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969205

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: 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, what the total BDUK allocations of funding to date are for (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England for the roll-out of broadband services.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	171463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Allocated BDUK Funding for the Superfast roll-out programme in the devolved areas can be found on the attached spreadsheet.</p><p> </p><p>BDUK also has other funding available through its LFFN programme’s Challenge Fund and Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. Neither of these are centrally allocated funding - applications are made by local bodies to the Challenge Fund, and the GBVS is available to any eligible beneficiary who wishes to request a voucher.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/09/2018 16:13:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James attachment 1 file name BDUK Funding 2018.pdf title BDUK Funding
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

969213

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Voluntary Work: Young 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 proportion of funding for the National Citizen Service was spent on frontline delivery in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Grant funding provided to the NCS Trust for the delivery of the NCS programme in each of the last three financial years is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total grant funding (£M)</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Although it is not possible to separate out figures for frontline costs from overall running costs, the NCS Cost Benchmark Report, released in February 2018, analyses the operational delivery cost of the four phases of the programme. The report found that the average costs per young person for each of the core phases of the programme compare well to the costs that would be incurred by separately procuring these at market rates.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2018 16:05:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

969214

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: 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, what proportion of superfast broadband coverage in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England has been provided by private sector funding.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	171472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested. This information is held by each individual Broadband supplier.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/09/2018 16:20:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

969215

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Voluntary Work: Young 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 proportion of funding for the National Citizen Service will be ring fenced for a dedicated Inclusion Fund.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Due to a live procurement process and the commercial sensitivities of the recommissioning programme, information of this kind is not made publically available.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/09/2018 12:39:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

969216

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 Citizen Service Trust
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 19 July 2018 to Question 163141 on National Citizen Service Trust, whether the contracts with National Citizen Service providers included a provision for the repayment of funding by the provider in the event of unfilled places.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to my answer of 19 July, current contracts with providers of the NCS programme do not include provision for repayment of funding in the event of unfilled places. However, the NCS Trust does recover all advance payments to providers that are not spent on delivering the NCS programme.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing the risk of unfilled places is a priority for DCMS. The NCS Trust with DCMS support, are developing measures to improve the quality and flexibility of the commissioning model; enabling changes which will allow participation volumes to flex throughout the year in response to demand and so bring down the number of unfilled places.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2018 15:33:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

969223

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Civil Servants
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 civil servants in his Department work on youth policy; and what specific policy areas they focus on.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	171478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department has 16.9 full-time equivalent (FTE) civil servants working across different aspects of youth policy, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Cultural Education</li><li>Young People's Sport</li><li>Local Youth Services</li><li>Youth Social Action</li><li>Youth Voice and Leadership</li><li>Youth Funds</li><li>National Citizen Service</li><li>International Youth Policy</li><li>Digital skills</li></ul> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2018 15:36:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

969238

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Females
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 promote women's football in (a) Kent and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	171357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The government’s sport strategy “Sporting Future” highlighted the importance of focusing on groups that are less likely to take part in sport and physical activity, including women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England, government’s arm’s length body for community sport, funds the Football Association (FA) to encourage participation in the women’s game, both in developing talented women and girls as well as supporting participation at the grassroots. For 2017-2021 Sport England awarded The FA £14.6m. This investment includes funding for programmes like ‘Grow the Game’ aimed at supporting new women’s and disability teams.</p><p> </p><p>The FA has partnered with Sport England’s “This Girl Can” campaign, to encourage more women and girls to get involved with the sport across the country. In Kent, Sport England funding has helped Kent FA start the Player Development Centre which has seen many girls receive extra coaching opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Government supports the FA’s bid to host the UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 finals in England which will hopefully inspire the next generation of young female players.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 171356 question first answered 12/09/2018 15:35:42 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

969251

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Media: Political Impartiality
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 he is taking to help ensure impartiality in news reporting by publicly-funded news stations.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	171498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Broadcasting regulation in the UK is enforced by Ofcom, the independent communications regulator. Ofcom is required under the Communications Act 2003 and Broadcasting Act 1996 to draw up a code for television and radio, covering standards in programming. Section 5 of the Broadcasting Code is clear that news, in whatever form, must be reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 171365 question first answered 13/09/2018 16:25:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

969277

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Mobile Phones
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 publish a list of the mobile phone applications developed by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Digital Service has, however, published guidance on gov.uk advising that developing native or hybrid apps is not usually the best way to deliver public services.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/working-with-mobile-technology#native-or-hybrid-apps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/working-with-mobile-technology#native-or-hybrid-apps</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/10/2018 13:18:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969344

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Children and Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent children and young people becoming addicted to gambling.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL10174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text Protecting children and the vulnerable from being harmed or exploited by gambling is a core objective of the regulation of gambling in Great Britain, and a priority for the government. Operators offering gambling services to people in Great Britain must have a licence from the Gambling Commission and must have effective policies and procedures designed to prevent underage gambling. The Gambling Commission has a range of powers to act in the case of failure, including the power to suspend or revoke a licence, impose financial penalties or prosecute criminal offences. The Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility set out measures to increase existing protections around online gambling and gambling advertising. The Gambling Commission is currently consulting on strengthening age verification protections for online gambling. It is also working with the video games industry to raise awareness of the risks of third parties using its products to provide illegal gambling facilities.<p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:07:58 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey