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1306476

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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	Broadband: Rural Areas and Small Businesses
	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 improve broadband provision for (a) isolated rural areas and (b) small business owners operating from their homes in (i) Congleton constituency and (ii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	175811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to gigabit capable broadband to everyone in the UK by stimulating investment, busting barriers and driving competition. The UK is on track for one of the fastest rollouts in Europe and for half of all households to have access to gigabit speeds by the end of the year. It is a huge leap forward from 2019, when it was just one in ten.</p><p>The government is investing £5 billion in Project Gigabit to ensure that gigabit capable broadband reaches all communities across the UK. Further detail on our approach is set out in our Project Gigabit - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/project-gigabit-phase-one-delivery-plan" target="_blank">Phase One Delivery Plan</a> published on 19 March 2021, including using subsidised procurements to extend gigabit broadband coverage and providing up to £210m to fund a new voucher from the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme and up to £110m to connect rural GP surgeries, libraries and schools.</p><p>We will begin a national Open Market Review by July 2021 for telecoms providers to give us a picture of where the market plans to invest in gigabit networks over the next three years and to confirm where we need to intervene so places are not left out.</p><p>4,000 premises in Cheshire will also benefit from access to gigabit capable broadband as a result of a £4.5million investment under the Superfast Broadband programme that was agreed in December 2020.</p><p>For those in the most isolated areas, where the costs of delivering broadband rise exponentially, the government has issued a <a href="https://dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bEMHlvftH6oiYjc" target="_blank">Call for Evidence</a> for users and suppliers to share their current experiences, needs and views. We are also asking suppliers to provide further information on technologies coming to market that may support delivery of improved broadband to these locations.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 13/04/2021 14:05:02 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1255367

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	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	Exercise: Congleton
	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 group exercise classes will be permitted to take place indoors from the end of the November 2020 lockdown period in Congleton constituency provided that social distancing is enforced.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	120843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>As announced on Thursday 26 November, Cheshire will be placed into Tier 2 of coronavirus restrictions when the national lockdown ends on 2 December. Under Tier 2 you must not socialise with anyone you do not live with or who is not in your support bubble in any indoor setting, whether at home or in a public place.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Organised outdoor sport, and physical activity and exercise classes can continue. However, organised indoor sport, physical activity and exercise classes will only be permitted if it is possible for people to avoid mixing with people they do not live with (or share a support bubble with). There are exceptions for indoor disability sport, sport for educational purposes and supervised sport and physical activity for under-18s, which can take place with larger groups mixing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further guidance will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/11/2020 18:16:19 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1236035

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	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	Pornography: Internet
	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 ask the Information Commissioner's Office to investigate instances of pornographic websites using children's browsing history data to promote pornographic content to those users.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	92753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Providers of online services which are likely to be accessed by children are required by UK data protection legislation to ensure that children’s data is processed fairly, lawfully and transparently. They should not be sharing data with third parties unless there are compelling reasons to do so, taking account of the best interests of the child.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a code of practice on Age Appropriate Design, which offers guidance for organisations on complying with the legislation, including the privacy standards that should be adopted where they are offering online services to children. The code can be viewed on the ICO’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-data-protection-themes/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-data-protection-themes/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Online services that do not comply with the legislation, should be reported to the ICO which may, in turn, consider enforcement action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 29/09/2020 10:16:00 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1235203

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	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	Pornography: Internet
	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 will reconsider implementing Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 in response to the court case brought by several age verification companies, claim number CO/206/2020.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	91002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>I am unable to discuss any ongoing cases against the department.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that children are protected from accessing harmful content online.Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/09/2020 14:38:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1234561

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	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	Pornography: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, further to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75251, what assessment he has made of the level of risk that commercial pornographic websites will cease to allow user generated content if that would bring those websites within scope of a duty of care in potential future online harms legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	90111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 90112 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:34:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1234562

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	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	Pornography: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, further to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75251, whether his Department holds data on which of the fifty most accessed commercial pornography sites in the UK (a) allow user generated content and (b) require payment to access all of the content on their website.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	90112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 90111 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:34:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1234054

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	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	Pornography: Internet
	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 21 July 2020 to Question 75251 what proportion of commercial pornography sites (a) allow user-generated content and (b) place (i) all, (ii) some and (iii) none of their pornographic content behind a paywall.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	89676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 89677 question first answered 17/09/2020 13:24:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1234055

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	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	Pornography: Internet
	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 21 July 2020 to Question 75251, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s analysis of commercial pornographic websites that require payment.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	89677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 89676 question first answered 17/09/2020 13:24:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1233703

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2020
	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	Pornography: Internet
	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 21 July 2020 to Question 75251 on pornography, what plans he has to publish the Government's analysis of pornography sites.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	88858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/09/2020 14:24:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1225782

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	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	Pornography: Internet
	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 the Government had with parents before reaching its decision to delay the introduction of statutory age verification for pornographic website by bringing forward new legislative proposals rather than by implementing Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	75249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring children are protected from accessing inappropriate content online. As we announced on 16 October last year, the government has decided that the policy objective of protecting children online from age inappropriate content can be best delivered through our wider online harms proposals. Our Online Harms proposals will deliver a higher level of protection for children and we expect companies to use a proportionate range of tools, including age assurance and age verification technologies, to prevent children accessing age-inappropriate content such as online pornography. This approach will achieve a more consistent and comprehensive approach to harmful content across different sites and go further than the Digital Economy Act’s focus on online pornography on commercial adult sites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will publish a Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation later this year. We will follow the full Government Response with legislation, which we are working on at pace, and will be introduced when parliamentary time allows.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The British Board of Film Classification, while designated as the age verification regulator under the Digital Economy Act, commissioned research on children’s access to pornographic content online. The research, published in early 2020, explored young people’s interactions with, and attitudes towards, online pornography and age verification. We will continue to develop our evidence base on online harms ahead of the implementation of the new online harms regulatory framework.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As a result of Covid-19 lockdown measures we expect more people, including children, to be spending more time online. Although it is too early to confidently analyse patterns from this period, there is universal concern about child online safety. We are working closely with technology companies, law enforcement and civil society to monitor trends, and to support users to understand and manage the risks and benefits of being online during this period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with a wide range of stakeholders, including children’s charities, on a variety of issues. We engaged with a number of children’s charities on our proposals to protect children through the new online harms regulatory framework, as part of our wider public consultation on the Online Harms White Paper last year. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"> Gov.uk</a> website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2020 17:31:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce