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997210

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Equal Pay
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 his Department plans to publish its data on the gender pay gap for 2017-2018.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	184911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>DCMS is currently consulting with Cabinet Office on a publication date in line with, and at the same time as, other Government departments.</p><p> </p><p>For reference, last year DCMS published its data alongside other Government departments on 18 December 2017.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/11/2018 16:53:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

997211

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Equal Pay
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 has taken to close the gender pay gap since March 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	184912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The steps we are taking to address the gender pay gap are detailed in the 2016/17 Gender Pay Gap report which was published in December 2017, and is available here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-gender-pay-gap)</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/11/2018 16:54:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

985713

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
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	Charities
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 average waiting time was for applications for charitable status to the Charity Commission to be processed in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	178256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. Please see the attached letter from Helen Stephenson, CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Charity Commission for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/10/2018 17:08:23 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch attachment 1 file name 20181012 Letter to Mr Tom Watson MP regarding Written PQ 178256 (Applica....pdf title Helen Stephenson letter to Tom Watson
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

984813

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Internet: Regulation
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 he plans to create a new regulator for internet and social media companies.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	177633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We will publish an Online Harms White Paper later this winter, which will set out our proposals for future legislative and non-legislative measures. These proposals will deliver the Digital Charter's ambitions of making the UK the safest place in the world to be online, whilst also leading the world in innovation-friendly regulation that supports the growth of the tech sector.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/10/2018 15:14:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

984814

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Facebook: Data Protection
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 information his Department holds on the number of UK users of Facebook who were affected by the data breach at the company that was announced on 29 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	177634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We take both the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age in which an ever increasing amount of data is being processed and empowers people to take control of their data. It is the responsibility of any UK organisation to identify when UK citizen's have been affected as part of a data breach and take the necessary steps to reduce harm to customers. The NCSC and ICO have been made aware of the issue concerning Facebook and are working together with the relevant authorities. The ICO, as the UK's independent regulator for data protection, is making enquiries with Facebook and their overseas counterparts to establish the scale of the breach and if any UK citizens have been affected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/10/2018 15:17:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

984815

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Facebook: Data Protection
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 discussions his Department has had with Facebook on their data protection arrangements since their announcement on 29 September 2018 of a major data breach at that company.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	177635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We take both the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age in which an ever increasing amount of data is being processed and empowers people to take control of their data. As the independent regulator for data protection in the UK, the ICO have been made aware of the issue concerning Facebook and are currently making inquiries with the company. It is appropriate and necessary for the Government to allow the ICO and other relevant authorities to conclude their inquiries and before commenting any further on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/10/2018 15:19:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

944671

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) local authority areas and (b) constituencies have an average download speed for fixed broadband services of less than 30 Mbps.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	166106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is available at the independent website, ‘Thinkbroadband’ (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/england).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/07/2018 10:40:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

943876

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Public Libraries
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 unstaffed open libraries that use technology to enable visitors to enter there are in each English region.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	165499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2018 12:05:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

942911

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 analysis his Department has commissioned (a) within and (b) outside of his Department on the effect of gambling advertising on (i) the general population (ii) people under the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	164909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Our Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility looked at the evidence and protections around gambling advertising. A major survey of evidence by Per Binde, published in 2014, found the impact of advertising on the prevalence problem gambling was likely to be rather small, as one factor among many which make up the environment, although it identified areas for further research. Significant research has been commissioned by GambleAware into the impact of gambling advertising on children, young people and those vulnerable to harm. This is due to be completed next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission carries out an annual survey of gambling behaviour among 11-16 year olds in Great Britain. In 2016 and 2017 this found that there was little evidence of a direct influence of advertising on gambling activity, with 1% of young people in the survey saying advertising prompted them to start gambling or increase the amount they gamble.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/07/2018 12:53:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

942912

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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: Internet
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 plans his Department has to restrict online gambling-style games targeted at people under the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	164910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>In March 2018, the Gambling Commission announced the conclusions from its review of online gambling which can be found at: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/Online-review-March-2018.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Among the changes proposed was the further protection of children by requiring licensed gambling operators to complete age-verification checks before consumers are able to access free-to-play gambling-style games. The Gambling Commission also announced that it would conduct further work to understand the risks of gambling on credit cards before consulting on options for change.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 164911 question first answered 23/07/2018 15:26:49 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest