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1104670

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Copyright: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the forthcoming White Paper on the development of digital technology and the digital economy will include reserve powers to address economic harm on online platforms in order to protect the interests of the UK’s creative industries against piracy and the spread of illegal content.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
uin	HL14795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Development of digital technology and the digital economy is not specifically in scope of the Online Harms White Paper.</p><p>As part of the Digital Charter, the Government's overarching strategy to make sure the internet works for everyone - for citizens, businesses and society as a whole - we have already introduced a number of measures to protect the interests of the UK's Creative Industries, including facilitating a Code of Practice signed by search engines and copyright owners. This has reduced the prominence of websites hosting illegal copyright infringing content in natural search results.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 08/04/2019 14:03:50 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

1104671

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Radio: Local Broadcasting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the regulations issued by Ofcom in 2018 that allowed radio station owners to reduce the minimum amount of local programming on local radio stations during daytime hours from seven to three hours per day.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL14796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. These are matters for Ofcom, the independent regulator.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL14797 question first answered 04/04/2019 11:32:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1104672

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Radio: Local Broadcasting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on local communities of the decision by Ofcom to remove the requirement on local radio stations to produce their own breakfast show.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL14797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. These are matters for Ofcom, the independent regulator.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL14796 question first answered 04/04/2019 11:32:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1104697

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Sports Business Council
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 outcomes were from the meetings of the Sports Business Council held between June 2017 and April 2018; and when the council next plans to meet.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Sport Business Council (SBC) has explored a number of priority areas for the sector, such as intellectual property, event staging, sector skills, and local partnerships, and has established the importance of engaging with the sports economy I intend to consider the work to date of the SBC, and continue engagement with the business of sport in the months ahead.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 09:15:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104698

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Healthy Living Ministerial Group and Sports Business Council
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 plans the Government has to maintain the Inter-Ministerial Group for Healthy Living and the Sports Business Council.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>I continue to meet regularly with my ministerial colleagues as well as officials and representatives in Northern Ireland to discuss our joint working on healthy living including sport and physical activity. I intend to consider the work to date of the Sports Business Council, and continue engagement with sport as an economic sector in the months ahead.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/04/2019 09:16:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104717

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Facebook: 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, whether he discussed with Mark Zuckerberg at their meeting in week commencing 18 February 2019 the January 2019 Facebook data breach in which the passwords of up to 600 million users were made available to Facebook employees.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	236302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s answer to PQ 225432 on 28th February.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/03/2019 12:23:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1104777

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Consultants
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 consultants his Department has hired in each year since 2016; and what the cost has been to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	236402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Details on consultancy expenditure are published in the DCMS Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>2016 -17 Consultancy spend can be found on page 169 (4.3) - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631336/DCMS_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2016_to_2017_-_web_optimised_version.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631336/DCMS_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2016_to_2017_-_web_optimised_version.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2017 - 18 Consultancy spend can be found on page 171 (4.3) - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727557/Department_for_Digital__Culture__Media___Sport_Annual_Report_2017-18_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727557/Department_for_Digital__Culture__Media___Sport_Annual_Report_2017-18_Web_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/03/2019 11:32:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1104805

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	National Trust: 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, if he will provide a costed list of central government grants made to the National Trust in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	236309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Trust is an independent charity and therefore does not receive regular grant-in-aid from central Government. Instead, it may receive adhoc payments for specific projects to benefit its estate and/or the wider historic environment. Some of Government’s arm’s length bodies also provide grants to the National Trust for specific projects, such as over £35million in grants given to the National Trust by National Lottery Heritage Fund since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/04/2019 11:15:08 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1104808

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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: Mansfield
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 level of access to superfast fibre broadband for (a) businesses and (b) members of the public in Mansfield; and what steps he is taking to improve such access.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	236520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The department does not distinguish between businesses and homes. According to Thinkbroadband, 99.7% of premises in Mansfield currently have access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>The government has invested heavily in Nottinghamshire, with over £7.8 million of central government funding allocated. Superfast rollout delivery is managed by Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire (https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/business-community/better-broadband-for-nottinghamshire-programme), our local delivery partner.</p><p> </p><p>On top of superfast rollout, the department operates two vouchers schemes, the Gigabit Voucher Scheme and the Better Broadband Scheme, across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/04/2019 14:45:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1104826

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	4G
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 the Government will make it its policy to extend mobile coverage with 4G technology to 95 per cent of the UK by the end of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	236533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants the UK to have high-quality mobile connectivity where people live, work and travel. Mobile coverage has significantly improved over recent years, with 91% of the UK landmass having 4G coverage by at least one operator, up from 78% in 2017. Despite this progress, there remain areas where mobile connectivity must be improved. The Government has committed to extend geographic 4G coverage to 95% of the UK by 2022 and so address these ‘not spots’.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the proposals set out in Ofcom’s consultation on awarding the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz spectrum bands to improve coverage.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/04/2019 14:39:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore