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1225923

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	Television Licences: Older 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, if he will protect free tv licenses for over 75's in (a) Newport West, (b) Wales, and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	76117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The government is deeply disappointed that the BBC has chosen not to extend the over 75 licence fee concession. We recognise the value of free TV licences for over-75s and believe they should be funded by the BBC.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, the Digital Economy Act, 2017, provides the BBC is responsible for the concession, not the Government. The BBC must look urgently at how it can use its substantial licence fee income to support older people and deliver for UK audiences of all ages.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 23/07/2020 11:32:07 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1225968

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	Children's Play: Coronavirus
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 soft play centres will be allowed to re-open from 25 July 2020 as part of the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	76081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>No. As the Prime Minister stated last week, indoor soft play and indoor play centres unfortunately remain closed. We are, however, in discussions about a timeline for reopening the sector. We have also been working with BALPPA, the trade body that represents the industry.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/07/2020 16:28:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1225983

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	National Lottery: Coronavirus
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 he has had with Arts Council England on the payment of open access National Lottery Project Grants during the covid-19 outbeak.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	75996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Myself and my officials have worked closely with its arm’s-length bodies throughout the COVID-19 crisis to deliver tailored support packages at speed, including the £160m Emergency Funding Package announced by Arts Council England (ACE) in March.</p><p>DCMS will continue to support ACE in its hugely important role in supporting and developing England’s arts and culture, including in its upcoming role in the delivery of the £1.57 billion of new funding announced on 5 July, to provide support for key organisations across the cultural, heritage and creative sectors.</p><p>On 22 July ACE’s National Lottery Project Grants re-open and further guidance, updated so more individuals and creative practitioners can be supported during COVID-19, can be found on the ACE website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2020 15:19:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1226013

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	National Lottery Heritage Fund: Nature Conservation
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 effect of natural heritage organisations being ineligible for National Heritage Lottery funding on biodiversity and conservation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	76130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Natural heritage organisations are eligible for funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Since its inception in 1994, the Fund has awarded grants to nearly 4000 land and biodiversity projects, totalling over £1.78 billion.</p><p> </p><p>On 17<sup>th</sup> July 2020, the Fund announced that grants of £1.19 million have helped to keep Wildlife Trusts in England and Wales open throughout lockdown, providing vital safe spaces for people to get outdoors, exercise and enjoy nature. This includes many grants to projects aimed at biodiversity and conservation, such as a grant of £49,700 to the Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust.</p><p> </p><p>Natural heritage organisations are also welcome to apply to the Heritage Emergency Fund, a £50million funding support package launched by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help organisations in stabilising their operations and managing risks to heritage during the Covid-19 crisis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/07/2020 16:03:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1226032

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 financial support will be made available to the (a) English football leagues, (b) governing bodies of English football and (c) Professional Footballers’ Association to manage the long-term financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	76131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>Football clubs are the heart of local communities and many have a great history.</p><p>The Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses throughout this period, including a comprehensive and sizable package of direct fiscal support for<br>business through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support. Many football clubs have benefited from these measures.</p><p>The Government is in regular dialogue with the football authorities, including the English Football League, to understand their financial position - but has been absolutely clear that it expects football to look first at how it can support itself through these difficult times.I therefore welcomed the Premier League announcement to advance funds of £125 million to the EFL and National League to help clubs throughout the football pyramid.The EFL has also announced a £50m relief fund to help their clubs enduring immediate cash flow problems because of the coronavirus crisis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 76132 question first answered 23/07/2020 11:08:05 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1226033

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	English Football League: Finance
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 financial sustainability of English Football League clubs in (a) the Championship, (b) League 1 and (c) League 2.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	76132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>Football clubs are the heart of local communities and many have a great history.</p><p>The Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses throughout this period, including a comprehensive and sizable package of direct fiscal support for<br>business through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support. Many football clubs have benefited from these measures.</p><p>The Government is in regular dialogue with the football authorities, including the English Football League, to understand their financial position - but has been absolutely clear that it expects football to look first at how it can support itself through these difficult times.I therefore welcomed the Premier League announcement to advance funds of £125 million to the EFL and National League to help clubs throughout the football pyramid.The EFL has also announced a £50m relief fund to help their clubs enduring immediate cash flow problems because of the coronavirus crisis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 76131 question first answered 23/07/2020 11:08:05 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1226039

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	Arts: Equality
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 taking to ensure that diversity is prioritised in support for (a) organisations and (b) people working in the arts and creative industries.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	76071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s aim is to see cultural and creative sectors that are strong, vibrant and inclusive, and this can only be achieved through a diverse and representative workforce. We recognise there is still much to be done to improve diversity and inclusion across the arts and creative industries, and are working with industry and sector bodies - including the BFI, Arts Council England and the Creative Industries Council - on a range of measures to ensure the sector better reflects the diversity of the UK through the current pandemic and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the Covid-19 outbreak, DCMS ministers and officials have been regularly engaging with stakeholders across the cultural and creative industries to ensure that their issues are fully understood in government. As part of this engagement, we have spoken with a number of organisations and individuals that are representative of the diverse nature of the nation, including at a roundtable I hosted which specifically examined the impact of Covid-19 on diversity in these sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2020 07:42:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1226053

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	Electronic Commerce: EU Law
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 of 16 July 2020 to Question 71053 on Electronic Commerce: EU Law, what the Government's policy is on online (a) intermediary liability, (b) monitoring obligations and (c) safe harbours.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	76020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>In the UK, online services that host illegal user generated content can be held liable for that content once they have actual knowledge of it, and have failed to remove it quickly. The Government does not require online services to monitor all of the information that they host. The Government has no current plans to change the UK’s intermediary liability regime or its approach to general monitoring obligations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/07/2020 09:30:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1226054

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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: Small Businesses
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 Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 72900, whether any underspend on SME broadband voucher allocation will still be used to stimulate broadband use by SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	76021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The Rural Gigabit Voucher Scheme is being funded from a HM Treasury capex allocation via the National Infrastructure Productivity Fund (NPIF). Demand stimulation activities are an opex cost so as such, Building Digital UK (BDUK) is unable to “flip” the funding in this particular instance.</p><p>However, BDUK has separately applied for and been allocated demand stimulation funding for the voucher scheme for both SMEs and residential premises. The launch of this campaign is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 23/07/2020 12:51:17 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1226055

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	Remote Working: Video Conferencing
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 estimates his Department has made of the number of homeworkers unable to use videoconferencing due to insufficient bandwidth on their broadband connection.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	76022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not track this data as it is tracked by our arms-length-body/regulator Ofcom.They published the following report which concludes that whilst there has been a significant surge in daytime network traffic networks have, on the whole, stood up to this demand.</p><p>https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2020/broadband-networks-during-pandemic</p><p>This is likely to be because networks are dimensioned to cope with the normal (pre-COVID) evening peak which, due to the combination of entertainment based video streaming, video on demand and gaming traffic, is similar to the daytime traffic peak levels seen during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 23/07/2020 12:53:17 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah