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795107

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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	Photographs: Disclosure of Information
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 change the law to make it illegal to take a photograph of someone naked without their consent.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	115649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises that the legislation governing photographic consent raises complex issues. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are discussing this area of legislation with the Ministry of Justice and will write to the Rt Hon member following the outcome of these discussions. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 115651 116955 question first answered 15/01/2018 13:58:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

795109

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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	Photographs: Disclosure of Information
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 the Secretary of State has any plans to update the law on consent to be photographed.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	115651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises that the legislation governing photographic consent raises complex issues. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are discussing this area of legislation with the Ministry of Justice and will write to the Rt Hon member following the outcome of these discussions. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 115649 116955 question first answered 15/01/2018 13:58:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

798561

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
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	Photographs: Disclosure of Information
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 her Department will assess the effectiveness of legislation governing photographic consent.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	116955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises that the legislation governing photographic consent raises complex issues. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are discussing this area of legislation with the Ministry of Justice and will write to the Rt Hon member following the outcome of these discussions. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 115649 115651 question first answered 15/01/2018 13:58:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

806274

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: 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, how many data incidents her Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>2015/2016 ​incident management records show the Department captured 4 data breaches​,​ 1​ of which ​were​ sufficiently serious to report to the ICO​. This was a loss by a 3rd party supplier working on behalf of the Office of Civil Society (OCS) collecting survey data​.</p><p> </p><p>​In ​2017​ we introduced a more robust method of incident ​reporting​. In 2016/17 the Department captured ​8 data​ breaches​ of which 3 ​were​ reported to the ICO​.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/01/2018 14:22:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

807203

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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: ICT
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 implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>DCMS has a partnering arrangement for IT services with the Cabinet Office, where Cabinet Office provides IT infrastructure and services directly to DCMS. Through this arrangement Cabinet Office monitors and reviews contract and supplier performance, and is implementing Government Commericlal Function advice. DCMS has developed an IT strategy that considers our needs and requirements as a department, including the capabilities we need, and we will deliver this in conjunction with the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/01/2018 17:08:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

810172

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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 steps he has taken to facilitate access to superfast broadband for people who live in remote rural areas and cannot afford that service; and how those people can apply for support to access superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government's Superfast Broadband Programme has provided access to superfast broadband (speeds of more than 24Mbps) to over 4.65 million premises that would otherwise not have got it. Coverage will continue to be extended further both through the Government's programme and further roll-out by the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>For the remaining premises that do not have access to superfast broadband, the Government will ensure universal broadband of at least 10Mbps by introducing a regulatory broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) to give everyone access to high speed broadband by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/01/2018 15:22:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

810269

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Video Games
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 support the video games industry.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	120735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The video games industry is a great success story and we are committed to promoting its growth. Companies in the sector have received some £119 million from the UK’s video games tax relief since its introduction in 2014. Additionally our UK Games Fund has supported more than 60 games projects and our funding for the programme has recently been extended to 2020. The games sector will also benefit from the Government’s new transformative £33 million “Audience of the Future” strand of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to work with other Government Departments, public organisations and representatives from industry to consider what else we can do to drive growth in the games sector and the wider creative industries, including as part of the planned sector deal.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 120736 120737 question first answered 12/01/2018 15:23:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

810270

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Video Games
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 Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of the creation of a British Games Institute and its potential effect on the video games industry.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	120736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The video games industry is a great success story and we are committed to promoting its growth. Companies in the sector have received some £119 million from the UK’s video games tax relief since its introduction in 2014. Additionally our UK Games Fund has supported more than 60 games projects and our funding for the programme has recently been extended to 2020. The games sector will also benefit from the Government’s new transformative £33 million “Audience of the Future” strand of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to work with other Government Departments, public organisations and representatives from industry to consider what else we can do to drive growth in the games sector and the wider creative industries, including as part of the planned sector deal.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 120735 120737 question first answered 12/01/2018 15:23:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

810271

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Video Games
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 meet with hon. Members to discuss the potential merits of the creation of a British Games Institute.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	120737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The video games industry is a great success story and we are committed to promoting its growth. Companies in the sector have received some £119 million from the UK’s video games tax relief since its introduction in 2014. Additionally our UK Games Fund has supported more than 60 games projects and our funding for the programme has recently been extended to 2020. The games sector will also benefit from the Government’s new transformative £33 million “Audience of the Future” strand of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to work with other Government Departments, public organisations and representatives from industry to consider what else we can do to drive growth in the games sector and the wider creative industries, including as part of the planned sector deal.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 120735 120736 question first answered 12/01/2018 15:23:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

810552

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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: Regulation
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 the title was of each set of regulations introduced by her Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 120925 question first answered 12/01/2018 15:25:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel