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1056722

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Facebook: 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 assessment he has made of the decision by Germany to block Facebook from merging data collected from its social platforms and third-party websites without voluntary user consent; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the specific decision by Germany to block Facebook from merging data collected from its social platforms and third-party websites without voluntary user consent.</p><p>It is essential that people are confident their personal data will be protected and used in an appropriate way. The Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR is in place to ensure that companies who collect and use data do so appropriately with an appropriate legal basis.</p><p>In August 2016, the Information Commissioner investigated whether WhatsApp could legally share users’ data with Facebook. WhatsApp signed a public commitment not to share personal data with Facebook until the data protection concerns raised by the ICO were addressed. This agreement is available on the ICO's website.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/02/2019 12:02:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1056749

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
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 officials from his Department have been seconded from their primary role to make preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	218152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text As part of the department’s preparations for the possibility of leaving the EU without a deal, over 110 officials have been seconded from their primary role to support EU Exit work. In addition, a significant number of officials have reprioritised their work to include EU Exit work whilst remaining in their primary roles.<p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/02/2019 09:56:21 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1056795

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Mobile Phones: 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 discussions his Department has had with representatives of the telecommunications industry on the introduction of roaming charges after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	218292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have carried out extensive engagement on EU exit with representatives of the telecommunications industry, trade bodies, consumer bodies and the regulator Ofcom. In the event of no deal, the government has published a technical notice on mobile roaming. This is available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-roaming-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/mobile-roaming-if-theres-no-brexit-deal. Some mobile operators (3, EE, O2 and Vodafone - which cover over 85% of mobile subscribers) have already said they have no current plans to change their approach to mobile roaming after the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/02/2019 14:33:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1055808

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Openreach: Disclosure of Information
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 Department's paper, Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, published in July 2018, when his Department plans to publish proposals for transparency measures required of BT Openreach.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government's Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, published in July 2018, set out that greater transparency of build plans, particularly those of Openreach, might have a positive impact on the commercial rollout of full-fibre broadband networks. It also committed the government, as first step, to discussing with BT and Ofcom how such transparency measures might be introduced.</p><p> </p><p>Since the FTIR was published, Government has held discussions with Openreach about the transparency of its build plans. On 28th January Openreach voluntarily published a list of towns and cities where it is building or intends to start deploying full fibre in the next 12 months. It also published information for the 14 locations that it had already announced, including a list of specific exchanges where it has already built, where it is currently building and where it intends to start building in the next 3 months. Openreach plans to update this information on a quarterly basis, including for the 11 new towns and cities once this information is available. Further details can be found on the Fibre First pages of Openreach’s website: https://www.homeandbusiness.openreach.co.uk/fibre-first</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 217429 question first answered 11/02/2019 16:16:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1055809

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Openreach: Disclosure of Information
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 his Department has had with BT Group and Openreach on increasing the transparency of its full-fibre deployment plans.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government's Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, published in July 2018, set out that greater transparency of build plans, particularly those of Openreach, might have a positive impact on the commercial rollout of full-fibre broadband networks. It also committed the government, as first step, to discussing with BT and Ofcom how such transparency measures might be introduced.</p><p> </p><p>Since the FTIR was published, Government has held discussions with Openreach about the transparency of its build plans. On 28th January Openreach voluntarily published a list of towns and cities where it is building or intends to start deploying full fibre in the next 12 months. It also published information for the 14 locations that it had already announced, including a list of specific exchanges where it has already built, where it is currently building and where it intends to start building in the next 3 months. Openreach plans to update this information on a quarterly basis, including for the 11 new towns and cities once this information is available. Further details can be found on the Fibre First pages of Openreach’s website: https://www.homeandbusiness.openreach.co.uk/fibre-first</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 217428 question first answered 11/02/2019 16:16:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1055810

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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: Optical Fibres
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 risk to (a) alternative full-fibre network providers and (b) the Government’s target of national full-fibre connectivity by 2033 from anti-competitive overbuild of existing networks.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review considered different policy and regulatory approaches that would help create the right conditions to accelerate fibre investment and extend coverage across the whole of the UK. The review concluded that the most effective way to deliver this was to promote competition between fibre networks where possible, supported by changes in the regulatory framework and only intervene in a small proportion of the country that can not support commercial investment.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/02/2019 16:19:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1055822

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Youth Centres: Closures
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of youth centres that have closed in each year since 2010 in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	217458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Local Authorities are not required to collect this data and we do not keep the data centrally. Given the contribution of community and uniform youth groups, data on local authority run youth clubs would not give the full picture of provision available to young people.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, we are investing significantly in youth organisations in a number of ways including:</p><p>* Over 1bn funding available for NCS over this Spending Review period. NCS is delivered via a supply chain network of over 100 organisations, many of which are youth organisations, allowing this funding to benefit communities at a local level;</p><p>* Up to £80 million (in partnership with Big Lottery Fund) through the Youth Investment and #iwill funds in voluntary and community organisations that work with young people;</p><p>* The £2m Building Connections Fund, in partnership with the Co-op Foundation, which is available to youth organisations helping to support young people to avoid long-term loneliness; and</p><p>* We have invested over £750,000 in various youth voice activities, such as UK Youth Parliament, the Make Your Mark youth ballot and groups to involve young people in national policy design.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/02/2019 17:54:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1055825

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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: World Cup
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 Irish Government on a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cu; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	217460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The FAs of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland are working together to explore the feasibility of a joint bid. UK government officials have been an active partner in those discussions alongside the Devolved Administrations and the Irish Government. No Ministerial meetings with Irish Government counterparts have taken place to date, reflecting the very early stage of this exploratory work.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/02/2019 16:20:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1049556

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Internet: Self-harm and Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they have taken, prior to the announcement on 27 January that they would consider banning websites promoting self-harm and suicide, to protect young people from harmful online content.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Government is taking a range of measures to protect children and young people from harmful online content.</p><p>Through the Digital Economy Act 2017, the government is introducing a requirement for commercial providers of online pornography to have robust age verification controls in place to prevent children and young people under 18 from accessing pornographic material.</p><p> </p><p>In addition we have worked with Internet Service Providers to introduce a rigorous and comprehensive system of family-friendly content filtering, through which parents can help protect their children from viewing harmful content over home broadband networks.</p><p> </p><p>Through the UK Council for Child Internet Safety we have produced a practical guide for providers of social media and interactive services, in which we set out best practices for preventing children from encountering harmful content.</p><p>Furthermore, the Data Protection Act 2018 introduced a new requirement for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to produce a statutory code of practice on age-appropriate design. This code 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.</p><p>Nevertheless there is still more to do, which is why we will shortly be publishing an Online Harms White Paper, which will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures detailing how the Government will tackle the full range of online harms and set clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 11/02/2019 15:43:57 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool