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1003645

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Internet: Harassment
	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 the recommendations of the WebRoots Democracy report, Kinder, Gentler Politics: Tackling the rise of online abuse in political debate, published on 16 October 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) creating an online abusers register and (b) commissioning research into the links between anonymity and online abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
	uin	189750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made clear that more needs to done to tackle online abuse, including anonymous abuse. We will publish a joint DCMS-Home Office White Paper in the Winter, setting out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures, and establishing clear standards for tech companies to help keep UK citizens safe.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:26:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1006863

	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	Digital Broadcasting: Radio
	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 he make an assessment of the importance of the transition to digital radio to the financial stability of small commercial stations.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	191387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Take up of digital radio by listeners continues to make good progress and has exceeded 50% share of all radio listening. We are considering the next steps for supporting the future development of digital radio and will take account of the needs of small commercial stations in developing these plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:27:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1010737

	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	JPI Media
	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 information his Department holds on the current board members of JPI Media; and of those members, how many served previously on the Johnston Press board.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
	uin	193595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The directors of JPI Media Holdings Ltd are David Duggins, Dean Merritt, and John Ensall, none of whom have previously been directors of Johnston Press.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:47:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1011649

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Telecommunications: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2018 to Question 178225 on Nuisance calls, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of vishing.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	194052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office holds responsibility for the Joint Fraud Taskforce, while DCMS is responsible for policy on tackling nuisance calls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce is working with industry to tackle Card Not Present Fraud, including fraudulent purchases made over the telephone. Since September 2016 the Government has been running the Take Five fraud awareness campaign designed to urge the public and businesses to take time to consider whether a situation they find themselves in is genuine. Specific advice on phone scams and vishing can be found at www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are existing measures that make it mandatory for all direct marketing firms to display their calling line identification - making it easier for people to identify direct marketing calls, and choose whether to accept them. In addition, Government has recently legislated in the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 to further restrict direct marketing by placing a ban on cold calls offering to settle personal injury or payment protection insurance claims if the claimant has not chosen to ‘opt-in’.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/11/2018 16:09:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1011657

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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 Media: 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, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require through annual transparency reporting social media platforms to disclose how they keep children safe.
	tabling member constituency	Wantage
	tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
	uin	194116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>We will publish an Online Harms White Paper in the Winter, which will set out our proposals for future legislative and non-legislative measures, including future guidance and transparency reports. These proposals will deliver the Digital Charter's ambitions of making the UK the safest place in the world to be online, whilst also leading the world in innovation-friendly regulation that supports the growth of the tech sector.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/11/2018 10:34:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

999303

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
	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 much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	186198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>DCMS spend on consultancy fees for work relating to EU Exit totals £1.2m since July 2016. The suppliers of this work are PricewaterhouseCoopers and ICF Consultancy, as well as individual contractors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:45:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett