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1002129

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Working Hours
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 contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in the (a) National Archives, (b) Royal Parks, (c) Arts Council England, (d) Big Lottery Fund, (e) Sport England and (f) Information Commissioner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	188203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Senior Civil Servants (SCS) are contracted to work a minimum (over a 5 day week) either 41 or 42 hours, including daily meal breaks for one hour. The new model contracts was introduced on the 1st July 2013, which standardise the working hours to 42 hours which was applicable to all new staff as well as those staff being promoted into or within SCS, from that date forward.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/11/2018 15:57:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1002662

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Internet: Security
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 18 October 2018 to Question 180309 on Internet: Security, what his Department's definition is of best possible industry uptake of the Code; and whether that definition includes a quantifiable target.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	188905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The consumer Internet of Things (IoT) sector is an exciting area of technology which is expected to grow significantly in the coming years as new products come to market. The exact level of this growth remains highly uncertain, with predictions ranging from 6.4 billion to 75 billion devices on the global market by 2020. This level of uncertainty makes the setting of a target unhelpful as it may limit our ambition.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/11/2018 16:03:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1002663

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Arts: Wales
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 much funding the Government allocated to the arts sector in Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	188899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold this information. As Arts funding is a devolved matter, questions regarding funding decisions made in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales should be directed to the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/11/2018 11:48:41 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1003593

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Cybersecurity: Private 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, whether his Department has any plans to extend the availability of the National Cyber Security Centre's Mail check tool to those with private sector email addresses.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	189794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Active Cyber Defence is a world-leading initiative implemented by the NCSC to protect against the vast majority of high volume but low sophistication cyber-attacks. The NCSC have made the MailCheck implementation available for free on the open source hosting site GitHub, so anyone who is minded can implement it themselves. We continue to work with others to expand services to those sectors that need them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/11/2018 17:52:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003622

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Social Impact Bonds
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 estimate his Department has made of the savings social impact bonds have made to the public purse since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	189695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Social Impact Bonds have been used by a range of commissioners, both national and local, to commission public services. DCMS has not estimated total savings delivered to the public purse using Social Impact Bonds since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Several Social Impact Bond programmes have been independently evaluated and some of these evaluations estimate savings. The Government Outcomes Lab, a partnership initiative between DCMS and the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, provides links to SIB evaluations in their <a href="https://golab.bsg.ox.ac.uk/knowledge/resources/" target="_blank">online publications library</a>.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/11/2018 16:37:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1003623

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Social Impact Bonds
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 much his Department has spent promoting social impact bonds since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	189696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>DCMS manages expenditure for the £20m Social Outcomes Fund and the £80m Life Chances Fund to promote the development of social impact bonds. These contribute to the cost of outcomes delivered by social impact bond programmes led by local commissioners or other government departments. £19,440,000 had been spent up to 31st March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/11/2018 17:36:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1003631

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Cybersecurity: Training
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 still plans to publish the Cyber Skills strategy in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	189796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to publishing a Cyber Security Skills Strategy by the end of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/11/2018 16:43:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003645

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Internet: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the recommendations of the WebRoots Democracy report, Kinder, Gentler Politics: Tackling the rise of online abuse in political debate, published on 16 October 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) creating an online abusers register and (b) commissioning research into the links between anonymity and online abuse.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	189750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made clear that more needs to done to tackle online abuse, including anonymous abuse. We will publish a joint DCMS-Home Office White Paper in the Winter, setting out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures, and establishing clear standards for tech companies to help keep UK citizens safe.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:26:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1003654

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Musicians: Visas
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 he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the Incorporated Society of Musicians' proposal for a multi-entry touring visa for UK musicians touring the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	189798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the government is clear that free movement will end as we leave the EU, we are aware that continued access to international talent and the ability for UK talent to tour are key concerns for the cultural and creative sectors. As set out in the White Paper on our future relationship with the EU, the UK will make a sovereign choice to seek reciprocal mobility arrangements with the EU in a defined number of areas, for example to allow business professionals to move to provide services, or tourists to continue to travel visa-free. We have been collaborating closely with other government departments to help them to understand the particular needs of the music sector.</p><p> </p><p>My department benefits from research carried out by trade organisations and umbrella bodies.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 189799 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:07:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1003661

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Musicians: British Nationals Abroad
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 estimate he has made of the number of musicians in the UK that travel regularly to Europe to perform; and what discussions he has had with that sector on the potential effect of changes to travel after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	189799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the government is clear that free movement will end as we leave the EU, we are aware that continued access to international talent and the ability for UK talent to tour are key concerns for the cultural and creative sectors. As set out in the White Paper on our future relationship with the EU, the UK will make a sovereign choice to seek reciprocal mobility arrangements with the EU in a defined number of areas, for example to allow business professionals to move to provide services, or tourists to continue to travel visa-free. We have been collaborating closely with other government departments to help them to understand the particular needs of the music sector.</p><p> </p><p>My department benefits from research carried out by trade organisations and umbrella bodies.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 189798 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:07:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith