sport strategy Sporting Future, we should ensure that opportunities to engage in sport and physical activity are as inclusive and accessible as possible</p><p> </p><p>Sport England published its new coaching plan “Coaching in an Active Nation: The Coaching Plan for England” earlier this year, setting out a key objective of making it easier to become a coach. An important part of that is reducing the costs of entry. Sport England has recently commissioned a review of the UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) which will include looking at the issue of the increased cost of coaching qualifications.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 26/07/2017 15:10:53 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

767309

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	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	Digital Economy Council: Disclosure of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who are the members of the Digital Economy Council, announced by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on 1 July; whether they will publish (1) its agenda for, and (2) minutes of, its first meeting on 3 July; what are the dates of future meetings; and whether they have considered appointing a consumer representative to the Council.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL1727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We published the membership, terms of reference and frequency of meetings for the Digital Economy Council and Digital Economy Advisory Group on the Gov.UK website, link found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/digital-economy-council-and-digital-economy-advisory-group. The attached PDF file contains the information shown on the Gov.uk’s webpage.</p><p> </p><p>Agenda and minutes are not published to encourage a frank exchange of views during these meetings.</p><p> </p><p>These groups are only one of many routes to engage with us on digital policy. For example, we are committed to working with the public, industry, charities and academia as we develop and implement the Digital Charter.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL1728 question first answered 19/10/2017 11:41:58 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name Digital Economy Council and Digital Economy Advisory Group.pdf title Digital Economy Council Gov.uk webpage
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town