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637017

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Television: Advertising
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 she has made of the effect of restricting High in Fat, Salt or Sugar (HFSS) food advertising during all programmes before the 9pm watershed relative to existing restrictions on such advertising on (a) children's exposure to HFSS food and (b) children's obesity rates.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	53041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises 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 18/11/2016 14:26:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

637018

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	BBC: 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, if she will discuss with the BBC Trust what steps it plans to take to support people with visual impairments to register for the BBC iPlayer service ahead of the new registration requirement expected to be introduced in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	52930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The BBC published their Diversity Strategy in April of this year. In the White Paper; A BBC for the Future: a broadcaster for distinction, the Government welcomed the proposals set out in the Diversity Strategy. The Government is confident that the BBC will fulfil its remit to serve all audiences and ensure that it will make suitable provisions to ensure that everyone can access their services.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 18/11/2016 14:27:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

634036

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
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: Repairs and Maintenance
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 takes to monitor how BT complies with Ofcom regulations in maintaining public telephone boxes and ensuring that those telephone boxes remain operational.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	52533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Under its Universal Service obligations, BT must provide public call boxes in order to meet the reasonable needs of users in terms of geographical coverage, the number of public call boxes and the quality of call box services. The Government provides the powers for Ofcom to set such conditions under section 45 of the Communications Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p>Compliance with Ofcom regulations is a matter for Ofcom and any evidence that BT is not complying with its published criteria should be presented to Ofcom to investigate.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2016 16:57:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

634037

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
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	Broadband: Enfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the roll-out of superfast broadband in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the London Borough of Enfield.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	52544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Enfield North constituency has 43,183 premises and we estimate from the available supplier data that coverage will reach around 99.3% by the end of commercial roll-out, or approximately 42,800, will have access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is encouraging the commercial sector to extend coverage across cities. BT has announced £50 million of investment in new commercial coverage, much of which will be aimed at London, and Virgin Media has announced a demand led investment programme of £3 billion over the next few years. There are also many other active suppliers in London.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of commercially-led delivery and public funding in areas which are not commercially viable, superfast broadband coverage across the UK now reaches 90% of premises, providing access to speeds of more than 24Mbps. Coverage is on track to increase to 95% of premises by December 2017. Furthermore, the Government is committed to a Universal Service Obligation, so all premises in the country will have access to broadband at a speed of 10Mbps with the mechanism to do this, the Digital Economy Bill, in place by the end of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/11/2016 11:31:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

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

631781

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	Internet: Harassment
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 her Department is taking to raise awareness of online bullying and abuse among young people.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	52334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Government works with the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) which is a multi-stakeholder forum representing over 200 organisations with an interest in internet safety. UKCCIS brings together government, industry, law enforcement, academia, charities and parenting groups to work in partnership to help to keep children and young people safe online. It develops and promotes effective tools and information for children and parents. Further information on UKCCIS’s activities can be found on the gov.uk website.</p><p>E-safety is taught at all four key stages as part of the national curriculum which is compulsory in state maintained schools. The Department for Education (DfE) has issued guidance for parents on how to protect their children from cyberbullying as well as guidance for teachers and schools.</p><p>DfE recently announced £1.6m of funding over the next two years to four anti-bullying organisations, to support schools in tackling bullying. All four projects include cyberbullying elements. In particular, Internet Matters are delivering a project to allow pupils to report bullying to schools online – including capturing and reporting online abuse.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2016 11:03:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

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