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890276

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Broadcasting: 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 discussions he has had with broadcasters on the omission of religion as a category in the diversity monitoring system Project Diamond.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	137661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>We expect broadcasters to voluntarily publish their data on all diversity characteristics - not just those they are legally obliged to - and the BBC should be leading the way on this.There have been no discussions with broadcasters regarding Project Diamond monitoring categories. Project Diamond is an industry led monitoring scheme owned by the Creative Diversity Network which is made up of all of the UK’s major broadcasters. Therefore, the decision to include or exclude categories is for the Creative Diversity Network alone.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 137662 question first answered 02/05/2018 13:02:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

890277

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Broadcasting: 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 discussions he has had with the BBC on (a) the omission of religion in the diversity monitoring system Project Diamond and (b) the effect of that omission on on-off screen diversity monitoring of faith groups working in or with that public service broadcaster.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	137662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>We expect broadcasters to voluntarily publish their data on all diversity characteristics - not just those they are legally obliged to - and the BBC should be leading the way on this.There have been no discussions with broadcasters regarding Project Diamond monitoring categories. Project Diamond is an industry led monitoring scheme owned by the Creative Diversity Network which is made up of all of the UK’s major broadcasters. Therefore, the decision to include or exclude categories is for the Creative Diversity Network alone.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 137661 question first answered 02/05/2018 13:02:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

890308

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Audio-visual Industry
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 his Department has made of the potential effect on the UK audio visual sector in the event that the country of origin principle for broadcasters ceases to apply in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	137578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>As stated by the Prime Minister in her Mansion House speech in March 2018, we are working hard to secure an agreement with the EU which would allow UK-based broadcasting licensees to continue broadcasting freely into the EU.</p><p>However, a responsible government should prepare for all potential eventualities, including a scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement on broadcasting can be reached. DCMS Ministers and officials are therefore engaging with individual businesses to understand possible impacts and mitigations to ensure that the UK remains the most attractive destination for doing broadcasting business.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2018 13:10:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

890326

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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 Phones: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using emergency services masts to improve mobile phone coverage in rural parts of Scotland and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	137646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>In delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN), the mobile network operator EE is delivering around 500 new sites (up to 291 of which will be funded by the Government) and upgrading its entire existing network. Over 300 of these new sites are in Scotland and all new sites are open to incoming site share applications from other Mobile Network Operators. Additionally, in the more remote areas of Great Britain, the Government, as part of its Extended Area Service (EAS) Programme, will deliver approximately 300 further sites for ESN and, potentially, for commercial coverage. 123 of these EAS sites will be in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2018 13:05:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

890327

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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 Phones: Scotland
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 mobile phone operators on improving mobile phone coverage in rural parts of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	137647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet the Mobile Network Operators to discuss a range of issues including improving mobile phone coverage across the whole of the UK, including Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2018 13:06:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

890329

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Film and Television: Tax Allowances
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 he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on changing (a) film and (b) high-end television tax relief to encourage an increase in the diversity of people working in the film and television industries.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets regularly with his counterparts in Treasury to discuss a range of matters, including the creative sector tax reliefs, which have successfully encouraged the production of culturally British films and high-end TV programmes worth over £10 billion in expenditure since 2007, making the UK one of the top production destinations in the world.</p><p>We are committed to improving diversity in all DCMS sectors and is supportive of relevant work being undertaken by the British Film Institute (BFI) as the government’s arm’s length body for the moving image.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2018 13:09:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

890338

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's invitations to tender have received no bidders in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	137439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>There has been one such invitation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2018 16:34:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

890388

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	National Lottery: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much National Lottery funding has been allocated to projects in Northern Ireland in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	137518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>National Lottery good cause money is allocated by expert bodies at arm’s length from Government, taking account of their own priorities and the need for equitable distribution. The devolved Lottery Distribution Bodies have their policy directions set by the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>National Lottery good cause monies are distributed in Northern Ireland by Sport Northern Ireland and Arts Council of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Sport Northern Ireland receives 0.52% of the total National Lottery</p><p> </p><p>Distribution Fund; Arts Council of Northern Ireland receives 0.56%. This amounts to an estimated £17.7m in 2017/18 (subject to audit).</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the UK-wide Lottery Distributors (UK Sport, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and British Film Institute) also distribute parts of their allocation to projects in Northern Ireland. Proportions will vary by distributor.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 02/05/2018 13:00:10 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

890427

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Fascism: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has taken steps to deter the display or sale of Nazi memorabilia on social media marketplace platforms; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	137486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Internet Safety Strategy, behaviour which is unacceptable offline is unacceptable online. Therefore, where the sale of memorabilia supports harmful views or could encourage hate crime, we expect social media companies to have robust processes in place to remove this content.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2018 13:08:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

889871

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Internet: Children
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 adequacy of the powers available to the Information Commissioner’s Office to enforce their guidelines on online child safety.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	136923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for regulating compliance with data protection legislation. The Government's Data Protection Bill will strengthen legislation around data protection and give the Commissioner tougher powers to ensure that organisations comply.</p><p>As part of this Bill, the Information Commissioner’s office will now be responsible for producing a new statutory age appropriate design code for online services which are likely to be accessed by children. This code will help ensure that children in the UK are granted a robust data regime so they are able to access online services in a way that meets their age and development needs. It will ensure that websites and applications are designed in a way that makes clear what data is being collected on children, how this data is being used, and how both children and parents can stay in control of this data. Non-compliance with this code will be a factor in any ICO decision to bring forward enforcement action against websites that do not comply with the GDPR.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner provides guidance and works with organisations to build compliance. There are a number of tools available to the ICO to ensure compliance with GDPR, including criminal prosecution, non-criminal enforcement and audit. For those who commit serious breaches there are significant financial penalties including fines up to £18 million or 4% of global turnover that can be applied as well as the backstop of criminal prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/04/2018 09:20:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion