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61600

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Direct Selling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish draft legislation to amend the legal threshold from substantial damage and distress to nuisance, annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety for the International Commissioner's Office to take enforcement action from substantial damage or distress under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003; and when he expects that legislation to be in force.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
uin	200590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>We plan to publish a consultation document shortly, which will seek views on proposals to lower the legal threshold for enforcement of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) 2003. Following consultation we will look to implement any reforms as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/06/2014 08:41:52 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

61602

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' visits overseas are published quarterly and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-meetings-and-hospitality-data-october-to-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-meetings-and-hospitality-data-october-to-december-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 19/06/2014 08:42:38 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61604

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Mass Media: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of diversity in employment in public and private sectors of the media industry.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	200431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Promoting greater equality of opportunity in the workforce is a matter the Government takes seriously. The Government is actively engaging with leading organisations in the media industry who are working together through the Creative Diversity Network to help address the under-representation of ethnic minorities in that sector. The industry will outline the steps it intends to take at a roundtable event in early July. Equality data monitoring is among a number of issues that will be discussed. In addition, Ofcom has a number of duties relating to equality of opportunity, as set out in the Communications Act 2003. These include requiring all UK licensed radio and television broadcasters' licences to have in place arrangements for promoting equal opportunities in employment on the basis of gender, race and disability, and to review those arrangements with regard to any relevant guidance published by Ofcom.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 200433 200434 question first answered 19/06/2014 08:45:45 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

61605

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Mass Media: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department plans to take to improve equality monitoring of employment within the media industry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	200433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Promoting greater equality of opportunity in the workforce is a matter the Government takes seriously. The Government is actively engaging with leading organisations in the media industry who are working together through the Creative Diversity Network to help address the under-representation of ethnic minorities in that sector. The industry will outline the steps it intends to take at a roundtable event in early July. Equality data monitoring is among a number of issues that will be discussed. In addition, Ofcom has a number of duties relating to equality of opportunity, as set out in the Communications Act 2003. These include requiring all UK licensed radio and television broadcasters' licences to have in place arrangements for promoting equal opportunities in employment on the basis of gender, race and disability, and to review those arrangements with regard to any relevant guidance published by Ofcom.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 200431 200434 question first answered 19/06/2014 08:45:45 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

61606

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Mass Media: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice or guidance his Department provides to employers in the media industry on equality monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	200434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Promoting greater equality of opportunity in the workforce is a matter the Government takes seriously. The Government is actively engaging with leading organisations in the media industry who are working together through the Creative Diversity Network to help address the under-representation of ethnic minorities in that sector. The industry will outline the steps it intends to take at a roundtable event in early July. Equality data monitoring is among a number of issues that will be discussed. In addition, Ofcom has a number of duties relating to equality of opportunity, as set out in the Communications Act 2003. These include requiring all UK licensed radio and television broadcasters' licences to have in place arrangements for promoting equal opportunities in employment on the basis of gender, race and disability, and to review those arrangements with regard to any relevant guidance published by Ofcom.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 200431 200433 question first answered 19/06/2014 08:45:45 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

61609

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on treating gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	200557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Health Surveys for England and Scotland showed a rate of problem gambling of around 0.5% of the adult population, around 200,000 people. The Responsible Gambling Trust expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014/15 and is funded by the gambling industry and further donations; a full list of funders can be found on their website ( <a href="http://www.responsiblegamblingtrust.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.responsiblegamblingtrust.org.uk</a> ). The Government does not collate details of any expenditure by local authorities or the NHS on problem gambling. DCMS Ministers have regular discussions with their Department of Health colleagues on a range of matters.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 200556 question first answered 19/06/2014 08:43:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

61610

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of adult gambling addicts in Britain; and what proportion of total funding on addressing gambling addiction has come from (a) the NHS, (b) local authorities and (c) the gambling industry.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	200556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Health Surveys for England and Scotland showed a rate of problem gambling of around 0.5% of the adult population, around 200,000 people. The Responsible Gambling Trust expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014/15 and is funded by the gambling industry and further donations; a full list of funders can be found on their website ( <a href="http://www.responsiblegamblingtrust.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.responsiblegamblingtrust.org.uk</a> ). The Government does not collate details of any expenditure by local authorities or the NHS on problem gambling. DCMS Ministers have regular discussions with their Department of Health colleagues on a range of matters.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 200557 question first answered 19/06/2014 08:43:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

61613

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>All parliamentary questions, tabled to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the last parliamentary session, received a substantive answer by the time the House prorogued on 14 May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 19/06/2014 08:44:25 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61614

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Direct Selling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the roundtables on nuisance calls and texts met; and when the next roundtable will meet.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
uin	200416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The roundtable on nuisance calls and texts last met on 23 September 2013 and since then we have worked with stakeholders to finalise our Nuisance Calls Action Plan, which was published on 30 March of this year. The next roundtable meeting is being arranged and will be confirmed soon subject to diary commitments.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/06/2014 08:46:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart

61329

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Arts: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of primary pupils of each ethnic background and in total have engaged with (a) theatre activities, (b) music activities, (c) dance and (d) other arts in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	200181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Taking Part child survey results for activity by individual art forms are not regularly published broken down by BAME. This requires further analysis of the underlying survey data and we will publish this analysis in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/06/2014 14:51:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman