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515251

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Video on Demand
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 his Department is taking to improve the provision of video on demand access services.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	35380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Ofcom, the regulator for video on demand services, is reviewing how to improve the provision of access services on video on demand services.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/05/2016 15:12:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

515252

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Video on Demand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department measures progress on increasing the provision of video on demand access services.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	35381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text The provision of access services on video on demand content has increased in recent years, according to the 2015 Authority for Television on Demand report which can be found here:<a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf</a>. The evidence in this report is supported by dialogue with broadcasters, content providers and platform operators, who fed back to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in Autumn 2015. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 35390 question first answered 03/05/2016 15:17:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

515254

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Nuisance Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with telephone providers reasons to make it easier for people to identify direct marketing calls and choose whether to accept them.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	35368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>This Government is taking forward a range of measures to tackle nuisance calls, which will increase consumer protection and choice by strengthening the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) ability to take enforcement action against organisations that break the law. This includes lowering the threshold under the the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation 2003 (PECR) to make it easier for the ICO to take action against organisations that break the law, resulting in £3,420,000 worth of fines issued.</p><p>The Government also recently made an amendment to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), requiring direct marketing companies registered in the UK, to display Calling Line Identification. This new measure will both improve consumer choice, by making it easier for people to refuse and report unwanted marketing calls; and make it easier for the Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate and take enforcement action against organisations who breach the rules.</p><p>The Department has held conversations with telephone providers on the identification of direct marketing callers and will continue do so as part of its strategy to tackle nuisance calls.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/05/2016 15:27:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

515255

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Video on Demand
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 his Department has made of progress on increasing the provision of video on demand access services.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	35390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text The provision of access services on video on demand content has increased in recent years, according to the 2015 Authority for Television on Demand report which can be found here:<a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf</a>. The evidence in this report is supported by dialogue with broadcasters, content providers and platform operators, who fed back to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in Autumn 2015. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 35381 question first answered 03/05/2016 15:17:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

515256

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Nuisance Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Information Commissioner's Office reasons to refer consumer complaints to equivalent bodies overseas in addressing nuisance telephone calls from abroad.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	35366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>This Government recently made an amendment to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), requiring direct marketing companies registered in the UK and those making calls on behalf of UK companies from outside the UK, to display Calling Line Identification. This measure will make it easier for the ICO to investigate and take enforcement action against callers who persistently and deliberately flout the rules.</p>In addtion, both the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and Ofcom engage with the Do Not Call Forum of the London Action Plan, which includes overseas regulators with responsibility for tackling nuisance calls. The ICO is joint secretariat and works with other members, including the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, to target organisations, share investigation methods and drive forward coordinated actions. The group are drafting an operational plan to strengthen cooperation at international level answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/05/2016 15:22:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

515257

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Cultural Heritage: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to promote an international antiquities code of conduct to prevent the illegal trade in such objects.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	35376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text The UK welcomes steps towards developing a collaborative approach to tackling the illicit trade in antiquities and plays a key role in supporting international initiatives on this matter.<p /><p>The Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003 makes it a criminal offence to deal dishonestly in tainted cultural property from anywhere in the world. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has issued guidelines to the relevant UK sectors.</p><p />In addition, in the UK, trade associations for dealers in antiquities have codes of conduct for their members. For example, the Antiquities Dealers Association’s Code of Conduct obliges its members to ensure to the best of their knowledge and belief that all objects sold are genuine and as described and legal. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/05/2016 15:28:39 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

515258

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Telephone Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will give Ofcom the power to set or cap access charges with regard to 084 and 087 numbers.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	35290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Under the Communications Act 2003, Ofcom already has the power to impose tariff principles and maximum prices for the purpose of protecting consumers. Ofcom made changes in July 2015 to simplify non-geographic numbers and make call pricing clearer for consumers. This included making Freephone 080 and 116 numbers free from all telephones; and imposing a common simplified structure on revenue generating numbers - 084, 087, 090, 091 and 118 - which splits the price of the call between the phone company and the call service. Ofcom will be reviewing the effectiveness of these new regulations after their first year of operation and will consider whether further regulation should be imposed.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/05/2016 15:20:52 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

515260

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Nuisance Calls
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 press notice, entitled Nuisance calls: funding available for innovative solutions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Small Business Research Initiatives competition for generating solutions to address the problem of nuisance calls.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	35484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition has resulted in six successful feasibility studies for innovative call blocking technology to tackle nuisance calls. Further funding is required to test and develop these products before they can be launched on the open market. We will work with our delivery partners to consider how best we can support the next phase of this work.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/05/2016 15:11:03 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

514942

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
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	Video on Demand
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 he has made of progress on increasing the provision of access services on video on demand content; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	35144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The provision of access services on video on demand content has increased in recent years, according to the 2015 Authority for Television on Demand report which can be found here: <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf</a>. The evidence in this report is supported by dialogue with broadcasters, content providers and platform operators, who fed back to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in Autumn 2015.</p><br />Ofcom, the regulator for video on demand services, is reviewing how to improve the provision of access services on video on demand services. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 35145 question first answered 03/05/2016 14:51:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

514943

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
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	Video on Demand
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 his Department plans to take to increase the provision of access services on video on demand content; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	35145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The provision of access services on video on demand content has increased in recent years, according to the 2015 Authority for Television on Demand report which can be found here: <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf</a>. The evidence in this report is supported by dialogue with broadcasters, content providers and platform operators, who fed back to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in Autumn 2015.</p><br />Ofcom, the regulator for video on demand services, is reviewing how to improve the provision of access services on video on demand services. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 35144 question first answered 03/05/2016 14:51:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell