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1714072

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date	26/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	GB News: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofcom on (a) the impartiality of and (b) sanctions on GB News.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	23882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with Ofcom on a range of issues. Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code sets out rules to ensure that broadcast news is reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality. The Government is committed to a free and independent media and does not interfere with Ofcom's regulatory or operational decisions, including how broadcast content is regulated.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 23883 question first answered 01/05/2024 14:12:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1714073

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadcasting: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Ofcom on impartiality rules in broadcasting.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	23883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with Ofcom on a range of issues. Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code sets out rules to ensure that broadcast news is reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality. The Government is committed to a free and independent media and does not interfere with Ofcom's regulatory or operational decisions, including how broadcast content is regulated.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 23882 question first answered 01/05/2024 14:12:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

692474

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
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	Data Protection: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date she plans to publish her consultation on legislative proposals on the accountability of named directors of firms responsible for breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and the related imposition of fines for such breaches by the Information Commissioner's Office.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	64780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>We intend to issue a consultation during this session of Parliament on making company directors and those in similar positions, accountable for breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, in relation to direct marketing. The proposed measure would give the Information Commissioner a power to impose Civil Monetary Penalties (CMP) of up to £500,000 on those in positions of responsibility in all forms of corporate entity.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 02/03/2017 09:16:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

455221

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	Nuisance Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his plans are for the £3.5 million funding announced for tackling nuisance calls in paragraph 2.289 of the March 2015 Budget, HC 1093 of Session 2014-15; how much of this funding has been allocated to which local authorities; what information his Department holds on the number of call blockers that this funding has paid for the installation of in domestic properties; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of that funding in the volumes of nuisance calls received and reports of such calls made.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	28507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward a range of measures to tackle the problem of nuisance calls, including strengthening the regulators’ ability to take enforcement action against organisations that break the law and increasing consumer choice by consulting on making it a requirement for direct marketing callers to display their calling line identification. As part of the £3.5m package announced in budget, Government launched a competition for innovative solutions to tackle the scourge of nuisance calls - and contracts have been awarded to successful applicants, to help develop their products to launch on the open market and benefit customers right across the country. In addition, £0.5 million funding is going to the National Trading Standards Scams Team - via East Sussex County Council - to provide call blocking devices to vulnerable people nationwide and report its effects.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/03/2016 13:17:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

418286

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Broadband: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the annual cost to businesses of inconsistent broadband coverage.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	901342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>An estimate of the annual cost to businesses due to inconsistent broadband coverage would quickly be out of date given the rate at which superfast broadband coverage is being extended. Under the government-funded broadband programmes each week we continue to see a further 40,000 premises able to access superfast broadband speeds. Through government investment of over £780 million, superfast broadband is available to over 80% of homes and businesses in the UK compared to 45% in 2010 and by the end of 2017 it will be available to 95% of homes and businesses.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/09/2015 15:59:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson