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439739

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Sportsgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether additional funding will be provided to Level Playing Field to provide guidance and support to Premier League clubs in reaching their targets to provide accessible facilities and services by August 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL4792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>There is no specific funding available to enable the charity Level Playing Field to provide guidance and support to Premier League clubs in reaching individual targets on accessible facilities and services.</p><p>I understand that it is a matter for individual Premier League Clubs to determine whether they use the services of Level Playing Field in order to help them reach their specific targets in providing accessible facilities and services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/01/2016 14:45:50 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

439528

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Film: Classification Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they do not require British Board of Film Classification categories for films shown on television, unlike films in cinemas or on video and DVD.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofcom's Broadcasting Code sets the standards for television that broadcasters must follow and takes into account the British Board of Film Classification's guidelines and classification decisions in its guidance to broadcasters. The Code also includes rules for protecting children, such as a watershed on television to prevent unsuitable material being shown before 9pm when children could be watching.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/01/2016 14:44:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

437000

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the law to protect vulnerable people from phone phishing and other communication scams.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is cracking down on nuisance calls. Over the last five years the average fine issued has increased from around £5000 to £85000, we have strengthened the law to make it easier to clamp down on companies who break the rules and have increased the maximum fine to £500,000.</p><p>The Government takes all types of fraud extremely seriously. We are working closely with the City of London Police (CoLP), the national lead force for fraud, to help local forces and partners deliver protective advice to the public on fraud, including phone scams. CoLP operates Action Fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, to ensure that the public has the information they need to protect themselves from telephone fraud. Action Fraud, for example, places an alert on its website when a serious threat or new type of fraud is identified - which members of the public can sign up to receive by email.</p><p>We are also working with Financial Fraud Action UK and the British Bankers’ Association who issue advice to consumers on how to protect themselves from phone scammers. Ofcom work with the Metropolitan Police Service, Action Fraud and landline providers to prevent criminals exploiting phone lines to defraud members of the public.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/12/2015 15:03:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

436037

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadcasting: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) which UK terrestrial broadcasters produce annual original homemade content for children, and (2) how much those broadcasters spend annually on such content.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom’s 2015 report into the future of public service broadcasting included an assessment of the amount of UK originated Children’s television programming by the public service broadcasting channels.</p><p>In 2014, the BBC spent £84 million on children's television programming. The combined spend of ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 was £3 million.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/12/2015 13:27:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436072

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what statutory duties local authorities have to provide library and library-related services.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 places a duty on local authorities to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. It is for individual local authorities to determine how best to provide this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/12/2015 15:20:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

435712

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Film: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to promote gender diversity in the UK film industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to promoting diversity in the film industry. We support the British Film Institute's (BFI) newly launched £1 million Diversity Fund, which works to provide professional development opportunities to people from underrepresented groups, as well as funding to organisations that are looking to support diversity projects. As part of the recent London Film Festival, the BFI supported the Geena Davis Institute's symposium on Gender in the Media, and has also recently extended its Diversity Standards to cover all Film Fund Lottery schemes which support film development, production and distribution, and widen access to film in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/12/2015 14:19:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

435736

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Press: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of the success of the current system of press regulation in preventing children being named before being charged, following the identification before charges were brought of the child convicted of stabbing Vincent Uzomah and the child accused of fatally stabbing Bailey Gwynne.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL4311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a strong, independent and effective self-regulatory system for the press that commands the confidence of both the public and the industry.Following the Leveson Inquiry, and with cross-party agreement, Government has now delivered the framework for a new system of independent press self-regulation: the Royal Charter has been sealed and the Press Recognition Panel has been appointed, opening for business in September of this year. We must now give this new approach time to become established.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/12/2015 12:41:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

434076

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of children's media from the UK to promoting British culture and principles in the UK and abroad.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL4195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important contribution children’s television makes to promoting British culture and the UK economy. In April, the Government introduced a new tax relief for children's ‘live action’ television productions to attract inward investment and support our domestic market. We have noted the issues identified by Ofcom and will continue to monitor the sector and consider whether further measures are needed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4196 HL4197 HL4198 HL4199 question first answered 10/12/2015 15:09:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

434077

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take to address the market failure identified by Ofcom in the provision of UK children's media content.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL4196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important contribution children’s television makes to promoting British culture and the UK economy. In April, the Government introduced a new tax relief for children's ‘live action’ television productions to attract inward investment and support our domestic market. We have noted the issues identified by Ofcom and will continue to monitor the sector and consider whether further measures are needed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4195 HL4197 HL4198 HL4199 question first answered 10/12/2015 15:09:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

434078

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to establishing a commissioning fund, independent of the BBC Licence Fee, for UK children's media.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL4197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important contribution children’s television makes to promoting British culture and the UK economy. In April, the Government introduced a new tax relief for children's ‘live action’ television productions to attract inward investment and support our domestic market. We have noted the issues identified by Ofcom and will continue to monitor the sector and consider whether further measures are needed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4195 HL4196 HL4198 HL4199 question first answered 10/12/2015 15:09:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin