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1134927

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Social Media: Hate Crime
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 recent discussions he has had with representatives from social media companies to tackle hate speech against transgender people on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	269695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with social media companies on a range of issues including the hate speech against transgender people. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/07/2019 14:16:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

943131

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Former Members
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 many former hon. Members hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within his Department as of 17 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	164947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold a central record of all employees, either paid or unpaid, who have previously been Members of Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/07/2018 14:54:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818721

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Broadband: Urban Areas
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 page 156 of the Industrial Strategy, published in November 2017, which towns and cities which will benefit from the roll-out of full fibre in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Page 156 of the industrial strategy refers to a market response case study on a partnership between Vodafone and CityFibre. As this is a market response rather than a Government initiative we do not hold the details of their commercial strategy regarding the roll-out of full fibre.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/01/2018 14:27:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818722

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Cultural Development 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, with reference to page 234 of the Industrial Strategy, published in November 2017, to which cities will the £2 million in place-based cultural development be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Cultural Development Fund will use £2 million funding for 2018/19 to test the model for place-based cultural development and support towns and cities to develop culture and creative industries led growth strategies. No decisions have yet been made on which regions will benefit from funding.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/01/2018 15:01:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818725

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 153 of the Industrial Strategy, published in November 2017, what the timetable is for the installation of trackside infrastructure along the Trans-Pennine Route between Manchester, Leeds and York and for what reasons the plans not extend to Hull.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The timetable for the deployment of this infrastructure is in the early stages of development, and we will announce further details in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Trans Pennine Initiative will deliver infrastructure that enables the testing and delivery of rail passenger connectivity on an existing rail route and the viability of using the rail corridor to deploy high capacity, cost effective fibre. A longer route would cost more and, crucially, would take longer to build. These trials are a step on the way to improving rail passenger communications on all mainline routes by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/01/2018 14:29:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

810329

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons her Department's Tampon Tax Fund project summary dated 30 March 2017 states that the £250,000 allocated to Live Charity will be used to provide counselling.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	120795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The project summaries from March 2017 were taken from original applications to the Tampon Tax Fund. Between March 2017 and grant awards being finalised, projects were refined and final project activities agreed.</p><p>Life Charity has been awarded £247,000 from the Tampon Tax Fund for a project that supports vulnerable, homeless or at risk women who are pregnant and have nowhere to turn. Life will not be able to use the Tampon Tax grant to fund its counselling service that considers decisions regarding pregnancy related pressures, in particular an unplanned pregnancy, or its 'Life Matters Education Service' and is prohibited from spending the money on any publicity or promotion.</p><p>The grant is for a specific service in west London that aims to support vulnerable, homeless or at risk pregnant women (who have already decided to keep their babies) and mothers. Activities include training for staff and volunteers in skilled listening. Those trained will be better able to support pregnant women and mothers in preparing for and coping with motherhood. All payments will be made in arrears and on receipt of a detailed monitoring report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/01/2018 15:21:35 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788437

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	UK City of Culture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, at which locations staff of her Department working on issues related to (a) Hull City of Culture 2017 and (b) other City of Culture bids are based.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport staff working on UK City of Culture are based in 100 Parliament Street. The team have visited each of the five cities shortlisted to host UK City of Culture 2021 and regularly visit Hull.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/11/2017 15:41:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788539

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	LIFE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Under-Secretary of State for Health of 6 November 2017, Official Report, column 1307, what progress has been made on looking into the decision to award the Life charity with money from the tampon tax fund.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Life Charity was one of 53 charities awarded Tampon Tax funding across England.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the grant agreement, Life will not be able to use the Tampon Tax grant to fund its counselling service, or its 'Life Matters Education Service' and is prohibited from spending the money on publicity or promotion. The grant is for a specific service in west London that aims to support vulnerable, homeless or at risk pregnant women (who have already decided to keep their babies) and mothers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/11/2017 11:11:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

781252

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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	Sanitary Products: VAT
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 many projects made bids for funding from the Tampon Tax Fund; how many of those bids were unsuccessful; and which projects were unsuccessful.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	110540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>850 applications were received for the 2017/18 round of the Tampon Tax Fund and 780 were unsuccessful.</p><p> </p><p>Applications were assessed against three criteria: evidence for the need of the project; the organisation’s ability to deliver; and the sustainability and impact of the project. Details of unsuccessful applications are not made available as to do so could be prejudicial to future funding bids.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/11/2017 11:23:47 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

780424

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	LIFE
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 the decision to award the Life charity monies from the Tampon Tax Fund was made (a) before or (b) after the grant agreement with that charity was signed.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	110223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Grant agreements are entered into after ‘in principle’ funding decisions are made and are only signed when both parties are content with the terms and conditions.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 02/11/2017 09:41:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson