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1551997

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	5G
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 rights private landowners have to oppose the installation of 5G masts on their property.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	111665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing good quality digital infrastructure and mobile coverage, including 5G, across the UK. This will ensure that people are able to stay connected and businesses are able to grow. Digital connectivity is important now more than ever. The Government’s ambition for the majority of the UK population to have access to 5G by 2027 was met 5 years early with basic “non-standalone” 5G. Non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 77% of UK premises.</p><p>At all times, however, government policy in this area works to keep a proportionate balance between public benefits of digital rollout, and the rights of individual landowners.</p><p>Rights to install and keep electronic communications apparatus on public and private land are regulated by the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”). Rights relating to apparatus on private land are normally agreed through negotiation between a landowner and communications operator.</p><p>Where a consensual agreement cannot be reached, the operator can ask a court to consider whether rights should be imposed. It is important to note, however, that the imposition of those rights is not automatic.</p><p>In these cases, the court will take into account whether the proposed installation is in the public interest and whether the landowner can be adequately compensated in deciding whether or not the requested rights should be imposed.</p><p>In addition to the need to comply with the requirements of the Code, the installation of apparatus must also comply with any planning requirements. Most telecommunications infrastructure, such as new masts and base stations, now benefit from nationally set permitted development rights. Permitted development rights enable certain types of development to be undertaken without the need for a full planning application, where the need to apply for permission would be out of proportion with the impacts of development. However, new ground-based masts still require the prior approval of local planning authority on certain matters, such as siting a design, before deployment can take place.</p><p>Local planning authorities are the decision makers for local planning decisions and must ensure that they are satisfied with things such as siting and appearance of the proposed development, before the permitted development rights are applied.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/12/2022 10:08:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1552029

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the gambling white paper.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	111542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is wide-ranging and aims to ensure regulation is fit for the digital age. We will publish a White Paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/12/2022 10:47:32 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1551496

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Social Media: 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, if she will take steps to increase regulation of social media companies in order to manage security threats to users.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will impose duties on companies that enable the sharing of user-generated content, including social media companies, to tackle illegal content on their services. Social media companies will need to understand the risk of illegal content appearing on their services, and take steps to prevent users from encountering such content. This will include illegal content that poses a security threat to users, for example terrorist content. The Bill is currently progressing through Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/12/2022 16:07:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1551501

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Online Safety Bill
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 he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Online Safety Bill on the availability of online content that is harmful to children.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will deliver world-leading protections for children from harmful content and activity online. All companies that are in scope will need to take robust steps to protect children from illegal content and activity, such as content assisting suicide, on their services.</p><p>In addition, companies that have services which are likely to be accessed by children will be required to protect children from being exposed to harmful content or activity including bullying and pornography. This includes ensuring that systems for targeting content to children, such as the use of algorithms, and other features and functionalities on the service such as live streaming and private messaging, protect children from harmful material. For services that pose a very high risk to the safety of children, such as pornography, we would expect companies to use a high confidence age assurance technology, such as age verification, designed to prevent children from accessing the service.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/12/2022 10:45:39 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1551635

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Listed Buildings
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 applications to de-list a listed building were (a) made and (b) successful in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	110569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>(a) The total number of applications received each year for the de-listing of a Listed Building is not recorded.</p><p>(b) The number of Listed Buildings de-listed each year since 2010 is detailed below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Listed Buildings de-listed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022*</p></td><td><p>114*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Up to 15th December 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/12/2022 13:57:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1551704

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Football Governance Fan-led Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the government will publish the Fan-led Review of Football Governance White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	110647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the recommendations made by the independent Fan Led Review of Football Governance in April.</p><p>We absolutely recognise the need for football to be reformed to ensure the game’s sustainability in the long term. We remain committed to publishing a White Paper setting out our proposals for the reform of football governance and will do so imminently.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/12/2022 11:32:15 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1551740

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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
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 had recent discussions with the Gambling Commission on the role of open banking technology in helping to tackle problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	110879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government and Gambling Commission are exploring how technology and data can be harnessed in a number of areas to better prevent harmful gambling online. The Government’s White Paper on the Gambling Act Review will be published in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/12/2022 10:42:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1551813

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Telecommunications: Laboratories
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 press release published 13 December 2022 on 5G and 6G technology, when the government expects the new West Midlands Telecom lab to be completed and operational.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	110687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is aiming to establish the initial operating capability of the new UK Telecoms Lab in Spring/Summer 2023.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/12/2022 11:44:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1550960

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
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 they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful policy outcomes.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	109460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>When the UK left the EU on 31st January 2020, we regained the ability to set our own rules and regulations. This was a key reason why the British people voted to leave the EU. The UK’s departure from the EU will enable the UK Government to remove and reform years of burdensome EU regulation in favour of a more agile, home-grown regulatory approach that benefits the UK - for example, through powers in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. This will allow us to seize the benefits of Brexit to create the best regulated economy in the world, stimulating economic growth, innovation and job creation.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/12/2022 10:44:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1550988

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria their Department uses to select an energy supplier include how environmentally friendly that supplier is; and what recent steps their Department has taken to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its energy use.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	109709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS occupies a number of different offices across the United Kingdom, all of which are shared with other departments and/or private sector occupiers. All of these properties are managed by local building management teams (not employed by DCMS) with each location procuring their own energy suppliers and DCMS being re-charged for proportional usage. DCMS does not therefore procure its own energy suppliers.</p><p>Our DCMS London headquarters are located at 100 Parliament Street, Whitehall. This building is shared with other government departments and is managed by the Government Property Agency (GPA) who source energy from EDF Energy and from the Whitehall District Heating System.</p><p>DCMS Manchester headquarters are located at Bloc 17, Marble St. This building is shared with other companies/departments and is managed by private landlords Bruntwood. Bruntwood procure their energy from Unify Energy Ltd.</p><p>Other DCMS sites that our staff occupy are classed as satellite hubs, where only a small amount of desks are available to us - the energy providers for these buildings are chosen and managed by the landlords respectively.</p><p>In our most recent submission for Greening Government Commitment sustainability reporting (2021/22), DCMS logged 198.28 tonnes of CO2e.</p><p>In terms of improving and meeting reduction targets, a building wide solution of energy efficient LED lighting installation at our London HQ is underway and is due for completion in 2023 - this will involve a complete switchover of all current lighting in the building, including DCMS areas.</p><p>We continue to promote good practices, in all of our offices, to reduce emissions - including heavily restricting the use of domestic flights, reducing waste, paper usage and single use plastics.</p><p>The DCMS Property Strategy will see the department move into GPA managed Government hub accommodation as it becomes available, meaning that energy procurement will be undertaken by the GPA on behalf of its customers and in line with their Net Zero Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/12/2022 10:23:40 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi