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1549273

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	Sports: Drugs
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 her Department is taking to help tackle the use of illicit substances in sport in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	105341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Clean sport is a shared responsibility and one in which UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), sport and government work together. UKAD is the UK’s national anti-doping organisation and an arm’s length body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). DCMS and UKAD share the common objective of promoting and protecting clean sport through education, testing and enforcement. UKAD works with athletes and national sports bodies to ensure compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code, primarily through implementing the government’s National Anti-Doping Policy.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/12/2022 11:39:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

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

1549595

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	Cricket: Bullying
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 trends in the level of bullying in cricket in England.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	105572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount.</p><p>National Governing Bodies (NGBs) such as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are responsible for the regulation of their sports and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants from harm. With that in mind, we expect sports to do all they can to protect their athletes.</p><p>Where allegations about inappropriate or harmful behaviour such as bullying are made, these must be taken seriously. There is no place for abuse of any kind in sport and anyone responsible for such behaviour must be held accountable.</p><p>All NGBs and sporting organisations in receipt of public money must abide by the requirements of the Code for Sports Governance - including the ECB. The code is clear that sports need to ensure that their systems to deal with grievances and disputes are transparent and robust. We remain committed to working with the sports sector to help ensure the safety of all participants in sport​.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/12/2022 11:29:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1548807

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	Communications (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2016
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 plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Communications (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2016.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	104158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>In 2020, the Government launched a Review of The Communications (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2016 (“ATI Regulations”) to explore whether improvements could be made to further boost investment in infrastructure, and encourage the use of infrastructure sharing to deploy telecoms networks.</p><p>In our response to the call for evidence published in June 2020, the Government stated it would not be making any major changes to the ATI Regulations at this time. The Government believed that doing so would be disproportionate given the low levels of interest from industry. However, we have created powers through the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act to change the ATI regulations via secondary legislation in future if necessary.</p><p>The Government wants to make it as easy as possible for companies to build out fibre networks. Sharing infrastructure reduces the overall impact on society by reducing the need for new poles or digging out new ducts for cables.</p><p>The Government's review of the Access to Infrastructure regulations can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-access-to-infrastructure-regulations-call-for-evidence#:~:text=The%20call%20for%20evidence%20ran,sharing%20to%20deploy%20telecoms%20networks" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/12/2022 10:52:46 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1549113

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	Sportsgrounds: Utilities
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 support is being given to (a) football clubs and (b) rugby league clubs who own their stadium to assist with increased utility costs.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	104331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of football and rugby league clubs, both professional and at grassroots level, which provide valuable opportunities for communities to come together and to take part in sport.</p><p>We understand that the rise in utility costs is having an impact on organisations of all sizes. In September we announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which businesses and other non-domestic energy users are offered support. This includes support to football and rugby league clubs.</p><p>After an initial six months of the scheme, the Government will provide ongoing focused support for vulnerable industries. A review is currently underway to determine where this should be targeted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/12/2022 10:50:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

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

1549147

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 estimate her Department has made of the size of the UK's exascale supercomputing technology sector in comparison to that in (a) the United States, (b) Japan and (c) Europe.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	104200
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 104199 question first answered 09/12/2022 12:56:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1548332

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
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 Government plans to accede to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	102797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in the UK.</p><p>As with any international treaty, UK ratification of UNESCO Conventions should be considered fully, taking into account value for money to the UK taxpayer and the interests of both the Devolved Administrations and our Overseas Territories. When this process has been completed, Ministers will take a decision on the merits of ratification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/12/2022 10:46:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1548372

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Gambling: 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 the Government will take steps to reduce the number of gambling advertisements on television.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	102808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>Broadcasters have discretion over how advertising breaks are set and what adverts are broadcast, as long as they comply with the advertising codes of practice issued by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) and the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), which are enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). These codes set rules such as preventing gambling adverts from airing around any programmes that particularly appeal to children. All gambling advertising, wherever it appears, is subject to strict controls on content and placement enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority and Ofcom.</p><p>The gambling industry’s own Code for Socially Responsible Advertising also includes restrictions on televised advertising, such as a ban on showing most forms of gambling advertising before 9 pm, and the ‘whistle-to-whistle’ ban preventing betting ads from airing during and immediately before and after live sporting events.</p><p>The Committee of Advertising Practice has recently made changes to the advertising codes in response to research on features of advertising that appeal to children and vulnerable people. These include banning content that over-emphasises skill or downplays risk involved in betting, as well as the use of content or persons who have ‘strong appeal’ to children, such as influencers or top-flight footballers. The Code in relation to broadcast advertising can be found here: <a href="https://www.asa.org.uk/type/broadcast/code_section/17.html" target="_blank">https://www.asa.org.uk/type/broadcast/code_section/17.html</a></p><p>The government has not engaged with the BBC on the subject of its presenters appearing in gambling advertisements. The BBC is independent from the government and any additional rules or guidelines specifically for BBC staff would be a matter for the BBC to decide.</p><p>The government is currently reviewing the Gambling Act 2005 to ensure it is fit for the digital age. As part of its broad scope, the Gambling Act Review will look at the impacts of advertising and marketing by gambling operators, wherever it appears. We will publish a White Paper outlining our conclusions in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 102810 question first answered 09/12/2022 10:42:48 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1548373

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Gambling Act 2005 Review
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 she plans to publish the Gambling Act White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	102809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is wide-ranging and aims to ensure regulation is fit for the digital age. We will publish a White Paper setting out our vision and next steps in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/12/2022 17:21:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden