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1524488

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	Service Industries: Cost of Living
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 recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the cost of living crisis on the live events and hospitality sectors.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Steven Bonnar
uin	901748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>Increasing costs of energy bills are undoubtedly impacting on many sectors, including live events and hospitality. These sectors are facing significant pressures, which is why the government has taken immediate action to support them over winter with the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.</p><p>This scheme, delivered by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy, will support businesses and other non-domestic customers with increased energy prices by providing a discount on gas and electricity unit prices. Discounts will be applied to energy usage initially between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023.</p><p>My Department will continue to engage constructively with DCMS sectors, from music venues to business event organisers to monitor the impact of rising costs, and will continue to work across government to support BEIS’ three-month review of the scheme, aimed at determining what further support is required.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/10/2022 11:08:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4748 label Biography information for Steven Bonnar

1524489

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	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 steps her Department is taking to deliver full-fibre and gigabit-capable broadband by 2025 in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) north Northamptonshire and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	901749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>88 percent of premises in the Kettering constituency and 83 percent of premises in North Northamptonshire are able to access gigabit-capable broadband.</p><p>The Government has now launched market engagement exercises in all Project Gigabit intervention areas in England and are making excellent progress on our Project Gigabit procurements covering premises in Kettering and North Northamptonshire, with contracts expected to be awarded next year.</p><p>More immediate support for premises in rural areas is also available through the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/10/2022 11:11:16 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1524490

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	Arts and Charities: Government Assistance
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 support cultural and charitable organisations during the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	901751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>Charities are seeing increased demand for services, and both Civil Society and cultural organisations are facing higher energy prices.</p><p>That is why the government took action to support such organisations with their bills over the winter, as part of our Energy Bill Relief Scheme.</p><p>The department will continue to engage constructively across the cultural and charitable sectors to monitor the impact of rising energy costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/10/2022 10:53:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1524491

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	Football Governance Fan-led Review
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 she plans to implement the recommendations of the Fan Led Review of Football Governance.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	901753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the recommendations of the Fan Led Review of Football Governance in April 2022 and we recognise the need for football to be reformed to ensure the game’s sustainability in the long term.</p><p>We are now taking the time to consider the policy. We remain committed to publishing a White Paper setting out our detailed response to the Fan Led Review in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/10/2022 11:30:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1524407

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Expenditure
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 the annual spend is for (a) Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, (b) Natural History Museum at Harwell, (c) 4th National Lottery Licence Competition, (d) Local Full Fibre Networks, (e) Shared Rural Network, (f) UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, (g) Blythe House Programme and (h) Project Gigabit in each of the financial years from 2022-23 until the end year of each project, providing resource and capital spending.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	67035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>(£m)</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Resource</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Capital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-23</p></td><td><p>23-24</p></td><td><p>24-25</p></td><td><p>22-23</p></td><td><p>23-24</p></td><td><p>24-25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Commonwealth Games</p></td><td><p>396.4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Natural History Museum Harwell (Unlocked)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>34.4</p></td><td><p>74.1</p></td><td><p>Total funding for the programme agreed at SR21 is £182m.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4th National Lottery Licence Competition</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Does not include expected costs following legal challenge. Funding not scored at the Spending Review as costs relating to the 4th Licence are funded from the National Lottery Distribution Fund.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Full Fibre Networks</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Programme closed in 2022 and therefore there is no funding in this Spending Review period.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Rural Network</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td><td><p>56.3</p></td><td><p>87.1</p></td><td><p>Total funding announced for the programme is £1bn, made up of £500m Government funding matched by the private sector.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK</p></td><td><p>58.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blythe House</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Gigabit</p></td><td><p>39.1</p></td><td><p>40.6</p></td><td><p>41.3</p></td><td><p>157.3</p></td><td><p>381.7</p></td><td><p>437.8</p></td><td><p>Total funding for the programme agreed at SR21 is £5bn.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All figures relate to funding profiles, actual expenditure may vary and will be reported through the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts. Funding and expenditure profiles beyond 24-25 will be subject to the next Spending Review. The figures included are as agreed at Spending Review 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/10/2022 14:13:34 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1523355

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	TikTok: 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 discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on the reported breach of data protection law by Tiktok in respect of the processing the data of children; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The ICO is an independent regulator and we cannot comment on ongoing enforcement action. The Information Commissioner is accountable to Parliament in how it exercises its functions.</p><p>The Secretary of State will meet with the Information Commissioner in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/10/2022 16:39:00 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1523393

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	Television Licences: Non-payment
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 people were convicted for not paying their TV license under the provisions of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 since 1992.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	65608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a TV Licence is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.</p><p>Parliament approved the BBC assuming the role of the TV Licensing Authority in 1991, and under the Communications Act 2003, the BBC is authorised to collect and enforce the Licence Fee by law on the government's behalf.</p><p>The TV licence fee was administered under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 until the passage of the 2003 Act.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice currently publishes the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV licence fees annually as part of their criminal justice statistics quarterly publications, which can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>Figures for each year since 2005 up to 2021 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, and can be found in the following tables:</p><p>2017-2021: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx<br /></a>2016: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063880/outcomes-by-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063880/outcomes-by-offence-2020-revised.xlsx<br /></a>2005-2015: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524326/cjs-outcomes-by-offence.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524326/cjs-outcomes-by-offence.xlsx</a></p><p>To view the relevant figures in these tables, select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter.</p><p>The number of people convicted for TV licence evasion in the years between 1992 and 2004 can be found in the attached tables. Table 1 sets out the number of convictions for television licence evasion in this period under the Communications Act 2003. Table 2 sets out convictions for offences against the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, 1949 to 1967 in the same period. While television licence evasion was an offence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949, the figures in Table 2 may include other offences under the specified Acts.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/10/2022 16:37:09 question first ministerially corrected 25/10/2022 16:09:44 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez attachment 1 file name PQ 65608 table final.pdf title Table outlining information sources previous answer version 26685 answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1523453

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	School Games: 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, whether she plans to fund the School Games scheme after 31 August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	65697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Sport and physical activity provide important physical and mental health benefits and also help to develop vital social connections and leadership skills that will set young people up for life.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that children and young people can be physically active and to increase the chances for children to take part in competitive sport. The School Games form a key part of this.</p><p>In the academic year 2018/2019, 2.4 million opportunities were provided across inter- and intra-school level through the School Games across the country.</p><p>The Government confirmed that the School Games Organisers will continue for the 2022/23 academic year and is considering the position beyond that point.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 65698 question first answered 21/10/2022 12:37:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1523455

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	School Games: 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, when her Department will announce its policy on the future of School Games funding.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	65698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Sport and physical activity provide important physical and mental health benefits and also help to develop vital social connections and leadership skills that will set young people up for life.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that children and young people can be physically active and to increase the chances for children to take part in competitive sport. The School Games form a key part of this.</p><p>In the academic year 2018/2019, 2.4 million opportunities were provided across inter- and intra-school level through the School Games across the country.</p><p>The Government confirmed that the School Games Organisers will continue for the 2022/23 academic year and is considering the position beyond that point.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 65697 question first answered 21/10/2022 12:37:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1523683

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	Streaming: Classification Schemes
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 her Department is taking steps to encourage more video on demand services to adopt British Board of Film Classification age ratings.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	65551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Following public consultation on video-on-demand regulation, the government continues to view the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) age ratings as best practice. As set out in the government’s consultation response, the government is keen to encourage video-on-demand services to consider applying BBFC age ratings to their content, but is of the view that the existing evidence does not warrant mandating the use of age ratings at this time.</p><p>Alongside improved Ofcom protections for video-on-demand audiences, the government has set out plans to give Ofcom an enhanced ongoing duty to assess all video-on-demand providers’ audience protection measures, including measures like pin codes and content warnings alongside age ratings, to ensure that the systems put in place are effective and fit for purpose. Ofcom will have powers to provide guidance, report, and deal effectively with any future rogue providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 65552 question first answered 24/10/2022 16:49:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton