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1039083

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: 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 recent discussions his Department has had with interest groups on audio description for TV.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	207314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Government officials have met with interest groups and stakeholders regarding accessibility for visual and hearing impaired consumers, specifically for on-demand services. In December 2017 DCMS asked Ofcom to provide recommendations on making on-demand services more accessible to a wider range of consumers, including the hearing impaired. Ofcom consulted on this, and published its report in December 2018 with recommendations on the scope of new regulations for on-demand services. Government will continue to engage with interested parties as we take this matter forward.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/01/2019 16:47:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1038363

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 additional full fibre broadband connections in rural areas which will be provided using capital contributions clawed back from BT in connection with its BDUK projects.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. BT gainshare/clawback was built into all of the Superfast contracts. This has been re-invested into a number of recent Superfast contracts and change requests. However those contracts and change requests also included a blend of other funding from BDUK, Local Bodies, Suppliers, ERDF and EAFRD. Furthermore in many cases those contracts have consisted of a mixture of Fibre to the Cabinet and Fibre to the Premise. Therefore it is difficult to determine a one to one correlation between clawback and Full Fibre connections.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/01/2019 16:09:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1037937

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Broadband
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 information his Department holds on the amount BT has paid in direct capital contributions to local authorities in relation to each of its 44 BDUK-approved projects.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>BT contracted over £388 million to deliver Superfast broadband within the 44 BDUK approved phase one projects. A number of these contracts are still in delivery and expected to generate efficiency savings. The amount the supplier has to contribute will not diminish from the contracted value.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/01/2019 12:25:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1037093

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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 non-disclosure agreements his Department has signed with (a) companies and (b) trade associations advising the Government on preparations for contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	205937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Government Departments continue to engage with a wide range of businesses to understand their priorities and issues as we leave the European Union, both to inform our negotiating position, and our preparations in the unlikely event of there being no deal.</p><p> </p><p>Departments can make use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) when structuring their engagements on preparations for leaving the EU, which is a crucial component of planning. It is for departments to determine the manner in which engagement with stakeholders takes place. Given the sensitive nature of some discussions, there may be limited circumstances in which departments have used NDAs to enable those conversations, thereby reaching more stakeholders than would otherwise be the case.</p><p> </p><p>NDAs are also a common component of contractual arrangements that are used to protect commercial considerations of the parties involved or to protect sensitives around the development of Government policy.</p><p> </p><p>It is entirely normal practice to use such agreements and they are therefore sometimes necessary for Government departments who are responsible for managing their preparations for leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/01/2019 16:45:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1037153

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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 recent discussions he has had with the BBC on its public consultation on licence fees for people aged over-75.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	206018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The government regularly meets with the BBC to discuss a range of issues, including the over 75 concession.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/01/2019 16:15:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1037220

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Digital Technology
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK’s digital sector of the UK leaving the EU without an adequacy agreement to ensure uninterrupted UK-EU data transfers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	205834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The impact of exiting the EU has been modelled for the UK economy as a whole. Several potential exit scenarios were explored in the government's EU Exit: Long-term Economic Analysis which was published in November 2018. No specific assessment has been made about the potential disruption to the UK’s digital sector. However, the Government has consistently made clear that many EU and UK businesses and public sector organisations rely on the free flow of personal data to fulfil their obligations and therefore maintaining the free flow of personal data is a priority for the Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Data Protection Act 2018 updated the UK’s rules in accordance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and transposed the Law Enforcement Directive, ensuring our data protection laws will be aligned with those of the EU at our point of exit. We are confident that we will strike a positive relationship on data. The UK and the EU start from a position of trust in each other’s standards and regulatory alignment on data protection. As set out in the Political Declaration, the EU will begin its assessment of the UK as soon as possible after the United Kingdom's withdrawal, endeavouring to adopt decisions by the end of the implementation period. The UK is ready to begin those assessments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to prioritising an early adequacy decision, it is the job of a responsible Government to prepare for the possibility that we leave the EU without an adequacy agreement in place. On 13 December the Government and the Information Commissioner's Office published detailed information and guidance on data protection in the event that this were to happen. DCMS is engaging with businesses across all sectors of the economy, including the digital sector, to mitigate risks to disruption of international data transfers. In recognition of the unprecedented degree of alignment between the UK and EU’s data protection regimes, the UK would at the point of exit continue to allow the free flow of personal data from the UK to the EU.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/01/2019 17:05:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1037226

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Facebook: 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 recent discussions he has had with Facebook about when that company became aware of misuse of personal data.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	205835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with companies on a range of issues including on data protection. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>We take both the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age in which an ever increasing amount of data is being processed and empowers people to take control of their data. As the independent regulator for data protection in the UK, the ICO were aware of the issue concerning Facebook and carried out inquiries as part of an in-depth investigation into data analytics for political purposes. Information about and the outcome of that investigation and all related actions taken, can be found on the ICO website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/01/2019 17:07:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1035018

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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, whether his Department has plans to provide free TV licences to people over the age of 75 after the end of the current scheme in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	205422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The government agreed with the BBC at the 2015 funding settlement that responsibility for the concession will transfer to the BBC in 2020. It is entirely the BBC’s decision on the future of the concession. However, we have been clear that we would want and expect the concession to continue.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/01/2019 16:04:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1029467

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Musicians: Free Movement of 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 discussions he has had with counterparts in (a) the EU and (b) Governments of EU Member States on the potential consequences of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on carnet-free travel between the UK and the EU for musicians travelling for work purposes.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	204425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that the temporary movement of goods such as musical instruments and equipment is important to the music industry.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our wider preparations for EU Exit, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is working with the music industry to understand potential impacts and opportunities for touring musicians. The Department will continue to build on this engagement.</p><p> </p><p>In the unlikely event of a No Deal scenario the UK will continue to recognise and facilitate ATA Carnets originating from the EU and, although there has been no direct engagement with the EU or other member states, the UK expects similar recognition and facilitations from EU signatories just as we do with non-EU signatories.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/01/2019 15:40:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1029533

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Equal Pay
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 report entitled DCMS gender pay gap 2017/18, published on gov.uk on 19 December 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the rise in the median measure for the difference in hourly rate between male and female civil servants between 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	204416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Machinery of Government change in July 2017, through which we took on responsibility for digital policy, marked the start of a period of significant growth for the Department. The changes to workforce structure that resulted from this growth have caused our median gender pay gap to increase, although our individual mean and median gaps for grades D - A (see attached table) indicate that DCMS employees are paid equally for work of equal responsibility. We are committed to reducing our gender pay gap and are taking action to target the causes of our increased median gap.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/01/2019 16:06:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James attachment 1 file name Pay.pdf title Pay DCMS
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett