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732497

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Social Media: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure social media companies tackle cyber bullying.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	1077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government expects social media companies, and internet platforms, to have robust processes in place and to act promptly when all forms of abuse, including cyber bullying is reported. That includes acting quickly to removing inappropriate content, and where appropriate, suspending or terminating the accounts of those breaching the rules in place. We are continuing to work closely with industry, including social media companies, charities, schools and parents to tackle this serious issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 04/07/2017 10:30:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

732507

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Cycling
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 20 March 2017 to Question 68586, what discussions has she had with her counterpart in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on opportunities to increase off-road cycling as part of that Department's Environment Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to encouraging more people to engage in sport and physical activity, regardless of their background or level of ability.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's Sporting Future strategy published in December 2015 set out that, in future, public investment in sport and physical activity will be based on the contribution that organisations can make to five broad outcomes: Physical Wellbeing; Mental Wellbeing; Individual Development; Social and Community Development; and Economic Development. Cycling, including off-road cycling, is included as part of the strategy. Officials at DCMS are engaged with Defra officials as they develop their Environment Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 09:58:22 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

732572

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Public Telephones
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 effectiveness of universal service obligation to provide a reasonable number of working telephone boxes where they are most needed; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>When a Universal Service Provider (USP) of public call boxes in the street - BT or, in the Kingston upon Hull area, KCom - wishes to remove one, the provider must inform the appropriate local authority, which then must consult with local people. The factors that weigh with local authorities in these cases commonly include: the call box's possible use in emergency situations; the quality of mobile signals in the area; and if people living nearby might not have access to mobile telephones, for whatever reason.</p><p> </p><p>Since it is better for such matters to be considered locally on a case-by-case basis, the Secretary of State has made no overall assessment of the role of public telephones in the situations referred to.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/06/2017 12:18:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732591

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Broadband: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 businesses in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency have made use of the Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>To date, one premises has taken up a subsidised connection via the Better Broadband Scheme in the the constituency of Linlithgow and East Falkirk. 6,952 connections have been taken up through the scheme across the UK as a whole. The Department does not hold information on whether applications are from residential or business premises.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 04/07/2017 12:45:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732705

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Lotteries: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish proposals to update the regulations governing society lotteries.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	1015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government's response to the CMS Select Committee's report on society lotteries advised that it intended to explore all the recommendations further, with advice from the Gambling Commission. We are carefully considering the issues raised by the Select Committee and expect to make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 09:52:54 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

746510

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Gaming Machines: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to make an announcement on its review of fixed odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	900083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>A review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures was launched in October 2016, which included a look at the Fix Odds Betting terminals. Purdah interrupted the final stages of our consideration of the evidence received and the subsequent internal, cross government process of approval and sign off. I'm afraid, therefore, that we are back at the start of the process and that as a consequence of it taking at least 12 weeks I would not expect any further announcement until October at the earliest.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 29/06/2017 16:55:58 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

746512

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Gaming Machines: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to make an announcement on its review of fixed odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	900086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>A review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures was launched in October 2016, which included a look at the Fix Odds Betting terminals. Purdah interrupted the final stages of our consideration of the evidence received and the subsequent internal, cross government process of approval and sign off. I'm afraid, therefore, that we are back at the start of the process and that as a consequence of it taking at least 12 weeks I would not expect any further announcement until October at the earliest.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 29/06/2017 16:56:45 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

746513

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Gaming Machines: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to make an announcement on its review of fixed odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	900089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>A review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures was launched in October 2016, which included a look at the Fix Odds Betting terminals. Purdah interrupted the final stages of our consideration of the evidence received and the subsequent internal, cross government process of approval and sign off. I'm afraid, therefore, that we are back at the start of the process and that as a consequence of it taking at least 12 weeks I would not expect any further announcement until October at the earliest.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/06/2017 16:57:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

746514

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Music Venues
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to improve financial and statutory support for small music venues.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	900091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting and promoting a thriving live music industry. We support small music venues through business rates relief, by looking at the agent of change principle and with simplified licensing and planning rules.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/06/2017 16:57:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

732367

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	BBC: Video on Demand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the BBC's mandatory sign-in policy for its online services; and what discussions she has had with Ofcom and the BBC on that policy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Requiring users to sign-in to BBC online services was a decision taken by the BBC. The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from government, and the government has had no formal engagement with the BBC or Ofcom on this issue.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/06/2017 14:00:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah