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1421595

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	Swimming Pools
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 to improve access to swimming pools.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	905563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of improving access to pools however the responsibility primarily lies at Local Authorities level. Swimming is a crucial life skill, as well as a great way to stay fit, and I encourage Local Authorities to invest in swimming facilities.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the pandemic, the government supported the reopening of local authority swimming pools through the £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England has also awarded over £24 million to swimming and diving projects since April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/02/2022 13:50:00 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1421596

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	Gambling: Reviews
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 she plans to publish the White Paper on the gambling review.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	905564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is a priority for the department. We will publish a White Paper with our conclusions in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 905566 question first answered 11/02/2022 10:29:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1421597

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	Disinformation
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 with Cabinet colleagues to tackle disinformation.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	905565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of misinformation and disinformation very seriously.</p><p>The DCMS-led Counter Disinformation Unit is leading work to tackle this, bringing together monitoring and analysis capabilities across government and working with a range of partners, including social media platforms.</p><p>Our Online Safety Bill will force companies to tackle misinformation and disinformation. However, we expect companies to take steps now to improve safety, and not wait for the legislation to come into force before acting.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/02/2022 10:27:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1421598

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	Gambling Act 2005
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 her Department plans to publish a White Paper on the reform of the Gambling Act 2005.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	905566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is a priority for the department. We will publish a White Paper with our conclusions in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 905564 question first answered 11/02/2022 10:29:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1421600

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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 steps she is taking to help enable UK citizens to control their own data.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	905569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The government has put together an ambitious package of reforms to create a new data protection regime that is pro-growth and trusted for our citizens and businesses.</p><p><br>Our proposed regime should incentivise organisations to invest more effectively in the governance, policies and tools that protect personal data so that UK citizens can have even greater confidence that personal data is being used responsibly.</p><p><br>We recently consulted on our proposed reforms and will be setting out next steps shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/02/2022 16:39:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1421601

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	Ofcom: Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	With reference to the Penrose review, published in February 2021, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation in that review that Ofcom should promote competition and reduce regulatory burdens in the communications sector.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	905571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Our Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review recognised that promoting competition and stable, long-term regulation were critical to our connectivity ambitions. We embedded these goals into Ofcom’s Statement of Strategic Priorities.</p><p>Moreover, work continues across government on the UK’s regulatory frameworks: the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has consulted on reforms to competition and consumer policy; and, the government has set out its vision for modernising the economic regulation of the utilities sectors, including telecommunications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/02/2022 16:43:52 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1420682

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) new and (b) renewal applications for driving licences were delayed within the DVLA by region in each month since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	120405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to apply for a driving licence is by using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s online service. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their licence within a few days.</p><p> </p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 February 2022, the total number of paper applications awaiting processing at the DVLA was 1,066,659. Information is not held by region. The DVLA normally has around 400,000 applications awaiting processing as thousands of new applications are received each day.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not held on the number of (a) new and (b) renewal applications for driving licences that were delayed by region in each month since March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The average time taken to issue driving licences in the last three months across online and paper applications is 29 working days. However, the DVLA has focused extra resource on processing vocational driving licence applications to support the Government’s response to the driver shortage. Since November 2021, routine vocational applications have been processed within normal turnaround times of five working days. As with ordinary driving licences, applications where a medical condition(s) must be investigated can take longer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 120837 120838 120839 question first answered 16/02/2022 11:08:40 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1420688

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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	Charities: Marketing
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 she has made of the potential impact of restrictions on charities' marketing spend on the income of charities throughout the country.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	120691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on fundraising and marketing are the responsibility of a charity's trustees - in particular to ensure decisions reflect the charity's purpose, and deliver on their objectives.</p><p>Charities must also ensure they meet the <a href="https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/advertising-codes/non-broadcast-code.html" target="_blank">UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct and Promotional Marketing</a> (CAP Code) and the <a href="https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/advertising-codes/broadcast-code.html" target="_blank">UK Code of Broadcast Advertising</a> (BCAP Code) and make sure all advertisements are legal, decent, honest and truthful.</p><p>Where the government has provided funding to support the services that charities deliver, there may be restrictions on what this funding can be used for, to ensure public money is only used for activities intended by the grant programme, for example, direct delivery of services to those the charity works with.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/02/2022 12:06:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1420689

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Questions 103698, 103699, 103700, 103701, 103702, 103703, tabled on 13 January 2022 by the hon. Member for Luton South.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	120777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Questions <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-13/103698" target="_blank">103698</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-13/103699" target="_blank">103699</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-13/103700" target="_blank">103700</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-13/103701" target="_blank">103701</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-13/103702" target="_blank">103702</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-13/103703" target="_blank">103703</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/04/2022 10:27:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1420691

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	MMR Vaccine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the decline in MMR vaccine uptake.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>On 1 February 2022 a new national marketing campaign was launched with the aim of increasing awareness and driving uptake of both doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in children under the age of five years.</p><p>In addition, NHS England and NHS Improvement are implementing an MMR campaign from March 2022 to increase coverage of the MMR vaccine in the routine childhood programme. This will include a central call and recall for children aged 1-6 years who have been identified to not be up to date for their age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/02/2022 10:56:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon