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694331

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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 Enterprises: Offenders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 10 January (HL Deb, col 1856), what steps they are taking to enable more private, local authority and charity investment in social enterprises which support or employ ex-prisoners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL5605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Charities and social enterprises play an important role in the government’s mission of building an economy that works for everyone. The government is building on its role as a world leader in soc`ial enterprise by championing procurement for social value, supporting social enterprise awareness campaigns, building the social investment market, using social enterprises to address issues at scale and expanding the social investment tax relief.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 16:00:56 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

694217

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Hearing Aids: Radio Frequencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential threat to the effectiveness of digital hearing aids of devices such as smartphones and tablets that operate within the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands; and if she will take steps to protect the bandwidth frequency used by hearing aids.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	65522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>We are engaged with stakeholders on this important issue. Determining and reacting to interference to wireless devices is a matter for Ofcom, the independent regulator for spectrum. Ofcom made an initial assessment that there was no issue with the use of adjacent bands but after representations from the assisted listening community have performed additional extensive and rigorous testing, using scenarios suggested by that community. The results of that testing are expected to be published soon, alongside a statement on the auction of 2.3 and 3.4 GHz spectrum.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/03/2017 17:25:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

694205

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Arts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations and individuals from the creative industries she has met since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	65464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 65465 65466 65467 65468 65469 question first answered 06/03/2017 12:49:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

694206

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Society of Authors
	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 meet the Society of Authors to discuss issues related to authors.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	65467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 65464 65465 65466 65468 65469 question first answered 06/03/2017 12:49:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

694207

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Writers' Guild of Great Britain
	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 meet the Writers' Guild to discuss issues related to writers.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	65468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 65464 65465 65466 65467 65469 question first answered 06/03/2017 12:49:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

694208

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Writers
	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 convene a joint meeting with organisations representing writers to discuss issues related to that profession.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	65469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 65464 65465 65466 65467 65468 question first answered 06/03/2017 12:49:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

694209

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Writers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings she has had with (a) individual writers and (b) representatives of writers since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	65465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 65464 65466 65467 65468 65469 question first answered 06/03/2017 12:49:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

694210

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society
	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 meet with the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society to discuss issues related to writers.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	65466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 65464 65465 65467 65468 65469 question first answered 06/03/2017 12:49:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

694211

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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 Departments: Reprography
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is responsible for ensuring that government departments adhere to licensing requirements related to the scanning and photocopying of documents where secondary royalties may be due to the author or creator of such documents.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	65470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office currently coordinates the purchase of a cross-Government licence on behalf of Departments, however each department is responsible for its own licensing adherence.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 65472 question first answered 06/03/2017 17:45:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

694213

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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 Departments: Reprography
	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 that government departments adhere to licensing requirements related to the scanning and photocopying of documents where secondary royalties may be due to the author or creator of such documents.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	65472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office currently coordinates the purchase of a cross-Government licence on behalf of Departments, however each department is responsible for its own licensing adherence.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 65470 question first answered 06/03/2017 17:45:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

694216

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of senior civil servants of her Department are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	65552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Of the 42 members of the SCS in DCMS, the percentage in the categories set out below, as of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2017, is:</p><p> </p><p>a) Male: 43%</p><p>b) Female: 57%</p><p>c) Disabled: -*</p><p>d) From a working class background: this information is not recorded</p><p>e) BAME: -*</p><p> </p><p>* This percentage is suppressed as it represents a group of fewer than 5 employees. Ethnicity and disability data is collected on a self declaratory basis.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/03/2017 11:26:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett