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802402

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Personation: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat the online practice of "catfishing"; and whether they intend to make it a criminal offence.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL3935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Catfishing is one of the online harms which we are considering as part of our Internet Safety Strategy. The Strategy, which was published on 11 October, considers ways in which we can ensure Britain is the safest place in the world to be online.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 14/12/2017 14:38:13 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

797276

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Ofcom report Children and Parents: media use and attitudes, what steps they intend to take to address the issue of underage social media use.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL3708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We expect social media firms to have robust processes in place around the use of their sites by children and to act promptly against any activity that does not comply with their policies.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 07/12/2017 13:20:28 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

777521

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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: Harassment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking, or are planning to take, to stop the rise in malicious communications via social media.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL2529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on introducing a social media code of practice as part of the Internet Safety Strategy which was published on 11 October.</p><p>As laid out in the Digital Economy Act 2017, the code will seek to ensure that providers offer adequate online safety policies, introduce minimum standards and metrics and ensure regular review and monitoring. Government will continue to consult with stakeholders in the tech industry on the details of the code of practice before its introduction in 2018.</p><p>More broadly, the Government published the Hate Crime Action Plan in July 2016 to drive forward action to tackle hate crime. This action includes the recent announcement of the creation of a national online hate crime hub.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 07/11/2017 16:52:15 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

677427

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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: Disinformation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have met social media providers to discuss how to combat the spread of fake news online; and what their policy is for addressing the issue.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL4892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering the implications of the dissemination of fake news on social media sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 31/01/2017 13:59:26 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

626832

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) how many additional cybersecurity experts they estimate are needed to implement the National Cyber Security Strategy, (2) what priority is being given to the education and training of cybersecurity experts, and (3) what is being done to encourage young people to study computer sciences at university and to recruit them to the cybersecurity industry.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL2910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 -2020 outlines the government’s ambition to deliver a self-sustaining pipeline of talent providing the skills to meet our national needs across the public and private sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring the UK has the cyber security experts it needs is a key government priority and much work was done to improve required skills at every level of education under the first 2011 - 2015 National Cyber Security Strategy. However ambitious new initiatives are still needed and being prioritised under the new strategy. This includes a national schools programme to provide intensive after-school training and mentoring; establishing cyber apprenticeships in critical sectors; and a re-training programme to attract and support people to transition into cyber security mid-career. To identify additional actions we will also develop a self-standing cyber skills strategy that will build on our existing work</p><p> </p><p>In universities we have ensured cyber security is an integral part of all computer science degrees accredited by the Institution of Engineering &amp; Technology and British Computer Society. GCHQ have also established a certification programme, certifying nearly 20 courses to date, that will help students identify high-quality course to undertake in order to pursue a cyber security career</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 15/11/2016 14:46:34 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

515553

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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 how many public libraries have closed since 2010; how many are currently under threat of closure; and what action they are taking to ensure that public libraries are maintained as a statutory service and to promote improvement of the public library service.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL7933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport monitors closely proposed changes to library service provision throughout England. The Department does not maintain detail on the number of public libraries under review by local authorities, but based on desk research we estimate that from January 2010 to January 2016 approximately 110 static public libraries in England closed completely.</p><p> </p><p>Public libraries are funded and run by local authorities and it is a matter for local authorities to determine how best to provide a comprehensive and efficient public library service to their local community, within available resources.</p><p> </p><p>My Department, together with the Local Government Association, has set up a Leadership for Libraries Taskforce to help public libraries in England build on good practice and add value for the communities they serve. The Taskforce is currently consulting on the attached document at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/libraries-deliver-ambition-for-public-libraries-in-england-2016-2021 which sets out the ambition for public libraries in the future. Furthermore, thanks to Government funding, free Wi-Fi is available to 99% of public libraries in England.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/05/2016 16:14:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Libraries Deliver_ Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021 - GOV.pdf title Libraries Deliver ambition document
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian