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1421595

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	Swimming Pools
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 has taken to improve access to swimming pools.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	905563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of improving access to pools however the responsibility primarily lies at Local Authorities level. Swimming is a crucial life skill, as well as a great way to stay fit, and I encourage Local Authorities to invest in swimming facilities.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the pandemic, the government supported the reopening of local authority swimming pools through the £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England has also awarded over £24 million to swimming and diving projects since April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/02/2022 13:50:00 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1421600

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	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 steps she is taking to help enable UK citizens to control their own data.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	905569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The government has put together an ambitious package of reforms to create a new data protection regime that is pro-growth and trusted for our citizens and businesses.</p><p><br>Our proposed regime should incentivise organisations to invest more effectively in the governance, policies and tools that protect personal data so that UK citizens can have even greater confidence that personal data is being used responsibly.</p><p><br>We recently consulted on our proposed reforms and will be setting out next steps shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/02/2022 16:39:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1421601

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	Ofcom: Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	With reference to the Penrose review, published in February 2021, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation in that review that Ofcom should promote competition and reduce regulatory burdens in the communications sector.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	905571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Our Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review recognised that promoting competition and stable, long-term regulation were critical to our connectivity ambitions. We embedded these goals into Ofcom’s Statement of Strategic Priorities.</p><p>Moreover, work continues across government on the UK’s regulatory frameworks: the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has consulted on reforms to competition and consumer policy; and, the government has set out its vision for modernising the economic regulation of the utilities sectors, including telecommunications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/02/2022 16:43:52 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1420637

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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 Community Fund
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 his Department received representations in support of Mohamed Amersi's application to be chair of the National Lottery Community Fund.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	119608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The appointment of the Chair of the National Lottery Community Fund is made by the Secretary of State. The appointment is made in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments, which is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The process to appoint a new Chair in 2021 was run in line with the Governance Code, through a fair and open competition.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/02/2022 14:55:02 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1419854

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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	Smart Devices: Electronic Commerce
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 smart products sold on online marketplaces will be subject to the provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	118527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>Security requirements to be set out using the powers in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill will have to be complied with relation to all relevant consumer connectable products sold to customers in the UK, including those sold on online marketplaces.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/02/2022 14:02:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1419855

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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	Smart Devices
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 plans to include provisions for when a smart product is recalled within the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	118528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill includes provisions that allow the Secretary of State to issue recall notices relating to relevant insecure consumer connected products, if deemed appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/02/2022 14:04:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1419948

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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	Streaming
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 her Department has made of the implications for its policies of OFCOM's recommendation in July 2021 that the accessibility of on-demand services should become a legal requirement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	118549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that as part of a digitally inclusive society, television content should be accessible for all UK audiences regardless of which platform is used to view that content. As viewing habits continue to shift from linear to on demand, the Government is committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of access services for video-on-demand (VoD).</p><p><strong><br></strong>The Government is giving careful consideration to Ofcom’s latest recommendations on how accessibility requirements can be extended to on demand services and will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/02/2022 14:16:12 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1419484

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
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	IAB Europe
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 she has made of the implications for her policies of the recent Belgian Court ruling that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	117776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) is a consent management mechanism used by websites and apps to manage users' preferences around online advertising, including through cookie pop-ups. It aims to communicate an individual's preferences between online services and other participants within the advertising supply chain.</p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published an Opinion in November 2021 that set out clear data protection standards that companies must meet when developing online advertising technologies in order to safeguard people’s privacy. The Opinion noted at paragraph 3.6.1 that to be compliant with the UK’s data protection and privacy legislation, the TCF needed to do more to ensure transparency, fair processing and free and informed consent. The ICO will be assessing the implications for UK companies of the Belgian Court’s ruling in the coming weeks. The ICO’s full Opinion can be viewed <a href="https://ico.org.uk/media/about-the-ico/documents/4019050/opinion-on-data-protection-and-privacy-expectations-for-online-advertising-proposals.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Separately, the government has been exploring through the public consultation, Data; A New Direction, whether innovative technologies, such as browser-based solutions, can be designed in a legally-compliant way to help web users manage their consent preferences on the internet. The consultation closed on 19 November 2021 and the government’s response will be published later this year. The consultation paper can be viewed <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-a-new-direction" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/02/2022 14:14:14 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1419538

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
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	Gambling Act 2005
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 she has made of the potential financial public losses as a result of the proposed changes to the Gambling Act.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	117852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is wide-ranging and aims to ensure that the regulation of gambling is fit for the digital age. We will publish a white paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming months. Appropriate consideration of impacts is being made at all stages.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/02/2022 20:16:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1419595

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
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	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 recent discussions his Department has held with charity lottery operators on the positive impacts of the charity lottery reforms which came into effect in July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	117876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government legislated to increase society lottery sales and prize limits in March 2020, and these reforms came into effect in July 2020. The changes were:</p><ul><li><p>to increase the individual per draw sales limit from £4 million to £5 million;</p></li><li><p>to increase the individual per draw prize limit from £400,000 to £500,000 (retaining the rule that the maximum prize is the greater of £25,000 or 10% of proceeds);</p></li><li><p>to increase the annual sales limit from £10 million to £50 million.</p></li></ul><p>The aim of these changes was to allow both society lotteries and the National Lottery to thrive, by enabling society lotteries to continue to grow, whilst ensuring the unique position of the National Lottery is maintained.</p><p>We are currently reviewing the impact of these changes, and have engaged with a range of stakeholders, including society lotteries, to gain an understanding of how they have benefited from the new limits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/02/2022 12:18:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake