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748106

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Charities: Fundraising
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 support her Department is providing to charities to help them adopt digital technology for fundraising.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	2813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to building the resilience and independence of smaller charities. Through our ongoing dialogue across the sector, we know that small charities want more support to fundraise effectively through better use of digital technology.</p><p>In recognition of this, the Office for Civil Society in England are providing a multi-year programme of fundraising training and support. This includes expert support to build the digital fundraising capabilities of small charities through face-to-face training, intensive one-to-one advice sessions, skilled volunteering matches and webinars.</p><p>The training will be provided at little or no cost and the providers will also develop and share fundraising training resources and toolkits to support small charities who might not be able to attend training.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/07/2017 10:14:09 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

747505

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Digital Technology: Urban 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 support her Department is providing to cities to grow their digital media industries.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The creative industries, including the digital media industries, are the fastest growing part of the UK’s economy. The Government is committed to ensuring that the creative industries continue to thrive nationwide, including in York.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we are developing an ambitious Industrial Strategy that will drive growth across the country, bringing together local businesses as well as political and public sector leaders. We want to identify and support local specialisms and clusters of business. For many places, the creative industries will form a vital part of that thinking.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:38:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

747557

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Business: 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources available to the Information Commissioner's Office to support businesses in the implementation of changes to the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	2519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports is committed to ensuring the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is adequately resourced to fulfil its current functions under the Data Protection Act 1998 and its new responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which includes guidance and support to businesses. The Government has recently introduced new charging provisions in the Digital Economy Act 2017 to ensure the ICO it is adequately resourced both during the transitional period and once the GDPR comes into effect in May 2018. The ICO has issued guidance for businesses on how to prepare for the GDPR. This is available at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/guidance-what-to-expect-and-when/.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:37:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

747654

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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
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 she has made of the proportion of people aged (a) 18 to 29, (b) 30 to 44, (c) 45 to 59, (d) 60 to 79 and (e) over 80-years old who have internet access in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	2495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Whether a person has “internet access” can be measured in different ways, for example whether their household has a fixed broadband connection, or whether they own a smartphone. However, I am not aware of any estimates of the proportion of people who have internet access by age group in each parliamentary constituency.</p><p>Ofcom’s “Adults' media use and attitudes” reports also set out estimates of different types of “internet access”, including by age, and geographical location, but not at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Fixed broadband infrastructure is almost universally available across the UK, and we are bringing in a Universal Service Obligation to ensure everyone in the UK has the right to request an affordable connection to broadband of a minimum specified speed, from a designated provider, no matter where they live or work, up to a reasonable cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:03:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

747689

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: ICT
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 steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of manual processing on paper that it carries out and to make such processing digital.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	2591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to providing services that are digital by default - reducing paper and manual processing, reducing cost and improving user satisfaction.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:54:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

746656

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many UNESCO World Heritage sites there are in the UK;  and where those sites are.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>There are 31 World Heritage Sites for which the UK has responsibility. These are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Blaenavon Industrial Landscape</p><p>Blenheim Palace</p><p>Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church</p><p>Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd</p><p>City of Bath</p><p>Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape</p><p>Derwent Valley Mills</p><p>Dorset and East Devon Coast</p><p>Durham Castle and Cathedral</p><p>Frontiers of the Roman Empire</p><p>Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast</p><p>Gorham’s Cave Complex</p><p>Gough and Inaccessible Islands</p><p>Heart of Neolithic Orkney</p><p>Henderson Island</p><p>Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda</p><p>Ironbridge Gorge</p><p>Lake District</p><p>Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City</p><p>Maritime Greenwich</p><p>New Lanark</p><p>Old and New Towns of Edinburgh</p><p>Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s church</p><p>Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal</p><p>Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</p><p>Saltaire</p><p>St Kilda</p><p>Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites</p><p>Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey</p><p>The Forth Bridge</p><p>Tower of London</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 11/07/2017 15:08:08 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

746657

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what support they give to current UNESCO World Heritage sites in the UK to enable them to keep this designation.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is responsible for advising UK World Heritage Sites on compliance with the World Heritage Convention. It provides practical support in arranging and hosting UNESCO missions, and works closely with those UK World Heritage Sites that have specific issues and challenges, particularly around development activity. It submits documents and notifications on the UK World Heritage Sites at the request of the World Heritage Centre and Committee. It also represents the UK’s World Heritage Sites with the World Heritage Centre and its advisory bodies, and provides representation at the World Heritage Committee and World Heritage General Assembly.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 11/07/2017 15:07:34 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

733117

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Cybersecurity: Small Businesses
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 Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 48089, what estimate she has made of the number of small and medium-sized businesses which have signed up to the Cyber Essentials programme (a) since that Answer and (b) in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As of the end of May 2017, the estimated number of Cyber Essentials certificates awarded to enterprises is 6,363, which for micro, small and medium enterprises amounts to:</p><ol><li>2,360 certificates since end September 2016; and</li><li>1,673 certificates from January to May 2017.</li></ol><p>Note that the methodology for recording these figures has changed, so these figures cannot be compared to historical data given. With reference to my previous answer, cited by the Honourable Member, the revised estimated total number of certificates awarded at the end of September 2016 stands at 3308, of which 2427 were awarded to micro, small and medium enterprises.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:42:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah