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869263

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Social Media: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he plans to take to ensure that social media companies tackle online bullying on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	904532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to making the UK the safest place in the world for users to be online. In October last year we published the Internet Safety Strategy green paper. This sets out a range of measures which will ensure social media companies tackle online bullying.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be introducing a social media code of practice, which will address conduct that involves bullying or insulting an individual online, or other behaviour likely to intimidate or humiliate.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:03:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

869265

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of protection afforded to citizens' data rights in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	904535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>This government's manifesto made a commitment that people should be given new rights to ensure they are in control of their own data. The new data protection regime will enhance UK citizens’ data rights.</p><p> </p><p>In an age where an ever increasing amount of data is being processed our Data Protection Bill will empower people to take control of their data.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:04:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

869266

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the development of artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	904536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Artificial Intelligence is already starting to transform the way we live and work. We are ensuring that the UK is an excellent place for AI development, with more PhD places, a Fellowship programme and an Industry Council to provide leadership.</p><p> </p><p>Our Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation will ensure we have a governance regime that supports great innovation while at the same time ensuring AI is safe, trusted and works for people.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:06:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

867118

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
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	Tourism: West Midlands
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 trends in the level of public funding for tourism in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	133236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. VisitBritain receive grant-in-aid totalling £19.4m from DCMS and VisitEngland receive £7m. Both organisations together receive £22.8m of GREAT funding to support promotion activities.</p><p> </p><p>Tourism expenditure for all West Midlands local authorities is shown in the following table. We do not hold information on individual local authorities. This information is primarily from the Ministry for Housing, Central and Local Government.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Net Current Expenditure (£000’s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>12,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>7,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>7,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>8,028</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/03/2018 13:01:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

865124

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Tourism: East Midlands
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 trends in the level of public funding for tourism in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Mansfield in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	132991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Tourism expenditure for all East Midlands local authorities is shown in the following table. We do not hold information on individual local authorities. This information is primarily from the Ministry for Housing, Central and Local Government.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Net Current Expenditure (£000’s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>5,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>5,281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>4,577</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2018 17:08:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

865183

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Tennis: Public Participation
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 discussions he has had with representatives of the Lawn Tennis Association on the accessibility of lawn tennis to people with (a) different socioeconomic backgrounds and (b) the protected characteristics listed in section 4 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	133050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Everyone, regardless of their age, background and level of ability, should feel able to get involved in sport and physical activity. The government and Sport England strategies, Sporting Future’ and ‘Towards an Active Nation’, place a clear emphasis on targeting those who are hardest to reach and less likely to be active, including those from lower socio-economic groups and those with protected characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>I have regular discussions with national governing bodies of sport, including the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), on a range of issues including diversity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 21/03/2018 17:06:21 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

865193

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Tourism
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 gross value added has been generated by the tourism sector in each of the regions of England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	133060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The latest data of regional GVA was for 2013. This data is held by the Office of National Statistics. The results are as follow:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Tourism direct gross value added (£ millions) in regions and nations of the UK in 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>15391.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>8240.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>5799.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>5517.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>4304.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>3757.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>3244.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>2573.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1578.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total England</p></td><td><p>50,407.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2018 17:11:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

865194

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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
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 proportion of gross value added is which has been generated by the heritage sector in each region of England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	133061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The figures in the table below show the proportion (%) of regional gross value added (GVA) generated by the Heritage Sector across each region in England in the last five years, based on DCMS economic estimates, and without adjusting for inflation.</p><p> </p><p>It is however recognised that our published estimates are likely to be an underestimate for the Heritage sector due to a narrow definition of the sector. We are working with Historic England to address this matter.</p><p> </p><p>GVA for DCMS sectors can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684142/Regional_GVA_2016_SubSector_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684142/Regional_GVA_2016_SubSector_tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Proportion of regional GVA generated by the Heritage Sector across each region of England over the last five years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0.09</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.12</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.13</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0.16</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.16</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0.13</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.17</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2018 17:14:40 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

865195

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Tourism
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 jobs have been generated by the tourism industry in England in each of the last five years; and what the value of tourism was to the economy in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	133062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Jobs created due to direct tourism and tourism’s economic contribution through GVA are presented below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Jobs (000s)</p></td><td><p>Percentage change from previous year</p></td><td><p>GVA (£bn)</p></td><td><p>Percentage change from previous year</p></td><td><p>Percentage of UK GVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,457</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>53,947</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,532</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>57,344</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,604</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>58,997</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,432</p></td><td><p>-11%</p></td><td><p>60,438</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,531</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>64,642</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016(p)</p></td><td><p>1,504</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td><td><p>66,065</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data can be sourced at the Office of National Statistics and the DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates for 2017.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2018 17:15:54 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

865196

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Tourism
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 (a) domestic and (b) international tourism visits made to each region of England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	133063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain’s data for this is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Domestic overnight trip volume – All trip purposes (Millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East England</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West England</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East England</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West England</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td><td><p>20.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total England</p></td><td><p>106.5</p></td><td><p>103.4</p></td><td><p>94.2</p></td><td><p>104.6</p></td><td><p>101.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Domestic day visit volume (Millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East England</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West England</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total England</p></td><td><p>1,226</p></td><td><p>1,146</p></td><td><p>1,119</p></td><td><p>1,086</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td><td><p>1,127</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>International trip volume – All trip purposes (Millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>15,461</p></td><td><p>16,811</p></td><td><p>17,404</p></td><td><p>18,581</p></td><td><p>19,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2,311</p></td><td><p>2,408</p></td><td><p>2,512</p></td><td><p>2,674</p></td><td><p>2,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>1,367</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,563</p></td><td><p>1,841</p></td><td><p>1,952</p></td><td><p>2,118</p></td><td><p>2,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>922</p></td><td><p>1,066</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>1,334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>1,946</p></td><td><p>1,997</p></td><td><p>2,106</p></td><td><p>2,192</p></td><td><p>2,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,017</p></td><td><p>2,199</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td><td><p>2,378</p></td><td><p>2,501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>4,308</p></td><td><p>4,535</p></td><td><p>4,647</p></td><td><p>5,141</p></td><td><p>5,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total England</p></td><td><p>26,802</p></td><td><p>28,522</p></td><td><p>29,823</p></td><td><p>31,820</p></td><td><p>32,970</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2018 17:17:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
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