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1352316

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Staff
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 and what proportion of the staff of his Department are politically restricted.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Dame Meg Hillier
uin	41753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>Data is provided in the table below for those Civil servants in “the politically restricted” category. As set out in the Civil Service Management code this is members of the Senior Civil Service and civil servants at levels immediately below the Senior Civil Service, plus members of the administrative and European Fast Stream Development Programmes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>DCMS Grade</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Proportion of total workforce</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent Secretary</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Director General</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Director</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>1.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deputy Director</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>5.01%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>11.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>33.86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fast-streamer (Grade B)</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*This data reflects officially published 2020/21 data submitted to the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) report. Fast-stream numbers include all fast-streamers at DCMS not just those on administrative and European schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/09/2021 09:06:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

1352341

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Gambling: Disclosure of Information
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 the Gambling commission has had with the information commissioner's office on the legality of requesting personal financial statements by licensed bookmakers for affordability checks.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	41877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission takes care to ensure it operates within all relevant data protection rules and engages with the Information Commissioner’s Office when necessary. Its consultation and call for evidence on Remote Customer Interaction sought to build on existing requirements for how operators identify and intervene where customers may be at risk of harm, including by spending more than they can afford, and called for evidence specifically on the important issue of balancing data protection and consumer protection.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission published an interim update setting out its next steps in this area and committed to engage stakeholders on concerns around consumer privacy in a further consultation on more detailed proposals. The interim update is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/update-on-remote-customer-interaction-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/update-on-remote-customer-interaction-consultation</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 08/09/2021 11:53:07 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1350882

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Internet: 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, if he will re-evaluate extending the scope of the forthcoming Online Safety Bill to include regulation of paid-for advertisements on online platforms in the context of user-generated content.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	40573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill has been designed to tackle harms that are facilitated by user-generated content. Some types of advertising will therefore be in scope of the new regulatory framework. This includes posts by influencers and posts by companies on their social media feeds.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The legislation will not cover adverts which are placed directly or indirectly through a contract between an advertiser and an advertising service. This is to ensure that the scope of the framework remains targeted.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government plans to address harms associated with paid-for advertising holistically, via the Online Advertising Programme. We issued a call for evidence on this last year, a consultation is planned before the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/09/2021 14:49:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1350981

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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: Sports
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 amending the Broadcasting Act 1996 so that all Group A listed events must be aired on free-to-air television.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	41069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The government does not have plans to review the listed events regime at this time. We believe that the current listed events regime works well to deliver the best outcome and strikes an appropriate balance between retaining free-to-air sports events for the public while allowing rights holders to negotiate agreements in the best interests of their sport.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 06/09/2021 16:41:23 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1351201

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Parks: Tennis
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 his Department has made of the condition of park tennis courts in England.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	41117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity providers and facilities are at the heart of our communities, and play a crucial role in supporting adults and children to be active. Having access to high quality facilities is central to this.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Through the pandemic, Sport England has provided £220million directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres, via a range of funds including their £35million Community Emergency Fund. This includes 164 awards to tennis totalling £787,879 through Covid funding since March 2020. Sport England also invested £2,084,948 in the Lawn Tennis Association as part of the rollover of NGB national funding in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2021, Sport England also published their strategy ‘Uniting the Movement’ and as part of this have committed an extra £50million to help grassroots sports clubs and organisations affected by the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond Covid, Sport England has awarded £14,807,641 to tennis projects since 2017, 101 of which had elements of capital investment (totalling £2,474,618). Sport England also made 578 awards to multi-sport projects (totalling £38,199,899) where tennis is expected to benefit in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work closely with the Lawn Tennis Association and local partners to support the maintenance and development of these facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 41118 question first answered 08/09/2021 09:04:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1351202

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Parks: Tennis
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 his Department will take steps to tackle the deteriorating condition of park tennis courts in England.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	41118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity providers and facilities are at the heart of our communities, and play a crucial role in supporting adults and children to be active. Having access to high quality facilities is central to this.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Through the pandemic, Sport England has provided £220million directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres, via a range of funds including their £35million Community Emergency Fund. This includes 164 awards to tennis totalling £787,879 through Covid funding since March 2020. Sport England also invested £2,084,948 in the Lawn Tennis Association as part of the rollover of NGB national funding in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2021, Sport England also published their strategy ‘Uniting the Movement’ and as part of this have committed an extra £50million to help grassroots sports clubs and organisations affected by the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond Covid, Sport England has awarded £14,807,641 to tennis projects since 2017, 101 of which had elements of capital investment (totalling £2,474,618). Sport England also made 578 awards to multi-sport projects (totalling £38,199,899) where tennis is expected to benefit in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work closely with the Lawn Tennis Association and local partners to support the maintenance and development of these facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 41117 question first answered 08/09/2021 09:04:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1351226

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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: 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 recent discussions he has had with representatives of the BBC on (a) the cost of TV licences for over 75s and (b) the appropriateness of taking enforcement action, including prosecution, against people who have not paid for a licence.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	40943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The future of the over 75 concession, including cost, is now a matter for the BBC following the passage of the Digital Economy Act 2017.</p><p>The government remains deeply disappointed with the BBC's decision to restrict the over 75 licence fee concession to only those in receipt of pension credit. We recognise the value of free TV licences for over 75s and believe they should be funded by the BBC.</p><p>The BBC also remains responsible for enforcing and administering the TV licence. The BBC must ensure that it supports those affected by its decision on the over 75s concession and we expect it to do so with the utmost sensitivity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 06/09/2021 16:40:00 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1351257

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Sportsgrounds: Defibrillators
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 merits of requiring defibrillators at sports venues.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	41198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>Events at UEFA EURO 2020 this summer demonstrated the immense value of access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and first aid training for anyone involved in sport. Sports have a responsibility to make the safety and welfare of players their top priority, including through access to life-saving first aid equipment and relevant training and education.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>AEDs are already recommended best practice at all sports stadia, as set out in guidance from the Sports Grounds Safety Authority. Local authorities are able to mandate AED provision (at grounds designated under the Safety of Sports Grounds 1975 Act or sports grounds with regulated stands under the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 Act) through medical plans included in General Safety Certificates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At the grassroots level, all capital funding awards for sports venues made by Sport England, the Government’s arm’s length body for community sport, must include AED provision if it is not already available. For football facilities, support over recent years has been provided by The Football Association (The FA) and the British Heart Foundation to help ensure AEDs are available. In June 2021 I welcomed the Premier League’s announcement of their new Defibrillator Fund, which will fund AEDs at thousands of football clubs and facilities across the country. Each grant recipient will be required to have at least one person successfully complete The FA Education Sudden Cardiac Arrest free online course. Sport England is working with the Football Foundation in support of the Premier League initiative to put £3 million into providing AED equipment for grassroots football clubs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/09/2021 11:54:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1351276

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Advertising: Food
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 he plans to publish proposals to tackle the online advertising of products that are high in fat, sugar and salt to ensure equivalence between traditional broadcasting platforms and online content providers.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	41297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government published on 24 June 2021 its response to the 2019 and 2020 consultations on introducing restrictions for high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) advertising across TV and online. The response outlined our intentions to introduce a 9pm TV watershed for HFSS products and a restriction of paid-for HFSS advertising online. These restrictions are being legislated for in the Health and Care Bill currently in Parliament. The restrictions are intended to come into force at the end of 2022.</p><p>The Government will appoint Ofcom as the statutory regulatory authority who will then be able to appoint a day-to-day regulator to carry out frontline regulation. Enforcement of advertising standards by front-line and statutory regulators is an arrangement already established for broadcast advertising. In order to ensure that HFSS advertising policy is proportionate and there is parity across media, we will introduce the same enforcement arrangement online.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/09/2021 16:11:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1351315

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Local Broadcasting and Local Press: Internet
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 help ensure that (a) local news providers on digital and social platforms are on a level playing field with broadcasters and (b) the Sports News Access Code is extended to the operations of those news providers.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	40951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of local journalism, including sports reporting, to local communities, as well as the prominent role of broadcasters in generating coverage of popular sporting events.</p><p> </p><p>The online use of short extracts of copyright protected broadcasters’ sports content by other news providers and journalists is subject to fair dealing exceptions in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This provides for the use of copyrighted works, including extracts of TV broadcasts, for the purposes of criticism, review, quotation or news reporting. Fair dealing exceptions must be applied to each case based on its own circumstances, and can apply to online use as well as in traditional media. Where there is any uncertainty in the application of the exceptions, some industries choose to develop their own voluntary codes.</p><p> </p><p>The Sports News Access Code is a voluntary, broadcaster-owned initiative intended to provide clarity and confidence where broadcasters use each other’s content under the current legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 40952 question first answered 08/09/2021 12:30:09 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight