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1315662

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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: Southport
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 increase broadband speeds in Southport.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	3136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government is working with mobile operators and suppliers to build an open, flexible, and diverse telecoms supply market, following the recommendations of the Diversification Taskforce, published on 20 April on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/telecoms-diversification-taskforce-findings-and-report/telecoms-diversification-taskforce-findings-and-report" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Taskforce recommendations are helping to guide our approach delivering the Diversification strategy, including its central pillar of attracting new suppliers. The Government is designing a programme of targeted R&amp;D to level the playing field for smaller suppliers, and we continue to consider all options.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Suppliers are themselves taking positive steps to support this agenda and a number of smaller suppliers have already announced new research facilities in the UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The government is committed to delivering lightning-fast, reliable broadband to everyone in the UK. ‘Project Gigabit’ is ambitious, challenging and central to how we build back better. Our plan - to stimulate investment, bust barriers and drive competition - is working. We are on track for one of the fastest rollouts in Europe and for 60% of all households to have access to gigabit speeds by the end of the year. It is a huge leap forward from 2019, when it was 9%.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are backing Project Gigabit with £5 billion so hard to reach communities are not left out - starting to level up now, not waiting for the end of the commercial rollout, and building on the half a million rural homes and businesses already given coverage through our support.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of Project Gigabit we are funding up to £210 million worth of vouchers over the next three years to help with the costs of installing gigabit to people’s doorsteps and up to £110 million to connect up to 7,000 rural public buildings such as GP surgeries, libraries and schools. All premises not covered through these measures or through commercial coverage will be in scope for new Project Gigabit contracts.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">According to Thinkbroadband (<a href="http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000958" target="_blank">http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000958</a>) 99.61% of premises in Southport currently has access to superfast broadband - up from 23% in 2011. On top of this, 19% also have access to Gigabit speeds. So far, 9 gigabit connection vouchers have been issued in the Southport area with a value of £19,600. Eligibility of other premises for vouchers can be checked at <a href="https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/ </a></ins></p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 26/05/2021 10:02:45 question first ministerially corrected 27/05/2021 14:48:37 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman previous answer version 2742 answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1315144

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Reclaim Fund: Civil Society
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 much of the £150 million of funding from Reclaim Fund Ltd which was allocated to good causes during the covid-19 outbreak contributed to the £750 million in funding announced on 8 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>In May 2020 the DCMS Secretary of State announced that £150 million of dormant assets funding would go to help charities, social enterprises and individuals in need of support during the coronavirus outbreak. This funding was completely separate to the government’s £750 million support package for the voluntary and community sector, announced in April 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The £150 million of dormant assets funding – consisting of £71 million of new funds alongside repurposing £79 million already unlocked – has supported a variety of initiatives focused on youth, financial inclusion, and social investment:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>£10 million was used by Youth Futures Foundation to launch an emergency levelling up fund for young people from the communities hit hardest by this crisis, including those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>£65 million was used by Fair4All Finance to create a robust programme to tackle the heightened needs of the financially marginalised as a result of the crisis.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>£45 million was used by Big Society Capital to allow better access to investment, including emergency loans for charities, social enterprises and some small businesses facing cash-flow problems and disruption to their trading.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>£30 million was used by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment, making up to £10 million available for emergency support through social lenders, while also developing a wider £20 million programme of flexible recovery finance for the social sector.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 2358 question first answered 24/05/2021 16:37:28 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1314913

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	Events Industry: Insurance
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 events indemnity sprint team recently created in his Department, what the remit of that team is; what form the recommendations of that team will take; and when that team plans to report its conclusions.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	1424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live events sector and has provided significant financial support including an additional £300M to the Culture Recovery Fund.</p><p>As the Secretary of State made clear at the DCMS Select Committee on Thursday 13th May, the government is aware of the wider concerns around securing indemnity for live events and we continue to assess options to provide further support to the sector within the public health context, engaging with relevant stakeholders as necessary.</p><p>We need to be confident that any intervention would lead to an increase in activity, and that insurance represents the last barrier to events reopening. The government’s first priority is to remove remaining barriers (such as social distancing) by reaching Stage 4 of the Roadmap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1427 question first answered 20/05/2021 14:12:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1314916

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	Events Industry: Insurance
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 the Events Indemnity Sprint Team will consider a Government-backed scheme for live events; and what plans that team has to engage directly with the insurance industry.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	1427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live events sector and has provided significant financial support including an additional £300M to the Culture Recovery Fund.</p><p>As the Secretary of State made clear at the DCMS Select Committee on Thursday 13th May, the government is aware of the wider concerns around securing indemnity for live events and we continue to assess options to provide further support to the sector within the public health context, engaging with relevant stakeholders as necessary.</p><p>We need to be confident that any intervention would lead to an increase in activity, and that insurance represents the last barrier to events reopening. The government’s first priority is to remove remaining barriers (such as social distancing) by reaching Stage 4 of the Roadmap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1424 question first answered 20/05/2021 14:12:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1314428

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	Wrecks
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 the Government's policy on the management of heritage assets located beyond UK Territorial Waters but within the UK Marine Area includes the collation of detailed archaeological information derived from site surveys in addition to the monitoring of vessel movements in those waters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government monitors vessel movements in relation to selected heritage assets in the UK Marine Area if there is good reason for doing so. In addition, Historic England - Government's statutory adviser on the historic environment - maintains a National Record of the Historic Environment. Through the implementation of its Heritage Information Access Strategy, Historic England is in the process of building on this by creating a National Marine Heritage Record that will collate details of heritage assets located in the region between Mean High Water and the 200 nautical mile sea limit.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/05/2021 13:45:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1314464

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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 Index
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 the Government plans to launch an investigation into (a) the collapse of Football Index and (b) the Gambling Commission's regulation of Football Index.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	1019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>DCMS will appoint an independent expert to conduct a review of the regulation of the Football Index gambling product and to make recommendations to government and the regulators. The review will take an objective look at the decisions and actions of the Gambling Commission and any other relevant regulatory bodies to provide a clear account of how the activities of its operator, BetIndex Ltd, were regulated, identify if there are potential areas for improvement, and inform our Review of the Gambling Act 2005. More information can be found in a Written Ministerial Statement on Regulation of Football Index, available at:</p><p><strong><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-04-20/hcws929" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-04-20/hcws929</a> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 18/05/2021 10:37:30 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1314501

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	Food: Advertising
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 potential effect on (a) businesses and (b) employment of the proposed advertising restrictions on products high in fat, sugar and salt.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	1038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made it clear that tackling obesity is a priority for this Government. In July 2020 the Government outlined it’s Tackling Obesity strategy which details a host of measures aimed at empowering people to live the healthier lives they want to live.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government proposed various options for restricting HFSS advertising in the 2019 and 2020 consultations targeted at protecting children from being exposed to advertising of unhealthy food products.</p><p>Balanced against the priority of protecting children and tackling obesity, we have carefully considered the impact that any restrictions will have on industry and in particular the potential for market distortion or disproportionate effects on key business sectors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The final policy will be set out in our consultation response due to be published shortly. This will be accompanied by a final impact assessment. We will support businesses, individuals and organisations to prepare for changes to the rules around HFSS advertising.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/05/2021 11:13:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1313999

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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	Events Industry: Insurance
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 introduce Government-backed covid-19 cancellation insurance for the live events sector.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live events sector and has provided significant financial support including an additional £300M to the Culture Recovery Fund. The Culture Recovery Fund as a whole also included £188 million for the devolved administrations via the Barnett formula including £97 million for Scotland.</p><p>We are aware of the wider concerns about securing indemnity for live events and we continue to assess all available options to provide further support to the sector within the public health context. We also need to be confident that any investment or intervention would lead to an increase in activity: for instance we understand the constraints imposed by social distancing remain a further barrier for many live events restarting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/05/2021 11:31:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1314010

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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	BBC: Broadcasting Programmes
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 representations his Department has made to BBC executives on the broadcaster’s plans to make BBC Four the home of archive content, with the channel no longer set to commission new programmes.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The BBC is independent of the government and the government has no say over the BBC’s editorial or operational decisions, including proposed changes to the BBC Four service.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 24/05/2021 14:15:34 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1314011

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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	BBC: 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing Government funding of public broadcasting to tackle the BBC funding shortfall.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The government will assess the merits of increasing funding for the BBC as part of the ongoing licence fee settlement negotiations, which began on 10 November 2020.</p><p>The Secretary of State has written to the BBC and S4C setting out the key factors they should consider when submitting their requests for the next settlement period, as is required by the Charter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 24/05/2021 14:17:46 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana