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1023175

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date	11/12/2018
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	Arts
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 he has made of the contribution to the economy of the creative sector.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>We are incredibly proud of our world-beating Creative Industries. In 2017, the creative industries made a record contribution of £101.5 billion to the UK economy - accounting for 5.5% of UK GVA - as shown by the latest DCMS Economic Estimates, which were released last month and can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Within this, the video games industry contributed £1.1bn, accounting for 0.1% of UK GVA. The sector has increased from £430 million in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 201118 question first answered 17/12/2018 14:06:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023176

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Video Games
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 he has made of the contribution of the video games industry to the economy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>We are incredibly proud of our world-beating Creative Industries. In 2017, the creative industries made a record contribution of £101.5 billion to the UK economy - accounting for 5.5% of UK GVA - as shown by the latest DCMS Economic Estimates, which were released last month and can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759707/DCMS_Sectors_Economic_Estimates_2017__provisional__GVA.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Within this, the video games industry contributed £1.1bn, accounting for 0.1% of UK GVA. The sector has increased from £430 million in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 201117 question first answered 17/12/2018 14:06:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023300

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of UK expenditure on research and development as a proportion of GDP in 2017-18; and how that level of expenditure compares to (a) other G7 countries and (b) the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The latest ONS data estimates that overall gross R&amp;D expenditure in the UK was £33.1bn in 2016, which was 1.7% of GDP in that year. 2017 data is due to be released in March 2019. The latest OECD international comparison of R&amp;D expenditure ranked the UK 5<sup>th</sup> in the G7 and 10<sup>th</sup> among EU nations in 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/12/2018 11:29:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023301

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK spent on policing as a proportion of GDP in the 2017-18 financial year; and how that figure compares to the (a) G7 and (b) EU average.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Total funding for Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales, counter-terrorism policing and national policing programmes was £12.5 bil-lion in 2017-18, including council tax, which represents 0.62% of GDP. This figure excludes policing in Scotland and Northern Ireland as these are matters for devolved administrations and not the responsibility of the Home Office.</p><p>Overall, public investment in policing is growing by over £1 billion from £11.9 billion in 2015/16 to £13 billion in 2018/19, including counter-terrorism policing, funding for national programmes and local policing in England and Wales.</p><p>The Home Office does not collect or hold direct international comparisons for these statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/12/2018 17:48:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023302

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the UK spends on prisons as a proportion of GDP in the 2017-18 financial year; and how that figure compares to the (a) G7 and (b) EU average.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for prisons in England and Wales only and does not hold or collate overall UK prison spend. Responsibility for prisons in Scotland and Northern Ireland lies with the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive respectively.</p><p> </p><p>For prisons in England and Wales the overall resource expenditure, which includes net expenditure met at regional or national level, recorded in the annual accounts of HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) for financial year 2017-18 was £3,180,266,865. This includes public and contracted prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry does not collate or hold direct economic or international comparisons for these figures.</p><p> </p><p>GDP data is held for the UK as a whole. As prison spend and GDP information are held on different bases it is not possible to use HMPPS prison spend to estimate the proportion of GDP spent on prisons for England and Wales. The Office for National Statistics reports a nominal, seasonally adjusted UK figure of £2,059,331m as at 9 November 2018 which can be used as context. This information can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/ybha/pn2?referrer=search&amp;searchTerm=ybha" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/ybha/pn2?referrer=search&amp;searchTerm=ybha</a></p><p> </p><p>Additional information on prison expenditure for prisons can be accessed on the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each financial year on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website. The most recent published figures for financial year 2017-18 can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>GDP data is also available from the Office of Budget Responsibility and can be accessed on their website at: <a href="https://obr.uk/data/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/data/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/12/2018 17:50:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023303

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Foreign Direct Investment in the UK in 2017-18 was represented by (a) acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures and (b) new investments or expansions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attributable to merger and acquisition (M&amp;A) activity can vary substantially from year to year. For instance, almost all of the inward FDI flows in 2016 can be attributed to a small number of high value deals. In 2017, the ONS recorded that 23.8% of FDI flows into the UK were due to mergers and acquisitions (net of disposals). The remainder can include acquisition of equity (share ownership), reinvested earnings and inter-company loans. However, we cannot ascertain how much new investment or expansions contributed to this remainder.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/12/2018 15:50:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023017

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	O2: Outages
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 on the UK economy of the O2 data failure of 6 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	200594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the telecoms sector on matters of resilience and security through the industry led Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group. Furthermore, the Communication Act 2003 (section 105A) requires telecoms operators to have appropriate measures in place to manage risks to the security (covering confidentiality, integrity and availability) of networks and services. Telecoms operators are also required to notify Ofcom of security and resilience issues (including service outages) which have a ‘significant impact on the operation of a network or service’ (section 105B Communications Act 2003).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reports annually on the number and scale of security incidents, including impacts (ie numbers of customers affected) through their Connected Nations report.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation arrangements linked to a service incident are a matter for the company but Ofcom will be discussing the company’s plans with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 200595 200596 200597 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:52:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023018

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Mobile Broadband: Outages
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 is taking to reduce incidences of data outages by mobile phone companies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	200595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the telecoms sector on matters of resilience and security through the industry led Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group. Furthermore, the Communication Act 2003 (section 105A) requires telecoms operators to have appropriate measures in place to manage risks to the security (covering confidentiality, integrity and availability) of networks and services. Telecoms operators are also required to notify Ofcom of security and resilience issues (including service outages) which have a ‘significant impact on the operation of a network or service’ (section 105B Communications Act 2003).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reports annually on the number and scale of security incidents, including impacts (ie numbers of customers affected) through their Connected Nations report.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation arrangements linked to a service incident are a matter for the company but Ofcom will be discussing the company’s plans with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 200594 200596 200597 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:52:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023019

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Mobile Broadband: Outages
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 he has made of the economic effect of mobile data outages on the UK economy in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	200596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the telecoms sector on matters of resilience and security through the industry led Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group. Furthermore, the Communication Act 2003 (section 105A) requires telecoms operators to have appropriate measures in place to manage risks to the security (covering confidentiality, integrity and availability) of networks and services. Telecoms operators are also required to notify Ofcom of security and resilience issues (including service outages) which have a ‘significant impact on the operation of a network or service’ (section 105B Communications Act 2003).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reports annually on the number and scale of security incidents, including impacts (ie numbers of customers affected) through their Connected Nations report.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation arrangements linked to a service incident are a matter for the company but Ofcom will be discussing the company’s plans with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 200594 200595 200597 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:52:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1023020

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	O2: Outages
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 the public services affected by the data outage experienced by O2 customers on 6 December 2018 are planned to receive compensation for the disruption to service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	200597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the telecoms sector on matters of resilience and security through the industry led Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group. Furthermore, the Communication Act 2003 (section 105A) requires telecoms operators to have appropriate measures in place to manage risks to the security (covering confidentiality, integrity and availability) of networks and services. Telecoms operators are also required to notify Ofcom of security and resilience issues (including service outages) which have a ‘significant impact on the operation of a network or service’ (section 105B Communications Act 2003).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reports annually on the number and scale of security incidents, including impacts (ie numbers of customers affected) through their Connected Nations report.</p><p> </p><p>Compensation arrangements linked to a service incident are a matter for the company but Ofcom will be discussing the company’s plans with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 200594 200595 200596 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:52:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne