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1132647

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Internet: Hate Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made, further to the Law Commission’s Scoping Report on Abusive and Offensive Online Communications published on 1 November 2018, to improve the current criminal law concerning abusive and offensive online communications, in order to tackle online abuse more effectively.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL16425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport and the Ministry of Justice have engaged the Law Commission on a second phase of their review of abusive and offensive online communications. This will begin in July 2019 and will build on the analysis undertaken for the Scoping Report.</p><p>In Phase 2, the Law Commission will review existing communications offences to establish whether the law is fit for purpose, and make specific recommendations about options for reform in this area. This will include considering whether co-ordinated harassment by groups of people online could be more effectively dealt with by the criminal law.</p><p>The Law Commission will also look at the criminal law around the non-consensual taking and sharing of intimate images. The review will look at existing offences and identify whether there are any gaps in the scope of the protection already offered to victims, making recommendations to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection against the creation and sharing of intimate images without consent.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 28/06/2019 11:40:45 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1088876

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made to date in implementing their Loneliness Strategy, A connected society: a strategy for tackling loneliness, published on 15 October 2018.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL14581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Government’s strategy on tackling loneliness in England includes 60 new policy commitments from across government, with a range of timescales for implementation. Each of the nine departments involved is responsible for the delivery of its own policies, and implementation is overseen by the cross-government ministerial group on loneliness, chaired by the Minister for Sport and Civil Society.</p><p> </p><p>A number of commitments have already been delivered, including the launch of an online social prescribing platform, and the award of grant-funding to 126 organisations through the Building Connections Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Government will include an update on progress in its first annual report on tackling loneliness, which we expect to be published later in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 26/03/2019 15:50:29 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

993819

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Mobile Phones: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that mobile phone users are fully aware of the extent to which their data may be harvested and shared by mobile phone applications.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL10952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act places an obligation on all organisations, including those that make mobile phone applications, to be clear about how they process individuals’ personal data and ensure that any consent obtained for its use is clear, unambiguous and purposeful. This information, along with individuals’ rights under the Data Protection Act, should be set out clearly in a privacy notice.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner regulates and enforces the Data Protection Act and has a number of tools available to ensure compliance with data protection rules which include criminal prosecution, non-criminal enforcement and audits. For those who commit serious breaches there are significant financial penalties including fines up to £18 million or 4% of global turnover that can be applied as well as the backstop of criminal prosecution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 06/11/2018 15:33:11 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

947601

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	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; what action they have taken to ensure that all the services previously provided by those public libraries are provided by other organisations; and what assessment they have made of the national research project conducted by SERIO to explore the service effectiveness and sustainability of community-managed libraries in England the results of which were published on 5 September 2017.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL9871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport monitors proposed changes to library service provision throughout England, but does not hold complete figures on the number of public libraries closed from 2010 to date.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service, and it is for individual local authorities to decide how best to provide a public library service that meets local needs within available resources. However, DCMS works with the Libraries Taskforce and local and central government to promote good practice and innovation to sustain and improve library services in England.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, DCMS and the Libraries Taskforce commissioned research by SERIO about how community managed libraries in England operate, and lessons that can be learnt and shared about their effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability. Following consideration of the report and its recommendations, DCMS and the Libraries Taskforce has improved and strengthened information and guidance on community managed libraries. For example, updating the Taskforce’s Community Managed Libraries toolkit for those running or considering establishing community libraries. DCMS and the Libraries Taskforce has also worked with partners to help community managed libraries to set up a peer network, to build closer links and to share learning and support between themselves.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/08/2018 12:01:22 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

829043

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	YouTube
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to Ofcom regulating the social media platform YouTube in the same way as licensed media broadcasters.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL5024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The remit of Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, is set out in the Communications Act 2003. It has wide-ranging powers across broadcasting, telecoms and post.</p><p> </p><p>Government favours a self-regulatory, multi-stakeholder approach to the internet, and seeks to work collaboratively with key partners.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering a range of options to counter internet harms as part of Internet Safety Strategy, published on 11 October. We recently held a consultation exercise on the measures in the Strategy, which included questions on a social media code of practice, annual social media transparency reports and a social media levy. We will publish a response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 31/01/2018 13:38:45 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

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