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795222

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	European Capital of Culture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport advised local authorities of the 2013 EU criteria for applicants to be the European City of Culture 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
uin	HL3624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The application, rules, guidance and other information for cities wishing to enter the competition to be European Capital of Culture 2023 were published on 16 December 2016 on gov.uk, which I attach.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name European_Capital_of_Culture_2023_application_form.docx title Application Form 2 file name Rules_of_Procedure_for_the_2023_European_Capital_of_Culture_in_the_UK.pdf title Rules 3 file name Guide_for_candiadate_cities_for_the_European_Capital_of_Culture.pdf title Guidance question first answered 07/12/2017 13:20:04 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	891 label Biography information for Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate

795358

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Channel Four Television: Location
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 she has had with Stoke-on-Trent City Council on the potential relocation of Channel 4 outside of London.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	115779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We received a number of submissions to the Channel 4 regional consultation from individuals and local authorities across the UK, including from Stoke-on-Trent City Council. No decisions have been taken. We will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/12/2017 10:54:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

795361

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: East Renfrewshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Digital, Media and Culture what steps the Government is taking to tacke low levels of broadband connectivity in (a) Uplawmoor and (b) Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	115782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government provided £100.8m from Phase 1 of the Superfast Broadband Programme to support superfast broadband coverage in Scotland. This has been delivered through the Highlands &amp; Islands broadband project and the Digital Scotland project which covers the Rest of Scotland. The Government provided £20.99m additional funding in February 2014 to support a Phase 2 project in Scotland to provide further superfast broadband coverage. The Scottish Government has not yet begun the procurement process using this funding and is not expecting to have agreed a contract until December 2018. We are doing all we can to speed this up.</p><p> </p><p>For all premises which do not have superfast broadband coverage, the UK Government will ensure universal broadband of at least 10Mbps.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/12/2017 16:05:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

795484

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Charities
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 account she plans to take of the importance of youth full-time social action in her Civil Society Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	115905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy will reaffirm the value that government places on civil society and explore what more government can do to support its work. It will provide an opportunity to explore ways to build new partnerships within and between sectors and communities in order to better mobilise resources and expertise and find practical new solutions to the problems we face.</p><p> </p><p>A listening exercise will be launched in the new year and findings reported later in the 2018. We will engage young people and youth organisations in the development of the Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Full Time Social Action Review is independent of government and will publish its findings in December 2017, in time to take account of their recommendations in the Civil Society Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 05/12/2017 13:08:18 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

795496

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	European Capital of Culture
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 list all meetings between Ministers and officials from her Department and representatives of the European Commission in 2017 at which the European Capital of Culture 2023 was discussed.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	115917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the gov.uk website. DCMS officials have been in regular contact with the European Commission throughout 2017.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/11/2017 14:47:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

795500

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Mortgages: Marketing
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 she has had with (a) industry representatives and (b) other stakeholders on the regulation of the (i) advertising and (ii) marketing of Equity Release and Lifetime Mortgages.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	115921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the UK's regulator of advertising and seeks to ensure that all adverts, wherever they appear, are legal, decent, honest and truthful. Although the regulatory system is independent of government we have regular meetings with the ASA to discuss their work on a broad range of topics.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/12/2017 10:56:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

795523

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Sports: 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 she is taking to ensure that funding reaches sporting organisations at a grassroots level.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	115944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Government's Sporting Future strategy, published in December 2015, set out that in future, all funding for grassroots sport should deliver five key outcomes; physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing, social and community development, individual development and economic development.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England are government's arms length body with responsibility for grassroots sport. Sport England invest lottery and exchequer funding on behalf of government to get more people from every background involved in sport and physical activity.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England launched its own strategy, Towards an Active Nation in 2016. Since then it has awarded £532 million across a wide range of projects and organisations, many receiving investment for the first time. A list of Sport England’s investment programmes, with descriptions and key dates, can be found on its website at: www.sportengland.org/funding/funding-key-dates/</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 05/12/2017 14:41:59 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

795528

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Youth Development Fund
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 she has to extend Youth Development Fund grants to deprived areas beyond England.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	115949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Government is investing £40 million through the Youth Investment and #iwill Funds to increase opportunities for young people to develop skills and undertake social action. This money is being matched by the Big Lottery Fund to create an £80million investment in young people. As this is a devolved policy area the UK Government only has the legal authority to fund projects that benefit England.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 05/12/2017 11:56:31 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

795559

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Digital Technology: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2017 to Question 1680, on digital technology: regulation, when he plans to publish proposals for a new digital charter.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We are already making important progress through our Digital Charter. This includes the publication of the Internet Safety Strategy green paper on 11 October, which sets out our plan to make the UK the safest place to be online, and the announcement of funding for a new Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation at Budget. We will set out more detail on work that will be taken forward as part of the Charter in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/11/2017 15:26:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis