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1024606

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	Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK remains a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	908181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in AI and this government is committed to retaining this position.</p><p> </p><p>Our AI and Data Grand Challenge is a major collaboration with industry and academia to this end. It includes up to £0.95bn Sector Deal package with industry that will strengthen the UK’s position as a global AI leader.</p><p> </p><p>We are establishing an AI Council, an expert committee, to provide high-level leadership on implementing the AI Sector Deal.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with partners including the Turing Institute and UKRI to encourage retention and attract new, diverse talent from abroad.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/12/2018 17:53:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1024735

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	Nuisance Calls: Pensioners
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 has taken to reduce the use of cold calling to obtain contractual agreements with pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	202101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Pension scams can have significant and devastating impacts on people’s lives. Scams can leave people to face retirement with a greatly reduced income, unable to build their pension savings back up. As well as being a nuisance, cold calling is the most common method used to initiate pension fraud. This is why the Government has taken a number of measures to tackle nuisance calls in general and ban pensions cold calling in particular.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday 17 December new powers enabling company directors to be held personally liable for the nuisance calls their company makes came into force.</p><p> </p><p>The Government ran a technical consultation over the summer on regulations to ban pensions cold calling and published the consultation response as a supplementary document to Budget 2018. The regulations to ban pensions cold calling were laid in Parliament on 1 November and will come into force early in the new year.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is aware that more needs to be done to truly eradicate this problem, and continues to work with regulators and industry to put a stop to these calls.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/12/2018 15:45:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

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

1022997

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	Music: Education
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 support he has given to music conservatoires.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	200591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Arts Council England (ACE) invests substantially in supporting the music education landscape. The Arts Council’s £75m investment in music education hubs reflects the government’s belief that all students should have access to an excellent, well-rounded education which includes the arts and music. ACE has also recently provided funding to Leeds College of Music for a festival of cutting edge music, sound art and visual installations; and the Royal Northern College of Music for the 2018 RNCM Brass Band Festival.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, ACE supports the orchestral sector’s engagement with conservatoires by working with Conservatoires UK to encourage collaboration between conservatories and the ACE National Youth Music Organisations, National Portfolio Organisations and Music Education Hubs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/12/2018 12:49:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

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

1023032

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	Alcoholic Drinks: Advertising
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 include alcohol products in the proposed consultation on a 9pm watershed on the advertising of unhealthy foods.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	200726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>In the second chapter of the Government's Childhood Obesity Plan, published in June, we committed to consult by the end of 2018 on introducing a 9pm watershed on TV advertising of HFSS products and similar protection for children viewing adverts online - with the aim of limiting children’s exposure to HFSS advertising, and incentivising sugar and calorie reduction.</p><p> </p><p>Alcohol advertising is not in scope for this work because the consultation is focused on products that children consume.</p><p> </p><p>As with HFSS advertising, alcohol advertising in the UK is regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the industry’s independent regulator, who enforce the Advertising Codes through a system of self-regulation and co-regulation with Ofcom. The Codes apply to all media, including broadcast and online, and set standards for accuracy and honesty to which advertisers are expected to adhere, including specific conditions on advertising to children, causing offence and social responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>The Codes recognise the social imperative of ensuring alcohol advertising is responsible. They are regularly reviewed and updated by the industry to ensure they remain effective, and proposed changes to the Codes are routinely subject to public consultation. The Codes currently state that alcohol advertising must not be targeted at people under 18 and “should not imply, condone or encourage immoderate, irresponsible or anti-social drinking.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/12/2018 13:10:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan