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971784

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Sick Leave
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 days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	173657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of working days lost to sickness absence relating to mental health for each of the years for which data has been published is:<br><br></p><ul><li><p>2014: 227</p></li><li><p>2015: 82</p></li><li><p>2016: 259</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The department has implemented a number of policies to ensure that staff feel comfortable in taking, and reporting, mental health-related sickness absence including</p><ul><li><p>early referral to occupational health experts, particularly for mental health and stress,</p></li><li><p>early referral to Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based counselling support for mental health issues,</p></li><li><p>workplace adjustments that help to prevent conditions from developing or worsening, whilst reducing the barriers to work for those affected by mental or physical impairments,</p></li><li><p>extensive training for managers and employees - including on disability and mental health awareness, well-being, resilience and stress.</p></li><li><p>line managers can use the Stress Assessment and Reduction Plan toolkit in identifying and managing stress when required,</p></li><li><p>a page on the intranet is dedicated to stress management and it contains resources to support line managers and employees identify and manage stress.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Finally, the Department is a signatory to the ‘Time to Change Pledge’ and raises awareness of mental health and coping strategies through national campaigns such as the ‘Time to Talk’ day and the Mental Health Awareness Week. The department also organises ‘Mindfulness’ sessions for employees.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2018 10:31:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971807

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Living Wage
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 staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	173677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>No staff in the Department working (a) inside or (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2018 10:29:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

971808

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Living Wage
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 staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	173678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>No staff in the Department working (a) inside or (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2018 10:24:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

971809

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Working Hours
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 the weekly contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	173679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>As of 1st September 2018, the highest paid member of staff in the department has contracted hours of 41 hours per week, including unpaid daily breaks of one hour.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2018 10:23:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

971810

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Staff
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 staff (a) are employed directly by, (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	173680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of staff in each of those categories at 31 July 2018 was as follows:</p><p>a) 985</p><p>b) 8</p><p>c) 54</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2018 10:27:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

971294

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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 Venues: Finance
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 had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on adequacy of funding for live music venues in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	172418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. The live music industry is a vital part of the UK’s music ecosystem, contributing £1bn to the economy in 2016. We have undertaken a number of measures to support live music, most recently announcing that the Agent of Change principle will be included in the National Planning Policy Framework, helping to protect music venues when new housing is built.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/09/2018 15:14:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

971299

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	BBC: Managed Service Companies
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 he has to respond publicly to the forthcoming report of the NAO entitled The BBC’s engagement with personal service companies.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	172458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>We will consider the National Audit Office report when it is published and respond where appropriate.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/09/2018 15:24:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

971425

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Electronic Government: Electronic Signatures
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 Guidance he has issued to Government (a) departments and (b) agencies on the use of electronic signatures by people completing Government documents online.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	172564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The use of electronic signatures, seals and other trust services is addressed by two set of regulations - eIDAS (electronic identity and trust services), a 2014 European regulation, and the EITSET (Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions) Regulations 2016. The government guidance on eSignatures is published on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electronic-signatures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electronic-signatures</a>).</p><p> </p><p>This guidance was last revised in August 2016 and is due to be revised within the next six months.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/09/2018 15:16:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

971437

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Databases
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 he has to develop a national data strategy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	172567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>In June 2018, it was announced that we would create a National Data Strategy. Officials are developing more detailed proposals for the strategy and we will make an annoucement on progress in due course. We are consulting with all Government Departments and a variety of Arms Length Bodies to develop our detailed proposals.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 172568 question first answered 13/09/2018 15:19:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

971438

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	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, pursuant to the oral response of the Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, 6 September 2018, Official Report, column 304, who has his Department consulted with on the data review.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	172568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>In June 2018, it was announced that we would create a National Data Strategy. Officials are developing more detailed proposals for the strategy and we will make an annoucement on progress in due course. We are consulting with all Government Departments and a variety of Arms Length Bodies to develop our detailed proposals.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 172567 question first answered 13/09/2018 15:19:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah