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882310

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Advertising: Eating Disorders
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 ensure that the advertising industry promotes positive body images.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	135448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Promoting social responsibility is one of DCMS’s six Departmental priorities and we engage regularly with the advertising industry to do this.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this the advertising industry, through the Advertising Standards Authority, the industries independent regulator, has recently undertaken proactive research on the use of harmful gender stereotypes in advertising and has subsequently made significant changes to the advertising codes.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/04/2018 13:03:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

882391

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason there is a variation in cost between National Citizen Service delivery partner providers for (a) the activity based residential from £201 to £725 and (b) the skills based residential from £100 to £1,040, in Cost Benchmark Report, National Citizen Service, Final Report of 7 February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>These figures compare the costs of the NCS programme to other similar programmes which are not part of NCS, for example those delivered by outdoor activity centres, rather than variations of costs within the NCS delivery network itself.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/04/2018 16:13:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882405

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Broadband: Housing
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 his Department has to incentivise housing developers to ensure that all new homes can receive fast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	135467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is strongly committed to ensuring new build developments have high quality, reliable and future-proof connectivity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In early 2016, DCMS brokered an agreement between Openreach and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) so that all new build developments would be offered with Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) for free, or as part of a co-funded initiative. In November 2016, Openreach announced that it would provide FTTP to all new developments with more than 30 plots for free. Virgin Media and GTC, another infrastructure provider, have similar agreements with the HBF.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>My Department’s Barrier Busting Task Force are exploring how we can build on this to ensure that all residents of new build developments receive the connectivity they deserve.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/04/2018 09:39:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

882406

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a new scheme, similar to Project Lightning, to ensure that more homes can provide usable broadband.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	135468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department welcomes commercial investment in UK digital infrastructure such as Virgin Media’s Project Lightning and is working to encourage further investment through policies and funding. These include Business Rates Relief for fibre investment and the £200m Local Full Fibre Networks programme to fund locally-led projects that leverage commercial investment in full fibre broadband connections. For alternative network providers, £400 million of public funding has also been made available for fibre connectivity through the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund, which will unlock approximately £1 billion of private investment.</p><p> </p><p>Looking further ahead, the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review is currently assessing what market models can best support broadband infrastructure investment in different areas of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s existing £1.7bn Broadband Delivery UK programme reached 95% of premises in December 2017 and is continuing with at least a further 2% likely to be achieved, ensuring that over 97% of premises in the UK can receive superfast broadband.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/04/2018 15:23:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

882424

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Broadband: 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, if he will ensure that the forthcoming Consumer Green Paper sets out provisions to ensure that broadband exit fees are charged at a rate that is fair to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	135486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Consumer Green Paper was published on 11 April. It seeks views on how to ensure that modern consumer markets work for all, both now and in the future, including in the telecoms sector. Government will consider the responses to the Consumer Green Paper and, working with independent regulators including Ofcom, will publish a response detailing how they plan to further protect customers.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Currently, the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 protect broadband consumers when they enter into contracts with a provider. Ofcom has the power to investigate communicate providers' compliance.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Currently, contracts entered into on or after 1 October 2015 are covered by the unfair terms in consumer contracts protections in the Consumer Rights Act 2015. There are also protections under Ofcom rules (GC9.3) to ensure that conditions or procedures for contract termination do not act as a disincentive against changing provider. Additionally, Ofcom has the power to investigate communication providers' compliance and have an open enforcement programme on early termination charges: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/bulletins/competition-bulletins/open-cases/cw_01199.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/04/2018 15:27:54 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2018 15:12:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 52496 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

882508

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Recruitment
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 proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>All job roles advertised throughout 2016 and 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/04/2018 13:14:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882543

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Recruitment
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 his Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>DCMS is committed to offering all applicants equality of opportunity to apply for job roles, to ensure that we attract and retain candidates with the most talent and potential. The DCMS recruitment process does not require applicants to declare unspent criminal convictions upon application.</p><p> </p><p>However, applicants are asked to declare unspent criminal convictions as part of basic employment checks when a provisional offer of employment has been made. Decisions concerning appointment to a post where an individual has a conviction history are made on a case-by-case basis using risk assessments.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/04/2018 13:13:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882624

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Living Wage
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 (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department are paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department for Culture, Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>Number of people paid less than the living wage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) directly employed</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) agency</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) outsourced</p></td><td><p>We do not hold this information</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>DCMS does not hold agencies’ information centrally.</p><p> </p><p>This information is correct at 1st April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2018 12:20:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882704

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Travellers
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 oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what progress his Department has made in using the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	135766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Race Disparity Audit website displays data where possible using the Census 2011 ethnic categories, which includes Gypsy or Irish Traveller.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Race Disparity Unit work closely together to further progress the harmonisation of ethnicity data across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and to improve the coverage of ethnic groups including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster discusses matters pertaining to the progress of the Race Disparity Audit, including on the collection of ethnicity data.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 135767 question first answered 23/04/2018 13:11:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

882705

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Travellers
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 oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, and pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2018 to Question 134113, on Travellers: Equality, what meetings (a) he and (b) his predecessor have had since 2016 with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on using the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	135767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Race Disparity Audit website displays data where possible using the Census 2011 ethnic categories, which includes Gypsy or Irish Traveller.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Race Disparity Unit work closely together to further progress the harmonisation of ethnicity data across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and to improve the coverage of ethnic groups including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster discusses matters pertaining to the progress of the Race Disparity Audit, including on the collection of ethnicity data.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 135766 question first answered 23/04/2018 13:11:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green