Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1275765

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
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	Culture: Coventry
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 support the arts and culture industry in Coventry as they begin to commemorate Coventry as the city of culture 2021.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	136629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the huge contribution the arts and culture sector makes, not only to the economy and international reputation of the UK, but also to the wellbeing and enrichment of its people. It is for this reason that we have invested an unprecedented £1.57 billion, the biggest ever one-off cash injection, into UK culture to tackle the crisis facing our most loved arts organisations and heritage sites across the country including Coventry, which will be our next City of Culture. The Culture Recovery Fund has awarded over £6 million in funding to arts and heritage organisations in Coventry to help support them through the current Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has supported Coventry City of Culture Trust (the organisation responsible for planning and delivering the programme) with an investment of £15m for capital and resource projects. In addition, Arts Council England, has allocated £3.4m to support Coventry’s success as City of Culture.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The arts and cultural sector is instrumental to Coventry’s success and the Trust has employed local arts freelancers, invested in cultural infrastructure and, during the first lockdown, initiated a £100k resilience fund for the local arts community. In addition, through its programming, the Trust has provided a much needed injection of funding into the sector and supported artists in the region, nationally and internationally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Coventry North West has received four awards totalling £221,063 from the Culture Recovery Funds: Mercurial Arts Limited received £64,548; The Highlife Centre received 2 amounts of £79,515 and £61,000; and the Canal and River Trust received £16,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2021 14:30:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1275766

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
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	Arts: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 proportion of the arts, entertainment and recreation workforce (a) was been eligible for and (b) received support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in each month since the introduction of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	136630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been one of the key ways we have provided support, with the Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (AER) sector receiving £1.974bn of support from the initiative so far (claims made to 31 October). The CJRS has now been further extended to 30 April 2021. From 1 November, the UK Government will pay 80% of employees’ usual wages for the hours not worked, up to a cap of £2,500 per month.</p><p>The latest figures published by HMRC show that as at 31 October 2020, there were 660,900 eligible employments and 40,000 eligible employers for CJRS in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector.</p><p>As at 31 October, the proportion of the workforce eligible for furlough that were actually furloughed in AER sector was 24%. 45% of eligible employers in the AER sector were using the furlough scheme at the end of October.</p><p>As at 30 September, the take up rate of eligible employments was 28% in the AER sector, with 49% of eligible employers in the sector using the scheme.</p><p>As at 31 August, 40% of eligible employments were furloughed and 54% of eligible employers were using the scheme in the AER sector.</p><p>As at 31 July, 52% of eligible employments in the AER sector were furloughed, with a take up rate of 61% of eligible employers in the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 136631 question first answered 19/01/2021 12:52:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1275767

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
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	Arts: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 proportion of employers in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector accessed the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in each month since the introduction of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	136631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been one of the key ways we have provided support, with the Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (AER) sector receiving £1.974bn of support from the initiative so far (claims made to 31 October). The CJRS has now been further extended to 30 April 2021. From 1 November, the UK Government will pay 80% of employees’ usual wages for the hours not worked, up to a cap of £2,500 per month.</p><p>The latest figures published by HMRC show that as at 31 October 2020, there were 660,900 eligible employments and 40,000 eligible employers for CJRS in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector.</p><p>As at 31 October, the proportion of the workforce eligible for furlough that were actually furloughed in AER sector was 24%. 45% of eligible employers in the AER sector were using the furlough scheme at the end of October.</p><p>As at 30 September, the take up rate of eligible employments was 28% in the AER sector, with 49% of eligible employers in the sector using the scheme.</p><p>As at 31 August, 40% of eligible employments were furloughed and 54% of eligible employers were using the scheme in the AER sector.</p><p>As at 31 July, 52% of eligible employments in the AER sector were furloughed, with a take up rate of 61% of eligible employers in the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 136630 question first answered 19/01/2021 12:52:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1275861

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
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	Civil Disorder: USA
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 he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 and its implications for the Government's policies on online harms.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	136625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Ministers have regular meetings and discussions with their ministerial colleagues, on a range of issues, including online harms policy.</p><p>The government has set out its proposals for a new regulatory framework to tackle online harms in the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/online-harms-white-paper/outcome/online-harms-white-paper-full-government-response" target="_blank"> Full Government Response</a> to the Online Harms White Paper, published on 15 December 2020.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2021 12:12:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1275107

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
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	Photography: Coronavirus
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 private photographers who operate with social distancing measures can continue working during the 2021 covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	135902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>Private photographers are able to continue working, including leaving home for work purposes, where it is unreasonable for them to do their job from home. All relevant Covid-secure guidance developed with the Government should continue to be followed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/01/2021 16:06:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1275218

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
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	Video on Demand
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 the adoption of BBFC age ratings on online video streaming platforms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	135926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>It is vital that children are protected from accessing age-inappropriate, harmful content online. We have now published the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, which sets out how the proposed legal duty of care on online companies will work in practice and gives them new responsibilities towards their users. The strongest protections in our online harms proposals are for children. All companies in scope will be required to assess whether children are likely to access their services, and if so, provide additional protections for children using them. Companies will need to take steps to protect children from harmful content and activity on their service. We will set out in secondary legislation the priority harms that this regulation will tackle, in consultation with Ofcom. Ofcom will then set out in Codes of Practice the steps companies can take to protect children from harm on their services.</p><p>Ahead of Online Harms legislation, Regulations transposing the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive came into force on 1 November 2020 which require UK-established video sharing platforms to take appropriate measures to protect minors from harmful content and all users from illegal content. The Regulations require that the most harmful content is subject to the strongest protections, such as age assurance or more technical measures. Ofcom, as the regulatory authority, may take robust enforcement action against video sharing platforms which do not adopt measures to adequately protect their users.</p><p>Over the past year we have been working with the BBFC and industry to drive the voluntary adoption of the BBFC’s age rating symbols to Video On Demand platforms. Doing so will provide consumers with well recognised age ratings and consumer advice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 135927 question first answered 15/01/2021 16:39:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1275220

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
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	Social Media
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 merits of applying BBFC ratings to user-generated video content on YouTube, Facebook and similar sites and linking those ratings to parental filters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	135927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>It is vital that children are protected from accessing age-inappropriate, harmful content online. We have now published the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, which sets out how the proposed legal duty of care on online companies will work in practice and gives them new responsibilities towards their users. The strongest protections in our online harms proposals are for children. All companies in scope will be required to assess whether children are likely to access their services, and if so, provide additional protections for children using them. Companies will need to take steps to protect children from harmful content and activity on their service. We will set out in secondary legislation the priority harms that this regulation will tackle, in consultation with Ofcom. Ofcom will then set out in Codes of Practice the steps companies can take to protect children from harm on their services.</p><p>Ahead of Online Harms legislation, Regulations transposing the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive came into force on 1 November 2020 which require UK-established video sharing platforms to take appropriate measures to protect minors from harmful content and all users from illegal content. The Regulations require that the most harmful content is subject to the strongest protections, such as age assurance or more technical measures. Ofcom, as the regulatory authority, may take robust enforcement action against video sharing platforms which do not adopt measures to adequately protect their users.</p><p>Over the past year we have been working with the BBFC and industry to drive the voluntary adoption of the BBFC’s age rating symbols to Video On Demand platforms. Doing so will provide consumers with well recognised age ratings and consumer advice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 135926 question first answered 15/01/2021 16:39:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1275224

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
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	Business: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2020 to Question 130068, what steps the Government is taking to encourage sign-up to the Digital Boost Platform among (a) SMEs and (b) charities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	135930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>DCMS has supported the Digital Boost platform since its inception in June 2020. DCMS has encouraged sign-ups to the platform among SMEs and charities through the seven Local Digital Skills Partnerships, national industry partners, and other government departments. DCMS has also encouraged take-up through various communication channels, including social media and newsletters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/01/2021 12:48:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1275225

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
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	Digital Technology: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2020 to Question 128963 on Digital Technology: Small Businesses, what steps are being taken to provide the 796 small businesses and charities with a mentoring session that are yet to receive it.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	135931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>As of 12th January, 674 mentoring sessions have taken place since the platform’s rebuilding in late September. To date, 218 mentoring requests have been unfulfilled due to a lack of volunteers in the requested skill. Where matches have not been made, Digital Boost is working closely with their corporate partners to call for more volunteers where there are subject shortages and are also putting on workshops.</p><p>1448 small businesses and charities have signed up to the platform as of 12th January. Those remaining small businesses and charities who have not requested a mentoring session have free access to Digital Boost’s courses, content and workshops.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/01/2021 12:49:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1275299

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
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	Culture Recovery Fund: Worcestershire
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 progress his Department has made on delivering support for the culture and heritage sector through the Culture Recovery Fund in (a) Worcestershire and (b) Bromsgrove district.
tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
tabling member printed	Sajid Javid
uin	135893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Through the Culture Recovery Fund, 2 awards have been made in the Local Authority of Bromsgrove to date, totalling £267,948. These are:</p><ul><li><p>Avoncroft Museum (£183,943)</p></li><li><p>Tardebigge Locks - Canal and River Trust (£84,005)</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Across the constituencies of Worcester, West-Worcestershire, East-Worcestershire, Bromsgrove, Wyre Forest, and Redditch (which approximates Worcestershire), 22 awards have been made so far, totalling £4,132,799</p><p>Please note awards from the first round of Culture Recovery Fund are still being processed, and a second round of grant funding is currently open. Please see the website of the relevant delivery bodies for further detail (Arts Council England, National Lottery Heritage Fund/Historic England, and the British Film Institute).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/01/2021 12:46:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid