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807176

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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	21st Century Fox: Sky
	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 she has made of the potential implications of Disney's takeover of 21st Century Fox for the Competition and Markets Authority's investigation into the anticipated acquisition of Sky Plc by 21st Century Fox; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	119824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>On 14 December, Disney and the 21st Century Fox announced details of an agreement for the sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney. This includes its interests in two major UK Media companies Sky PLC and Endemol/Shine. 21st Century Fox currently remains as the bidder for Sky PLC and Disney and 21st Century Fox confirmed in their joint announcement that they want the 21st Century Fox bid for Sky - announced in December 2016 – to continue. The current Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) inquiry into the Fox/Sky merger will therefore continue.</p><p>The CMA are of course fully aware of the Disney bid and it is for them to consider how to account for this development in their inquiry. The CMA are due to publish their interim findings on the merger in mid-January and provide their final report by 6 March. I will then consider all the relevant information and make the final decision on the merger.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/12/2017 14:17:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

807151

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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	UK Anti-doping: Legal Costs
	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 her Department will take steps to cover the legal costs of UK Anti-Doping as part of the ongoing tailored review.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	119799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Tailored Review, which we are currently carrying out, is assessing all areas of UK Anti-Doping’s efficiency, effectiveness and governance and how it is preparing for the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/12/2017 12:05:00 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

807203

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: ICT
	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 her Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>DCMS has a partnering arrangement for IT services with the Cabinet Office, where Cabinet Office provides IT infrastructure and services directly to DCMS. Through this arrangement Cabinet Office monitors and reviews contract and supplier performance, and is implementing Government Commericlal Function advice. DCMS has developed an IT strategy that considers our needs and requirements as a department, including the capabilities we need, and we will deliver this in conjunction with the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/01/2018 17:08:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807177

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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	Ofcom: Complaints
	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 she has made an assessment of the comprehensiveness and quality of Ofcom’s quarterly telecoms complaints data in terms of enabling consumers to make informed decisions; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	119825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Ofcom publishes quarterly data on the number of complaints it receives about communications providers. In addition, the government has recently legislated in the Digital Economy Act 2017 to give Ofcom the power to collect and publish a wider range of service quality data from providers. This data will be published in Ofcom’s annual Comparing Service Quality reports and will ensure that consumers have access to better and more comprehensive data on service quality metrics in addition to complaints statistics.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/12/2017 12:12:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

807178

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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	Ofcom: Complaints
	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 she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including data from Alternative Dispute Resolution schemes in Ofcom’s quarterly telecoms complaints data in order to enable consumers to make better informed decisions; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	119826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>CISAS and Ombudsman Services: Communications are the two Ofcom-accredited providers of Alternative Dispute Resolutions for telecoms customers. Both are required by Ofcom to publish data on the types of complaints that are referred to them and the outcomes that are reached in these cases. This and other data about Alternative Dispute Resolution is available in quarterly reports on their websites.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/12/2017 12:13:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah