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890103

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Public Libraries: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 21 March 2016 to Question 904216, in which constituencies the 110 libraries were that closed between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	137153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The research undertaken by the Department that identified the approximate number of 110 static public libraries that closed completely from January 2010 - January 2016 does not record the closures by constituency.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 26/04/2018 09:34:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

892241

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Public Libraries: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 21 March 2016 to Question 904216 on Public Libraries: Closures, if he will publish the (a) name and (b) location of the 110 libraries that closed between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	138390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The full dataset was published on 11 January 2018 on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673041/Public_libraries_in_England-_extended_basic_dataset__as_on_1_July_2016_.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673041/Public_libraries_in_England-_extended_basic_dataset__as_on_1_July_2016_.csv/preview</a></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/05/2018 10:16:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

847810

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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	Media: Voyeurism
	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 recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on up-skirting photographs appearing in the media.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Up-skirting is a violation of privacy and causes considerable distress for victims. There are laws on privacy that publishers and broadcasters must abide by. Ministers and officials have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:59:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

755669

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Broadband
	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 progress her Department has made on the provision of fibre optic broadband for exchange-only telephone lines.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	7113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>We are determined to ensure even better digital connectivity right across the UK. We are focused on improving, and future-proofing, the country's digital infrastructure, with a particular focus on full fibre connectivity.</p><p>We have previously announced a package of measures worth £1.1 billion at Autumn Statement 2016 to support this:</p><ul><li>The Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund, which was launched on 3 July 2017 will provide finance for new fibre investments.</li><li>The Local Full Fibre Networks programme, which will support local bodies in stimulating the market for fibre connectivity in their areas.</li><li>A Bill to enable business rates relief for new fibre build.</li></ul><p>Together, these investments and incentives will stimulate the market to deliver the increase in capacity that is needed.</p><p>For those that do not see improved connectivity through publicly funded and commercial investment, we will ensure universal broadband coverage of at least 10Mbps, so that no home or business is left behind.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2017 16:45:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

755684

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Broadband: Competition
	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 ensure competition among providers where fibre optic broadband is rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	7310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 2016 all new procurements under the Superfast Broadband Programme have been open to all suppliers to bid. BT, Gigaclear and Airband have all been successful in winning contracts. Prior to this, in 2014 and 2015, we supported seven market test pilot projects with seven different providers, which helped demonstrate new technologies and delivery models for superfast broadband</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced a package of measures worth £1.1 billion to support full fibre roll out and ensure we have the world class digital infrastructure that we need. This support is available to any provider. In July, we introduced a Bill to provide for 100% business rates relief for new fibre installed by any provider for 5 years and many providers are already engaged in the project.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/09/2017 16:12:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

808977

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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	Gambling: Children
	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 protect children against underage gambling.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	120086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Protecting children and the vulnerable from being harmed or exploited by gambling is a core objective of the regulation of gambling in Great Britain, and a priority for the government. Operators offering gambling services to people in Great Britain must have a licence from the Gambling Commission and must have effective policies and procedures designed to prevent underage gambling.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission has a range of powers to act where there is a failure to prevent underage gambling. These include powers to suspend or revoke a licence, impose financial penalties or launch criminal action. The Commission is closely monitoring the convergence between video games and gambling and has shown it will take action and prosecute unlicensed gambling on in-game items such as skins.</p><p> </p><p>The government published a consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility in October. This includes measures to strengthen protections around online gambling and gambling advertising. Gamble Aware will lead a major responsible gambling advertising campaign to ensure parents and children are aware of risks associated with gambling.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/12/2017 10:08:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

834390

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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	Broadband
	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 has taken to facilitate access to superfast broadband for people living in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	126009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>According to data from Thinkbroadband (www.thinkbroadband.com) the current superfast broadband coverage (speeds of more than 24Mbps) in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency is 95.5% and in the London Borough of Lewisham it is 97.8%. The Government expects superfast broadband coverage within London to be provided by the private sector and there is therefore no government-funded superfast project. Providers including BT Openreach, Virgin Media and Hyperoptic all have current or planned network coverage within Lewisham.</p><p> </p><p>During 2017 DCMS worked with a number of London Boroughs to ensure proportionate mechanisms are in place to enable access to the highways by broadband providers for network deployment.</p><p> </p><p>Across the UK, the Government and local bodies together are investing £1.7 billion of public money to support vital improvements in broadband services across the UK. Superfast broadband coverage reached 95% of premises in December 2017 – up from 45% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>For any premises not covered by superfast broadband, as confirmed in our announcement in December 2017, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request 10 Megabit per second broadband.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2018 17:46:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

834391

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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	Broadband
	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 facilitate access to superfast broadband for people on exchange only lines.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	126010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government and local bodies together are investing £1.7 billion of public money to support vital improvements in broadband services across the UK. Superfast broadband coverage reached 95% of premises in December 2017 – up from 45% in 2010. Many of the premises reached had exchange only lines.</p><p> </p><p>For any premises not covered by superfast broadband, as confirmed in our announcement in December 2017, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request 10 Megabit per second broadband.</p><p> </p><p>Within London the Government expects superfast broadband coverage to be provided by the private sector and is encouraging providers to tackle remaining issues including exchange only lines.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2018 17:47:44 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

889962

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Music
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to support the live music industry in (a) London and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	137014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The live music industry is a vital part of the UK’s music ecosystem, contributing £1bn to the economy in 2016 and it must be allowed to continue to thrive. We have reformed entertainment licensing and recently announced that the Agent of Change principle will be included in the National Planning Policy Framework, helping to protect music venues when new housing is built.</p><p>In London we worked closely with industry and the GLA on the abolition of Form 696 and supported the Mayor’s Night-time Commission to identify measures to support the nighttime creative industries including live music. We will continue working with industry and Whitehall colleagues on a range of issues affecting the live music industry in London and across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/05/2018 10:41:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

889963

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Football: Females
	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 women’s football in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	137015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Sport England’s awarding of £14.6million to the Football Association to support the grassroots between 2017-21 includes £2.6million for the development of talented women and girls, specifically.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, National Lottery and Exchequer funding combined with investment from the Football Association and Premier League has seen a total of over £264 million go towards grassroots programmes and facilities in England intended to be used by men, women, boys and girls. Over £9 million of this has been spent in London, with £239,085 to support football projects in Lewisham and Deptford alone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further help towards realising the FA’s ambition to double female participation over the next five years will remain at the forefront of the regular discussions I have with football’s national governing body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 137016 question first answered 01/05/2018 13:24:22 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft