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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-29more like thismore than 2018-03-29
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: National Security more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what role the Department of Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport plays in responding to national security threats; and if that Department plays no formal role, which department responds to digital threats and other security threats relating to culture, the media, or sport. more like this
tabling member printed
Viscount Waverley more like this
uin HL6850 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-04-16more like thismore than 2018-04-16
answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is the Lead Government Department for the Broadcast, Internet and Telecommunications sectors as parts of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure. As such, DCMS is responsible for the government’s security and resilience policy within those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS plays a key role in delivering the Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy to support a prosperous digital nation. DCMS also undertakes work to prevent internet harms, such as disinformation. Other security threats would be managed as appropriate by individual digital, culture and media organisations in conjunction with law enforcement and other agencies.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-04-16T11:38:36.677Zmore like thismore than 2018-04-16T11:38:36.677Z
answering member
4247
label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde more like this
tabling member
1744
label Biography information for Viscount Waverley more like this