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846844

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Government Departments: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what budget they are allocating to train and evaluate personnel on individual tools, techniques and processes related to live, virtual and constructive simulated environments.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Individual Government departments and agencies make decisions on the appropriate tools to train and evaluate their workforces to meet their specific needs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 07/03/2018 17:11:25 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

846939

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Horses: Databases
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 advice his Department is providing to the equine sector on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
uin	129113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>All UK businesses together with all organisations that process personal data will be required to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) after 25th May 2018 and the UK's full data protection regime as set out in the Data Protection Bill. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) provides guidance and support to UK organisations and have already published a number of resources on the Commissioner's website (ico.org.uk) to help organisations prepare. The ICO has: launched a dedicated helpline service for smaller organisations; updated its 'SME toolkit' to reflect the requirements of the GDPR; simplified its &quot;12-step&quot; GDPR preparation guidance; and published tailored guidance for charities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/03/2018 09:45:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

846064

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Exercise
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 the Government has to invest in sporting infrastructure to increase physical activity levels in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	128774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The government's Sporting Future strategy emphasised the important role that well-designed, customer-focused facilities can play in supporting people to get and stay active. Sport England invests National Lottery and Exchequer money to improve the quality and features of all types of facilities, from small local clubs to major projects.</p><p> </p><p>Through its Strategic Facilities Fund, Sport England is making up to £40m of National Lottery funding available over 2017-2021 to invest in facilities across England. In January 2017, Sport England launched its Community Asset Fund, which makes awards of between £1,000-£150,000 to support projects that seek to improve or enhance spaces and facilities that help to get communities more active.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 01/03/2018 13:41:21 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

846080

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	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, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to ban or regulate the use of gambling advertising on players' shirts at sporting events; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	128788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Gambling advertising and sponsorship arrangements at sporting events must be socially responsible and must never be targeted at children. Depending on the nature of the sponsorship and how it is presented, Ofcom, the Advertising Standards Authority or the Gambling Commission could all take action if a breach was reported.</p><p> </p><p>The gambling industry code for socially responsible advertising requires that operators’ logos must not appear on any commercial merchandising which is designed for children, including replica football shirts in children’s sizes. The Gambling Review consultation, which was published on 31 October, set out a package of initiatives from regulators, industry and broadcasters to strengthen protections around gambling advertising further. Government takes gambling related harm very seriously and is currently in the process of analysing responses from the consultation, which closed on 23 January. The Government response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 02/03/2018 09:58:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

846151

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Charity Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason there was a delay in naming the Government's preferred candidate for the Chair of the Charity Commission; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that delay on public trust in the Charity Commission.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	128844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>All candidates assessed as “appointable” by the Advisory Assessment Panel for the role of Chairman of the Charity Commission were given the opportunity to meet the Minister for Sport and Civil Society once interviews had been held. This is in compliance with section 3.1 of the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments, and contributed to the length of the appointment process.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/02/2018 16:31:19 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

846152

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Charity Commission: Public Appointments
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 (a) meetings and (b) phone calls (i) he, (ii) other Ministers of his Department and (iii) officials of his Department had with Baroness Stowell between June 2017 and her pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the Charity Commission with the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	128845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>All candidates assessed as “appointable” by the Advisory Assessment Panel were given the opportunity to meet the Minister for Sport and Civil Society after the interview stage. This is in compliance with section 3.1 of the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments. Baroness Stowell met with the Secretary of State in advance of her pre-appointment hearing. DCMS officials are responsible for the public appointments process, and as such have regular email and telephone exchanges with all applicants and meet with candidates at the interviews.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/02/2018 16:32:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

846348

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Mobile Phones: Scotland
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 improve geographic mobile phone coverage in rural areas in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	129006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Commercial roll-out and spectrum licence obligations have led to improved mobile coverage in Scotland. As of June 2017 indoor premises voice coverage in Scotland was 99% from at least one mobile network operator (MNO) and 87% from all four (up 6 percentage points from June 2016). Indoor premises data coverage was 98% from at least one MNO and 82% from all four (up 8 percentage points from June 2016).</p><p> </p><p>However, geographic coverage is lower and the Government recognises that there is more to do. That is why we reformed the Electronic Communications Code in 2017,to make it cheaper to install digital infrastructure and this should also benefit rural areas in Scotland. I also welcome the Scottish Government's planning reforms in July 2017 that follow our 2016 reforms in England to support infrastructure rollout. We are committed to having good quality coverage where people live, work and travel and I welcome that Ofcom is considering new licence obligations for rural coverage as part of the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/03/2018 15:08:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

846702

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Broadcasting: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what regulations are currently in place for podcasts.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>In accordance with the Communications Act 2003 and the BBC Charter and Agreement, the Broadcasting Code rules cover television, radio, and BBC on-demand programme services (such as the BBC iPlayer) only. Ofcom does not regulate radio stations that only broadcast on the internet, including most podcasts.</p><p> </p><p>The exception to this is BBC podcasts. Those available via iPlayer Radio are subject to all the rules of the Broadcasting Code, as relevant. Ofcom can also advise whether podcasts on some other BBC online sites have met the required standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 07/03/2018 13:23:54 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

845402

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Digital Broadcasting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to announce the dates for digital television transmitter changes that will take place after 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL5602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government will announce the schedule at an appropriate time before the changes take place.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 09/03/2018 14:43:31 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

845490

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have given to UK institutions and companies to minimise their being a victim of cyber-attacks in the event of cyber warfare.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The goal of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is to help make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. To that end, the NCSC provides expert guidance for all organisations in the UK, large and small, including businesses and industry, government departments, the critical national infrastructure, universities and charities. Following this advice will enable these institutions and companies to put measures in place to help protect themselves from cyber attacks, and help to protect the UK’s economic prosperity and reputation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/03/2018 12:56:28 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley