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1060038

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Nuisance Calls
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 he is tacking to tackle the level of nuisance calls from foreign call centres.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	220177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that there is no place for nuisance calls in our society and we continue to work on practical solutions to this problem.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In December 2018, we introduced new rules that enable company directors to be held personally liable for the nuisance calls their company makes. These rules apply to international marketing calls made on behalf of UK companies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We also secured over £600k in the Autumn Budget which we have used to provide vulnerable people with call blocking devices. This measure has protected the most vulnerable in society from nuisance calls scams including those originating from overseas call centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/02/2019 16:35:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1015571

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Media
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 for the Government's policies of the recommendations made by the Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media in their November 2018 report; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	196196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media provided recommendations to the High Court of Tynwald. Responding to the recommendations is a matter for the Isle of Man Government. The UK government will engage with the Isle of Man Government on these issues where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 196197 196198 question first answered 04/12/2018 17:35:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1015572

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Media
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 respond to the Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media's November 2018 report; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	196197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media provided recommendations to the High Court of Tynwald. Responding to the recommendations is a matter for the Isle of Man Government. The UK government will engage with the Isle of Man Government on these issues where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 196196 196198 question first answered 04/12/2018 17:35:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1015573

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Media
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 implications for the independence of the media of the recommendations of the Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media's November 2018 report .
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	196198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media provided recommendations to the High Court of Tynwald. Responding to the recommendations is a matter for the Isle of Man Government. The UK government will engage with the Isle of Man Government on these issues where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 196196 196197 question first answered 04/12/2018 17:35:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

838312

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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: North of England
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 his Department has taken to encourage tourism in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	127207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, which it does through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. There are a number of projects in the £40m Discover England Fund which are based in the north of England, including two which aim to make Manchester a gateway to England: London and Manchester: Gateways to England and Growing Manchester as an International Gateway to the North.</p><p> </p><p>The Coastal Communities Fund has funded 48 projects worth £54 million in the Northern Powerhouse area since 2012. At least two thirds of this expenditure has been awarded to projects supporting tourism and the visitor economy.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 127208 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:26:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

838313

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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: North of England
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 his Department will take steps to encourage more foreign tourists to visit the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	127208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, which it does through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. There are a number of projects in the £40m Discover England Fund which are based in the north of England, including two which aim to make Manchester a gateway to England: London and Manchester: Gateways to England and Growing Manchester as an International Gateway to the North.</p><p> </p><p>The Coastal Communities Fund has funded 48 projects worth £54 million in the Northern Powerhouse area since 2012. At least two thirds of this expenditure has been awarded to projects supporting tourism and the visitor economy.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 127207 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:26:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

838314

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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: Research
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 is taking to support research developments on artificial intelligence in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	127209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>AI and data-driven research is a priority for government, and is critical to responding to the AI and Data Grand Challenge outlined in the Industrial Strategy. The Autumn Budget announced£75m specifically for AI and Data – including 450 additional AI research PhD places by 2021, and a Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation looking at issues around data, including use for AI – a world-first. An overall increase in £4.7bn R&amp;D funding by 2021, including money made available through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, will also stimulate AI-based solutions – for example through the Robotics and AI Extreme Environments programme. Government continues to fund primary research in computer science and data analytics through the research councils, and from 1 April, UK Research and Innovation. The joint DCMS/BEIS Office for AI will work with a new AI Council on skills, technology adoption and AI workforce diversity.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/02/2018 14:30:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

802184

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer 28 November to Question 113183, how her Department plans to monitor uptake and observance of the code of practice for social media companies provided for in the Digital Economy Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	117871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Internet Safety Strategy consultation closed on 7 December. We are now analysing the responses and we will be working with technology companies, charities and other interested stakeholders to develop the code of practice. We will consider plans to monitor uptake and observance of the code of practice ahead of its publication in 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/12/2017 12:20:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

797536

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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: Disinformation
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 meetings her Department has had with (a) Facebook and (b) Twitter on (i) fake news and (ii) methods of removing fake news before it becomes viral.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	116499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with social media companies on a range of issues including cyber bullying. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>We are looking at the prevalence of fake news and the role that platforms play in the news environment, as part of our digital charter.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 07/12/2017 10:39:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy