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1353750

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Charities: Lotteries
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 progress his Department has made on the review of charity lottery reforms announced in January 2020; and when he expects the review to be concluded.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>Increases to society lottery sales and prize limits came into force in July 2020, and we committed to reviewing their impact after 12 months.</p><p>We have received initial data from the Gambling Commission and will respond further in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/09/2021 16:16:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1353753

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	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, with refence to David Perry QC's TV Licence Fee Enforcement Review, published 2015, what steps his Department took to implement the recommendation that gender disparity in TV licence prosecutions be the subject of investigation and consideration in the BBC Charter Review.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	45323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>In the White Paper ‘A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction’ published in 2016, the government considered the findings of the Perry Review and agreed with its assessment that the current regime represents a broadly fair and proportionate response to the problem of licence fee evasion and provides good value for money (both for licence fee payers and taxpayers).</p><p>The White Paper set out that, as part of the Charter Review process, the government saw evidence from the BBC that it was looking to address the recommendations from the Perry Review, including further work on gender disparity.</p><p>TV Licensing subsequently completed a review of the gender disparity in TV licence evasion prosecutions and published a Gender Disparity Report in 2017. The report explored some of the reasons why a gender imbalance exists but noted that there is no evidence of any discriminatory enforcement practices on the part of TV Licensing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 15/09/2021 08:19:29 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1353847

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Channel Four Television: Privatisation
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 make an assessment of the effect of privatising Channel 4 on (a) businesses and jobs in the UK production sector; (b) the balance in the creative economy between London and the rest of the UK and (c) UK viewers’ access to original and distinctive UK content.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	John Nicolson
uin	45155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The government has recently consulted on whether an alternative ownership model for Channel 4 (but one where it retains a public service remit) may be better for the broadcaster, and better for the country.</p><p>We want Channel 4 to continue to be a public service broadcaster, and we want it to and continue to contribute socially, economically and culturally to life across the UK. But there is a wealth of evidence - including Ofcom’s recent report - on the future challenges facing our traditional linear TV broadcasters. Linear TV viewing is down almost 60% amongst 16-25 year olds since 2010, whilst 16-34 year olds now spend almost twice as much time on YouTube and subscription VoD services than they do with broadcast content. There are now 315 channels, compared to 5 in 1982 when Channel 4 was established. Linear TV advertising revenues - which constituted <del class="ministerial">over 90</del><ins class="ministerial">74</ins>% of Channel 4’s revenue in 2020 - have declined across the sector at a compound annual rate of 2.5% since 2015.</p><p>Channel 4 is uniquely constrained in its ability to meet these challenges while it remains under public ownership - particularly because its access to capital and ability to pursue strategic partnership opportunities is limited.</p><p>Moving Channel 4 into private ownership could allow it to access new capital, take advantage of international opportunities, and create strategic partnerships only available through the private sector.</p><p>Consulting on the broadcaster’s future is therefore about ensuring that Channel 4 can continue to contribute to the UK’s success in public service broadcasting for years to come, and how we ensure its ownership model best supports this aim.</p><p>The channel’s wider economic and social contributions, its role in the creative economies of the nations and regions, and its remit are among the issues we have consulted on.</p><p>The consultation opened on 6 July, running for 10 weeks, before closing on 14 September. We are currently analysing responses to our consultation, and evidence received through it, to inform our policy-making decisions.Once we have answered the questions set out in the consultation, we will know what specific impacts to assess and will therefore be in a position to carry out an impact assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/09/2021 16:15:26 question first ministerially corrected 28/09/2021 10:52:26 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 21988 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4415 label Biography information for John Nicolson

1353540

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	Aerials: Middlesbrough
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 bring forward proposals to part-refund television licenses for people affected by the Bilsdale transmitter fire.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	44295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Under the Communications Act 2003, the BBC are entitled to make refunds for the TV licence fee in such circumstances as they may determine.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following the Bilsdale mast fire, the BBC has announced that affected households which have been unable to receive TV coverage for over a month, and are also unable to view BBC programming through BBC iPlayer, and satellite and cable platforms, will be able to claim a refund or be offered a free extension to their TV Licence, depending on their TV Licensing payment plan. The BBC will make information available on these arrangements from 10 September on the TV Licensing website: <a href="https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/transmitter" target="_blank">https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/transmitter</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 10/09/2021 07:22:35 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1353632

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	British Museum: Ethiopia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to request that the British Museum (1) de-accession 11 Ethiopian altar tablets (tabots) which they have held since 1868, and (2) return them to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2021 answer text <p>The British Museum operates at arm’s length and independently of HM Government. Decisions relating to the care and management of the objects in their collections are therefore a matter for its trustees. This responsibility of the trustees is set out in the museum’s legislation, the British Museum Act 1963, which also describes the limited circumstances under which the museum may deaccession items from its collections.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 11/10/2021 09:15:11 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1353127

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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	Olympic Games
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the changing of the British Olympic team name to Team UK instead of Team GB.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>DCMS Ministers have had no discussions with the British Olympic Association (BOA), an independent organisation, ​about​ renaming the Olympic team from Team GB &amp; NI to Team UK.</p><p>The BOA is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and the UK Overseas Territories and is wholly responsible for our national representation at the Games and for any branding of the Olympic team representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 14/09/2021 14:22:36 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1353172

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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: Racial Harassment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of a YouGov survey, published on 25 August, which found that 62 per cent of football fans fear that a player will be racially abused.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>There is no place for racism in football, whether in the stands or on social media, or society more widely.</p><p>The Government therefore welcomed the Premier League’s “No Room for Racism” Action plan, and the announcement of new enhanced anti-discrimination measures to be implemented in the 2021/22 season, such as league-wide bans for offenders.</p><p>The Government’s pioneering Online Safety Bill will make it even tougher for offenders to abuse others, with social media firms facing huge fines if they fail to clamp down on abuse.</p><p>There is still more to do though, and we will continue to work with the football authorities to combat racism in the game.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 15/09/2021 14:12:13 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick