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1019268

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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: Video Games
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to conduct an investigation into the impact loot boxes in video games have on (1) underage gambling, and (2) instances of gambling related harm.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL11957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Where gambling facilities are offered, operators must have a licence from the Gambling Commission and have controls in place to prevent underage gambling.</p><p> </p><p>Loot boxes do not fall under gambling law where the in-game items acquired are confined for use within the game and cannot be cashed out. However, the Government is aware of concerns that loot boxes and other entertainment products, such as some video games, could encourage gambling-like behaviour and longer term lead to gambling related harm, and will continue to look closely at any evidence around this issue. We welcome the recent introduction by the VSC Ratings Board and PEGI of a new label for video games to warn parents where they include the opportunity to make in-game purchases.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2018, the Gambling Commission, along with 16 other regulators from Europe and the USA signed a declaration which outlined common concerns around gaming and gambling. The regulators agreed to work together to monitor the characteristics of video games and social gaming and where there is potential cross-over into gambling.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/12/2018 17:58:31 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

1019302

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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 Media
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to invest in cyber skills to help improve the digital protection provided to users of social media.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL11991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Our Digital Charter aims to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. As part of this work, we will publish an Online Harms White Paper in winter 2018/19, which will include a range of proposals including setting out how we will ensure that parents, children and other users develop the skills they need to stay safe online.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to increasing cyber security capacity across all sectors to ensure that the UK has the right level and blend of skills required to maintain our resilience to cyber threats and be the world’s leading digital economy.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/12/2018 17:58:46 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1020045

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	TripAdvisor
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given the proposal made by Lord Beecham on 19 November 2013 (HL Deb, col GC376) to establish a panel to determine whether information identifying the name of a person posting damaging or malicious comments online should be released, particularly in relation to comments about hotel or catering services posted on TripAdvisor.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL12020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is making important progress in tackling online safety issues through the Digital Charter, which is guided by a number of principles and whose core purpose is to make the Internet work for everyone – for citizens, businesses and society as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Online anonymity is an important part of a free and open internet, providing essential protection for those who need it and allowing for many kinds of self expression and communication that would not otherwise be possible. But being anonymous online does not give anyone the right to abuse others or break the law.</p><p> </p><p>In the Winter, the Government will publish an Online Harms White Paper setting out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures to ensure tech companies take more responsibility for the safety of their users.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/12/2018 12:55:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1122885

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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	Gambling: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that female gambling addicts now outnumber male gambling addicts in Sweden; and what plans they have to re-evaluate and expand the policy evidence base in the UK in respect of the gender makeup of gambling addicts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL15276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The main source of data for problem and at-risk gambling behaviour in Great Britain is the Health Surveys for England and Scotland, and the Problem Gambling Survey Wales. 2016 data showed that men were more likely than women to be classified as a problem gambler (1.2% and 0.2% respectively). The surveys also indicated that certain other groups are at greater risk of experiencing problems from gambling, including those with poor mental health or who are unemployed. However, further work is needed to understand the nature of these associations.</p><p> </p><p>Government recognises the importance of building understanding of how gambling related harm is experienced and by whom. Public Health England (PHE) is carrying out an evidence review looking at the health harms associated with gambling and the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (now called the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling, ABSG) published a paper setting out a potential framework for measuring harm. Protecting vulnerable people from gambling-related harm is a priority for the Government and where there is evidence that a particular product or environment is causing harm, we will take action.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, government awarded just over £1 million to GamCare for a project to raise awareness of how gambling is linked with a range of issues affecting women and girls and help to better identify women in need of support. One of the core work strands of the programme is to build data in this area.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/05/2019 11:29:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

1123295

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to women’s and girl’s (1) football, and (2) cricket.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL15351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>We are determined to get more girls and women playing sport, something we set out in our sport strategy, Sporting Future. There are excellent initiatives that already exist to encourage women to take up sport and physical activity. For example Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has been developed to get women and girls moving, regardless of shape, size and ability.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England are investing in a series of programmes and initiatives to increase participation amongst women and girls in football and cricket. This includes £10m between 2017/21 in the Football Association to help support their aspiration to double the number of women and girls’ affiliated teams to 12,000 by 2020. Sport England are also investing £9m in the England and Wales Cricket Board over between 2017 and 2021, much of which will be used to promote greater participation of women and girls in cricket. This includes a suite of flexible cricket formats to strengthen the pathway from beginner through to performance level, linked to the This Girl Can campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The broadcasting of sporting events such as this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup will continue to showcase women’s sport and inspire the next generation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/05/2019 11:30:59 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1123296

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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 Libraries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to sustaining libraries in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL15352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. It is for individual local authorities to decide how best to provide a public library service that meets local needs within their available resources. DCMS works across central and local government to encourage investment in libraries to ensure they can continue to support the delivery of local and national priorities and needs.</p><p> </p><p>The DCMS funded Libraries Taskforce was established, by DCMS and the Local Government Association, to devise and implement the “Libraries Deliver” strategy which helps support and reinvigorate the public library service in England. It works with sector partners to advocate for libraries and to share and promote good practice to help libraries better serve their communities.</p><p> </p><p>Arts Council England, the development agency for libraries, funded by DCMS, is providing total financial support of £1.6 million per annum to seven libraries’ organisations through its National Portfolio 2018 to 2022. DCMS has also provided direct funding support to library services in England, including a £2.6 million programme to support the installation or upgrade of wifi in public libraries in England, as well as £3.9m for the Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone fund, to support innovative library service activity to benefit disadvantaged people and places in England.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/05/2019 11:41:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

347361

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Sportsgrounds: Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage sport stadiums across the UK to meet the recommendations of Sport England and the International Olympic Committee on the number of wheelchair spaces available for disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring all spectators have appropriate access to sporting venues and services, and that professional sports clubs are aware of their responsibilities towards disabled spectators.</p><p>Sport England’s <em>Accessible Sports Facilities</em> guide provides guidance on access to sports facilities for disabled sports participants. The International Paralympic Committee’s guidance is there for clubs that want, and can afford, to meet the highest standards on inclusion and accessibility for both participants and spectators.</p><p>The <em>Accessible Stadia</em> guidance produced by the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) brings together the background information central to designing and providing for disabled spectators at stadia and helps all clubs to meet the basic standard in the first instance.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with the Department of Work and Pensions, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and the disabled spectators charity Level Playing Field on a range of measures to ensure that the rights of all disabled spectators, not only wheelchair users, are met by owners of sports stadia. As part of this work, the SGSA will be issuing an updated pamphlet to accompany the <em>Accessible Stadia</em> guidance, which will detail the current legal framework which all service providers must comply with and including advice on how clubs can improve access across a range of different disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/06/2015 08:25:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

347362

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Football: Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to monitor numbers of incidents of football fans using derogatory terms for disabled people (a) at matches and (b) when travelling to and from matches.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The ‘Kick It Out’ app continues to make it easy for fans to report instances of discrimination during, before or after a game. Of the 184 incidents reported to Kick It Out last season by 28 December, 118 (64%) involved alleged racist abuse, while 17% involved complaints about anti-Semitism. Kick It Out also received 15 complaints of abuse involving sexual orientation, 7 about disability, and 13 relating to sexism. The FA’s Inclusion Advisory Board, chaired by Heather Rabbatts, scrutinise these statistics, and those reported directly to the FA quarterly, and report to me every 6 months, which I will monitor for positive and negative trends.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/06/2015 10:50:50 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

347393

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Rugby
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has for the promotion and development of rugby league.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government, through Sport England, is investing £17.5m between 2013 and 2017 to get more people playing rugby league and to ​support talented individuals within the sport. I am keen to meet the Rugby Football League soon to discuss expanding the game across the country.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 02/06/2015 12:27:24 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

347681

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	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	FIFA: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions the Sports Minister has had with FIFA on the recent FBI investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>I have not had any recent discussions with FIFA regarding the recent FBI investigation. However, I am in regular contact with The FA on matters related to the governance of FIFA.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/06/2015 08:07:57 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon