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1675060

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date	04/12/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts and Culture: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times she met with the Disability and Access Ambassador for Arts and Culture in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>David Stanley BEM was appointed as the Disability and Access Ambassador for Arts and Culture on 8 June 2021 for a term of three years. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) regularly engages with him on opportunities to support the Government’s work to widen access to culture for people with disabilities. This has included supporting Mr Stanley when he was appointed as one of the panel of experts who helped to devise the joint Department for Education and DCMS National Plan for Music Education.</p><p>On 8 February 2022, Mr Stanley met the then DCMS Ministerial Disability Champion, the Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society, as part of a meeting with the other DCMS Disability and Access Ambassadors.</p><p>On 17 October 2023, the current DCMS Ministerial Disability Champion, The Rt. Hon. Stuart Andrew MP, held a roundtable discussion with all the DCMS Ambassadors to discuss young disabled people’s access and participation in DCMS sectors. The Arts and Culture Ambassador was part of this discussion.</p><p>Mr Stanley also regularly engages with the Department for Work &amp; Pensions to discuss his work in the arts and culture sectors. For example, on 16 May 2022, Mr Stanley met the then Minister for Disabled People to provide an update on his work as Disability and Access Ambassador and to discuss his wider work as CEO of The Music Man Project. In June 2022 a video of Mr Stanley and his work was included within a presentation from the Minister at the United Nations’ 15th Conference of states parties to the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (COSP15) in New York.</p><p>On 5 June 2023, Mr Stanley met the previous Minister for Disabled People, to provide an update on his work as Disability and Access Ambassador and discuss The Music Man Project. The Rt. Hon. Penny Mordaunt MP and Anna Firth MP were also in attendance at this meeting in their roles as patrons of The Music Man Project.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 19/12/2023 16:39:09 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1668837

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Semiconductors: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 23 October to Question 203232 on Semiconductors: Infrastructure, what progress her Department has made on the UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative feasibility study.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p><em>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 23 October to Question 203232, the study is being conducted by a consortium of industry and academic partners led by the Institute for Manufacturing at Cambridge University. The Department has worked closely with the consortium and they are expected to report back by the end of the year. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>The study has consulted extensively across the sector and workshops have been held in all four nations of the UK to determine a holistic picture of the UK’s capabilities and the needs of industry.</em></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 14/11/2023 16:48:59 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1661749

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband: Social Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold further discussions with telephone and broadband providers on increasing take up of broadband social tariffs.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>Social tariffs are available in 99% of the UK from over 25 different providers to support those on Universal Credit and other means tested benefits to stay connected.</p><p> </p><p>The Department meets regularly with providers of social tariffs to discuss awareness and take up and continues to work closely with Ofcom to encourage operators to do more to promote their social tariff offers to their customers. On 7 July 2023, Melanie Dawes, the Chief Executive of Ofcom, wrote to industry leaders to set out the regulator’s expectation that they take practical action to increase awareness.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 17/10/2023 14:15:07 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653076

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Pay
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 hold discussions with the Director General of the BBC on the adequacy of the BBC's transparency practices for publishing relevant BBC-related outside earnings of senior BBC presenters.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>As a public service broadcaster, the Government expects the BBC to be as open and transparent as possible.</p><p>Since the beginning of 2021, the BBC has published a quarterly summary of the paid-for external events undertaken by on-air staff in journalism and senior leaders.</p><p>The BBC’s external events register can be seen <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/externaleventsregister/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 19/07/2023 09:58:13 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1651861

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
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 make an assessment of the adequacy of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	193310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is fully committed to the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in the UK.</p><p>As with any international treaty, ratification of UNESCO Conventions should be considered fully, including assessing their adequacy and value for money to the UK taxpayer. This process is making good progress, and ministers expect to take a decision on the merits of ratification soon.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 17/07/2023 13:34:22 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1650816

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television: Digital Broadcasting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on the future of digital terrestrial television.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the future of digital terrestrial television (DTT), the technology which underpins Freeview. Millions of households across the UK rely on digital terrestrial television, particularly rural communities and older people.</p><p>We also recognise the crucial role that digital terrestrial television services play in the wider UK broadcasting system, in particular in helping ensure that public service content continues to be widely available free-to-air to all audiences.</p><p>For these reasons, the Government has legislated to secure continuity of digital terrestrial television until at least 2034.</p><p>As the sector evolves, it is right that we continue to evaluate the future distribution of television services. To that end, and as set out in the Broadcasting White Paper, the Government has asked Ofcom to continue to track changes in DTT viewing and to undertake an early review on market changes that may affect the future of content distribution before the end of 2025.</p><p>Before any decisions about the future of terrestrial television are made, close consideration will be given to how any changes would impact audiences, and especially those who rely on DTT as their primary means of watching television.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 11/07/2023 11:04:26 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1650286

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband: Social Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold discussions with Ofcom on mobile phone providers raising awareness of the availability of discounted social broadband tariffs for customers.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Ofcom has a statutory duty to monitor ongoing household affordability in the sector and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology meets regularly with them to discuss this work and progress.</p><p>In April 2023, Ofcom’s Affordability Report showed 47% of eligible households were aware that telecoms operators provide low-cost offers to low income households. This represents progress since February 2022 - which showed just 16% awareness - but we recognise more is needed to ensure eligible households are aware of the support available.</p><p>The Department will continue to work with Ofcom to encourage the industry to do more to publicise the availability of social tariffs to their customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 10/07/2023 14:31:10 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell