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1059649

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	Social Media: Disinformation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce new regulations requiring technology companies to ensure that social media platforms distribute trustworthy news content.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to maintaining a news environment, both online and offline, where accurate content can prevail. We note Dame Cairncross’ recommendation that regulatory oversight be introduced as part of a ‘news quality obligation’ upon social media platforms.</p><p> </p><p>We will consider how this proposal can inform our approach, including through our work on the upcoming Online Harms White Paper. The White Paper will contain legislative and non-legislative measures to tackle a wide range of online harms, including disinformation, and will set out clear responsibilities in these areas, how they should be met and what should happen if they are not.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 22/02/2019 12:37:46 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1059795

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	Financial Services
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 provide a breakdown on how the £55 million raised from dormant assets has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	220097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Last year, the Government committed £55 million from dormant assets to tackle financial exclusion and problem debt. In the Civil Society Strategy, the government announced that this funding would be directed to a new, independent organisation, with a remit to address this social issue. The Founding Chair of this new organisation is being appointed by a nomination panel independent of government, and their decision will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/02/2019 17:55:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1059896

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	World Book Day
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 contribute to events celebrating World Book Day in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	220326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has no Departmental plans to celebrate World Book Day in 2019 directly. However, around 90% of local authority public library services in England are participating in World Book Day activities. World Book Day has also put a message in the backs of most of the twelve £1 books taking part in the World Book day campaign to encourage children to join their local library.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/02/2019 12:48:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1059911

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	BBC: Expenditure
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 estimate his Department has made of the total spent by the BBC on rights to show third party material in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	220293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not hold this information. This information is held by the BBC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/02/2019 16:34:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1060006

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	Sports: Discrimination
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 encourage (a) anti-racism and (b) anti-homophobia initiatives in sport.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	220274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>There is no place for racism, sexism, homophobia or any other kind of discrimination in sport. Tackling discrimination lies at the heart of the cross-government sport strategy &quot;Sporting Future&quot;. We want sport to be at the forefront of equality, and we work with national governing bodies of sport and organisations such as Kick It Out and Stonewall to tackle discrimination in local, national and international sport.</p><p>In relation to football specifically the Government is alive to a rise in the numbers of reported incidents of discrimination at all levels of the sport. I will be inviting the FA, English Football League, Premier League, players’ representatives, and groups such as Stonewall and the Community Security Trust among others, to discuss what more football can do to stamp out racist, homophobic and anti-semitic abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/02/2019 18:10:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

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

1060046

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	Google: Data Protection
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 he has had with Google on personal data misuse.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	220126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. We regularly make clear the importance that all companies, especially the biggest global tech firms who process vast amounts of personal data, comply with the UK’s Data protection Act 2018.</p><p> </p><p>As the Strategic Relationship Management Minister for Google, I have met with Google to discuss a range of matters.</p><p> </p><p>Details of all Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published routinely and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications on Gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/02/2019 16:36:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1060469

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	Mobile Phones: Foreign Companies
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 risk to national security of state-owned mobile network providers operating in UK markets.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	909279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The security of our telecoms is of paramount importance and Government will take appropriate action to address any national security risk arising in the telecoms sector.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no state-owned mobile network providers in the UK market.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/02/2019 13:24:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1058718

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	International 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, in how many media markets do (a) Russia Today, (b) Press TV and (c) BBC World broadcast for 24 hours.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	219523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold this information. Ofcom, as the UK’s audiovisual regulator, currently licenses BBC World News and Russia Today for the purposes of AVMSD but it does not collect this type of information either. According to BBC’s own audience measurement data, World News is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide and around 454 million households.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/02/2019 16:33:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1058755

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Cybercrime
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 8 February 2019 to Question 214617 on Cybercrime, for what reason that Answer does not contain information on ministerial discussions with EU counterparts on the UK's continued relationship with the EU on cyber-related matters in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	219581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK and the EU have worked intensively together to get the best deal for businesses and citizens. Discussions with the EU on the UK’s continued relationship on cyber-related matters have been focused on achieving this and that is why the Political Declaration includes a commitment to promote security and stability in cyberspace through increased international cooperation. However, in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the absence of this formal agreement does not affect the fact that it is still in our collective interest to continue to work closely on cyber-related matters and does not prevent a continued close relationship.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/02/2019 12:00:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt