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439735

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
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	Football: Sportsgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that all Premier League clubs comply with the Sports Grounds Safety Authority's <i>Accessible Stadia</i> guide by August 2017, and what steps they will take to monitor progress toward that goal.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL4788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>The Minister for Sport and her officials meet regularly with both the Premier League and the Football League and will ensure that the matter of accessible stadia and compliance with the Accessible Stadia Guide remain high on the agenda with both organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/01/2016 15:08:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

439737

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
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	Football: Sportsgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which clubs in the Premier League and Football League currently comply with the Sports Grounds Safety Authority's <i>Accessible Stadia</i> guide.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL4790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/01/2016 14:55:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

439738

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
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	Sportsgrounds: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role the Sports Grounds Safety Authority will play in delivering accessible sports grounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL4791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>We are in discussions with the Sports Grounds Safety Authority on what role they will play in delivering accessible sports grounds.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/01/2016 14:57:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

439739

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
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	Football: Sportsgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether additional funding will be provided to Level Playing Field to provide guidance and support to Premier League clubs in reaching their targets to provide accessible facilities and services by August 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL4792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>There is no specific funding available to enable the charity Level Playing Field to provide guidance and support to Premier League clubs in reaching individual targets on accessible facilities and services.</p><p>I understand that it is a matter for individual Premier League Clubs to determine whether they use the services of Level Playing Field in order to help them reach their specific targets in providing accessible facilities and services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/01/2016 14:45:50 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

439528

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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	Film: Classification Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they do not require British Board of Film Classification categories for films shown on television, unlike films in cinemas or on video and DVD.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofcom's Broadcasting Code sets the standards for television that broadcasters must follow and takes into account the British Board of Film Classification's guidelines and classification decisions in its guidance to broadcasters. The Code also includes rules for protecting children, such as a watershed on television to prevent unsuitable material being shown before 9pm when children could be watching.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/01/2016 14:44:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

437867

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Directors: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce measures to set quotas for women on boards.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Government is committed to seeing more women on the boards of British companies. We believe that a business led, voluntary approach is the best way to get more women on boards, as set out in Lord Davies of Abersoch’s review 2010 into the subject.This approach is working, with 26.2% representation in the FTSE 100, up from 12.5% in 2011. We will build on this with a new programme of work set out by Lord Davies in his recent 5 year report on progress. Government will therefore not be introducing measures to set quotas for women on boards.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/12/2015 12:36:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

437000

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the law to protect vulnerable people from phone phishing and other communication scams.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is cracking down on nuisance calls. Over the last five years the average fine issued has increased from around £5000 to £85000, we have strengthened the law to make it easier to clamp down on companies who break the rules and have increased the maximum fine to £500,000.</p><p>The Government takes all types of fraud extremely seriously. We are working closely with the City of London Police (CoLP), the national lead force for fraud, to help local forces and partners deliver protective advice to the public on fraud, including phone scams. CoLP operates Action Fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, to ensure that the public has the information they need to protect themselves from telephone fraud. Action Fraud, for example, places an alert on its website when a serious threat or new type of fraud is identified - which members of the public can sign up to receive by email.</p><p>We are also working with Financial Fraud Action UK and the British Bankers’ Association who issue advice to consumers on how to protect themselves from phone scammers. Ofcom work with the Metropolitan Police Service, Action Fraud and landline providers to prevent criminals exploiting phone lines to defraud members of the public.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/12/2015 15:03:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

436037

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
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	Broadcasting: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) which UK terrestrial broadcasters produce annual original homemade content for children, and (2) how much those broadcasters spend annually on such content.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom’s 2015 report into the future of public service broadcasting included an assessment of the amount of UK originated Children’s television programming by the public service broadcasting channels.</p><p>In 2014, the BBC spent £84 million on children's television programming. The combined spend of ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 was £3 million.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/12/2015 13:27:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436072

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
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 Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what statutory duties local authorities have to provide library and library-related services.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 places a duty on local authorities to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. It is for individual local authorities to determine how best to provide this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/12/2015 15:20:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

435712

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Film: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to promote gender diversity in the UK film industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to promoting diversity in the film industry. We support the British Film Institute's (BFI) newly launched £1 million Diversity Fund, which works to provide professional development opportunities to people from underrepresented groups, as well as funding to organisations that are looking to support diversity projects. As part of the recent London Film Festival, the BFI supported the Geena Davis Institute's symposium on Gender in the Media, and has also recently extended its Diversity Standards to cover all Film Fund Lottery schemes which support film development, production and distribution, and widen access to film in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/12/2015 14:19:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick