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1250778

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date	12/11/2020
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	Churches: Community Development
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 economic benefit of the contribution made by church buildings used for community purposes.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	114222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Many places of worship do accommodate additional uses, including those for community purposes, alongside worship. These buildings provide economic and social positive externalities to the country as a whole, and at a local level, they provide a thriving community asset. Places of worship forge social capital by strengthening community cohesion and belonging, alongside providing significant social benefits in times of need. Social action at places of worship is equally prevalent and valuable, such as food banks, blood donation centres and night shelters.</p><p>The Government has set out its vision and strategy to protect the historic environment, including England’s places of worship, in the 2017 Heritage Statement. The DCMS-funded Taylor Review Pilot, and its subsequent evaluation, published in October 2020, underlines the importance of a strategic approach, based on understanding the gaps in local community provision, when considering additional uses of places of worship.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/11/2020 15:40:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1251363

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Sports: Coventry
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 his Department is taking to support sports facilities in Coventry during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	114909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support, which many sports clubs have benefited from. Sport England has also provided over £220 million to support the sport and physical activity sector. This includes £35m for a Community Emergency Fund (CEF) directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres through this pandemic.</p><p>Sport England has made awards totalling £10,348,040 since 2009 in Coventry consisting of both lottery and exchequer funding to support the provision of sport and physical activity. A further £130,831 has been awarded across Coventry local authority, via Sport England’s CEF, since April this year. This has mainly been for local sports clubs and community sport activity organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/11/2020 16:47:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1251401

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Motor Sports: Saudi Arabia
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 he plans to hold discussions with British motorsport organisations on their commitments to women’s rights in advance of the 2021 Saudi Arabian grand prix.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	114844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Participation in international sports events is a matter for the relevant international sports federations, and the national representatives to these federations.</p><p>Our sport strategy “Sporting Future” sets out our commitment to increasing the participation of women in all aspects of sport and physical activity, whether taking part, working or volunteering. Sport England provides support to organisations, including the National Governing Bodies, on how to increase the participation of women.</p><p>The UK has consistently called for women in Saudi Arabia to be able to participate fully in society. We welcome positive developments, including reforms to the guardianship system. The World Bank's &quot;Women, Business, and the Law 2020&quot; report recognises Saudi Arabia's efforts to advance women's economic participation within the Kingdom. However, women's rights still fall short of international standards. We will continue to raise the issue with Saudi Arabia, and work to promote and support further progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/11/2020 18:04:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1251403

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Motor Sports: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will encourage UK motorsport organisations to make their participation in the Saudi Arabian grand prix contingent on the release of (a) Loujain al-Hathloul and other women human rights defenders and (b) Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Prince Turki bin Abdullah and other political detainees.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	114845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>Participation in international sports events is a matter for the relevant international sports federations, and the national representatives to these federations. These bodies operate independently of government, and enshrine this political freedom in their rules and regulations.</p><p>The UK and Saudi Arabia have a longstanding bilateral relationship, based on a number of pillars including trade; investment; defence; security; energy; and shared concerns about regional issues. No aspect of our relationship with Saudi Arabia prevents us from speaking frankly about human rights. We have expressed significant concerns about reports of continuing arrests and arbitrary detentions in Saudi Arabia. The UK signed a statement at the UN Human Rights Council on 15 September, which noted our human rights concerns in Saudi Arabia and called for the release of all political detainees, including the women’s rights defenders. The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, the Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, most recently raised the women's rights defenders' cases with the Saudi Ambassador to the UK on 16 November. We continue to raise concerns and are monitoring the situation closely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/11/2020 16:16:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1251481

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2020 to Question 103502, what the Government's year-on-year target is for gigabit rollout in hard-to-reach areas to achieve the 2025 target.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The government set out in its National Infrastructure Strategy that it is working with industry to target a minimum of 85% gigabit capable coverage by 2025, but will seek to accelerate roll-out further to get as close to 100% as possible. The government will continue to implement an ambitious programme of work to remove barriers to broadband deployment, and maximise coverage in the hardest to reach areas of the country through our £5 billion UK Gigabit Programme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have made rapid progress to date with the support of the industry. Over 1 in 3 (34%) premises can now access gigabit-capable broadband, and we expect that gigabit broadband coverage will reach at least 50% during 2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Spending Review 2020 provided further details on our planned year on year capital spend for 2021-22 to 2024-25, which totals £1.2 billion as part of the £5 billion UK Gigabit Programme. DCMS is continuing to work closely with industry to develop this programme and our year on year rollout plans for these areas.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 25/11/2020 17:21:14 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251483

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Shared Rural Network: Coronavirus
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 he plans to publish the results of the Government's assessment of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the Shared Rural Network programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>There has been no significant impact to the delivery of the Shared Rural Network programme as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since signing the grant agreement in March, initial radio plans have been submitted to the regulator, Ofcom, and an open, fair and transparent competitive procurement process for the publicly funded elements of the programme has commenced.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/11/2020 15:33:55 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251484

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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: Training
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 implications for his policies on tackling the digital divide of the Good Things Foundation report, Great Digital Catch Up, published in September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>I received the report, ‘The Great Digital Catch Up’, with interest and have discussed it recently with the Good Things Foundation. We will take it into account as we develop further policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/11/2020 15:47:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251486

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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
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 data his Department holds on the number of households located in broadband not spots.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>According to the Ofcom Connected Nations Summer 2020 report, using data collected in May 2020, there are 77246 residential premises in the UK which do not have access to download speeds of 2Mbit/s.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/11/2020 14:12:09 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251489

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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: Japan
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 effect of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on (a) the cross-border transfer of information by electronic means, (b) personal information protection and (c) the enforceability of UK data protection rights once that data has left the country.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) is designed to prevent unjustified restrictions to the free flow of data between the UK and Japan, giving business assurances they can collect, process, and transfer data between the two countries, without facing unnecessary red tape, while ensuring high standards of personal data protection.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CEPA commits both parties to maintain national personal data protection regimes; the UK’s existing data protection framework, enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR remains unchanged.</p><p> </p><p>UK data protection laws are not undermined or changed by CEPA. Following the transition period, the UK will preserve the effect of the EU's adequacy decision for Japan on a transitional basis, and will continue to provide robust protections for the international transfer of personal data. CEPA addresses data flows between the UK and Japan and not onward transfers to other jurisdictions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 20/11/2020 16:46:08 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1251490

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence
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 effect of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on the transparency of algorithmic decisions in public services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	114874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The ambitious digital package negotiated in the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) includes protections against the forced transfer of source code and coded algorithms. This means that UK businesses will not be forced to share their source code as a condition of entering the Japanese market and serves to protect companies’ trade secrets. As a consequence, these companies can be confident they will retain any competitive advantage that their source code provides.</p><p>However the agreement also ensures that the government is still able to access the source code and algorithms when needed in order to monitor adherence to, and enforce, laws and regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 24/11/2020 16:19:52 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah