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1108709

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Advertising: Statistics
	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 tackle the use of potentially misleading statistics in advertising.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	239231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Advertising in the UK is regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the industry’s independent regulator, which enforces the Advertising Codes through a system of self-regulation and co-regulation with Ofcom. The Codes apply to all media, including broadcast and online. They incorporate all relevant legislation and set standards for accuracy and honesty to which advertisers must adhere, including specific conditions on advertising to children, causing offence and social responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>The ASA is recognised by the government, the courts and trading standards as the ‘established means’ for the enforcement of misleading advertising, and the Codes include rules designed to ensure that advertisers do not mislead consumers. It has a range of sanctions it can take against non-compliant advertisers and, as a last resort, can refer some to Trading Standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/04/2019 16:37:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1127088

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Design
	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 (a) steps he is taking and (b) funds he is allocating to ensure that the UK remains a world leader in the design sector.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	255301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Under its creative industries sector deal, the government has recently launched the £14million Creative Careers Programme, which is designed to raise awareness of the range of careers available across the creative industries, as well as launching the £4 million Creative Scale-Up investment readiness programme aimed at increasing the profitability, scalability and productivity of creative industries businesses. Design companies will be able to access both these programmes with obvious benefits for the wider sector in creating a pipeline of future talent.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/05/2019 15:46:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1092193

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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	Television Licences: Older People
	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 the Government is taking to retain the free TV Licence for people over 75.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	234736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The government knows people across the country value television as a way to stay connected with the world and we that is why we have guaranteed the over 75 licence fee concession until June 2020. The BBC will take on responsibility for free licences for the over-75s from 2020 and it is right that it has consulted the public before making any decisions. We’ve been clear that we would want and expect it to continue with this important concession.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 11:46:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1126875

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	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	Cybersecurity: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many businesses have been certified under (a) Cyber Essentials and (b) Cyber Essentials Plus.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	254784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>At the end of April 2019 the total number of Cyber Essentials certificates awarded to organisations was 26,712. Of these, (a) 21,948 were awarded at Cyber Essentials level and (b) 4,764 were awarded at Cyber Essentials Plus level.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/05/2019 15:58:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1089471

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2019
	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	Telecommunications: EU Law
	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 comply with Article 109, Recital 5 of the European Electronic Communications Code in relation to people whose first language is British Sign Language.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	232991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Article 109, Subparagraph (5) of the European Electronic Communications Code states that consumers with disabilities must have an equivalent level of access to emergency services as consumers without disabilities. The Government’s position is that no steps need to be taken in order to implement this provision, as it already exists in the current EU framework (at Article 26(4) of the amended Universal Service Directive 2002/22/EC), which the UK implemented in 2011.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 11:49:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1089447

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2019
	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	Terrorism: New Zealand
	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 prevent proliferation of videos and documents published by the perpetrator or perpetrators of the terror attack on two Christchurch mosques on 15 March 2019 on (a) print and broadcast media, (b) social media and (c) other internet sites and platforms accessible from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	232999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that tech companies need to act more quickly to remove terrorist content online and ultimately prevent new content being made available to users in the first place. There can be no safe spaces for terrorists to promote and share their extreme views. We are working closely with industry, including through the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, to encourage them to increase the use of technology to automate the detection and removal of content where possible.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Online Harms White Paper will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures detailing how we will tackle online harms and setting clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep people safe online.</p><p>Decisions on broadcasting regulation are a matter for Ofcom, whose Broadcasting Code sets strong standards for material broadcast on television and radio around harmful and offensive material, incitement of crime, disorder, and hatred or abuse. The press is subject to independent self-regulation, primarily through IPSO and Impress. These regulators issue their own codes of conduct which provide guidelines on a range of areas including discrimination, accuracy and the reporting of crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/03/2019 14:21:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1077365

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Facebook
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to assess the merits of Facebook’s business practices towards other developers as part of the Government review of the UK’s competition powers in April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	225433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Competition investigations are a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority. This is carried out independently of Government. The Government’s statutory review of competition law will assess the extent to which competition powers have been effective in fulfilling their aims.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:04:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1079452

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	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: Incentives
	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 average in-year bonus was for (a) male and (b) female staff in his Department at each grade in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	227059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information below details the average in-year bonus by gender and grade for each of the last three financial years. The 2016/17 and 2017/18 tables use information consistent with that used for the respective gender pay gap calculations. The 2015/16 table is based on the same information from that year although this was before the legislative requirement to publish the gender pay gap came into effect.</p><p><br></p><p>Grades C and D have been combined as the sample size for grade D is too small to report on alone.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>£ 278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>£ 273</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>£ 316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>£ 309</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£ 256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>£ 350</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£ 404</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£ 225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>£ 248</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>£ 256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>£ 268</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>£ 241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>£ 333</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£ 257</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>£ 269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>£ 317</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£ 350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>£ 324</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>£ 318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>£ 356</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£ 471</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:00:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1079453

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	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: Incentives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's Gender Pay Gap Report 2018, for what reasons at Grade A 32.26 per cent of men received bonuses compared to 18.75 per cent of women.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	227060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>To clarify, the figures specified in this question relate to the percentages of men and women at Grade A(U) who received end of year bonuses and does not include data relating to in-year bonuses. At Grade A (which has nearly 5 times as many staff members than grade A(U)), 14.84% of men received end of year bonuses compared to 18.06% of women.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Grade A(U) is the smallest of the delegated grades (other than grade D). A total of 16 individuals, out of 63, within this grade were granted end of year bonuses and so the overall percentage of staff receiving end of year awards at this grade is easily skewed due to the small sample size.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across the department as a whole, the percentages of men and women receiving end of year awards were very similar (15.1% of men and 15.5% of women).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:03:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1082642

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	BBC: Disability Aids
	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 the BBC on improving their subtitling service.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	229124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>As the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom is responsible for setting targets and holding broadcasters including the BBC to account for delivering subtitling services.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/03/2019 11:07:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest