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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

1024821

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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	Tourism
	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 he is taking to encourage tourists to visit both Northern Ireland and the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	202147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain (VB) is responsible for marketing the UK as a whole to the rest of the world and have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) to work together on a variety of promotional activities. As part of this MOU, Northern Ireland products are used in marketing campaigns such as GREAT, images of Northern Ireland are used in VBImages and they participate in various business events. In particular, this year saw the Social Tourism Summit hosted by VB and TNI which brought together over 40 social media bloggers from 14 countries as well as travel delegates from the rest of the world to discuss innovations in digital travel marketing.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/12/2018 11:27:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1024822

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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	Mobile Libraries: Disadvantaged
	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 will take steps to increase the number of library buses in deprived areas.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	202148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The responsibility of the Secretary of State under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 is to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities in England only. Public libraries policy in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>Libraries NI delivers the library service in Northern Ireland. It has indicated that it has no plans to extend mobile library services further, and keeps its mobile library routes under constant review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/12/2018 11:13:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1028716

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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	Public Libraries
	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 recent assessment he has made of the effect on levels of social mobility of access to public libraries.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	203977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Libraries play an important role in giving everyone opportunities to improve their life chances and achieve their full potential. In doing so they serve a diverse range of people from all backgrounds, including those in lower socio-economic groups. In addition, DCMS’s Taking Part Survey indicates that unlike other cultural sectors, public library use in 2017/18 by people in black or minority ethnic groups is significantly higher (40.9% having visited a public library in the previous 12 months) than for people in the white ethnic group (31.7%).</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of this, the Government funds the Libraries Taskforce to encourage good practice and innovation to public library services in achieving the strategic outcomes set out in its 2016 strategy Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021. DCMS also invested £3.9 million in the Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone fund to support innovative library service activity in 2017/18 to benefit disadvantaged people and places in England, including projects to help people develop their skills and achieve their potential.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/01/2019 13:49:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1041296

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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: Legal Opinion
	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 highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	208332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>(a) A large proportion of DCMS's legal advice is provided by the Government Legal Department (GLD) on an annual fixed fee basis. Additional legal advice is obtained from GLD on an hourly rate basis and the Department regularly engages private sector legal services from Counsel and external legal firms. Hourly rates are not available without reviewing individual invoices from the various legal service providers, which would incur disproportionate cost. Advice from counsel is, save for very limited and exceptional circumstances, provided at rates which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/attorney-generals-panel-counsel-practical-information#rates.</p><p> </p><p>(b) This information is not held centrally and to collect this information would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/01/2019 16:48:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041424

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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: Public Bodies
	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 staff at (a) Arts Council England, (b) Big Lottery Fund, (c) the British Film Institute, (d) the British Library and (e) the British Museum (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	208390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The situation at each named organisation, at 16 January 2019, is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the London Living Wage<strong> inside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the London Living Wage<strong> outside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the Real Living Wage <strong>inside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the Real Living Wage <strong>outside </strong>Greater London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Arts Council England</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Big Lottery Fund</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>29 [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Film Institute</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Library</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Museum</strong></p></td><td><p>164 [2]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] The Big Lottery Fund is an accredited Living Wage employer. The new rates are announced in November each year with a six month window for organisations to implement the changes. When Big Lottery Fund’s annual pay award is implemented, any required increases are backdated to 1 April so all employees are in line with the real living wage from the previous November. This approach has been agreed with the Living Wage Foundation</p><p> </p><p>[2] There are 164 individuals receiving under £10.55 per hour - but no less than £10.20 per hour (the London Living Wage at 1 April 2018) - at the British Museum following the increase to the London Living Wage in November 2018. The next scheduled pay review at the British Museum is 1st April 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 208392 question first answered 22/01/2019 16:52:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041426

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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: Public Bodies
	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 staff at (a) Arts Council England, (b) Big Lottery Fund, (c) the British Film Institute, (d) the British Library and (e) the British Museum (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	208392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The situation at each named organisation, at 16 January 2019, is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the London Living Wage<strong> inside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the London Living Wage<strong> outside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the Real Living Wage <strong>inside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the Real Living Wage <strong>outside </strong>Greater London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Arts Council England</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Big Lottery Fund</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>29 [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Film Institute</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Library</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Museum</strong></p></td><td><p>164 [2]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] The Big Lottery Fund is an accredited Living Wage employer. The new rates are announced in November each year with a six month window for organisations to implement the changes. When Big Lottery Fund’s annual pay award is implemented, any required increases are backdated to 1 April so all employees are in line with the real living wage from the previous November. This approach has been agreed with the Living Wage Foundation</p><p> </p><p>[2] There are 164 individuals receiving under £10.55 per hour - but no less than £10.20 per hour (the London Living Wage at 1 April 2018) - at the British Museum following the increase to the London Living Wage in November 2018. The next scheduled pay review at the British Museum is 1st April 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 208390 question first answered 22/01/2019 16:52:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041607

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	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	Culture: Havering
	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 funding his Department has allocated to arts and culture projects in Havering Borough in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	208810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in the table below, since April 2013, Arts Council England has invested almost £4.5 million in arts and culture projects in Havering Borough. This includes regular funding to National Portfolio Organisations, such as Havering Theatre Trust, as well as National Lottery Grants for the Arts, Project Grants and Strategic funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>2018/2019 (To 16/01/2019)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Portfolio Organisations</p></td><td><p>£ 275,913</p></td><td><p>£ 277,032</p></td><td><p>£ 277,032</p></td><td><p>£ 277,032</p></td><td><p>£ 277,032</p></td><td><p>£ 277,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music Education Hubs</p></td><td><p>£ 277,660</p></td><td><p>£ 287,012</p></td><td><p>£ 370,905</p></td><td><p>£ 372,277</p></td><td><p>£ 370,618</p></td><td><p>£ 366,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants for the Arts / Project Grants</p></td><td><p>£ 32,420</p></td><td><p>£ 45,247</p></td><td><p>£ 32,014</p></td><td><p>£ 73,736</p></td><td><p>£ 53,648</p></td><td><p>£ 101,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 359,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ 585,993</p></td><td><p>£ 609,291</p></td><td><p>£ 679,951</p></td><td><p>£ 723,045</p></td><td><p>£ 701,298</p></td><td><p>£ 1,105,270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/01/2019 16:45:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1041721

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	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	Commemorative Plaques: Cheltenham
	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 guidance this Department has made available to local community groups seeking to install a blue plaque commemorating key (a) local figures, (b) establishments and (c) the Blue Moon Club in Cheltenham.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	208927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The English Heritage blue plaque scheme, which is limited to London, links the people of the past with the buildings of the present. The scheme is managed by English Heritage and follows guidance set out by them.</p><p> </p><p>However, there are many other plaque schemes throughout the country in various cities and towns. More than seventy civic societies have worked together to standardise the schemes and each of these has a set of guidance for assessment. A register of other plaque schemes can be found and downloaded on the English Heritage website at <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/blue-plaques/propose-plaque/other-plaque-schemes.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/blue-plaques/propose-plaque/other-plaque-schemes.pdf</a> . The Cheltenham Civic Society has further information on their website, <a href="https://cheltenhamcivicsociety.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://cheltenhamcivicsociety.org.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/01/2019 16:47:00 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk