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1404320

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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	Derby County Football Club: Government Assistance
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 support Derby County FC and help ensure the survival of the club.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	107549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage closely with the English Football League about Derby County Football Club. Ultimately, it is for the EFL, the administrator and the club to resolve issues to ensure the survival of Derby County FC, but the government has urged pragmatism from all parties to find a solution for the benefit of fans and the community that the club serves.</p><p>The EFL must equally preserve the integrity of the league on behalf of all member clubs, but all parties want to see one of the founding members of the Football League continue this season and beyond under appropriate ownership.</p><p>The Fan Led Review of Football Governance made proposals directly addressing how to prevent clubs ending up in such difficult financial situations. We have endorsed in principle the primary recommendation of the review, that football requires a strong, independent regulator to secure the future of our national game. The Government is now working at pace to determine the most effective way to deliver an independent regulator, and any powers that might be needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/01/2022 15:58:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1404492

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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	Television Licences: Fees and Charges
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 over 75 years of age (a) have been (i) fined, (ii) arrested, (iii) imprisoned and (b) are subject to legal action for non payment of their television licence.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	107594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>Responsibility for collecting and enforcing the Licence Fee is the responsibility of the BBC. The BBC has confirmed that no enforcement action has been taken against over-75s for TV licence evasion at this stage.</p><p>The Secretary of State has been clear that the BBC must ensure that it supports those affected by its decision on the over-75s concession and we expect them to do so with the utmost sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/01/2022 12:05:45 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1404496

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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: Standards
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 households have access to (a) superfast and (b) gigabit broadband as of 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	107590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>According to the independent website <a href="https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/uk" target="_blank">Thinkbroadband</a>, 96.9% of premises (households and business) in the UK have access to superfast broadband (&gt;= 30 Mbps) and 65.6% of premises have access to gigabit-capable broadband.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/01/2022 12:08:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1404542

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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	Platinum Jubilee 2022: 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, if she will ensure that public sector workers who have to work over the extended Jubilee Bank Holiday will be in receipt of Bank Holiday pay.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	107628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>This year, the UK celebrates Her Majesty The Queen’s 70th anniversary as monarch. As with previous Jubilee celebrations the first weekend in June has been chosen to celebrate this truly historic moment for the country.</p><p>The Government’s policy is to encourage employers to respond flexibly to any requests for leave bearing in mind business needs, and this would include Bank Holidays designated to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.</p><p>Legislation does not give employees a right to time off or extra pay on bank holidays, but employers may include bank holidays as part of a worker’s leave entitlement. Any right to time off or extra pay for working on a bank holiday depends on the terms of an employee’s contract of employment. Time off may be taken at a later date as some individuals have to work on a bank holiday</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/01/2022 12:34:04 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1404587

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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	National Lottery: Regional Planning and Development
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 14 January 2022 to Question 101712 on National Lottery: Regional Planning and Development, for what reason the £1.8 billion spent by Camelot is not part of the Levelling Up agenda; and whether he has had discussions on that matter with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	107572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>Camelot, as the current operator of the National Lottery, has no involvement with or responsibility for the distribution of good cause income raised by the National Lottery.</p><p>Good cause income is distributed at arm’s length from the government by 12 Lottery Distributing Bodies, to fund projects in the arts, sport and heritage sectors and to support communities and charities across the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Department has ongoing engagement with the Lottery Distributing Bodies on how their funding can continue to support the government's objective of levelling up opportunity across the United Kingdom. The Levelling Up White Paper will give more detail on the government's plans when it is published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/01/2022 12:24:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1404588

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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	National Lottery: North of England
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 she has made a comparative estimate of the (a) contribution of Camelot to the North and (b) amount spent by people in the North on lottery sales.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	107573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The operation of the National Lottery and the distribution of good cause income are two separate processes. Camelot, as the current operator of the National Lottery, has no involvement with or responsibility for the distribution of good cause income raised by the National Lottery.</p><p>Good cause income is distributed at arm’s length of the government by 12 Lottery Distributing Bodies, to fund projects in the arts, sport and heritage sectors and to support communities and charities across the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Since 1994, the National Lottery has raised over £45 billion for good causes. Over 660,000 individual grants have been awarded since the National Lottery started - the equivalent of more than 235 lottery grants in every UK postcode district. More detailed information about National Lottery grants can be found at the National Lottery grants database <a href="https://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/" target="_blank">website</a>. Due to technical limitations, this database does not incorporate more recent National Lottery grant data. We hope to have this resolved in the Spring.</p><p>Camelot publishes aggregated National Lottery sales data two months in arrears on their <a href="https://www.camelotgroup.co.uk/about-us/reporting/" target="_blank">website</a>. More granular data, for example analysed by region, not published due to commercial sensitivities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/01/2022 12:37:04 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1404589

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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: Optical Fibres
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 her Department has taken steps to prevent BT from exclusively using Openreach fibre infrastructure following the legal separation in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	107574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>Ofcom’s reforms of the BT Group’s governance structures in 2016 and 2017 were designed to address concerns that Openreach’s decisions were favouring BT and insufficiently considering the needs of other operators. Ofcom has since established the Openreach Monitoring Unit to monitor Openreach’s compliance with these reforms and publishes a report each year. The most recent report from December 2021 is available on Ofcom’s website <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/information-for-industry/telecoms-competition-regulation/the-openreach-monitoring-unit" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The government has not taken steps to mandate BT’s use of other networks, and as a commercial internet service provider, it is for BT to choose where to deploy its services and over which networks it chooses to offer these services.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/01/2022 09:18:59 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1404673

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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	Television Licences: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the tweet by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 16 January where she stated that “this licence fee announcement will be the last”, whether they intend this to be the last time the BBC licence fee is renewed.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL5527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to maintain the current licence fee funding model for the duration of this 11-year Charter period, i.e. until 2027.</p><p>As the Secretary of State has made clear, we will be reviewing the licence fee funding model well in advance of the next Charter period.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 31/01/2022 15:00:16 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1404698

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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	Publications: Retail Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet the Booksellers Association to discuss ways to support small creative businesses.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL5552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Booksellers Association regularly engages at Ministerial level with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p>On 15 July, BEIS published the Build Back Better High Streets Strategy, in which the Government committed to continue working with the retail sector, in particular the Retail Sector Council, on its long-term strategic needs to ensure that businesses are profitable, resilient, innovative, and able to support local economies in socially and environmentally responsible ways.</p><p>More broadly, DCMS regularly engages with the creative industries, including the publishing sector, through the Creative Industries Council. I have also met individual booksellers, most recently The Bound in Whitley Bay on 29 January, to hear how the Government can best support small creative businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 31/01/2022 15:01:23 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1404708

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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: Local Press
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the cost to the BBC of the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Local Democracy Reporting Service is independently run by the BBC and funded through the licence fee. This information is therefore held by the BBC and not by the Department.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 31/01/2022 15:01:32 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey