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1464176

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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	Youth Services
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 has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on establishing a statutory youth service.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, Local Authorities have a statutory duty to “secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people”. Local authorities are required by section 507B(12) to have regard to the statutory guidance when exercising the functions in relation to the statutory duty.</p><p>DCMS is committed to completing the review of the Local Authority Statutory Duty for Youth Services, previously paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 4615 question first answered 23/05/2022 08:16:22 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1464179

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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	Youth Services
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 she has made of the potential merits of establishing a statutory youth service.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, Local Authorities have a statutory duty to “secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people”. Local authorities are required by section 507B(12) to have regard to the statutory guidance when exercising the functions in relation to the statutory duty.</p><p>DCMS is committed to completing the review of the Local Authority Statutory Duty for Youth Services, previously paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 4612 question first answered 23/05/2022 08:16:22 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1462937

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Newport Wafer Fab: Takeovers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact the proposed takeover of Newport Wafer Fab will have on the UK's ambition in the Global Britain in a Competitive Age integrated review, published March 2021, for the UK to be a "digital and data hub" and transition to a "zero-carbon economy"; whether this will require the UK's semi-conductor supply chain to be secured; and what is the basis for their belief that the government of China has stated its aim to buy the UK's (1) semi-conductor capabilities, and (2) the associated intellectual property.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government recognises the importance of semiconductor technology to key UK industries, our ambitions in the Integrated Review, and the wider digital ecosystem. The Government is reviewing its approach to the UK’s global semiconductor sector, working with industry experts, international partners, and representative bodies.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Government will not accept investments which compromise our national security, and all investment must meet stringent legal and regulatory requirements to protect the UK’s national interest. As an open economy, however, we welcome foreign trade and investment where it supports UK growth and jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 19/05/2022 13:51:14 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1462954

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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: Sponsorship
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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent betting companies from being sponsors of Premier League football clubs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government is looking closely at the evidence regarding the impacts of sports sponsorship by gambling operators, including in the Premier League, as part of the wide-ranging Review of the Gambling Act. We will publish a White Paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/05/2022 14:41:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1463106

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Digital Technology: Proof of Identity
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 her Department has made on steps to introduce a digital ID scheme to facilitate electronic transactions.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	2469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government is making good progress to create an enabling framework of standards, legislation and governance to support a secure and trusted digital identity marketplace in the UK, working closely with a wide variety of stakeholders so that the framework meets the needs of different users.</p><p>Since 2020, we have published a prototype (alpha) UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework and completed a pre-legislative consultation. We plan to publish a beta version of the Trust Framework in the summer and will introduce primary legislation on digital identity into Parliament during the current session as part of the data reform bill. We have no plans to make digital identities compulsory but, as more transactions take place online, we want to offer people the choice to prove their identity digitally where and when it suits them, securely, easily and with confidence.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 2470 question first answered 23/05/2022 08:12:03 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1463108

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Digital Technology: Proof of Identity
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 establishment of a digital ID scheme to facilitate financial transactions requires primary legislation.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	2470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government is making good progress to create an enabling framework of standards, legislation and governance to support a secure and trusted digital identity marketplace in the UK, working closely with a wide variety of stakeholders so that the framework meets the needs of different users.</p><p>Since 2020, we have published a prototype (alpha) UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework and completed a pre-legislative consultation. We plan to publish a beta version of the Trust Framework in the summer and will introduce primary legislation on digital identity into Parliament during the current session as part of the data reform bill. We have no plans to make digital identities compulsory but, as more transactions take place online, we want to offer people the choice to prove their identity digitally where and when it suits them, securely, easily and with confidence.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 2469 question first answered 23/05/2022 08:12:03 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1463121

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Holiday Accommodation
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 she will hold a consultation on the potential licensing of short-term holiday let properties.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Tourism Recovery Plan, published in June 2021 committed to considering a Tourism Accommodation Registration Scheme in England.</p><p>To better understand the issues faced by both communities and businesses, we intend to launch a call for evidence seeking views on the range of issues that arise from the increase in short term and holiday letting. I want to understand the market today, as well as the benefits and challenges of the increase in short-term and holiday letting we have seen in England in recent years.</p><p>The broad C3 ‘dwellinghouse’ use class does not distinguish between the type of occupant or tenure. It is for local planning authorities to consider individual cases, as a matter of fact and degree, as to whether there has been a material change of use requiring planning permission.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 2550 question first answered 20/05/2022 15:35:28 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1463123

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Holiday Accommodation
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 will take to help ensure local planning authorities can identify when a residential property has undergone a change of use to become a short term holiday let property.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Tourism Recovery Plan, published in June 2021 committed to considering a Tourism Accommodation Registration Scheme in England.</p><p>To better understand the issues faced by both communities and businesses, we intend to launch a call for evidence seeking views on the range of issues that arise from the increase in short term and holiday letting. I want to understand the market today, as well as the benefits and challenges of the increase in short-term and holiday letting we have seen in England in recent years.</p><p>The broad C3 ‘dwellinghouse’ use class does not distinguish between the type of occupant or tenure. It is for local planning authorities to consider individual cases, as a matter of fact and degree, as to whether there has been a material change of use requiring planning permission.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 2549 question first answered 20/05/2022 15:35:28 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1462824

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
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	Non-fungible Tokens
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 it is her Department's policy that Non-Fungible Tokens or any aspect of the mechanisms of their transfer are considered to be user-to-user regulated content under the terms set out in the Online Safety Bill.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	1499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>We introduced the Online Safety Bill to Parliament on 17 March 2022 and it passed its second reading in the House of Commons on 19 April.</p><p>The Bill will apply to a range of services that allow users to interact with each other and post content online. Companies will have duties to take action to prevent the proliferation of illegal content and to protect children from harmful content. This will include taking action against harmful content within Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), such as preventing users from encountering them where these are shared on in scope services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/05/2022 08:18:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1462707

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ukraine regarding the protection of collections in museums in Ukraine to protect them from possible looting during the current conflict; and what support they are providing to the government of that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Crathorne
uin	HL192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has written to, and met virtually, the Ukrainian Minister of Culture, offering whatever practical support is feasible, and has since been keeping in regular contact, discussing, among other issues, the protection of cultural property in Ukraine. I also met the Deputy Minister, Kateryna Chuyeva, at the Venice Biennale this year where I reinforced this offer.</p><p>As of 9 May, UNESCO had verified damage to 127 cultural sites in Ukraine since Russia’s illegal invasion. We are continuously working with UNESCO, Blue Shield International, the British Council, and other allies to ensure Russia meets its obligations under the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.</p><p>Through the Cultural Protection Fund – a partnership between DCMS and the British Council – Her Majesty’s Government is also directly supporting the Cultural Emergency Response for Ukraine, an international effort co-ordinated by the Prince Claus Fund. The Cultural Emergency Response has provided urgent assistance to Ukrainian museums and collections at risk from looting, damage, and destruction. This includes providing materials and technical assistance to safely package and secure collections.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 19/05/2022 13:50:27 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3380 label Biography information for Lord Crathorne