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1260550

registered interest
date	11/12/2020
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	Local Press: Coronavirus
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 effect of the Government's fiscal policy on the continued operation of local newspapers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	128721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting local and regional newspapers as vital pillars of communities and local democracy, ensuring the provision of reliable, high-quality information. Local newspapers have benefited from a number of recent fiscal interventions, including the extension of business rates relief for local newspapers in England for an additional five years; the investment of £2 million in the Future News Fund, which sought to explore new ways of sustaining the industry in a changing landscape; and the zero-rating of VAT on e-newspapers, which was brought forward to May 2020 in response to the effects of the pandemic. In addition, many newspapers have benefitted from a unique and unprecedented government advertising partnership, designed to deliver important messages to UK citizens. Newspapers received up to £35 million additional government advertising revenue as part of the first phase of our coronavirus communications campaign. The campaign has since been extended to also cover business readiness for the end of the transition period and the value of the Union, with at least 60% funding going to smaller regional and local titles.</p><p>Some news publishers have made use of wider government measures as well, such as the job-retention scheme which we have extended until the end of March 2021.</p><p>Longer term, we will continue to consider all possible options in the interests of promoting and sustaining high-quality news journalism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 128722 question first answered 16/12/2020 12:33:52 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1259997

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Football: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of tier 3 covid-19 restrictions on Championship football.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	910135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>As well as the Government’s unprecedented financial support for business, which many football clubs have accessed, we ensured that elite sport could continue throughout the November national restrictions, and in every covid tier going forward. Spectators at elite sport are also now permitted in Tiers 1 and 2 - a crucial step for sport’s recovery.</p><p /> <p>I welcomed the deal agreed between the Premier League and EFL to provide up to £250m of support to EFL clubs, including the Championship - to ensure that no EFL club goes under due to the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/12/2020 13:01:48 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1259998

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Youth Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When he plans to allocate the £500 million Youth Investment Fund.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	910137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>The £500 million Youth Investment Fund remains a manifesto commitment for transformative levelling up across the country over the course of the parliament.</p><p> </p><p>£30 million of the fund was committed at the Spending Review as capital investment in youth services for 2021-22, which is on top of the £750 million charity funding package. This will provide an investment in new and refurbished spaces for young people, so they can access positive activities and support from youth workers.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of the timetable for allocation will be announced in due course, following a review of youth funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 10/12/2020 16:08:44 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1260145

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Government Departments: Flags
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 plans his Department has to publish the designated days for Union Flag flying in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	128306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>DCMS is responsible for informing UK Government Departments of the designated days for the flying of the Union Flag throughout the year and in conjunction with FCDO, No.10 and the Royal Household, informing Departments of any instructions on the half-masting of flags, any other flag instructions and silences. Guidance is published on our GOV.UK page.</p><p>There is no specific Government policy regarding the flying of flags other than the Union Flag. Individuals, local authorities and other organisations may fly flags whenever they wish, subject to compliance with any local planning requirement.</p><p>DCMS will publish any updates to the designated days list for Union flag flying in January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2020 15:34:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1260175

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Culture Recovery Fund: Gravesham
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 funding from the Cultural Capital Fund will be allocated to Gravesham.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	128104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>As of Friday 11 December, £1bn has been allocated from the Culture Recovery Fund so far. Within that Gravesham have received the following to date:</p><ul><li><p>Arts Council England recovery grant of £108,635 to Nocturnal Touring and Rooting Productions</p></li><li><p>Heritage Stimulus Fund award of £97,928 to Church of England, Northfleet, St Botolph</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2020 15:26:51 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1260178

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Culture Recovery Fund
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 much of the £1.57 billion Cultural Recovery Fund has yet to be allocated; to what programmes and projects funding has already been allocated; and when he plans to announce the mechanism for allocating the remaining funding.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Nickie Aiken
uin	128274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>As of 11 December, £1 billion worth of funding from the Culture Recovery Fund has been allocated across all four nations of the UK. That includes:</p><ul><li><p>Direct support to national institutions and the Devolved Administrations, who have received £188 million through the Barnett formula;</p></li><li><p>Over £500million in recovery grants to almost 3000 arts and heritage organisations in England;</p></li><li><p>Over £100million in capital grants;</p></li><li><p>And over £160million in generous repayable finance to some of our most iconic national institutions</p></li></ul><p>Some capital awards and independent cinema recovery grant awards are still to be allocated - this will happen over the coming weeks.</p><p>Additionally, a second round of funding was announced on 11 December, which utilises the remaining Culture Recovery Fund funding. There will be over £300m available in grants delivered by DCMS’ delivery partners, and £100m of repayable finance delivered by Arts Council England specifically.</p><p>Further information on this will be available shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2020 15:37:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4741 label Biography information for Nickie Aiken

1260187

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Social Media: Disinformation
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 his Department is taking to ensure social media companies tackle the spread of misinformation on the covid-19 vaccine on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	128078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of misinformation and disinformation very seriously. That is why we stood up the Counter Disinformation Unit up on 5 March to bring together cross-Government monitoring and analysis capabilities.</p><p>We are working closely with social media platforms to help them identify and remove incorrect claims about the virus, particularly around the vaccine, and to promote authoritative information. Vaccine misinformation is harmful and it is everyone's responsibility to access information from authoritative sources and not share false or misleading information.</p><p>In a meeting with the Digital Secretary and Health Secretary last month, social media companies agreed to continue to work with public health bodies to ensure that authoritative messages about vaccine safety reach as many people as possible; to commit to swifter responses to flagged content; and to commit to the principle that no user or company should directly profit from COVID-19 vaccine mis/disinformation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2020 15:39:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1260283

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Streaming: Classification Schemes
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 implications for his policies of different content ratings systems on different streaming platforms which are not aligned with standards for cinema or DVD releases nor based on research into the expectations of UK audiences.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	128325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>As the designated body for age classification of film content, the government has great trust in the British Board of Film Classification’s best practice age ratings. While adoption of the BBFC’s age ratings by online platforms is currently voluntary, we welcome their usage by Video on Demand platforms.</p><p>This includes Netflix who on December 1st announced that they have become the first platform to achieve complete coverage of their content under the BBFC’s ratings.</p><p>According to recent BBFC research, nearly nine in ten parents find BBFC age ratings on Netflix useful in helping them to choose content well for their family. To build on this success, we will continue to engage with industry to encourage other platforms to adopt the same ratings, and will keep the evidence for legislation in this area under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2020 15:05:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1260284

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Internet: Children
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 he plans to use British Board of Film Classification age verification guidance in setting standards to restrict the most harmful content from access by children under legislative proposals on online harms.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	128326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>It is vital that children are protected from accessing age-inappropriate, harmful content online. The government’s Online Harms legislation will establish in law a new ‘duty of care’ on companies towards their users. The ‘duty of care’ will ensure companies have robust systems and processes in place to keep their users safe and will deliver a higher level of protection for children than for the typical adult user. Details of how the online harms legislation will protect children from harmful content will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2020 15:03:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1260285

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Pornography: 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, whether he plans to include in legislative proposals on online harms provisions that (a) protect children from online pornography and (b) apply to all pornographic sites accessible from the UK regardless of where they are based and whether their content is user-generated.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	128327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>Our Online Harms proposals will deliver a higher level of protection for children than for the typical adult user. We expect companies to use a proportionate range of tools, including age assurance and age verification technologies, to prevent children accessing age-inappropriate content, such as online pornography, and to protect them from other harms. The new regulatory framework will cover social media companies, where many children access pornography, and all sites on which there is user-generated functionality, including pornography sites, regardless of where they are based. Further details of how the online harms legislation will protect children from harmful content, including online pornography, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2020 15:07:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart