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1122645

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Sanitary Products: VAT
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 restricting the Tampon Tax Fund to charities which specialise in women’s issues.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	247081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. The existing criteria for the Fund - with the focus on onwards grants to small and medium sized charities and direct support for vulnerable women and girls - maximise the reach and impact of the Tampon Tax Fund across the UK. Whether directly or through onwards grants, tampon tax fund is exclusively made available to projects that support vulnerable women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2019 17:58:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1122864

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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: Safety
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 23 April 2019 to Question 242826, whether all data is considered to be user-generated content; and what the definition is of user-generated content.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	247048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper introduces a new statutory duty of care which will apply to companies that provide services or tools that allow, enable or facilitate users to share or discover user-generated content, or interact with each other online. The Government is consulting on whether this proposed scope is a suitable basis for an effective approach. All harms suffered by individuals that result directly from a breach of the data protection legislation are not in scope of the Online Harms White Paper, to avoid duplication with existing regulatory regimes.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/04/2019 15:09:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1122866

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Circuses
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 support he provides for the promotion of circus skills (a) in local communities and (b) internationally.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	247050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2018/19 ACE provided almost £4 million of funding to organisations whose primary sub-discipline was circus related activity. This includes £163,798 of funding that was provided to organisations that work internationally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/04/2019 15:11:44 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1122141

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Sports
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 role of sport in the Government's strategies to tackle serious violent crime.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	245823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that sport and physical activity has a key role to play to tackle serious violent crime in our community. At the Prime Minister’s Summit on Serious Violence on 1st April 2019, government departments, the National Governing Bodies of sport, the Premier League and other partners announced they are working together on a ‘sport offer’ to improve interventions to tackle violence.</p><p> </p><p>Sport and physical activity can help people to gain skills, build confidence and potentially reduce violence and recidivism.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2019 18:00:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1122142

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Digital Technology: Older 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, what steps his Department is taking to support improved digital skills for older people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	245824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to helping elderly people acquire basic digital skills as part of our broader strategy to reduce digital exclusion as outlined in the Digital Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Future Digital Inclusion’ programme delivered through Online Centres based in libraries and other community spaces has supported over 1 million adult learners to develop their basic digital skills, including elderly people.</p><p> </p><p>Government has also published plans to introduce an entitlement to full funding for basic digital courses from 2020, similar to the entitlements already in place for maths and English. This will provide adults of any age the opportunity to undertake improved qualifications based on new national standards free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>Through its £400,000 Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, the Government is supporting three pilot projects aimed at addressing the digital exclusion of older and disabled people. One pilot, is developing “smart homes” for elderly people to improve their digital skills, supported by their peers and younger ‘digital buddies’.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 244095 question first answered 29/04/2019 15:08:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1122144

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Loneliness
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 capability of tech businesses to tackle loneliness.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	245825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Loneliness Strategy stated that government would work with businesses to stimulate innovative solutions to loneliness across all ages, backgrounds and communities. To deliver on this commitment, government is engaging with tech businesses to explore what more can be done. For example, together with the Minister for Digital &amp; Creative Industries, I recently hosted a roundtable with tech businesses focused on tackling loneliness using tech. The government is investing £1m in a Tech for Good Challenge Prize to further stimulate the capability of tech businesses to tackle social isolation. In April, DCMS started work with Nesta's Challenge Prize Centre to design the competition with the formal call for participants tentatively scheduled for June 2019. As part of the research and design of the project, DCMS is working closely with Buddy Hub, Digital Health and Care Alliance, No Isolation and Vodafone, who have publicly stated their aims and achievements in tackling loneliness.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2019 18:02:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1121397

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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 Libraries: Finance
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 he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the level of funding to ensure a mobile library in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	244094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 requires local authorities in England to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service, within available resources. In considering how best to deliver this statutory duty, each local authority is responsible for determining local needs, which may include the provision of a mobile library service.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/04/2019 11:47:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1121406

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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: Older 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, if he will fund an initiative to offer training on use of the internet for elderly people in their local area in cooperation with local councils.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	244095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to helping elderly people acquire basic digital skills as part of our broader strategy to reduce digital exclusion as outlined in the Digital Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Future Digital Inclusion’ programme delivered through Online Centres based in libraries and other community spaces has supported over 1 million adult learners to develop their basic digital skills, including elderly people.</p><p> </p><p>Government has also published plans to introduce an entitlement to full funding for basic digital courses from 2020, similar to the entitlements already in place for maths and English. This will provide adults of any age the opportunity to undertake improved qualifications based on new national standards free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>Through its £400,000 Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, the Government is supporting three pilot projects aimed at addressing the digital exclusion of older and disabled people. One pilot, is developing “smart homes” for elderly people to improve their digital skills, supported by their peers and younger ‘digital buddies’.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 245824 question first answered 29/04/2019 15:08:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1121526

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	101 Calls: 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, whether there is a requirement for telephone providers to have a 15 pence service charge for calls made to the police on the non-emergency 101 number.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	244013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>There is no obligation on telecom service providers to supply the 101 service free of charge as is the case with 999/112 under the 2003 Communications Act. Calls to 101 cost 15p from a mobile device or landline phones, from anywhere in the country and regardless of duration. Calls are free from payphones. The public have always paid to contact the police by telephone for non-emergencies and the 15p cost of the call goes to the telephony providers to cover the cost of carrying the calls. The police and government receive no money from calls to 101.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/04/2019 15:04:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1111199

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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: 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, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with Departmental staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	243412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is not able to provide a response to cover the last five years as this information is generally not held centrally. In 2017, there were six non-disclosure agreements, all relating to recruitment of temporary staff.</p><p> </p><p>Non-disclosure agreements are put in place in exceptional circumstances. Non-disclosure agreements in DCMS are only used for temporary staff who will work on sensitive information, where commercially or politically sensitive. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/04/2019 15:05:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord