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registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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, what plans her Department has to promote mountain biking as a sport.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to encouraging more people to engage in sport and physical activity, regardless of their background or level of ability.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 Sport England has invested over £4.7 million of National Lottery money in projects and facilities to get more people mountain biking. Sport England will continue to work with British Cycling to ensure that more people from all backgrounds are encouraged to take up Mountain Biking and to enjoy the benefits it brings.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/03/2017 16:34:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712381

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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
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 UK Digital Strategy 2017, published on 1 March 2017 by her Department, if she will publish the evidential basis for the statement that superfast broadband is on track to reach 95 per cent of UK premises by December 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Independent sources such as thinkbroadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/) show UK superfast broadband coverage, defined as premises having access to speeds of more than 24Mbps, is now over 92%. The further contracted delivery from publicly-funded projects plus commercial plans from providers mean that the government is confident that 95% coverage can be reached by December 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/03/2017 16:37:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712382

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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 Board: Wales
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 publish the correspondence between her Department and the Welsh Government on the issue of the appointment of a Welsh member to the BBC Board.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	68445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>It is not our practice to publish ministerial correspondence.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/03/2017 16:09:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

712383

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Swimming: Greater London
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 increase the number of (a) children and (b) adults who swim regularly in (i) Greater London and (ii) the London Borough of Newham.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to supporting everyone to get active and participation in swimming has an important role to play.</p><p>Sport England has invested more than £40,000 of National Lottery funding in a Kirklees swimming programme and since 2010 has invested £1.5 million of Lottery funding in swimming in West Yorkshire.</p><p>Since 2010, Sport England has invested £35,407,363 of National Lottery money has been invested in a range of swimming projects across Greater London, including £34,442,800 in swimming in Newham and the London Aquatics Centre.</p><p>Sport England is also in discussion with the Amateur Swimming Association regarding the investment it will be making in swimming for the 2017-21 period.</p><p>Sporting Future set out the Government's commitment to ensuring that no child left school unable to swim and commissioned the Amateur Swimming Association's Swim Group to undertake a review. The Group is finalising its report and will be sharing its findings with government shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 68402 question first answered 23/03/2017 16:35:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

712387

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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 Libraries: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 68114, on public libraries: complaints, which 15 local authorities have been investigated since 2010; and what the outcomes were of those investigations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	68553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The local authorities that are being or have been investigated are Lancashire, Lambeth, Southampton, Harrow, Sheffield, Newcastle, Lincolnshire, Bolton, Brent, Isle of Wight, Lewisham, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Doncaster and Surrey. In respect of Lancashire, Lambeth and Southampton these investigations are on-going and no final decision has been made. With regard to Harrow, Sheffield, Newcastle, Lincolnshire, Bolton, London Borough of Brent, Isle of Wight, Lewisham the Secretary of State decided with each of these cases not to direct a local inquiry. In the case of Somerset and Gloucestershire no action was required as both local authorities reverted to their original library service provision following successful judicial review challenges and with respect to Doncaster and Surrey no action was taken.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 23/03/2017 14:36:20 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

711591

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Data Protection: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of EU regulations governing data protection that are not capable of being incorporated into UK law by Order, and which therefore must be enacted by primary legislation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is still assessing the best legislative approach to incorporating the GDPR into UK law. We will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/03/2017 11:12:03 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

711592

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Data Protection: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the capability of UK businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 by May 2018, and of the level of awareness of that Regulation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working closely with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) during this transitional period. The ICO is responsible for providing guidance and advice to individuals and organisations on, amongst other things, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The ICO has issued the attached guidance on its website on how best business prepare for the GDPR. (This is available at: <a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/guidance-what-to-expect-and-when/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/guidance-what-to-expect-and-when/</a>)</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/03/2017 11:12:59 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name preparing-for-the-gdpr-12-steps.pdf title Preparing for the 12 Steps
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

711593

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Data Protection: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to enact new primary legislation to ensure that the UK is in the best position to maintain international data flows with the EU, following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL6099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>As part of plans for the UK’s exit from the EU, we will consider carefully how best to maintain our continued ability to share, receive and protect EU data with other EU member states. The UK is keen to ensure that data flows with the EU are not interrupted after the UK leaves the EU. The Government is considering all the options on the most beneficial way of ensuring that the UK’s data protection regime continues to build a culture of data confidence and trust, that safeguards citizens and supports business in a global economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/03/2017 11:13:44 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

711152

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Government Art Collection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Government Art Collection is planning to open a gallery in central London; if so, what is the projected annual cost, and when it will open; and whether they held discussions on locating the gallery outside London prior to making that decision.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL6040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government plans to make an announcement on this matter in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 28/03/2017 16:17:36 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

711177

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the charity sector regarding concerns raised by charities about trends towards making government and business services available online only.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL6065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The government is focused on making services available to citizens in the most effective ways, including using digital technologies. We work closely with the charity sector to understand and meet the challenges of a rapidly changing digital landscape.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government recognises its duty to provide for all, and if people cannot use or access the Internet, it will not be a barrier to them accessing government services. The Government will always ensure assistance is available to people who need it, be it over the phone, face to face, or via webchat.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/03/2017 11:14:24 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton