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1382820

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Social Media: Eating Disorders and Self-harm
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 her Department is taking to hold social media platforms accountable for content promoting eating disorders and self-harm on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	83304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The strongest protections in the Online Safety Bill will be for children. Services in scope of the Bill which are likely to be accessed by children will need to do much more to protect them from harmful content. This includes content promoting eating disorders or self-harm content.</p><p>Major platforms will also need to address legal but harmful content accessed by adults.</p><p>The Government will set out in secondary legislation priority categories of harmful material for children and adults. 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>The Government asked the Law Commission to review current legislation on harmful online communications. It has now published final recommendations, which includes a proposed new offence to address the encouragement of self-harm. The Government is considering the Law Commission’s recommendations and will set out our position in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/12/2021 11:10:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1382821

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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: Brigg and Goole
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 proportion of properties have access to superfast broadband in Brigg and Goole constituency.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	83305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>According to the independent website <a href="http://labs2.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000596" target="_blank">Thinkbroadband</a>, over 94.5% of premises in the constituency of Brigg and Goole have access to superfast broadband (&gt;= 30 Mbps).</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 06/12/2021 16:07:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1272947

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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: Safety
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 his Department has had with stakeholders on the potential merits of bringing voice recognition services within the scope of the proposed Online Safety Bill.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	132852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Broadcasting content regulation applies to television, video-on-demand and radio services in the UK. While some content delivered through voice recognition devices may be regulated by Ofcom (such as live radio), voice recognition services themselves are not subject to broadcasting regulation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under current legislation, online platforms, including those that use voice recognition software, must remove illegal content expeditiously once they are aware of its presence, or face civil or criminal liability.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The new online harms regulatory framework will apply to services which host user-generated content or enable user interaction, and to search engines, regardless of how the service is accessed. Therefore, some services that use voice recognition software may fall in scope. All in-scope companies will need to assess the risk of harm to users of their services, and take appropriate steps to mitigate that risk.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have engaged with a wide range of stakeholders including industry, civil society, academics and parliamentarians and will continue to do so as we move towards legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 132853 question first answered 11/01/2021 12:43:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1272948

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with representatives of voice recognition services on the potential broadcast of illegal content into homes.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	132853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Broadcasting content regulation applies to television, video-on-demand and radio services in the UK. While some content delivered through voice recognition devices may be regulated by Ofcom (such as live radio), voice recognition services themselves are not subject to broadcasting regulation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under current legislation, online platforms, including those that use voice recognition software, must remove illegal content expeditiously once they are aware of its presence, or face civil or criminal liability.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The new online harms regulatory framework will apply to services which host user-generated content or enable user interaction, and to search engines, regardless of how the service is accessed. Therefore, some services that use voice recognition software may fall in scope. All in-scope companies will need to assess the risk of harm to users of their services, and take appropriate steps to mitigate that risk.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have engaged with a wide range of stakeholders including industry, civil society, academics and parliamentarians and will continue to do so as we move towards legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 132852 question first answered 11/01/2021 12:43:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1137219

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
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: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 mobile phone network operators on improving coverage across Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	273781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have meet Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) regularly to discuss a range of issues, including network coverage.</p><p>The Government wants the UK to have high-quality mobile coverage where people live, work and travel. We are committed to extending geographic mobile coverage to 95% of the UK, as well as providing an uninterrupted mobile signal on all major roads, which should lead to coverage improvements across Yorkshire and the Humber.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/07/2019 13:17:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1078613

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 announce the next steps for the Rural Gigabit Connnectivity programme.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	226648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The £200 million Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme, announced in Budget 2018, will trial a model for full fibre to public buildings - starting with primary schools - which will act as hubs in rural areas, alongside vouchers for funding gigabit-capable connectivity to homes and businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>An announcement on the launch of the programme will take place in Spring 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/03/2019 10:25:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1078617

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 his Department has made on its plans for an outside-in strategy to build full-fibre networks in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	226649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Work has already started to build full fibre networks in rural areas, with up to £700 million allocated by Government for rollout up until the end of 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review identified that around 10% of premises would not get full fibre commercially by 2033, largely in rural and remote areas. To reach the Government’s targets for nationwide full fibre coverage by 2033, these areas will require additional funding of around £3 billion to support investment, ensuring delivery in the final 10% occurs alongside commercial rollout.</p><p> </p><p>Funding already committed to these areas includes around £200 million from the BDUK Superfast programme, which is building on the 96% superfast coverage in the UK, and now rolling out full fibre connections.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Full Fibre Networks programme (LFFN) is designed to stimulate commercial investment in full fibre networks in both rural and urban locations across the whole of the UK. LFFN will have invested almost £300 million across the UK by the end of the programme in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, a further £200 million was allocated from the National Productivity Investment Fund, for the 2 year Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme starting in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Longer-term options for funding rural connectivity under the Outside-In approach will be determined as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 226650 question first answered 07/03/2019 10:33:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1078619

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 funding his Department has allocated to subsidise full-fibre networks in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	226650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Work has already started to build full fibre networks in rural areas, with up to £700 million allocated by Government for rollout up until the end of 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review identified that around 10% of premises would not get full fibre commercially by 2033, largely in rural and remote areas. To reach the Government’s targets for nationwide full fibre coverage by 2033, these areas will require additional funding of around £3 billion to support investment, ensuring delivery in the final 10% occurs alongside commercial rollout.</p><p> </p><p>Funding already committed to these areas includes around £200 million from the BDUK Superfast programme, which is building on the 96% superfast coverage in the UK, and now rolling out full fibre connections.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Full Fibre Networks programme (LFFN) is designed to stimulate commercial investment in full fibre networks in both rural and urban locations across the whole of the UK. LFFN will have invested almost £300 million across the UK by the end of the programme in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, a further £200 million was allocated from the National Productivity Investment Fund, for the 2 year Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme starting in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Longer-term options for funding rural connectivity under the Outside-In approach will be determined as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 226649 question first answered 07/03/2019 10:33:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

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

1015571

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Media
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 merits for the Government's policies of the recommendations made by the Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media in their November 2018 report; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	196196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Isle of Man Tynwald Select Committee on Public Service Media provided recommendations to the High Court of Tynwald. Responding to the recommendations is a matter for the Isle of Man Government. The UK government will engage with the Isle of Man Government on these issues where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 196197 196198 question first answered 04/12/2018 17:35:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy