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1169097

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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: Broadland
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 plans he has to allocate funding from the £5 billion fund to support the rollout of full-fibre, 5G and other gigabit-capable networks to Broadland constituency.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	1040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The ambition to invest £5bn for the rollout of full fibre and gigabit capable networks in the hardest to reach areas of the UK was announced in September 2019. This was reiterated in the Conservative Party Manifesto. In anticipation of the funding being announced in the March budget, mobilisation of the delivery programme is underway.</p><p>An application for State Aid approval has been submitted in parallel to both the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority. <br>Modelling of the Intervention Area (“the final 20% of premises / F20”) is underway. <br>The procurement approach is being designed in conjunction with Government Commercial Organisation and Crown Commercial Services</p><p>The delivery team is ramping up resources, processes and systems in preparation<br>Supplier and Local Authority engagement and workshops are underway<br> <br>Plans are not yet at a sufficiently mature or at a sufficiently detailed stage to answer funding plans and dates at a constituency level, however we will provide more granular detail over the coming months. In the meantime our existing fibre delivery programmes continue to deliver further coverage. These include the Superfast, Local Full Fibre Networks, Rural Gigabit Connectivity Programmes as well as our Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 15/01/2020 16:16:44 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1169115

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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: Civil Servants
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 civil servants in her Department work on projects relating to (a) digital, (b) culture, (c) media and (d) sport.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>At 31 December 2019 DCMS employed 1,264 Civil Servants, the majority of whom worked directly on projects relating to digital, culture, media and sport as set out in the table below. The staff not included in this table are either part of the corporate centre (e.g Finance and HR), part of cross-cutting teams working across multiple policy areas (e.g the department’s Central Analytical Team) or part of teams which aren’t directly linked to digital, culture, media or sport (e.g. the Office for Civil Society and the Gambling team).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Work area</p></td><td><p>Civil Servants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital</p></td><td><p>542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Culture</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Media</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sport</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information in the table above relates to Civil Servants on DCMS’ payroll. This includes permanent staff, those on fixed-term contracts, those on paid loan/secondment in/out of DCMS and those on paid maternity leave.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:14:03 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1169127

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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: Civil Servants
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 civil servants were employed by her Department in each year between 2017 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of Civil Servants employed by DCMS in each year between 2017 and 2020 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>1,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 December 2019 (latest available)</p></td><td><p>1,264</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department’s headcount has steadily increased over the past four years due to an expanded policy remit and EU Exit preparations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information in the table above relates to Civil Servants on DCMS’ payroll. This includes permanent staff, those on fixed-term contracts, those on paid loan/secondment in/out of DCMS and those on paid maternity leave.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This information is included in the DCMS Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:12:32 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1169150

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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
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 her Department has spent on grassroots football for (a) men, (b) women and (c) in total in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Through Sport England, Government is investing £24.6m in The Football Association over the course of 2016-21 for its work on grassroots participation, the football talent pathway, and coaching programmes. Within this, there is no specific ringfencing of funding between men's and women's programmes apart from £2.6m which is specifically reserved for women and girls talent programmes.</p><p>Separately, Government invested £18m in football facilities through the Football Foundation in each of 2017, 2018 and 2019. It is not possible to separate out the investment amounts by gender.</p><p>The Government has also committed to investing £550m into grassroots football facilities over the next 10 years to support plans to bid for the 2030 Men’s FIFA Football World Cup.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:09:48 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1169164

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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: Loneliness
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 her Department has spent on tackling loneliness in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>DCMS has secured over £20million of new grant funding for organisations across England working on tackling loneliness and bringing people together.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This includes the £11.5m Building Connections Fund (delivered in partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund and Co-op Foundation), which launched in 2018. In addition, The People’s Postcode Lottery has committed £5million of players money to top up its existing grants to charities that combat loneliness, and the Health Lottery has committed £4m to charities that work to improve social links in areas facing disadvantage across England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government has since granted an additional £1,369,174 to the Co-op Foundation to tackle youth loneliness via co-design and community spaces.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>£2,369,174 of this funding was contributed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To date, government has spent a total of £6,775,297 on work to tackle loneliness across England through these funds.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The regional breakdown of the Building Connections Fund spend to date is as follows. It is not possible to separate out the DCMS element of this spend:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£717,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£841,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£1,254,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£933,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£822,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£1,017,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£1,225,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£1,204,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£1,082,361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Multi-region / National Projects</p></td><td><p>£1,049,572</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The remainder of the £11.5 million is committed to administrative and evaluation costs. So far, £5,406,123.16 of the government contribution of £5,500,000 has been spent. All government funding will be spent by 31st March 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The regional breakdown for the £1,369,174 granted to Co-op Foundation to tackle youth loneliness using co-design and community spaces funding is as follows.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£112,634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£79,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£268,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£171,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£178,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£106,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£180,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£113,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£159,995</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, DCMS has spent over £1 million on other cross-England work on tackling loneliness as set out in the government’s loneliness strategy, including the Let’s Talk Loneliness campaign, the data pilots with local authorities and the cost of hosting the cross-government loneliness team.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As loneliness is a devolved issue, there has been no DCMS spend in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/01/2020 17:47:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1169207

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Tourism: Taxation
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 she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of a tourist tax.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has had no discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a tourist tax.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/01/2020 16:14:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1169317

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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: Advertising
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 interim report by the Competition and Markets Authority Online platforms and digital advertising, published on 18 December, in particular the consideration that online platforms should allow users to turn off personalised advertisements.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Digital services are an important part of everyday life. It is vital that we ensure they work for everyone and can harness the incredible benefits of digital technologies, protect consumers while encouraging trust, and foster innovation across the economy. The government is currently considering how to boost competition and innovation in digital markets, including those funded through online advertising. Last year the government announced its intention to review how online advertising is regulated in the UK, which will assess the extent to which the current regulatory regime is equipped to tackle the challenges posed by rapid technological developments seen in online advertising.</p><p>The government is grateful to the CMA for their work to date on the interim report from their market study into Online Platforms and Digital Advertising. The CMA’s final market study report will set out findings and may make recommendations to the government. We look forward to these recommendations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/01/2020 12:20:26 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1169318

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Age: Equality
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 report by United for All Ages Together in the 2020s, published on 7 January; and what action, if any, they plan to take in response.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made no formal assessment of this report. I thank the Noble Lord, however, for bringing this to our attention. I agree there is a need for government to work closely with civil society in many areas, including age inequality. These issues are cross-cutting and require input from many parts of government. DCMS is playing its part in this work, as set out in the government’s Civil Society Strategy and ‘A Connected Society: A strategy for tackling loneliness’.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/01/2020 12:19:04 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1169320

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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 Recordings: Disinformation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce legislation to ban deepfake videos which promote misinformation.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the potential challenges artificial intelligence and digitally manipulated content such as deepfakes may pose and we are considering these issues carefully as part of work to tackle online manipulation and disinformation.</p><p>The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. Ahead of the implementation of the new regulatory framework, we continue to work closely with companies to encourage them to take early action to address disinformation and online manipulation on their platforms. Platforms continue to make progress in this area and we welcome these efforts.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/01/2020 15:03:30 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1169321

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Technology: New Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support technology start-ups.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>As outlined in our Digital Strategy, the Government’s ambition is to ensure the UK is the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business.</p><p>To support access to finance, the Government has introduced a new £2.5 billion British Patient Capital programme, which is expected to attract a further £5 billion in private investment. This will support UK companies with high growth potential to access the long-term investment they need to grow and internationalise.</p><p>To continue to attract international talent, the Government has: doubled the number of Tier 1 Exceptional Talent visas to 2,000; taken doctors and nurses out of the Tier 2 visa cap, increasing the number of skilled worker visas available to other sectors, including tech; and launched the new Start-Up and Innovator visa routes for entrepreneurs. In addition, the Government has committed to introducing a new 2 year visa route for individuals who graduate from UK higher education providers.</p><p>The Government continues to fund Tech Nation, supporting their work to accelerate the growth of the digital tech sector across the country. Tech Nation deliver growth programmes for the sector aimed at stages across the business lifecycle, with programme alumni including Monzo, Deliveroo and Funding Circle. In the past year, Tech Nation have started sector-specific growth programmes in AI and Cyber, in addition to their FinTech programme. In 2019, Tech Nation's growth programmes supported 649 tech companies. Tech Nation have a regional network of 11 Entrepreneur Engagement Managers (EEMs) working across the UK to support entrepreneurs, startups and scaleups to access their programmes and networks.</p><p>Finally, at London Tech Week 2019, the PM launched a study into the competitiveness of the UK Tech Sector. Reporting later this year, the study will identify key opportunities and support mechanisms to further accelerate business growth in the digital tech sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/01/2020 17:54:12 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick