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1086587

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts by his Department as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	230878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>None of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s suppliers have failed to meet the tax compliance criteria in the Procurement Policy Note 03/14.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/03/2019 11:53:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1082532

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	Technology: 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that large technology companies are complying with regulations on personal data.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	229088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act 2018 poses strict obligations on organisations to ensure that UK citizens’ data is processed safely and securely. Organisations which fail to comply with the new legislation may be investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office and subject to increased fines.</p><p> </p><p>It is essential that people are confident their personal data will be protected and used in an appropriate way. The Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR is in place to ensure that companies who collect and use data do so appropriately with an appropriate legal basis.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/03/2019 14:41:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082642

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	BBC: Disability Aids
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 BBC on improving their subtitling service.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	229124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>As the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom is responsible for setting targets and holding broadcasters including the BBC to account for delivering subtitling services.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/03/2019 11:07:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1082679

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	Television Licences: Older People
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 number of people benefit from the free TV licence for over-75s in (a) North West Durham, (b) North East of England and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	229249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold this information. The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/03/2019 11:04:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1082108

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his White Paper on online harms.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	228665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper will be published shortly and will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures to tackle a range of online harms. DCMS continues to work closely with the games industry and organisations including the Gambling Commission, to improve safety in games and promote healthy and responsible video gaming.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 228666 question first answered 13/03/2019 14:27:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1082109

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Internet: Safety
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 he plans to include policies to protect children from video game features that encourage gambling behaviour in his White Paper on online harms.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	228666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper will be published shortly and will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures to tackle a range of online harms. DCMS continues to work closely with the games industry and organisations including the Gambling Commission, to improve safety in games and promote healthy and responsible video gaming.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 228665 question first answered 13/03/2019 14:27:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1082367

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many members of staff in his Department are working full-time on preparation for an adequacy assessment by the European Commission following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	228764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the answer given to PQ 218152 from 20th February.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/03/2019 14:11:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1079591

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	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, what plans his Department has to include tackling the advertising of alcohol to children in the upcoming alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	227390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The alcohol strategy is being coordinated by the Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p><p>Advertising in the United Kingdom is regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority, 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 must adhere, including specific conditions on advertising to children, causing offence and social responsibility. The Codes also currently state that alcohol advertising must not be targeted at people under 18. The Codes are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure they remain effective.</p><p> </p><p>The Portman Group also provides a Code to the alcohol industry on Naming and Packaging and Promotion of Alcoholic Drinks, which includes that drinks should not have a particular appeal to under-18s.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/03/2019 11:02:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1079335

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Social Media: Age
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 his Department has had with social media companies on the adequacy of the (a) age limits on users of their services and (b) checks that those companies have in place on the age of users.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The department has regular conversations with social media firms on a variety of issues. We want the UK to be the safest place to be online, including to prevent children under the minimum required age from using social media platforms</p><p>As a result, the government has been clear that platforms must do more to enforce their terms of use, especially when children under the minimum required age are using social media platforms. In addition, both my department and other government departments are working with the technology sector to identify new tools and approaches that can be used to verify the age of users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:11:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079351

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Electronic Programme Guides: Public Service Broadcasting
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 he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of changing the rules on prominence to support public service broadcasters on digital platforms.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	227133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value and importance of high quality public service content and the need for this to be widely accessible to viewers. That is why under the Digital Economy Act 2017 the Government required Ofcom to publish a report which looks at the ease of finding PSB content across all platforms.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has consulted on proposed changes to the linear EPG Code and how the prominence regime may need to change to ensure public service content remains accessible regardless of how consumers are accessing it. That consultation closed in October 2018 and we look forward to their findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 14:36:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis