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917411

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Nutrition: Children
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of children viewing advertisements featuring products high in fat, salt or sugar on television; and whether that estimated figure has changed since 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	150092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>There is a clear need to address childhood obesity on health and social justice grounds and this government is committed to tackling the issue and supporting people in making healthy choices.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this ongoing process, in August 2017 we announced a £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. The unit is undertaking a large programme of work and we will consider the results in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 we published a world-leading plan to tackle childhood obesity based on the best evidence. We have made significant progress and now want to build on those strong foundations. We will be publishing a second chapter of the Childhood Obesity Plan in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A review of advertising restrictions for products and brands high in fat, salt or sugar, was published by Ofcom in 2010 and included a detailed assessment of effects on commercial public service broadcasters and commercial channels.</p><p> </p><p>The UK currently places strong restrictions on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products. Strict new rules came into effect in July 2017 banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media and are designed to compliment similar measures already in place for broadcast media.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 150093 150094 150095 question first answered 12/06/2018 14:40:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

917412

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Nutrition: Children
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 estimate his Department has made of the quantum of difference in the number of children viewing advertisements for products high in fat, salt or sugar on (a) broadcast and (b) online media.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	150093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>There is a clear need to address childhood obesity on health and social justice grounds and this government is committed to tackling the issue and supporting people in making healthy choices.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this ongoing process, in August 2017 we announced a £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. The unit is undertaking a large programme of work and we will consider the results in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 we published a world-leading plan to tackle childhood obesity based on the best evidence. We have made significant progress and now want to build on those strong foundations. We will be publishing a second chapter of the Childhood Obesity Plan in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A review of advertising restrictions for products and brands high in fat, salt or sugar, was published by Ofcom in 2010 and included a detailed assessment of effects on commercial public service broadcasters and commercial channels.</p><p> </p><p>The UK currently places strong restrictions on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products. Strict new rules came into effect in July 2017 banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media and are designed to compliment similar measures already in place for broadcast media.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 150092 150094 150095 question first answered 12/06/2018 14:40:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

917413

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Nutrition: 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of restrictions on advertisements for products high in fat, salt or sugar on smaller UK media channels.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	150094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>There is a clear need to address childhood obesity on health and social justice grounds and this government is committed to tackling the issue and supporting people in making healthy choices.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this ongoing process, in August 2017 we announced a £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. The unit is undertaking a large programme of work and we will consider the results in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 we published a world-leading plan to tackle childhood obesity based on the best evidence. We have made significant progress and now want to build on those strong foundations. We will be publishing a second chapter of the Childhood Obesity Plan in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A review of advertising restrictions for products and brands high in fat, salt or sugar, was published by Ofcom in 2010 and included a detailed assessment of effects on commercial public service broadcasters and commercial channels.</p><p> </p><p>The UK currently places strong restrictions on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products. Strict new rules came into effect in July 2017 banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media and are designed to compliment similar measures already in place for broadcast media.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 150092 150093 150095 question first answered 12/06/2018 14:40:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

917414

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Nutrition: 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of restrictions on advertisements for products high in fat, salt or sugar on public service broadcasters.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	150095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>There is a clear need to address childhood obesity on health and social justice grounds and this government is committed to tackling the issue and supporting people in making healthy choices.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this ongoing process, in August 2017 we announced a £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. The unit is undertaking a large programme of work and we will consider the results in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 we published a world-leading plan to tackle childhood obesity based on the best evidence. We have made significant progress and now want to build on those strong foundations. We will be publishing a second chapter of the Childhood Obesity Plan in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A review of advertising restrictions for products and brands high in fat, salt or sugar, was published by Ofcom in 2010 and included a detailed assessment of effects on commercial public service broadcasters and commercial channels.</p><p> </p><p>The UK currently places strong restrictions on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products. Strict new rules came into effect in July 2017 banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media and are designed to compliment similar measures already in place for broadcast media.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 150092 150093 150094 question first answered 12/06/2018 14:40:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

917425

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Theatre: 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, how much funding his Department has allocated from the public purse to youth theatre projects in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	149988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Culture is a devolved competence, therefore policy and funding decisions are the responsibility of the respective devolved nations and their arts funding bodies. Arts Council England (ACE) are responsible for distributing funding to arts and culture organisations on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in England. Funding that is specifically directed to 'Youth Theatre' is not recorded; however, ACE funding statistics do highlight funded organisations that include 'youth theatre' as part of their provision under their funding contract.</p><p> </p><p>Investment in each of the last three years, where the ACE award has been at least partially classified with ‘Youth Theatre’ is outlined in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding stream</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16 </strong> <strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17 </strong> <strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18 </strong> <strong>£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National Portfolio Organisation (NPO)</strong></p></td><td><p>7,583,458</p></td><td><p>7,583,458</p></td><td><p>7,583,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grants for the Arts (GfTA)</strong></p></td><td><p>756,240</p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td><td><p>215,330</p></td><td><p>365,437</p></td><td><p>421,622</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*GfTA programme closed</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/06/2018 10:02:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

917431

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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: Sportsgrounds
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 representations his Department has (a) made to and (b) received from professional football clubs in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland on the potential introduction of safe-standing at sports stadiums.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	149906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Representations have been received from the following football clubs about the possible introduction of certain types of accommodation which could facilitate standing at parts of their respective grounds: Bristol City, Peterborough United, Grimsby Town, Shrewsbury Town and West Bromwich Albion. Representations about the all-seater policy have also been received from Southampton City Council.</p><p> </p><p>I also met Andrew R T Davies, Leader of the Conservative Party at the Welsh Assembly in 2015 to discuss standing at football in Wales. Standing at football matches in Scotland is a matter for the relevant Scottish authorities.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/06/2018 10:00:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

917479

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Cultural Heritage: Aircraft
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 available to heritage aviation organisations to develop and promote STEM skills.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	149951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of increasing the uptake of STEM skills across all engineering sectors, including heritage aviation. The Year of Engineering 2018 encourages aviation partners to engage young people with the sector, such as the Royal Aeronautical Society’s ‘Cool Aeronautics’ programme.</p><p>Through its grant-making, the Heritage Lottery Fund supports the development of new skills to look after and share our rich aviation heritage and collections. Their approach encourages applicants to consider incorporating apprenticeships, volunteer training and the creation of learning resources to develop the STEM skills needed to conserve and digitally interpret over 100 years of aviation history. This has resulted in a number of HLF-funded aviation projects supporting STEM skills, including the development of an Aviation Heritage Skills course at Brooklands Museum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/06/2018 10:06:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

917572

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Local Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, by what mechanism Local Democracy Reporter Service journalists are held accountable to BBC standards of impartiality.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	149949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The organisations which employ Local Democracy Reporter Service reporters are contractually obliged to produce and supply content and services to the BBC. In doing so they must adhere to a number of criteria including adherence to the Editors’ Code and the BBC Guidelines, which include impartiality.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/06/2018 12:43:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

917573

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Local Press
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 stories written by Local Democracy Reporter Service reporters are available to access free of charge for BBC licence fee payers.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	149950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Licence fee payers can access content from Local Democracy Reporter Service reporters, free of charge, via BBC News outlets, as well as through the newspapers, websites, radio stations and TV channels which make up the 800 other outlets in the Local News Partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/06/2018 12:47:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

917597

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a 9pm watershed for all gambling advertising.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	149977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We considered advertising as part of our Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility. The response was published on 17 May. Protecting vulnerable people was central to the review, and we recognised that having the right advertising protections in place was an important part of this.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the consultation document, children’s exposure to gambling adverts on TV has been declining year on year since 2013. The Gambling Commission’s Young People Survey in 2017 found that there was little evidence of a direct influence on gambling activity, with only 1% of young people in the survey saying advertising prompted them to start gambling or increase the amount they gamble. However, our response recognises that there are gaps in the evidence available, and outlined measures to fill these, including significant research commissioned by GambleAware into the impact of gambling advertising on children, young people and those vulnerable to harm.</p><p> </p><p>There are already strong controls in place around gambling advertising, which must not be targeted at children. The response set out a package of initiatives to strengthen protections further. These include forthcoming guidance from the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) on protecting children and young people. We do not propose to bring forward legislative proposals, but we will keep these issues under review.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 149978 149979 question first answered 13/06/2018 10:47:07 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main