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1250778

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date	12/11/2020
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	Churches: Community Development
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 assessment his Department has made of the economic benefit of the contribution made by church buildings used for community purposes.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	114222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Many places of worship do accommodate additional uses, including those for community purposes, alongside worship. These buildings provide economic and social positive externalities to the country as a whole, and at a local level, they provide a thriving community asset. Places of worship forge social capital by strengthening community cohesion and belonging, alongside providing significant social benefits in times of need. Social action at places of worship is equally prevalent and valuable, such as food banks, blood donation centres and night shelters.</p><p>The Government has set out its vision and strategy to protect the historic environment, including England’s places of worship, in the 2017 Heritage Statement. The DCMS-funded Taylor Review Pilot, and its subsequent evaluation, published in October 2020, underlines the importance of a strategic approach, based on understanding the gaps in local community provision, when considering additional uses of places of worship.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/11/2020 15:40:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1251354

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Arts and Culture: Coventry
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 support the arts and cultural sector in Coventry during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	114905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the huge contribution the arts and culture sector makes, not only to the economy and international reputation of the United Kingdom, but also to the wellbeing and enrichment of its people. It is for this reason that we have invested an unprecedented £1.57 billion, the biggest ever one-off cash injection, into UK culture to tackle the crisis facing our most loved arts organisations and heritage sites across the country including Coventry, which is to be our next City of Culture.</p><p>The Arts Council has allocated over £500k from its Emergency Response Fund to the city including £68k to individuals. The Culture Recovery Fund has awarded over £2.7 million in recovery grant funding (as of 11 Nov) to arts and heritage organisations in Coventry to help support them through the current Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>In addition ACE allocated £3.4m, to Coventry City of Culture Trust (delivery body) to ensure Coventry’s success as City of Culture. The arts and cultural sector is instrumental to Coventry’s success and the Trust have; employed local art/cultural freelancers, invested in cultural infrastructure and during the first lockdown initiated a resilience fund for the local arts community. Coventry will be one of the first to host major events post Covid and, whilst challenges have been posed by the pandemic, their activity and programming has provided a much needed injection of cash into the sector and supported artists in the region, nationally and internationally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/11/2020 16:06:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1251483

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Shared Rural Network: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the results of the Government's assessment of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the Shared Rural Network programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>There has been no significant impact to the delivery of the Shared Rural Network programme as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since signing the grant agreement in March, initial radio plans have been submitted to the regulator, Ofcom, and an open, fair and transparent competitive procurement process for the publicly funded elements of the programme has commenced.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/11/2020 15:33:55 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251484

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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: Training
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on tackling the digital divide of the Good Things Foundation report, Great Digital Catch Up, published in September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>I received the report, ‘The Great Digital Catch Up’, with interest and have discussed it recently with the Good Things Foundation. We will take it into account as we develop further policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/11/2020 15:47:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251488

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Data Protection: UK Relations with EU
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 update the explanatory framework for adequacy discussions presented to the EU, following the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and the provisions permitting data flows with Japan and their partners.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The explanatory framework, published in March 2020, was intended to inform adequacy discussions with the European Commission and we have no plans to update it. Data provisions in Free Trade Agreements, including the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), are separate but complementary to the UK's adequacy process and international data protection frameworks. Separately from the CEPA, the UK has preserved the effect of the EU's adequacy decision for Japan on a transitional basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 17/11/2020 10:08:25 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251529

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Telecommunications: Coronavirus
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 assessment he has made of the effect of closuring telecoms customer support services during the covid-19 outbreak on (a) UK businesses, (b) consumers and (c) those people and businesses who do not have access to fixed lines.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the ongoing importance of the telecommunications industry at this critical time. We have taken action to support the industry to respond to the crisis, including issuing guidance to industry, as well as local authorities and landowners on how to safely ensure that work to maintain and repair the telecoms network can continue, given the importance of telecoms infrastructure at this critical time. Furthermore, the Government and Ofcom have agreed a set of commitments with the UK’s major broadband and mobile providers to support vulnerable consumers during the pandemic in addition to providing new and generous landline and mobile offers, such as free or low cost mobile data boosts.</p><p>The Government agreed that tougher national restrictions were needed to help get the virus under control and protect the NHS. There was joint agreement that there was no alternative to new national restrictions and there are significant restrictions on some sectors of the economy, including all non-essential retail. However, providers have continued to provide online and phone support services during both local and national restrictions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 17/11/2020 16:34:19 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251549

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disinformation
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 assessment he has made of the extent of (a) misinformation and (b) disinformation on social media on the covid-19 outbreak to date; who the originators of the most widespread messages are; and what assessment he has made of the motivations behind such messages.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	114832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of disinformation very seriously. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it continues to be vitally important that the public has accurate information about the virus, and DCMS is leading work across Government to tackle disinformation.</p><p>That is why we stood up the Counter Disinformation Unit up on 5 March to bring together cross-Government monitoring and analysis capabilities. The Unit’s primary function is to provide a comprehensive picture of the extent, scope and impact of disinformation and misinformation regarding Covid-19 and to work with partners to ensure appropriate action is taken.</p><p>Misinformation and disinformation can come from a range of sources, however it would not be appropriate for us to provide a running commentary on the amount of misinformation or disinformation seen to date. Throughout the pandemic, we have been working closely with social media platforms to quickly identify and help them respond to potentially harmful content on their platforms, including removing harmful content in line with their terms and conditions, and promoting authoritative sources of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/11/2020 16:11:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1251784

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government's Rethink, Reskill, Reboot campaign was launched.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	115034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Rethink, Reskill, Reboot recruitment campaign began on Friday 9 October 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 17/11/2020 16:38:24 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1251825

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Telecommunications: Codes of Practice
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 there is a competent authority in place to fulfill the UK's obligations under the EU Electronic Communications Code 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	114987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The European Electronic Communications Code Directive updates the EU telecommunications regulatory framework. The Directive will be implemented in the UK via the Electronic Communications And Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code And Eu Exit) Regulations 2020, as approved by the Houses on 10 November 2020, to come into force for a transposition deadline of 21 December 2020.</p><p>Whilst the Directive gives member states flexibility to assign certain functions to competent authorities, as under prior EU and domestic law, Ofcom is retained as the designated telecoms national regulatory authority in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 17/11/2020 16:36:38 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1250437

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disinformation
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 assessment he has made of trends in the level of activity of hostile states in relation to spreading disinformation and conspiracy theories on covid-19.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	113586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of disinformation very seriously. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it continues to be vitally important that the public has accurate information about the virus, and DCMS is leading work across Government to tackle disinformation.</p><p>That is why we stood up the Counter Disinformation Unit up on 5 March to bring together cross-Government monitoring and analysis capabilities. The Unit’s primary function is to provide a comprehensive picture of the extent, scope and impact of disinformation and misinformation regarding Covid-19 and to work with partners to ensure appropriate action is taken.</p><p>Whilst disinformation can come from a range of sources, we know that certain states routinely use disinformation as a foreign policy tool. The UK, along with our G7 and Nato partners, is working hard to protect our democracies against disinformation as we work together to tackle the shared threat of Covid-19</p><p>We continue to monitor for any disinformation campaigns and any related conspiracy theories so that we can respond to them quickly and effectively. We are focused on addressing disinformation by any actor, whether state or non-state.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/11/2020 14:45:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn