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1092586

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	UK Community Foundations
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 information his Department holds on the number of applications that UK Community Foundations has received for its onward grants of using Tampon Tax Fund money.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	235283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, UK Community Foundations (UKCF) were awarded £3.4 million from the Tampon Tax Fund to make onward grants to grassroots charities across the UK. In their end of year report submitted in March 2019, they outline that they received 1,469 applications in total to this onward grants fund, from which 407 grants were awarded.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2019 13:59:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1092593

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Social Media: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of social media on young people’s mental health; and what plans his Department has to ensure that social media companies protect vulnerable young people.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	235350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>On 7th February, the UK Chief Medical Officers published their independent systematic map of evidence on screen and social media use in children and young people, and recommended next steps and advice for parents and carers. You can view the report here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/777026/UK_CMO_commentary_on_screentime_and_social_media_map_of_reviews.pdf</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The DCMS and Home Office Online Harms White Paper, due to be published shortly, will contain a range of legislative and non-legislative measures, setting out definitive plans to tackle a wide range of harms that users, including children and young people, face online.</ins></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/03/2019 10:51:11 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2019 15:19:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 109967 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1092594

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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: Radicalism
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 (a) social media companies and (b) online news platforms ban and remove harmful and extremist content.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	235351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The forthcoming Online Harms White Paper will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures detailing how we will tackle online harms and setting clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep people safe online.</p><p> </p><p>The press is subject to independent self-regulation. These regulators issue their own codes of conduct which provide guidelines on a range of areas including discrimination, accuracy and the reporting of crime.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/03/2019 11:05:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1092654

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	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, what the source of funding is for the £10 million brand refresh for the National Citizen Service; and whether he can confirm that no government funding will be spent on this contract.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	235376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>To date, over 500,000 young people have taken part in the NCS programme. The most recently published evaluation has found that 82% of young people felt more positive about people from different backgrounds, and participants are more likely to use their time to help others after NCS<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. Marketing is a key recruitment driver for NCS, ensuring that more young people across the country benefit from the programme.</p><p> </p><p>The brand refresh is one part of the overall marketing and creative services tender which includes communications planning, creative strategy, brand platform, experience, advertising campaign development, and content production. The £10m figure was stated in a NCS Trust procurement document as an upper limit over 4 years. The actual cost of the contract is likely to be around £1m per year, for 4 years of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>The NCS Trust is forecast to self-generate c. £3m income in the upcoming financial year. The brand refresh element of the marketing and creative services contract in question will be paid from those funds and we can confirm that no government funding will be spent on this element of the contract. The remainder of the contract will be funded by Government funding.</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> This figure is based on the 2016 programme evaluation, which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-citizen-service-evaluation-report-2016" target="_blank">here</a>. The 2017 evaluation report is currently being finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2019 13:42:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1092068

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	European Capital of Culture
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 UK will be able to participate in the European capital of culture under the terms of the proposed EU withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	234766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>DCMS officials were in regular contact with the European Commission throughout 2016 and 2017 about the European Capital of Culture competition, and were notified of the European Commission's decision to discontinue the UK’s eligibility in the competition for the next round (2020-2033).</p><p> </p><p>The UK is seeking an ambitious agreement on cultural cooperation with the EU as part of our future partnership as set out in the Political Declaration. The UK is continuing to explore participation in the successor to Creative Europe, which includes the European Capital of Culture Competition. Ultimately, UK participation in EU programmes and competitions is a matter for the next phase of negotiations with the EU, and details of our participation would be agreed as part of those discussions.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/03/2019 15:36:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1092191

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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: Regulation
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 planned publication date is of the internet regulator White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	234695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government's White Paper on internet safety will be published in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 11:50:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1092193

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Television Licences: 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 the Government is taking to retain the free TV Licence for people over 75.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	234736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The government knows people across the country value television as a way to stay connected with the world and we that is why we have guaranteed the over 75 licence fee concession until June 2020. The BBC will take on responsibility for free licences for the over-75s from 2020 and it is right that it has consulted the public before making any decisions. We’ve been clear that we would want and expect it to continue with this important concession.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 11:46:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1092195

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Broadband: North Wales
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 19 March 2019 to Question 232532 on Broadband: North Wales, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the progress of Local Full Fibre Networks Wave three projects in each quarter until March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	234696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>As is the case with all of our Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) projects, DCMS has assigned a Project Director to work with the Local Body project teams. The project will firstly be assured through the formal BDUK assurance process via a series of gateway review points. As the project progresses into delivery, this will be reviewed through weekly updates into the LFFN Programme Office on delivery progress, finances/grant claims, change management, and risks/issues - in line with the North Wales project consortia project plan. We use an online Portfolio Management system called Cora PPM to facilitate this. All of this is in line with our overall DCMS Governance model and includes reporting up from the LFFN Programme Board to the DCMS portfolio board which is chaired by our Permanent Secretary. Additionally LFFN is categorised as a Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) Programme and is therefore monitored by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 11:53:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1092202

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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: Hate Crime
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 bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent social media companies and other online media outlets from assisting in the spreading of hate speech via their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	234737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>We will publish a joint DCMS-Home Office Online Harms White Paper in the coming weeks setting out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures detailing how we will tackle online harms and setting clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep people safe.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 13:47:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1092254

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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, how much of the funding UK Community Foundation and Women’s Aid Federation of England were given from the 2017-2018 Tampon Tax Fund has been used for their own administration of those grants.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	234844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>In the 2018-19 round of Tampon Tax Funding, UK Community Foundations were awarded £3.4 million from the Tampon Tax Fund to run an onward grants programme across the UK, of which £219,380 has been allocated to administration. The Women’s Aid Federation of England were awarded £1,509,850 for a project addressing domestic abuse, of which £609,040 was designated for onward grants. The cost of administering these grants has not been separated from the general costs of running their programme of activities.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/03/2019 15:44:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck