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748453

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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, whether she has received any representations from hon. Members from the Democratic Unionist Party on the Digital Charter.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 10/07/2017 16:09:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

748454

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Data Protection
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 increase citizens' ownership and control of personal data.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government announced its intention to bring forward a Data Protection Bill in the Queen's Speech on 21st June. Amongst other legislative changes, the Bill will introduce measures which will strengthen rights and empower individuals to have more control over their personal data including a right to be forgotten when individuals no longer want their data to be processed, provided that there are no legitimate grounds for retaining it.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 10/07/2017 13:08:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

748455

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Data Protection: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) media and (b) other companies are using consumer data to target content to their customers, what regulations govern the targeting of political content.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Consumers' rights with regard to the collection, processing and disclosure of their personal data are governed by the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). Organisations that process personal data and use it to make marketing communications are regulated by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). Both of these are enforced by the Information Commissioner independently of Government.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 3299 question first answered 10/07/2017 13:03:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

748456

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Data Protection: Politics and Government
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 regulations govern how personal data is used by (a) political parties and (b) other organisations for (i) campaigning and (ii) analysis.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Consumers' rights with regard to the collection, processing and disclosure of their personal data are governed by the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). Organisations that process personal data and use it to make marketing communications are regulated by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). Both of these are enforced by the Information Commissioner independently of Government.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 3298 question first answered 10/07/2017 13:03:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

748632

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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: Oxford West and Abingdon
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 improve broadband connectivity in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	3026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Broadband is a modern necessity and the Department is working hard to ensure that everyone in Britain has the connection they need to be involved in our digital society. The Government has invested £1.7 billion of public money to support vital improvements in broadband services across the UK. This funding has created more than four million new superfast connections to date. Over 93% of UK premises are now able to access superfast speeds and we are on track to reach our target of 95% by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The constituency of Oxford West and Abingdon falls within the area covered by Better Broadband for Oxfordshire (http://www.betterbroadbandoxfordshire.org.uk/cms/). The government has invested over £8 million in the Better Broadband for Oxfordshire project, with local funds contributing over £13 million further. Over 4,600 premises in the constituency have received superfast broadband coverage as a result of this project. Superfast coverage in the constituency sits at over 98.8% according to third party monitoring by ThinkBroadband http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/oxford-west-and-abingdon,E14000874.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/07/2017 14:51:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

748633

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	BBC: Video on Demand
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 had with the BBC before the introduction of compulsory registration for BBC iPlayer services.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	3027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Requiring users to register for BBC iPlayer services was a decision taken by the BBC. The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from government, and the government has had no formal engagement with the BBC on this issue.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/07/2017 14:49:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

748645

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Social Networking: Privacy
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 she has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on the data protection and privacy implications of the Snap Map feature available to users of the Snapchat service.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	3204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for the protection of personal data and the right to privacy. The Secretary of State and I also met with the Information Commissioner last week to discuss data protection. The Government understands the concerns that have been raised and have discussed Snap Map with the ICO.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 3356 3357 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:10:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

748650

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Charitable Donations
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 her Department is taking to encourage people to give to charities.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The British people are some of the most generous in the world. 73% of Brits give money to charity every month and almost £10 billion was donated to charitable causes in 2016. I think you would agree that is a breathtaking and commendable amount.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is fully committed to helping to build a compassionate country that works for everyone, and this Department will continue its work to make it as easy and compelling as possible to give to charitable causes. We are currently taking steps to help civil society organisations access the tools and training they need to harness the generosity of the public. The Foundation for Social Improvement launched our subsidised fundraising training programme on 6 July this year. The training will equip staff at small charities with the skills needed to raise further donations from the public.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/07/2017 13:08:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748651

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	National Citizen Service Trust
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 her Department has taken in response to the recommendations and findings of the report of the National Audit Office into the National Citizen Service, published in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>DCMS and the NCS Trust welcomed the NAO’s report and are working closely together to address their recommendations and findings. In particular, the NCS Act received Royal Assent in April and the NCS Trust were granted a Royal Charter in May 2017. Together, these will make the Trust directly accountable to Parliament for its use of public money and preserve the Trust's operational independence.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/07/2017 13:04:26 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748652

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	National Citizen Service Trust
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 Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 50448, whether she has been presented with a list of patrons of the National Citizen Service; and if she will publish that list when it is available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>NCS Trust will announce its new Board of Patrons on Friday 14th July, and the list will be published on its website (<a href="http://www.ncsyes.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.ncsyes.co.uk</a>).</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/07/2017 12:59:10 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed