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1010234

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the provisions of the draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	192780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to lead international efforts to prevent terrorist use of the internet. This includes working closely with the EU and other international partners to push industry to take a more proactive approach to detecting and removing terrorist content from their platforms, including by legislative means.</p><p>On 12 September, the European Commission announced a regulation to tackle terrorist content online. The UK has worked with the Commission and other Member States to ensure the proposed Regulation is ambitious and has meaningful impact on the problem.</p><p>If agreed, the Regulation would have direct effect in domestic law and as such, we do not consider that any changes to domestic law would be necessary. This would be dependent on the outcome of EU Exit negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/12/2018 17:35:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1020746

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Arts: Productivity
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 assessment he has made of the accuracy of measures of productivity for the UK creative sector.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	199785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics produces estimates of productivity for high-level industry groups, but not to the level of detail of the creative industries sector. DCMS has not carried out an assessment of any alternative measures of productivity of the UK creative sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/12/2018 16:25:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023017

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	O2: Outages
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 assessment he has made of the effect on the UK economy of the O2 data failure of 6 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	200594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the telecoms sector on matters of resilience and security through the industry led Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group. Furthermore, the Communication Act 2003 (section 105A) requires telecoms operators to have appropriate measures in place to manage risks to the security (covering confidentiality, integrity and availability) of networks and services. Telecoms operators are also required to notify Ofcom of security and resilience issues (including service outages) which have a ‘significant impact on the operation of a network or service’ (section 105B Communications Act 2003).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reports annually on the number and scale of security incidents, including impacts (ie numbers of customers affected) through their Connected Nations report.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation arrangements linked to a service incident are a matter for the company but Ofcom will be discussing the company’s plans with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 200595 200596 200597 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:52:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023018

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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 Broadband: Outages
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 reduce incidences of data outages by mobile phone companies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	200595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the telecoms sector on matters of resilience and security through the industry led Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group. Furthermore, the Communication Act 2003 (section 105A) requires telecoms operators to have appropriate measures in place to manage risks to the security (covering confidentiality, integrity and availability) of networks and services. Telecoms operators are also required to notify Ofcom of security and resilience issues (including service outages) which have a ‘significant impact on the operation of a network or service’ (section 105B Communications Act 2003).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reports annually on the number and scale of security incidents, including impacts (ie numbers of customers affected) through their Connected Nations report.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation arrangements linked to a service incident are a matter for the company but Ofcom will be discussing the company’s plans with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 200594 200596 200597 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:52:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023019

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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 Broadband: Outages
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 estimate he has made of the economic effect of mobile data outages on the UK economy in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	200596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the telecoms sector on matters of resilience and security through the industry led Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group. Furthermore, the Communication Act 2003 (section 105A) requires telecoms operators to have appropriate measures in place to manage risks to the security (covering confidentiality, integrity and availability) of networks and services. Telecoms operators are also required to notify Ofcom of security and resilience issues (including service outages) which have a ‘significant impact on the operation of a network or service’ (section 105B Communications Act 2003).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reports annually on the number and scale of security incidents, including impacts (ie numbers of customers affected) through their Connected Nations report.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation arrangements linked to a service incident are a matter for the company but Ofcom will be discussing the company’s plans with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 200594 200595 200597 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:52:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023020

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	O2: Outages
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 public services affected by the data outage experienced by O2 customers on 6 December 2018 are planned to receive compensation for the disruption to service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	200597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the telecoms sector on matters of resilience and security through the industry led Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group. Furthermore, the Communication Act 2003 (section 105A) requires telecoms operators to have appropriate measures in place to manage risks to the security (covering confidentiality, integrity and availability) of networks and services. Telecoms operators are also required to notify Ofcom of security and resilience issues (including service outages) which have a ‘significant impact on the operation of a network or service’ (section 105B Communications Act 2003).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reports annually on the number and scale of security incidents, including impacts (ie numbers of customers affected) through their Connected Nations report.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation arrangements linked to a service incident are a matter for the company but Ofcom will be discussing the company’s plans with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 200594 200595 200596 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:52:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023175

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Arts
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 estimate he has made of the contribution to the economy of the creative sector.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>We are incredibly proud of our world-beating Creative Industries. In 2017, the creative industries made a record contribution of £101.5 billion to the UK economy - accounting for 5.5% of UK GVA - as shown by the latest DCMS Economic Estimates, which were released last month and can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Within this, the video games industry contributed £1.1bn, accounting for 0.1% of UK GVA. The sector has increased from £430 million in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 201118 question first answered 17/12/2018 14:06:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023176

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Video Games
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 estimate he has made of the contribution of the video games industry to the economy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>We are incredibly proud of our world-beating Creative Industries. In 2017, the creative industries made a record contribution of £101.5 billion to the UK economy - accounting for 5.5% of UK GVA - as shown by the latest DCMS Economic Estimates, which were released last month and can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Within this, the video games industry contributed £1.1bn, accounting for 0.1% of UK GVA. The sector has increased from £430 million in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 201117 question first answered 17/12/2018 14:06:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1037220

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Digital Technology
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK’s digital sector of the UK leaving the EU without an adequacy agreement to ensure uninterrupted UK-EU data transfers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	205834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The impact of exiting the EU has been modelled for the UK economy as a whole. Several potential exit scenarios were explored in the government's EU Exit: Long-term Economic Analysis which was published in November 2018. No specific assessment has been made about the potential disruption to the UK’s digital sector. However, the Government has consistently made clear that many EU and UK businesses and public sector organisations rely on the free flow of personal data to fulfil their obligations and therefore maintaining the free flow of personal data is a priority for the Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Data Protection Act 2018 updated the UK’s rules in accordance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and transposed the Law Enforcement Directive, ensuring our data protection laws will be aligned with those of the EU at our point of exit. We are confident that we will strike a positive relationship on data. The UK and the EU start from a position of trust in each other’s standards and regulatory alignment on data protection. As set out in the Political Declaration, the EU will begin its assessment of the UK as soon as possible after the United Kingdom's withdrawal, endeavouring to adopt decisions by the end of the implementation period. The UK is ready to begin those assessments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to prioritising an early adequacy decision, it is the job of a responsible Government to prepare for the possibility that we leave the EU without an adequacy agreement in place. On 13 December the Government and the Information Commissioner's Office published detailed information and guidance on data protection in the event that this were to happen. DCMS is engaging with businesses across all sectors of the economy, including the digital sector, to mitigate risks to disruption of international data transfers. In recognition of the unprecedented degree of alignment between the UK and EU’s data protection regimes, the UK would at the point of exit continue to allow the free flow of personal data from the UK to the EU.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/01/2019 17:05:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1037226

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Facebook: Data Protection
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 discussions he has had with Facebook about when that company became aware of misuse of personal data.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	205835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with companies on a range of issues including on data protection. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>We take both the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age in which an ever increasing amount of data is being processed and empowers people to take control of their data. As the independent regulator for data protection in the UK, the ICO were aware of the issue concerning Facebook and carried out inquiries as part of an in-depth investigation into data analytics for political purposes. Information about and the outcome of that investigation and all related actions taken, can be found on the ICO website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/01/2019 17:07:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne