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1379760

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
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: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to help tackle harmful content online that encourages or assists suicide.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	904214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The draft Online Safety Bill will make companies more accountable for protecting people online, with all platforms having to identify and remove content that encourages suicide.</p><p>They will also have to ensure children are prevented from accessing material which promotes suicide or self-harm.</p><p>If platforms fail in their duties under the Bill, they will face tough enforcement action including fines of up to 10% of global annual qualifying turnover.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/11/2021 16:46:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1379370

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	Loneliness
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 assessment she has made of trends in the levels of loneliness and social isolation in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; and what (i) financial and (ii) other steps her Department is taking to tackle loneliness and social isolation in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	76714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>DCMS collects data on levels of loneliness in England through its annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/community-life-survey--2" target="_blank">Community Life Survey</a>. In addition, the Department commissioned a Community Life Survey Re-Contact Survey last year, to provide data on the period April 2020 to March 2021. These sources suggest that prevalence of loneliness has remained similar to pre-COVID levels, with 6% of adults reporting that they are always or often lonely.</p><p>The Department does not collect robust data on loneliness in local areas. However, DCMS works closely with experts such as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to monitor other data sources and build our understanding. ONS recently published the first estimates of loneliness at a local authority level. As the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/articles/mappinglonelinessduringthecoronaviruspandemic/2021-04-07" target="_blank">ONS report</a> states, because of small sample sizes and large confidence intervals, local authorities should not be ranked against each other.</p><p>The Department continues to take action to tackle loneliness through public communications to get people talking about loneliness, and supporting organisations across different sectors. This includes:</p><ul><li><p>Awarding £260,000 to 9 organisations through the Loneliness Engagement Fund, to deliver communications and engagement activity that reaches groups at a higher risk of loneliness, including young people and people with disabilities.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Continuing to deliver and expand our Tackling Loneliness Hub, which provides a space for over 70 organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors to share expertise and develop innovative ways to tackle loneliness on an online platform.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Sharing practical tips and signposting to support through our public communications activity. During Loneliness Awareness Week in June, we partnered with organisations including TikTok, BT and the Royal Mail to reach more people than ever.</p></li></ul><p>Copies of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/loneliness-annual-report-the-first-year" target="_blank">first</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/loneliness-annual-report-the-second-year" target="_blank">second</a> reports on the government's work on tackling loneliness are available in the Libraries of the House and online. A third annual progress report will be published in February 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/11/2021 15:40:28 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1379443

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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: Meetings
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 her Department’s process is for (a) recording and (b) keeping minutes of all meetings relating to Government business.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	76747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>Formal, structured meetings are usually minuted, however, not all meetings need to be minuted. For example all DCMS internal decision making Board and Committee meetings, within its formal governance framework, are minuted. In regards to other meetings, the general guidance that DCMS provides officials within the department supports them to make judgements as to what meetings need to be minuted, noting their Civil Service Code obligation to ‘keep accurate official records’.</p><p>Specific procedures are in place for external meetings involving ministers. These are publicly available and can be found in the <a href="https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/popapersguidance2009.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance on the management of Private Office Papers.</a></p><p>Minutes are stored electronically within the department’s storage solution, with access granted to appropriate officials as this is required.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/11/2021 09:37:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1379534

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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: Housing
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 she has been made in requiring gigabit capable broadband for new build homes in time for Spring 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	76840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>Following the consultation response which set out our policy proposals last year, we have worked with industry stakeholders and other government departments to develop legislative proposals that will ensure that new homes are future-proofed with gigabit-ready infrastructure and built with gigabit-capable connections.</p><p>We will shortly be publishing a statutory technical consultation on our legislative proposals and seek to lay the implementing regulations in Parliament as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/11/2021 09:34:06 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1379575

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	Charities: Lotteries
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 increase the charity lottery annual sales limit from £50 million to £100 million.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	76645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The government increased the annual sales limit for society lotteries from £10 million to £50 million in July 2020, as part of a package of reforms designed to enable both the National Lottery and society lotteries to thrive, and consequently to grow overall returns to good causes.</p><p>We have committed to reviewing these reforms, and that is now under way. We want to understand the impact of these changes, before we consider looking again at the case for a £100 million lottery licence and any additional conditions that may accompany that.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/11/2021 15:38:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1378877

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Ofcom: Recruitment
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 on 8 November 2021 to Question 71330 on Ofcom: Recruitment, how many staff on a FTE basis Ofcom has employed to support its duties under the Telecoms Security Bill as at 6 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	75884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ofcom security budget for this financial year has been increased by £4.6 million. This funding will allow Ofcom to more than double the number of staff working on telecoms security by April 2022 by hiring around 30 FTE. This includes hiring a multi-skilled team including technical, enforcement and legal experts.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/11/2021 08:41:02 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1378892

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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: Television
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 she has had with terrestrial TV stations to raise the issue of their inability to deliver free to air, live broadcasts of international football matches involving each of the four constituent nations of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	75909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department has discussions regularly with broadcasters on a range of matters including those related to the broadcasting of Sport.</p><p>The Listed Events regime is designed to ensure that sporting events of national significance are accessible to as wide an audience as possible by ensuring that coverage of certain sports are offered to free-to-air broadcasters. Currently, international football matches for the FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament and the European Football Championships Finals Tournament are designated on the listed events regime under Group A - where full live coverage must be offered for free-to-air broadcast. This includes the matches of the home countries that have qualified for the event.</p><p>We believe that the current Listed Events regime works well and strikes an appropriate balance between retaining free-to-air sports events for the public while allowing rights holders to negotiate agreements in the best interests of their sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 75936 question first answered 23/11/2021 11:53:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1378946

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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 Index: Compensation
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a compensation scheme in order to grant financial redress to customers of Football Index.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	75945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The government appreciates the significant impact that the collapse of the novel gambling product Football Index had on former customers. BetIndex, the company which operated Football Index, went into liquidation on 5 November. The process is continuing and it is likely that this will result in some amounts being reimbursed to creditors. There is no compensation scheme for losses caused by a gambling firm ceasing to operate and the government does not think it would be appropriate to use public funds for these purposes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/11/2021 08:38:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1378950

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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: Television
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 she has had with broadcasters on the potential merits of free to view broadcast of international football matches involving (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	75936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department has discussions regularly with broadcasters on a range of matters including those related to the broadcasting of Sport.</p><p>The Listed Events regime is designed to ensure that sporting events of national significance are accessible to as wide an audience as possible by ensuring that coverage of certain sports are offered to free-to-air broadcasters. Currently, international football matches for the FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament and the European Football Championships Finals Tournament are designated on the listed events regime under Group A - where full live coverage must be offered for free-to-air broadcast. This includes the matches of the home countries that have qualified for the event.</p><p>We believe that the current Listed Events regime works well and strikes an appropriate balance between retaining free-to-air sports events for the public while allowing rights holders to negotiate agreements in the best interests of their sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 75909 question first answered 23/11/2021 11:53:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1378978

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Swimming Pools: Access
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 she is taking to increase public access to swimming pools.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	75946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to indoor and outdoor pools and that swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy.</p><p>The government has provided a range of support for swimming pools during the pandemic. The £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund supported the reopening of local authority swimming pools throughout the country. In addition, Sport England have made 139 Covid support awards to the Swimming &amp; Diving community (totalling £1,178,198).</p><p>Beyond Covid, Sport England have awarded £24,190,440 to swimming and diving projects since January 2017, which includes £15,724,500 of funding directly to Swim England.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/11/2021 09:03:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq