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631776

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will require Ofcom to consult with local authorities and mayors before proceeding with major IT investment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	52489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Ofcom's approach to consultations for proposed new regulatory measures can be found on their website here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/how-will-ofcom-consult.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:00:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

631778

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to which stakeholders her Department has formally written to inform them that they might participate in the consultation on whether to conduct further investigations into standards, ethics and criminality in the press.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	52448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Ministers wrote to a small number of interested parties regarding the consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation, including interested Parliamentarians and victims of press abuse. The consultation runs until 10 January 2017 and is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-leveson-inquiry-and-its-implementation. We hope a wide range individuals and organisations respond.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:22:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

631779

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out the progress on the development of new independent bodies to regulate the media.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	52295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government established a new system of press self-regulation whereby self-regulators can apply to the Press Recognition Panel for recognition if they choose. It is for the Panel to assess self-regulators against the criteria set out in the Royal Charter.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:47:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

631780

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Telephones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the report by the British Infrastructure Group, Mobile Coverage: a good call for Britain, published in October 2016, what assessment she has made of the role public telephones can play in (a) emergency situations, (b) those situations in areas with poor signal coverage and (c) those situations for people unable to afford mobile telephones.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	52317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for local authorities to take based on the value of retaining a phone box to the local community.</p><p>We recognise the importance of public call boxes as a means of calling the emergency services. Ofcom requires that there is a period of consultation before a public call box is removed and that one of the factors to be considered by the relevant public body is the potential importance of the call box to contact the emergency services.</p><p> </p><p>Improving mobile connectivity across the UK, including in rural and hard to reach areas is a priority for the Government, and the December 2014 agreement with industry guarantees that each mobile network operator will provide voice and SMS text coverage to 90% of the UK's landmass by end-2017. Additionally, Telefonica has a licence obligation to deliver indoor 4G coverage to 98% of UK premises over the same period. Taken together these obligations will cut complete not spots further, and improve mobile coverage across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Practice for the Public Emergency Call Service requires that a caller from a mobile phone is able to roam onto another mobile network to make an emergency call if they have no signal from their own provider. The improvements in mobile connectivity arising from the December 2014 agreement will support this.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:16:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

631783

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which sport (a) organisations, (b) programmes and (c) projects in the UK receive funding from the EU; what the total amount of such funding was in each of the last five years; and how much funding was allocated to each such organisation, programme or project in each such year.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	52429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Chancellor has guaranteed structural and investment fund projects in the UK that are signed before and after the Autumn Statement. In addition, projects where UK organisations bid directly and competitively for EU funding will be guaranteed by the UK Government if the bids are won before our departure from the EU, regardless of whether or not the projects continue after departure. Funding for other projects will be honoured by the government if they are good value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU means we will want to take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. We are consulting closely with stakeholders to review all EU funding schemes to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK‘s national interest, while ensuring appropriate investor certainty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:02:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

631784

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Telephones: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public telephones (a) are currently in operation and (b) have been removed in Northern Ireland in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	52437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>BT currently operates 1612 payphones in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold have historic data on removals for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:15:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

631102

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central of 16 September 2016 on parity of funding for BBC Alba.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	52131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>A letter was sent to the hon member on 9th November.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:31:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

631177

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to monitor the level of advertising for (a) breakfast cereals and (b) convenience foods for its effect on childhood obesity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	52081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of tackling childhood obesity, which is caused by a number of complex factors. The Childhood Obesity Plan for Action, published in August, considered a number of different policy responses to address this problem. Additional advertising restrictions were considered as part of this process, but current restrictions in the UK are amongst the toughest in the world and the plan focuses on those areas which experts tell us are most effective.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:25:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

631289

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of (a) consumer and (b) small business awareness of the sensitivity of personal data and the importance of protecting it.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	52125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the protection of personal data seriously. The Information Commissioner is the independent regulator of the Data Protection Act (DPA) and conducts an annual tracker survey which measures individuals awareness of rights under the DPA and gauges individuals’ perceptions of the way organisations handle their personal information. The latest version, which can be found at <a href="http://www.ico.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ico.org.uk</a>, states that 97% of respondents were aware of the DPA.</p><p>The DPA requires businesses that process personal data to take “appropriate technical and organisational measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data&quot;. The Information Commissioner's Office can issue civil monetary penalties of up to £500,000 to organisations that are in breach of the rules.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:17:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

631290

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to improve consumer awareness of (a) the privacy, security and fraud implications of sharing personal data online and (b) how people can mitigate such risks.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	52123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner's Office is responsible for producing guidance for the general public, private and public sector organisations on information rights; this includes informing individuals’ about their right to privacy, security measures data controllers should have in place and the implications of sharing personal data. This guidance and how to mitigate the risks associated with sharing data can be found on its’ website at; <a href="http://www.ico.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ico.org.uk</a>.</p><p>The Government is investing £1.9 billion to protect the nation in cyber space. The Cyber Aware campaign aims to drive behaviour change amongst small businesses and individuals so they adopt simple secure online behaviours to help protect themselves from fraud.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:24:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah