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1129304

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	House to House Collections Act 1939
	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 House to House Collections Act 1939, how many applications for a national exemption order have been made in each of the last five years; and how many of those applications are waiting for a decision.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	258967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department took responsibility for the National Exemption Order scheme for House to House charitable collections in 2016. Since then the department has received one application in 2016, six applications in 2017, one application in 2018, and one application in 2019. Two applications are outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/06/2019 09:09:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1129000

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	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 his announcement on 18 May 2019 of a £62 million fund to support historic high streets, whether the £62 million in funding is in addition to the £675 million Future High Streets Fund announced in Budget 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	259099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The £62 million is part of the £675million Future High Streets Fund. £55 million of the Future High Street Fund was allocated to DCMS for the Heritage High Streets Programme. A further £7 million has been contributed taking the total investment to £62million. An additional £4million has been invested by Historic England to support the High Street Heritage Action Zone scheme along with £3 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a cultural programme as part of the scheme to engage people in the life and history of their high streets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/06/2019 15:25:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1129139

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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 Houses
	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 his announcement of 18 May 2019 entitled High streets to benefit from £62 million heritage boost, what steps he will take to ensure that pub companies are not incentivised to close historic pubs to benefit from funding for other redevelopment uses; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	259423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the Heritage High Street funding programmes is to help high streets adapt to the challenges they face. To do that, both will be working closely with the communities that those high streets serve so as to better understand the particular needs of each place to ensure interventions are designed to support those needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Historic England led High Street Heritage Action Zone programme will be working closely with local partners in the development of each scheme. This emphasis on local need is reflected in the programme’s Critical Success Factors, which include orking with local businesses and communities, to ensure that local needs, knowledge, insight and narratives drive the local investment programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Architectural Heritage Fund’s Transforming Places through Heritage scheme will support social enterprise organisations to take ownership of and bring buildings of local importance - such as pubs - back into use and secure their place as community assets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 259422 question first answered 06/06/2019 15:14:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1129138

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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 Houses
	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 his announcement of 18 May 2019 entitled High streets to benefit from £62 million heritage boost, if he will take steps to ensure that funding is used to ensure buildings which used to be pubs are re-opened as pubs and not converted to another use.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	259422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the Heritage High Street funding programmes is to help high streets adapt to the challenges they face. To do that, both will be working closely with the communities that those high streets serve so as to better understand the particular needs of each place to ensure interventions are designed to support those needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Historic England led High Street Heritage Action Zone programme will be working closely with local partners in the development of each scheme. This emphasis on local need is reflected in the programme’s Critical Success Factors, which include orking with local businesses and communities, to ensure that local needs, knowledge, insight and narratives drive the local investment programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Architectural Heritage Fund’s Transforming Places through Heritage scheme will support social enterprise organisations to take ownership of and bring buildings of local importance - such as pubs - back into use and secure their place as community assets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 259423 question first answered 06/06/2019 15:14:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1128954

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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: Rural Areas
	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 Universal Service Obligation, that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have access to high speed broadband, includes people operating businesses from their homes in rural locations.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	259030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) will be available to every UK premise that is not receiving a broadband service that meets that minimum specification set out in the Universal Service Broadband Order 2018, up to the reasonable cost threshold of £3,400 per premise.</p><p>This includes people operating businesses from their homes in rural locations.</p><p> </p><p>Homes and businesses in some hard to reach area will soon be able to benefit from the Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme, announced on 19 May. This is the first step of our &quot;Outside-In&quot; policy, as described in the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review published last year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/06/2019 15:00:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129282

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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: Sportsgrounds
	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 prevent the loss of council-owned football pitches in order to support grass roots football.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	259059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises how important it is that local communities have access to good sporting facilities. That is why in partnership with the FA and the Premier League we are investing more money than ever before, through the Football Foundation charity, to significantly improve the access and quality of community football facilities across the country. This year a combined £70million will go to this important area. To inform and direct future investment, new local football facility plans are being produced for every local authority in England. The plans will be in place by 2020 and will identify local priorities where investment in grassroots facilities is needed the most.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England also has a role in protecting sport pitches as a statutory consultee in the planning system. Sport England objects to all applications unless the developer can prove it will improve or safeguard sports provision. For the period between April 2016 and March 2017, 93% (1,102 out of 1,187) planning applications affecting playing fields resulted in improved or protected sports provision.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/06/2019 15:20:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1128901

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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: Equality
	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 increase the diversity of charity trustees.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	259407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>In the Civil Society Strategy (‘the Strategy’) the government committed to work with civil society stakeholders and the Charity Commission to explore and agree on collective action to open up trusteeship to people from different backgrounds. Since the Strategy publication we have been holding exploratory conversations with stakeholders, including the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Charity Commission. These conversations are helping to improve understanding of the opportunities and challenges around enabling people from different backgrounds to become involved in trusteeship. There is no quick fix and the solutions will take time to develop and have impact. Taking this forward is a top priority for me.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/06/2019 09:06:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1128850

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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: Education
	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 improve media literacy.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	258944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Government believes that Media Literacy is vital to ensuring citizens can critically appraise information and navigate the online news environment. This is an important part of government’s response to disinformation and in supporting the sustainability of high quality journalism. To this end, as recommended in the Cairncross Review and announced in the Online Harms White Paper, the government will develop a new online media literacy strategy. This will be developed in broad consultation with stakeholders, including major digital, broadcast and news media organisations, the education sector, researchers and civil society. This strategy will ensure a coordinated and strategic approach to online media literacy education and awareness for children, young people and adults.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/06/2019 15:02:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1129194

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Telephone Services: Fees and Charges
	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 he has taken to protect vulnerable customers from exploitation by premium rate text services.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	259028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>In the UK, the Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) regulates Premium Rate Services (PRS), which include premium rate text services. Providers of PRS must comply with the PSA Code of Practice which is approved by Ofcom, which includes specific protections for vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The PSA has the power to take robust enforcement action against companies that breach their Code. In serious cases, the PSA Code Adjudication Tribunal may impose sanctions which can include ordering refunds to be paid to affected consumers, prohibition of the provider from providing services and fines of up to £250,000 for each breach of the Code.</p><p> </p><p>The PSA has recently consulted on draft proposals to strengthen the regulation of phone-paid services offered on a subscription basis. The PSA considered risks to consumers as part of the consultation including the specific risk of harm to vulnerable consumers. The consultation closed in May and the PSA will publish its response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/06/2019 15:08:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1128849

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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 Recordings: Disinformation
	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 his counterpart in the US Administration on deepfake videos.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	258943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have regular discussions with their US counterparts on a wide range of issues, but have not discussed the specific issue of deepfake videos. However, UK officials have discussed the wider issue of online manipulation with their US counterparts on a number of occasions. We are working closely with a range of partners including the US to tackle disinformation, whatever its source or intent. The Government recognises the potential challenges artificial intelligence and digitally manipulated content such as deepfakes may pose and we are considering these issues carefully as part of work to tackle online manipulation and disinformation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/06/2019 15:01:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan