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1079565

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Lotteries: 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, when he plans to respond to his Department's consultation on the regulation of society lotteries.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	227389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The consultation on society lottery reform closed on 7 September 2018. There were over 1,600 responses. I am carefully considering the evidence and I hope to respond to the consultation in the first half of this year.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/03/2019 15:32:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1079591

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Alcoholic Drinks: 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 plans his Department has to include tackling the advertising of alcohol to children in the upcoming alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	227390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The alcohol strategy is being coordinated by the Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p><p>Advertising in the United Kingdom is regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority, the industry’s independent regulator, who enforce the Advertising Codes through a system of self-regulation and co-regulation with Ofcom. The Codes apply to all media, including broadcast and online, and set standards for accuracy and honesty to which advertisers must adhere, including specific conditions on advertising to children, causing offence and social responsibility. The Codes also currently state that alcohol advertising must not be targeted at people under 18. The Codes are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure they remain effective.</p><p> </p><p>The Portman Group also provides a Code to the alcohol industry on Naming and Packaging and Promotion of Alcoholic Drinks, which includes that drinks should not have a particular appeal to under-18s.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/03/2019 11:02:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1079315

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Sports Competitors: Health
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 ensure UK sports organisations are meeting commitments on athlete welfare.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	227127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Through the Culture Health Check survey, UK Sport are monitoring National Governing Bodies’ (NGBs) approach to culture and athlete welfare in the high performance system. NGBs are required to develop culture action plans based on their survey results, and UK Sport hold them to account for delivering these plans.</p><p><br> As I stated in my speech on 13th February to UK Sport, it is important that our top athletes are treated fairly and with respect. I support UK Sport’s efforts to continue to make our elite sport system stronger. <br></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/03/2019 15:34:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1079335

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Social Media: Age
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 his Department has had with social media companies on the adequacy of the (a) age limits on users of their services and (b) checks that those companies have in place on the age of users.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The department has regular conversations with social media firms on a variety of issues. We want the UK to be the safest place to be online, including to prevent children under the minimum required age from using social media platforms</p><p>As a result, the government has been clear that platforms must do more to enforce their terms of use, especially when children under the minimum required age are using social media platforms. In addition, both my department and other government departments are working with the technology sector to identify new tools and approaches that can be used to verify the age of users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:11:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079351

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Electronic Programme Guides: Public Service Broadcasting
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 has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of changing the rules on prominence to support public service broadcasters on digital platforms.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	227133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value and importance of high quality public service content and the need for this to be widely accessible to viewers. That is why under the Digital Economy Act 2017 the Government required Ofcom to publish a report which looks at the ease of finding PSB content across all platforms.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has consulted on proposed changes to the linear EPG Code and how the prominence regime may need to change to ensure public service content remains accessible regardless of how consumers are accessing it. That consultation closed in October 2018 and we look forward to their findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 14:36:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1079352

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Digital Technology: Education
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 the Secretary of State for Education on teaching digital skills in schools.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	227134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have regular discussions with their Cabinet colleagues on a wide range of issues, including on digital skills. Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Department of Education officials work together on the Digital Skills Partnership Computing in Schools Group which aims guide industry to maximise the benefits of their initiatives to support the teaching of computing in schools.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 14:40:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1079353

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector
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 the Government is taking to ensure that human biases are not replicated in artificial intelligence technologies used in public services.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	227135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>In June 2018, the Government published the Data Ethics Framework that sets out clear principles for how data should be used in the public sector. The framework helps government maximise the value of data whilst also setting a high level of requirements for transparency and accountability when developing or deploying new data technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recently set up the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation to provide independent, expert advice on the measures needed to enable and ensure safe, ethical and innovative uses of AI and data-driven technologies. One of the Centre's first projects will investigate the potential for bias in decisions made using algorithms. An interim update on these projects is expected in the summer. This work will play an important role in promoting and ensuring fairness and the ethical use of data to deliver maximum benefits for society.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:42:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1079354

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Voluntary Work: Young 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, what recent progress he has made in commissioning the National Citizen Service 2.0.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	227136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Recommissioning Programme is midway through its procurement of all Network Partners who will be delivering the NCS programme from 2020 onwards. All bids for those Management, Delivery and Recruitment Partners have been received, with their evaluation on track and due to complete end-March. The NCS Trust plan to award contracts in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/03/2019 15:39:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1079452

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Incentives
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 in-year bonus was for (a) male and (b) female staff in his Department at each grade in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	227059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information below details the average in-year bonus by gender and grade for each of the last three financial years. The 2016/17 and 2017/18 tables use information consistent with that used for the respective gender pay gap calculations. The 2015/16 table is based on the same information from that year although this was before the legislative requirement to publish the gender pay gap came into effect.</p><p><br></p><p>Grades C and D have been combined as the sample size for grade D is too small to report on alone.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>£ 278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>£ 273</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>£ 316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>£ 309</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£ 256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>£ 350</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£ 404</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£ 225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>£ 248</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>£ 256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>£ 268</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>£ 241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>£ 333</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£ 257</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>£ 269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>£ 317</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£ 350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>£ 324</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>£ 318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>£ 356</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£ 471</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:00:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1079453

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's Gender Pay Gap Report 2018, for what reasons at Grade A 32.26 per cent of men received bonuses compared to 18.75 per cent of women.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	227060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>To clarify, the figures specified in this question relate to the percentages of men and women at Grade A(U) who received end of year bonuses and does not include data relating to in-year bonuses. At Grade A (which has nearly 5 times as many staff members than grade A(U)), 14.84% of men received end of year bonuses compared to 18.06% of women.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Grade A(U) is the smallest of the delegated grades (other than grade D). A total of 16 individuals, out of 63, within this grade were granted end of year bonuses and so the overall percentage of staff receiving end of year awards at this grade is easily skewed due to the small sample size.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across the department as a whole, the percentages of men and women receiving end of year awards were very similar (15.1% of men and 15.5% of women).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:03:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest