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1566363

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: Females
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 encourage women and girls to participate in sports when they have a fear of judgement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	122035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>I am absolutely committed to supporting women's sport at every opportunity including pushing for greater participation. Sport England’s latest Active Lives data, published in April last year, shows that men (63%) are still more likely to be active than women (60%).</p><p>There are some fantastic initiatives that exist to encourage women to take up sport and physical activity, for example Sport England’s <em>This Girl Can</em> campaign, which has already inspired millions of women and girls to get active regardless of shape, size and ability. <em>This Girl Can</em> has also been working with ukactive and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) to provide resources and training to help leisure and fitness facilities ensure their spaces are safe and inclusive for all women.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/01/2023 13:07:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1538624

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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: Cost of Living
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 is taking steps to financially support advisory charities, in the context of the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	77279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>With government support, charities from across the Civil Society sector have shown significant resilience over the past two years, and will again be crucial in supporting communities and households through the winter.</p><p>We are providing support to all charities, public sector organisations and businesses with their energy costs this winter by offering an energy price guarantee for six months through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. This scheme will benefit charities and community groups across the country, including those which provide advisory services.</p><p>My Department will keep engaging constructively with the civil society sector and across government to monitor the impact of levels of demand, and ensure DCMS is engaged on policy which impacts charities and crisis support services.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/11/2022 08:54:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1470670

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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
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 had discussions with the Home Secretary on the effect of rules for recruiting and hiring workers from the EU on the roll out of superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	18771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has regular discussions with the Home Secretary about the Points-Based Immigration System to ensure that our Skilled Worker route provides generous catering for the telecommunications sector to attract the workers it needs, provided that skills, salary and English language requirements are met.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 21/06/2022 12:07:15 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1468414

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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	Digital Technology: Advertising
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 action taken by large technology companies to ban third party companies from using certain advertising platforms.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting competition in digital markets. A draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill was announced as part of the Queen’s Speech 2022. This draft legislation will set out new rules for digital markets, which will rebalance power between major tech firms and the businesses and consumers that rely on their services such as advertisers. We will publish the draft bill as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2022 16:51:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1461950

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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: Birmingham
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 adequacy of household's access to ultrafast full fibre broadband in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>Thanks to the government's work to promote competition and investment and bust barriers in the UK telecoms market, over 93% premises in Birmingham can now access the fastest gigabit-capable networks.</p><p>The commercial rollout is continuing at record pace, and for those premises where private sector deployment is not viable without subsidy, our £5bn Project Gigabit will contribute to nationwide coverage, with Birmingham and the Black Country set to benefit in phase 3 of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 601 602 question first answered 17/05/2022 12:07:27 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1461951

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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: Birmingham
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 homes have access to ultrafast full fibre broadband in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>Thanks to the government's work to promote competition and investment and bust barriers in the UK telecoms market, over 93% premises in Birmingham can now access the fastest gigabit-capable networks.</p><p>The commercial rollout is continuing at record pace, and for those premises where private sector deployment is not viable without subsidy, our £5bn Project Gigabit will contribute to nationwide coverage, with Birmingham and the Black Country set to benefit in phase 3 of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 600 602 question first answered 17/05/2022 12:07:27 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1461953

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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: Birmingham
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 she has to help increase access to ultrafast full fibre broadband in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>Thanks to the government's work to promote competition and investment and bust barriers in the UK telecoms market, over 93% premises in Birmingham can now access the fastest gigabit-capable networks.</p><p>The commercial rollout is continuing at record pace, and for those premises where private sector deployment is not viable without subsidy, our £5bn Project Gigabit will contribute to nationwide coverage, with Birmingham and the Black Country set to benefit in phase 3 of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 600 601 question first answered 17/05/2022 12:07:27 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1457770

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Channel Four Television: Privatisation
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 potential impact of the privatisation of Channel 4 on his policies on levelling up in the context of that station’s employment scheme for disadvantaged people living outside London and the relocation of its headquarters to Leeds.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	153725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government values Channel 4’s work in developing skills and talent pipelines, particularly in the nations and regions, through schemes like 4Skills. The Government would expect any new owner to have a business interest in continuing to support the development of talent and skills across the UK creative industries.</p><p>The Government will set out the future plan for Channel 4 in a White Paper shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 153724 question first answered 25/04/2022 10:38:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1457773

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Channel Four Television: Privatisation
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 ability of Channel 4 to compete with Netflix and Amazon following the privatisation of that station.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	153728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The arrival in the UK of global media and streaming groups means that Channel 4, as with other public service broadcasters (PSBs), faces growing competition for audiences, programmes and talent from new global groups with greater spending power. Netflix, for example, spent £779m on UK original productions in 2020, over two times more than Channel 4.</p><p>Channel 4 and these global streamers are necessarily different, but the markets Channel 4 operates within have been radically changed by the arrival of such competitors, and Channel 4 will need different tools to succeed in the future.</p><p>Under its current ownership model, Channel 4 has limited ability to borrow money or raise private sector capital by issuing shares. The current setup also effectively stops Channel 4 from making its own content. This means Channel 4 is heavily reliant on advertising revenues which are cyclical and also moving to digital platforms - linear TV ad revenues fell 31% from 2015 to 2020.</p><p>Private ownership could allow Channel 4 to diversify its revenue through greater access to capital and an ability to make and own content. This would drive investment at greater pace into content and technology, allowing it to compete more effectively with the likes of Netflix and Amazon without losing what makes Channel 4 so distinctive. The required investment to do this at scale and pace is best provided under private ownership, rather than leaving taxpayers exposed to the associated risk under public ownership.</p><p>The Government will set out the future of Channel 4 in a White Paper shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/04/2022 10:40:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1457769

registered interest
date	08/04/2022
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	Channel Four Television: Privatisation
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 take steps ensure that Channel 4 will commit to implementing programmes similar to the 4Skills scheme once that station has been privatised.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	153724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government values Channel 4’s work in developing skills and talent pipelines, particularly in the nations and regions, through schemes like 4Skills. The Government would expect any new owner to have a business interest in continuing to support the development of talent and skills across the UK creative industries.</p><p>The Government will set out the future plan for Channel 4 in a White Paper shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 153725 question first answered 25/04/2022 10:38:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe