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1122812

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Young People: Public Participation
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 steps his Department is taking to increase participation in public life among younger age groups.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) launched three new youth voice projects in February 2019, to enable young people to have a say in national policy making: a Young Commissioners and Inspectors Group, a Civil Society Youth Steering Group and a digital youth engagement research project. DCMS also provides funding for the UK Youth Parliament, Youth Select Committee and Make Your Mark ballot which support young people to raise issues on local and national levels. The £40 million #iwill Fund, a 4 year joint investment between DCMS and The National Lottery Community Fund, supports the creation of new opportunities for young people to volunteer and engage in their local communities. The National Citizen Service (NCS), a voluntary social development programme for young people, is helping to build a more responsible, more cohesive and more engaged society. NCS participants have dedicated over 12 million hours of volunteering to their local communities.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/05/2019 14:04:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1121397

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Mobile Libraries: Finance
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 steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the level of funding to ensure a mobile library in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	244094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 requires local authorities in England to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service, within available resources. In considering how best to deliver this statutory duty, each local authority is responsible for determining local needs, which may include the provision of a mobile library service.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/04/2019 11:47:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1121406

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will fund an initiative to offer training on use of the internet for elderly people in their local area in cooperation with local councils.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	244095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to helping elderly people acquire basic digital skills as part of our broader strategy to reduce digital exclusion as outlined in the Digital Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Future Digital Inclusion’ programme delivered through Online Centres based in libraries and other community spaces has supported over 1 million adult learners to develop their basic digital skills, including elderly people.</p><p> </p><p>Government has also published plans to introduce an entitlement to full funding for basic digital courses from 2020, similar to the entitlements already in place for maths and English. This will provide adults of any age the opportunity to undertake improved qualifications based on new national standards free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>Through its £400,000 Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, the Government is supporting three pilot projects aimed at addressing the digital exclusion of older and disabled people. One pilot, is developing “smart homes” for elderly people to improve their digital skills, supported by their peers and younger ‘digital buddies’.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 245824 question first answered 29/04/2019 15:08:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104697

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Sports Business Council
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 the outcomes were from the meetings of the Sports Business Council held between June 2017 and April 2018; and when the council next plans to meet.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Sport Business Council (SBC) has explored a number of priority areas for the sector, such as intellectual property, event staging, sector skills, and local partnerships, and has established the importance of engaging with the sports economy I intend to consider the work to date of the SBC, and continue engagement with the business of sport in the months ahead.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 09:15:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104698

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Healthy Living Ministerial Group and Sports Business Council
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 plans the Government has to maintain the Inter-Ministerial Group for Healthy Living and the Sports Business Council.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>I continue to meet regularly with my ministerial colleagues as well as officials and representatives in Northern Ireland to discuss our joint working on healthy living including sport and physical activity. I intend to consider the work to date of the Sports Business Council, and continue engagement with sport as an economic sector in the months ahead.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 09:16:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1083606

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 steps he is taking to improve access to high speed broadband for small rural businesses.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	229767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Department for Economy team in Northern Ireland on the £165m Project Stratum who are finalising Invitation to Tender documents in relation to issuing the OJEU Procurement by the end of April. This will extend Superfast coverage in Northern Ireland to approximately 98% of premises and include many small rural businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recently, the Full-Fibre Northern Ireland Consortium of 10 local councils were successful in the award of £15m under the DCMS Wave 3 of the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme. This is in addition to the DCMS LFFN Wave 2 Belfast City Council £11.5m and the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon £2.4m projects. These projects will all help to provide more full-fibre to public buildings in urban and rural areas and this should encourage commercial suppliers more cost-effectively to reach more premises. These projects form part of the investment of almost £300m, to stimulate commercial full fibre investment in both urban and rural areas across the UK, by 2021. This includes the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme, which can be used by small businesses to contribute to the installation cost of faster connections over gigabit-capable infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme, due to launch in Spring, will also benefit rural businesses. The programme will trial a model for full fibre to public buildings - starting with primary schools - which will act as hubs in rural areas, alongside vouchers for funding gigabit-capable connectivity to homes and businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These programmes address hard to reach areas and meet the needs of the challenging connectivity issues experienced by small rural businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure no-one is left behind, we are introducing a broadband Universal Service Obligation to give everyone a clear, enforceable right to request high-speed broadband by 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/03/2019 16:24:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1083609

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Charities: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) a maximum level of funding for the administration and (b) guidance on the pay structure of charitable organisations to ensure that an adequate level of funding is allocated to their charitable causes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	229768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Under charity law, a charity’s trustees have a legal duty to act in the best interests of the charity and its beneficiaries. This is a cornerstone of charities' independence.</p><p>Charity trustees need to consider a number of factors, including securing value for money for the charity, and the impact of their decisions on public trust.</p><p>Charities should be transparent about their administration costs, including executive pay, so that members of the public can decide whether or not they want to support the charity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/03/2019 16:32:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1083612

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Visas: EEA Nationals
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 discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on short stay visitor visas for EEA nationals wishing to visit the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	229770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>My Department works closely with the Home Office on policies that affect tourism. The UK and the EU have proposed reciprocal visa-free travel arrangements to enable UK, EU and EEA citizens to continue to travel freely for tourism in the future. This is the case in both a deal or no deal scenario.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also confirmed that EU nationals and citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland can continue to travel on a national ID card until December 2020 and use e-passport gates when travelling on a passport. We have published all of this information on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/03/2019 11:50:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1024820

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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: Rural Areas
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 discussions he has had with mobile phone companies on those companies sharing resources to improve coverage in rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and Ministers hold regular meetings with Mobile Network Operators to discuss a range of issues. We accept that sharing of sites and infrastructure can make deployment of mobile network infrastructure more efficient and cost-effective.</p><p> </p><p>Government supports industry initiatives to provide a more efficient service to consumers, providing that this does not restrict competition in the market.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/12/2018 13:20:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1024821

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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	Tourism
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 steps he is taking to encourage tourists to visit both Northern Ireland and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain (VB) is responsible for marketing the UK as a whole to the rest of the world and have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tourism Northern Ireland (TNI) to work together on a variety of promotional activities. As part of this MOU, Northern Ireland products are used in marketing campaigns such as GREAT, images of Northern Ireland are used in VBImages and they participate in various business events. In particular, this year saw the Social Tourism Summit hosted by VB and TNI which brought together over 40 social media bloggers from 14 countries as well as travel delegates from the rest of the world to discuss innovations in digital travel marketing.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/12/2018 11:27:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon