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1015027

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Johnston Press
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 met the right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip to discuss the future of Johnston Press since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	195492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I have not met with the right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip to discuss the future of Johnston Press.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 29/11/2018 14:27:40 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015136

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	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, how many people have participated in the National Citizen Service in each local authority area in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>See attached the National Citizen Service participation figures by Region and Local Authority for 2015, 2016 and 2017. We do not yet have consolidated data on 2018 participation figures, as the programme is still ongoing in some areas.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/12/2018 15:14:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Participation by Region and LA 2015-17 - Turn Ups by Region and LA (2).pdf title Participation by Region and LA 2015-17
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1013070

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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	Internet: Children
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 progress the UK Safer Internet Centre has made in improving children's digital safety.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	195036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Safer Internet Centre is a partnership that carries out a range of programmes in support of children's internet safety. These include a helpline to provide support to professionals working with children and young people with online safety issues; a hotline that provides an anonymous and safe place to report and remove child sexual abuse imagery and videos; and an Awareness Centre, which provides advice and support to children and young people, parents and carers, schools and the children's workforce.</p><p>Each year, the UK Safer Internet Centre coordinates Safer Internet Day across UK. This forms a key part of national online safety activity. An impact assessment report on Safer Internet Day 2018 showed that it had reached 45 percent of children and 30 percent of parents - and that as a result, 80 percent of these children felt more confident about what to do if they are worried about something online , and 74 percent of these parents had a conversation with their children about internet safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 19:38:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1011649

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Telecommunications: Fraud
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 18 October 2018 to Question 178225 on Nuisance calls, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of vishing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office holds responsibility for the Joint Fraud Taskforce, while DCMS is responsible for policy on tackling nuisance calls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce is working with industry to tackle Card Not Present Fraud, including fraudulent purchases made over the telephone. Since September 2016 the Government has been running the Take Five fraud awareness campaign designed to urge the public and businesses to take time to consider whether a situation they find themselves in is genuine. Specific advice on phone scams and vishing can be found at www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are existing measures that make it mandatory for all direct marketing firms to display their calling line identification - making it easier for people to identify direct marketing calls, and choose whether to accept them. In addition, Government has recently legislated in the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 to further restrict direct marketing by placing a ban on cold calls offering to settle personal injury or payment protection insurance claims if the claimant has not chosen to ‘opt-in’.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/11/2018 16:09:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1010765

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Museums and Galleries
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 15 November 2018 to Question 190375, on museums and galleries to which bodies those figures refer.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	193412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The bodies in relation to the PQ 19037 are: British Museum, Geffrye Museum, Horniman Museum, Imperial War Museum, The National Gallery, Natural History Museum, National Museums Liverpool, National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Armouries, Royal Museums Greenwich, Science Museum Group, Tate, V&amp;A Museum and the Wallace Collection<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/11/2018 12:32:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1010776

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Tech City UK: Ethnic Groups and Females
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 progress TechCity UK has made in promoting (a) women and (b) BAME people within that organisation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	193467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Tech Nation's (formerly Tech City UK) current executive team is now 75% women, and the “heads of” roles are 66% women.</p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile, Government is addressing gender diversity in industry by supporting the Tech Talent Charter. The Charter is a private sector initiative designed to promote diversity in the tech workforce. Signatories of the Charter pledge to implement recruitment and retention practices that will address the gender imbalance of those in tech roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over 290 companies, from international tech giants right through to start-ups, SME’s and charities have already signed the Charter, and all government departments have agreed to sign the Charter.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:23:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1010777

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Tech City UK: Ethnic Groups and Females
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 progress Tech City has made in funding tech start-ups led by (a) women and (b) BAME people.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	193468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Tech Nation (formerly Tech City UK) does not directly fund tech start-ups, though they do run programmes such as Rising Stars, Upscale, and Future Fifty, that help start-ups access funding. They have published a report that highlights the state of diversity in the UK tech sector, and the need to do more especially for female founders. The report is available at https://technation.io/insights/diversity-and-inclusion-in-uk-tech-companies/</p><p> </p><p>They have also joined a consortium with Capital Enterprise, Your Startup, Your Story (YSYS) and Diversity VC, funded by JP Morgan, that aims to double the number of female and ethnic minority founders in three London boroughs by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile, as part of the Government’s work to increase diversity and build a Britain in which small businesses continue to thrive, Alison Rose will lead a review into barriers to female entrepreneurship, and exploring what can be done to overcome them. The review will bolster the Government’s work to make it easier for women to access the support they need to get their ideas off the ground and grow their businesses. The government will consider and respond to the findings of the review when it is published in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:24:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1011253

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Smart Devices: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take in regard to location-tracking smartwatches worn by children which are not secure and which are easy to hack.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL11614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data very seriously, particularly when it relates to children and young people. Organisations that process personal data collected by smartwatches must comply with the the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. The GDPR imposes strict obligations on organisations to process people’s data fairly and lawfully and to ensure that any data collected is held securely. Organisations which fail to comply may be subject to enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office.</p><p> </p><p>We do not intend to ban the sale of smartwatches, but we have issued a Code of Practice for organisations involved in the development, manufacturing and retail of products linked to the ‘Internet of Things’ to ensure that products are designed securely and keep consumers safe. In parallel, we have published consumer guidance to raise public awareness about setting-up, managing and improving the security of their consumer devices.</p><p> </p><p>The code of practice and the guidance for consumers can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/code-of-practice-for-consumer-iot-security" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/code-of-practice-for-consumer-iot-security</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/consumer-guidance-for-smart-devices-in-the-home" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/consumer-guidance-for-smart-devices-in-the-home</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL11615 question first answered 30/11/2018 13:06:09 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1011254

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Smart Devices: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take action to ban the sale of child-tracking smartwatches following research which has found that devices neither encrypt the data used nor secure each child’s account.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL11615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data very seriously, particularly when it relates to children and young people. Organisations that process personal data collected by smartwatches must comply with the the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. The GDPR imposes strict obligations on organisations to process people’s data fairly and lawfully and to ensure that any data collected is held securely. Organisations which fail to comply may be subject to enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office.</p><p> </p><p>We do not intend to ban the sale of smartwatches, but we have issued a Code of Practice for organisations involved in the development, manufacturing and retail of products linked to the ‘Internet of Things’ to ensure that products are designed securely and keep consumers safe. In parallel, we have published consumer guidance to raise public awareness about setting-up, managing and improving the security of their consumer devices.</p><p> </p><p>The code of practice and the guidance for consumers can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/code-of-practice-for-consumer-iot-security" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/code-of-practice-for-consumer-iot-security</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/consumer-guidance-for-smart-devices-in-the-home" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-by-design/consumer-guidance-for-smart-devices-in-the-home</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL11614 question first answered 30/11/2018 13:06:09 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1010131

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Social Enterprises: Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the interest rates charged by social investment funds compared to those charged by high street banks.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL11578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL11579 HL11580 HL11581 question first answered 29/11/2018 16:10:06 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson