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1536827

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	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	Television Licences: Non-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department collected in TV licensing fines in the last year; and what proportion of that money was from over 75s.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	73099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee, not the government. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is responsible for collecting and enforcing financial penalties imposed by the courts which includes fines imposed for the non-payment of a TV licence.</p><p>In 2021, 49,126 people were proceeded against by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service for non-payment of the licence fee, and 44,364 were fined. The BBC has recently confirmed that no enforcement or prosecution action has been taken against over-75s who previously held a free licence and therefore no over-75s have been fined. The Department does not hold data on the amount collected from TV licensing fines and will engage with relevant departments to follow up with this information.</p><p>The Government is independent from the BBC, and any decision to suspend enforcement action by TV Licensing, or assessment of the impact of this decision, would be a matter for the BBC. Given the BBC’s independence it would not be appropriate for the government to seek to intervene in operational decisions on enforcement action. Nonetheless, the government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, and to treat all vulnerable people with sensitivity in doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 72945 73100 question first answered 03/11/2022 11:40:33 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1536828

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	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	Television Licences: Non-payment
	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 estimate she has made of the potential lost revenue in TV licensing fines if non-payment prosecutions were paused during the cost-of-living crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	73100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee, not the government. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is responsible for collecting and enforcing financial penalties imposed by the courts which includes fines imposed for the non-payment of a TV licence.</p><p>In 2021, 49,126 people were proceeded against by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service for non-payment of the licence fee, and 44,364 were fined. The BBC has recently confirmed that no enforcement or prosecution action has been taken against over-75s who previously held a free licence and therefore no over-75s have been fined. The Department does not hold data on the amount collected from TV licensing fines and will engage with relevant departments to follow up with this information.</p><p>The Government is independent from the BBC, and any decision to suspend enforcement action by TV Licensing, or assessment of the impact of this decision, would be a matter for the BBC. Given the BBC’s independence it would not be appropriate for the government to seek to intervene in operational decisions on enforcement action. Nonetheless, the government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, and to treat all vulnerable people with sensitivity in doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 72945 73099 question first answered 03/11/2022 11:40:33 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1523150

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Broadcasting: Scots Gaelic Language
	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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing a statutory footing for Gaelic language broadcasting in the forthcoming Media Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	64244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the incredibly valuable contribution MG ALBA makes to the lives and wellbeing of Gaelic speakers across Scotland and the UK as a whole, including through its partnership with the BBC in providing BBC ALBA. This contribution has been made since MG ALBA was originally established as the Gaelic Television Committee under the Broadcasting Act 1990. The current partnership between the BBC and MG ALBA must ensure high quality, diverse Gaelic language content continues to be readily available so that Gaelic culture is protected in the years to come.</p><p>As part of the changes described in our Broadcasting White Paper, Up Next, we intend, for the first time, to make the importance of programmes broadcast in the UK’s indigenous regional and minority languages – including the Gaelic language – clear in legislation, by including it in our new public service remit for television. This will enhance the statutory footing that already exists for the Gaelic language.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/10/2022 16:45:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1491418

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Future of Compute Review: Public Appointments
	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 process was used to appoint members of the expert panel that are leading the future of compute review.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	42147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Future of Compute review was launched on 13 June 2022. It will produce recommendations on the UK’s compute capability over the next decade, and report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-compute-review" target="_blank">terms of reference</a> can be found on gov.uk, and outline the objectives, outputs and themes that will be covered by the review.</p><p>Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Vice President of Research at Google, was appointed to lead the review. Professor Ghahramani was selected because of his strong credentials in both the applications and fundamentals of computer science, and experience of working in public and private sector capacities.</p><p>The lead reviewer will be supported by a panel of experts from across the computing field. These experts will help provide high level oversight and quality assurance of the evidence supporting the final recommendations, similar to the approach taken for previous reviews. Experts were selected to ensure broad expertise in compute applications, including simulation and modelling, and across diverse sections of industry and research communities.</p><p>The panellists are:</p><ul><li>Professor Anne Trefethen FREng, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Scientific Computing, University of Oxford.</li><li>Dr Graham Spittle, CBE, Dean of Innovation at Edinburgh University.</li><li>Shaheen Sayed, Senior Managing Director, Technology Lead, Accenture UK and Ireland.</li><li>Sue Daley, Director of Technology &amp; Innovation, TechUK.</li></ul><p>The lead reviewer and panel members will not receive remuneration.</p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42148 42149 42150 42151 42152 42153 question first answered 05/09/2022 15:27:14 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1491419

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Future of Compute Review: Pay
	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 members of the expert panel that are leading the future of compute review are receiving remuneration.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	42148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Future of Compute review was launched on 13 June 2022. It will produce recommendations on the UK’s compute capability over the next decade, and report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-compute-review" target="_blank">terms of reference</a> can be found on gov.uk, and outline the objectives, outputs and themes that will be covered by the review.</p><p>Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Vice President of Research at Google, was appointed to lead the review. Professor Ghahramani was selected because of his strong credentials in both the applications and fundamentals of computer science, and experience of working in public and private sector capacities.</p><p>The lead reviewer will be supported by a panel of experts from across the computing field. These experts will help provide high level oversight and quality assurance of the evidence supporting the final recommendations, similar to the approach taken for previous reviews. Experts were selected to ensure broad expertise in compute applications, including simulation and modelling, and across diverse sections of industry and research communities.</p><p>The panellists are:</p><ul><li>Professor Anne Trefethen FREng, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Scientific Computing, University of Oxford.</li><li>Dr Graham Spittle, CBE, Dean of Innovation at Edinburgh University.</li><li>Shaheen Sayed, Senior Managing Director, Technology Lead, Accenture UK and Ireland.</li><li>Sue Daley, Director of Technology &amp; Innovation, TechUK.</li></ul><p>The lead reviewer and panel members will not receive remuneration.</p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42147 42149 42150 42151 42152 42153 question first answered 05/09/2022 15:27:14 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1491421

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Future of Compute Review: Public Appointments
	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 she will publish the job description for the role of the expert panel member for the future of compute review.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	42149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Future of Compute review was launched on 13 June 2022. It will produce recommendations on the UK’s compute capability over the next decade, and report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-compute-review" target="_blank">terms of reference</a> can be found on gov.uk, and outline the objectives, outputs and themes that will be covered by the review.</p><p>Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Vice President of Research at Google, was appointed to lead the review. Professor Ghahramani was selected because of his strong credentials in both the applications and fundamentals of computer science, and experience of working in public and private sector capacities.</p><p>The lead reviewer will be supported by a panel of experts from across the computing field. These experts will help provide high level oversight and quality assurance of the evidence supporting the final recommendations, similar to the approach taken for previous reviews. Experts were selected to ensure broad expertise in compute applications, including simulation and modelling, and across diverse sections of industry and research communities.</p><p>The panellists are:</p><ul><li>Professor Anne Trefethen FREng, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Scientific Computing, University of Oxford.</li><li>Dr Graham Spittle, CBE, Dean of Innovation at Edinburgh University.</li><li>Shaheen Sayed, Senior Managing Director, Technology Lead, Accenture UK and Ireland.</li><li>Sue Daley, Director of Technology &amp; Innovation, TechUK.</li></ul><p>The lead reviewer and panel members will not receive remuneration.</p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42147 42148 42150 42151 42152 42153 question first answered 05/09/2022 15:27:14 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1491422

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Future of Compute Review: Public Appointments
	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 each member of the expert panel for the future of compute review was appointed.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	42150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Future of Compute review was launched on 13 June 2022. It will produce recommendations on the UK’s compute capability over the next decade, and report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-compute-review" target="_blank">terms of reference</a> can be found on gov.uk, and outline the objectives, outputs and themes that will be covered by the review.</p><p>Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Vice President of Research at Google, was appointed to lead the review. Professor Ghahramani was selected because of his strong credentials in both the applications and fundamentals of computer science, and experience of working in public and private sector capacities.</p><p>The lead reviewer will be supported by a panel of experts from across the computing field. These experts will help provide high level oversight and quality assurance of the evidence supporting the final recommendations, similar to the approach taken for previous reviews. Experts were selected to ensure broad expertise in compute applications, including simulation and modelling, and across diverse sections of industry and research communities.</p><p>The panellists are:</p><ul><li>Professor Anne Trefethen FREng, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Scientific Computing, University of Oxford.</li><li>Dr Graham Spittle, CBE, Dean of Innovation at Edinburgh University.</li><li>Shaheen Sayed, Senior Managing Director, Technology Lead, Accenture UK and Ireland.</li><li>Sue Daley, Director of Technology &amp; Innovation, TechUK.</li></ul><p>The lead reviewer and panel members will not receive remuneration.</p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42147 42148 42149 42151 42152 42153 question first answered 05/09/2022 15:27:14 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1491424

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Future of Compute Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, who the expert panel for the future of compute review reports to.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	42151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Future of Compute review was launched on 13 June 2022. It will produce recommendations on the UK’s compute capability over the next decade, and report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-compute-review" target="_blank">terms of reference</a> can be found on gov.uk, and outline the objectives, outputs and themes that will be covered by the review.</p><p>Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Vice President of Research at Google, was appointed to lead the review. Professor Ghahramani was selected because of his strong credentials in both the applications and fundamentals of computer science, and experience of working in public and private sector capacities.</p><p>The lead reviewer will be supported by a panel of experts from across the computing field. These experts will help provide high level oversight and quality assurance of the evidence supporting the final recommendations, similar to the approach taken for previous reviews. Experts were selected to ensure broad expertise in compute applications, including simulation and modelling, and across diverse sections of industry and research communities.</p><p>The panellists are:</p><ul><li>Professor Anne Trefethen FREng, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Scientific Computing, University of Oxford.</li><li>Dr Graham Spittle, CBE, Dean of Innovation at Edinburgh University.</li><li>Shaheen Sayed, Senior Managing Director, Technology Lead, Accenture UK and Ireland.</li><li>Sue Daley, Director of Technology &amp; Innovation, TechUK.</li></ul><p>The lead reviewer and panel members will not receive remuneration.</p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42147 42148 42149 42150 42152 42153 question first answered 05/09/2022 15:27:14 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1491426

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Future of Compute Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many members there are of the expert panel for the future of compute review.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	42152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Future of Compute review was launched on 13 June 2022. It will produce recommendations on the UK’s compute capability over the next decade, and report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-compute-review" target="_blank">terms of reference</a> can be found on gov.uk, and outline the objectives, outputs and themes that will be covered by the review.</p><p>Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Vice President of Research at Google, was appointed to lead the review. Professor Ghahramani was selected because of his strong credentials in both the applications and fundamentals of computer science, and experience of working in public and private sector capacities.</p><p>The lead reviewer will be supported by a panel of experts from across the computing field. These experts will help provide high level oversight and quality assurance of the evidence supporting the final recommendations, similar to the approach taken for previous reviews. Experts were selected to ensure broad expertise in compute applications, including simulation and modelling, and across diverse sections of industry and research communities.</p><p>The panellists are:</p><ul><li>Professor Anne Trefethen FREng, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Scientific Computing, University of Oxford.</li><li>Dr Graham Spittle, CBE, Dean of Innovation at Edinburgh University.</li><li>Shaheen Sayed, Senior Managing Director, Technology Lead, Accenture UK and Ireland.</li><li>Sue Daley, Director of Technology &amp; Innovation, TechUK.</li></ul><p>The lead reviewer and panel members will not receive remuneration.</p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42147 42148 42149 42150 42151 42153 question first answered 05/09/2022 15:27:14 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1491573

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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	Future of Compute Review: Pay
	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 members of the expert panel in respect of the Future of compute review receive remuneration.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	42153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Future of Compute review was launched on 13 June 2022. It will produce recommendations on the UK’s compute capability over the next decade, and report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-compute-review" target="_blank">terms of reference</a> can be found on gov.uk, and outline the objectives, outputs and themes that will be covered by the review.</p><p>Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Vice President of Research at Google, was appointed to lead the review. Professor Ghahramani was selected because of his strong credentials in both the applications and fundamentals of computer science, and experience of working in public and private sector capacities.</p><p>The lead reviewer will be supported by a panel of experts from across the computing field. These experts will help provide high level oversight and quality assurance of the evidence supporting the final recommendations, similar to the approach taken for previous reviews. Experts were selected to ensure broad expertise in compute applications, including simulation and modelling, and across diverse sections of industry and research communities.</p><p>The panellists are:</p><ul><li>Professor Anne Trefethen FREng, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Scientific Computing, University of Oxford.</li><li>Dr Graham Spittle, CBE, Dean of Innovation at Edinburgh University.</li><li>Shaheen Sayed, Senior Managing Director, Technology Lead, Accenture UK and Ireland.</li><li>Sue Daley, Director of Technology &amp; Innovation, TechUK.</li></ul><p>The lead reviewer and panel members will not receive remuneration.</p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42147 42148 42149 42150 42151 42152 question first answered 05/09/2022 15:27:15 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore