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1567817

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Companies: ICT
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 her Department has made of the ease by which companies and organisations can switch from legacy IT infrastructure to cloud-based services and providers; and whether she is taking steps to help ensure the portability of data in such transitions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the National Data Strategy, the Government is committed to unlocking the value of data in the economy. The development and increased adoption of standards, such as for data formats and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), is key to increasing data interoperability and innovation. We are working with a range of partners such as the British Standards Institute, Open Data Institute to support businesses to ensure that data is findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/01/2023 14:51:22 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567819

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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: Artificial Intelligence
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 her Department will take steps to help prevent the coding of social media algorithms which create and increase racially prejudiced stereotypes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Under the Online Safety Bill, all platforms will need to undertake risk assessments for illegal content and content that is harmful to children. This will ensure they understand the risks associated with their services, including in relation to their algorithms. They will then need to put in place proportionate systems and processes to mitigate these risks.</p><p>Platforms will need to put in place systems and processes to prevent their users from encountering priority illegal content. This includes offences relating to racial hatred. Platforms that are likely to be accessed by children will also need to fulfil these duties in relation to harmful content and activity, including online abuse and harassment.</p><p>Where content does not meet the criminal threshold, Category 1 platforms will be required to provide all adult users with tools which provide them with greater control over the content that they see, if it is likely that users will encounter it on their service. These tools will specifically apply to content that is abusive, or incites hate, on the basis of race and religion. Should users decide to utilise these tools, they will either reduce the likelihood that they encounter such content, or will alert them to the nature of it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/01/2023 12:09:55 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1564992

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	Hillsborough Stadium: Safety
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 reference to events at the Leppings Lane End at Hillsborough Stadium involving Newcastle United supporters on 7 January 2023, if her Department will take immediate steps with relevant stakeholders to improve fan safety at that stadium.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	118990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Football Association are investigating reports of overcrowding at the Leppings Lane End at Hillsborough Stadium on 7 January 2023.</p><p>The SGSA has a statutory responsibility for the issuing of licences to sports grounds for designated football matches in England and Wales, under the Football Spectators Act 1989. Grounds that are issued a licence, including Hillsborough Stadium, are all required to meet the same standards in order to safely admit spectators. The SGSA monitors this closely for all grounds that they licence.</p><p>The SGSA will remain in contact with the club, Sheffield City Council and the Safety Advisory Group as the facts are established and any implications for safety management arrangements at Hillsborough are considered. We are in contact with the SGSA on this matter.</p><p>The safety of spectators at sporting events is of the highest importance to His Majesty’s Government and we will continue to work closely with all relevant authorities to ensure that football fans can continue to enjoy the sport whilst attending matches safely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/01/2023 10:19:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1565004

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	ICT
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 her Department has set a timetable for the development of UK-based exascale supercomputing capabilities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	119001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Future of Compute review, independently led by Professor Zoubin Ghahramani, will produce recommendations on the UKs compute capability over the next decade. It will outline the interventions required, such as investment into an exascale facility, to ensure that UK researchers and businesses can fully exploit world-class compute infrastructure to support science, innovation and growth. The Government will respond to the review after publication later this year.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/01/2023 17:51:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1551828

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Mobile Broadband: Research
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 reference to the press release published 13 December 2022 on 5G and 6G technology, what the criteria were that her Department used to allocate £28 million to the three universities for 5G and 6G R&D.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	110691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS ran a fair and open competition published through <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> - Five consortia submitted bids - with the three highest scoring bids selected for funding. DCMS assessed bids against questions relating to:</p><ol><li><p>Vision and Approach</p></li><li><p>Organisation(s) Suitability and Management</p></li><li><p>Outcomes, Engagement and Benefits</p></li><li><p>Delivery Plan</p></li><li><p>Financial and Commercial</p></li></ol><p>Full guidance is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/future-open-networks-research-challenge-competition" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/12/2022 12:49:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1549309

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Starlink: Broadband
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 a (a) procurement process was conducted and (b) contract has been signed for Starlink satellite internet constellation to provide the 3,000 low-Earth orbit small satellites to help very hard to reach places access broadband; and for what reasons OneWeb in which the Government owns an interest has not been included in the trial.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	105292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The trials will assess the technological capability of, and end-user response to, new low latency Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite platforms across an expected maximum of 15 locations. The decision to use Starlink equipment for the first four sites, which are located in National Parks, was based on the immediate availability of equipment, user need and the requirement to use unobstructive antenna of a size appropriate to the locations.</p><p>All commercial decisions related to these trials have been, and will be, taken in accordance with the Department’s commercial purchasing guidelines, ensuring that the Government does not show undue favour to any single supplier. As previously announced, DCMS remains in discussion with OneWeb on how they might contribute to trials at larger and more complex sites in future, with the expectation that both Starlink and OneWeb systems will be tested as part of this trial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 12/12/2022 11:21:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1549146

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	ICT: Innovation
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 steps her Department has taken in helping to support the development of exascale supercomputing technology.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	104199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>At present, the UK does not have exascale capability. Exascale systems are at an early stage of deployment globally. The US’ first exascale system, Frontier, was brought online earlier this year. As for Japan and the EU, they have not reached exascale capability yet. The first EU’s exascale system, Jupiter, is expected to be deployed in 2023.</p><p>In September 2021, DCMS took on responsibility for coordination of activity and policy development for large-scale computing (LSC).</p><p>The Future of Compute review, independently led by Professor Zoubin Ghahramani, will build on the 2021 report by the Government Office for Science (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/large-scale-computing-the-case-for-greater-uk-coordination" target="_blank">Large-scale computing: the case for greater UK coordination</a>) which set out the building blocks to creating a world-class computing ecosystem. The Future of Compute review will produce recommendations on the UKs compute capability over the next decade and the interventions required to ensure that UK researchers and businesses can fully exploit world-class compute infrastructure to support science, innovation and growth.</p><p>The Future of Compute review will contain an overview of the international advanced compute landscape. Ahead of the review’s publication, the <a href="https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/" target="_blank">Top500 list</a> provides an up-to-date assessment of international compute capabilities and a ranking of the most powerful systems globally.</p><p>The review will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 104200 question first answered 09/12/2022 12:56:36 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1541724

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	Tech Nation: Equality
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 25 January 2021 to Question 140074 on Tech Nation: Equality, what progress Tech Nation has made on (a) capturing data on the ethnic background of applicants to its programmes and (b) developing a diversity data capture framework; and what recent assessment has been made of the level of diversity in the tech companies supported by Tech Nation's programmes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	86342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Tech Nation has been collecting diversity data of applicants to its programmes since September 2020, including on ethnic backgrounds. This is subject to a self-identification process by participants.</p><p>Tech Nation developed a diversity data capture framework, which has also been made available to the sector, as part of its Diversity and Inclusion toolkit.</p><p>In May 2022, DCMS assessed the level of diversity in the tech companies supported by Tech Nation’s programmes, as part of the Departments’ Public Sector Equality Duty. For this assessment, Tech Nation provided data on the age, ethnicity and gender of its beneficiaries. This data shows that, excluding Libra (a targeted growth programme for ethnic minority founders), 27.2% of founders within Tech Nation’s cohorts identify as non-white (11.8% as Asian, 3.5% as Black, 11.8% as other).</p><p>DCMS has recently commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent evaluation of DCMS’ funding to Tech Nation for financial years 20/21- 22/23, which we intend to publish in the first half of 2023. This will include an assessment of the impact of Tech Nation’s activities on particular groups where possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 17/11/2022 17:23:48 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1538892

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Biometrics: Arts and Audio Recordings
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 (a) recorded voice and (b) creative output is considered biometric data for the purposes of regulation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	77422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>All organisations in the UK that process personal data, including biometric data, have to comply with the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).</p><p>The UK GDPR defines biometric data as ‘personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data’. This includes voice recognition, alongside other techniques.</p><p>All biometric data is personal data, as it relates to an identified or identifiable individual. Biometric data is also special category data whenever you process it “for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person”. This means that biometric data will be Special Category Data in many cases.</p><p>If an organisation considers that it is processing biometric data, but not for the purposes of uniquely identifying a natural living person, then they should clearly document their rationale alongside a risk based analysis of the use. In any event, the data should be handled in line with the data protection principles.</p><p>The ICO has published guidance for organisations on the processing of special category and biometric data, which can be found <a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/special-category-data/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 07/11/2022 11:21:03 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1521886

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Civil Society: Cost of Living
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 the Government has made of the effect of the cost of living crisis on charities and community groups that support people with the cost of living in Newcastle.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	62826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>As households and communities face rising energy prices over the winter, charities are seeing higher demand for their services while contending with the same price increases themselves.</p><p>That is why the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, supporting all charities, public sector organisations and businesses with their energy costs this winter by offering an energy price guarantee for six months. This scheme will benefit charities and community groups across the country, including those operating in Newcastle.</p><p>My Department will keep engaging constructively with the civil society sector up and down the country and across government to monitor the impact of rising costs, and ensure DCMS is engaged on policy which impacts charities and civil society.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/10/2022 09:49:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah