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731078

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Premier League’s proposed changes to its Owners and Directors Test which will permit the blocking of prospective owners who have engaged in Disqualifying Events such as the provision of false, misleading or inaccurate financial information; and what consideration they have given to applying similar changes to the "fit and proper" tests for other industries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL86
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the changes Premier League clubs have recently agreed that tighten the conditions around suitability of ownership. It is essential that football clubs are properly protected and that means ensuring that those entrusted with their care be subject to the very highest levels of legal and financial scrutiny.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK operates a regime which is able to disqualify unfit directors from acting in the promotion, formation and management of limited companies (other than with the permission of the court) for up to fifteen years in appropriate cases.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 04/07/2017 12:30:34 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

49925

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which official, with what job title, is responsible and accountable for departmental management information in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Helen Carrier (Head of Strategy, Resourcing and Governance), is responsible and accountable for departmental management information in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

522925

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Catalonia: Sovereignty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Institute of Director’s call in February for a broadband target of 10 gigabits a second by 2030.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Institute of Directors’ Ultrafast Britain: Broadband Report published in February and is committed to working with the market to deliver a digital infrastructure that meets the current and future needs for high speeds, as well as security and resilience. The Government will be setting out its plans for realising this in its upcoming Digital Strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/06/2016 12:24:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

522927

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the UK’s future position in the league table of broadband targets in the EU and OECD countries if a target of 10 megabits per second were achieved by 2020.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>It is too early to assess what the impact of the proposed 10 megabit Universal Service Obligation (USO) will have on the UK’s future position in EU and OECD broadband league tables. The contracts we have put in place with Openreach mean that the more homes and businesses that sign up for superfast broadband, the more money Openreach has to return to local authorities to extend the roll out of superfast broadband further. So far, Openreach has confirmed more than £200 million of savings that can be reinvested, over and above the £1.7bn of public funding already allocated. We expect more funding to be confirmed in due course. We will be reinvesting that funding in order to extend superfast broadband to as many additional homes and businesses as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/06/2016 12:23:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

521022

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of removing in April 2015 the need for the Information Commissioner's Office to prove that "substantial" damage had been caused by nuisance calls or spam text messages on the number of (1) investigations that have taken place, and (2) fines that have been imposed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not assessed the impact of the 6 April 2015 change in threshold, relating to the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (PECR).</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) intends to conduct an assessment on the long term impact of the change to PECR in 2016-17, taking into account the result of any appeal judgements.</p><p> </p><p>Since the change in threshold to PECR, there has been a significant increase in enforcement action and the level of fines issued to organisations that breach the rules. The ICO recently imposed its largest fine of £350,000, on Prodial Ltd for making over 46 million automated nuisance calls and more fines against rogue companies are in the pipeline.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO has also published a list of all fines and investigations for breaches of the rules before and after the change to PECR in April 2015, this is available at:</p><p>https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/06/2016 13:08:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

521021

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the percentage of claims management companies that have faced some sort of intervention from the Information Commissioner’s Office.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) works closely with the Claims Management Regulator (CMR) and they regularly share intelligence and information about issues of mutual concern involving claims management companies (CMCs).</p><p>There are a total of 1,752 authorised CMCs, of which 21 CMCs were placed under investigation by the ICO during 2015-2016, amounting to 1.2% of the total. Some of which resulted in formal enforcement action.</p>Further information can be found in the attached Claims Management Regulation Annual Report. Details of all the ICO's enforcement action are published on its website at: <a href="https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/</a> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/06/2016 14:53:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name CMR_Annual_Report_2015_WEB__final_.pdf title CMR Annual Report 2015
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

520608

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	ICT: Cybersecurity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of which sectors have (1) increased, and (2) reduced, their percentage of IT spend on cyber security between 2014 and 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s recently published Cyber Security Breaches Survey contains figures for average investment in cyber security by sector grouping.</p><p> </p><p>The full set of figures can be found in the table below and further detail can be found on pages 18-19 of the survey main report. There are no comparable figures for previous years.</p><p> </p><p>Average investment in cyber security in last financial year by sector grouping:</p><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sector</p></td><td><p>Average Investment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overall</p></td><td><p>£4,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial/Insurance</p></td><td><p>£12,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information/Communications/Utilities</p></td><td><p>£10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administration/Real Estate</p></td><td><p>£8,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail/Wholesale/Transport</p></td><td><p>£4,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction/Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>£3,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education/Health/Social Care</p></td><td><p>£1,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entertainment/Services/Membership</p></td><td><p>£1,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food/Hospitality</p></td><td><p>£511</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br></p><p>The ful Cyber Secuirty Breaches Survey is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/06/2016 10:52:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Cyber_Security_Breaches_Survey_2016_main_report_FINAL.pdf title Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2016 - MAIN REPORT
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

521018

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce an enforceable regulatory regime of any type to tackle nuisance calls, texts and other forms of marketing for claims management companies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward a range of measures to tackle nuisance calls, which will increase consumer protection and choice by strengthening the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) ability to take enforcement action against organisations that break the law.</p><p> </p><p>Specific actions include requiring direct marketing callers to display calling line identification; strengthening the ICO's direct marketing guidance; and exploring the extension of the ICO’s powers of compulsory audit to more of the organisations that generate nuisance calls.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also intends to establish a tougher regulatory regime for Claims Management Companies (CMCs) by transferring responsibility for claims management regulation to the Financial Conduct Authority; re-authorising all CMCs under a more robust process; and holding managers of CMCs personally accountable for the actions of their businesses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/06/2016 14:59:48 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

522926

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Embassies: EU Countries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to change the broadband target of 10 megabits per second by 2020 to a higher one, in the light of the progress made by other countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition for the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) is that it should be set initially at 10 megabits per second. The rationale for the USO is to provide a ‘digital safety net’ to ensure that every home and business is able to access a fast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>A broadband USO set at 10 megabits per second is higher than anywhere else in Europe. Spain, for example, has set their USO at 1 megabit per second, and Finland and Malta at 2 and 4 megabits per second respectively. We expect that the USO speed will need to increase over time beyond 10 megabits per second and are committed to keeping this under review to make sure that it keeps pace with consumers’ needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/06/2016 12:24:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn