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788425

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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 Games
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 her Department has made of the long term success and sustainability of the UK video games industry after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	112653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government are responsibly preparing for a range of outcomes to ensure we have a smooth exit from the EU. We are engaging with businesses in every sector and region of the UK economy in order to understand the challenges and opportunities that may impact the UK in the coming months and years.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/11/2017 17:52:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

788428

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Museums and Galleries: Copyright
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 representatives from national museums sponsored by her Department on the issue of copyright on photographic reproductions of paintings, prints and drawings in the collections of those museums; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	112649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Decisions about image reproduction, reproduction fees, and related copyright, are operational matters for the national museums as arm’s length bodies of government. As such, we do not hold data on the amount of income raised by image fees.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the process for requesting permission to reproduce images can be found on the respective websites of the national museums.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 112650 question first answered 20/11/2017 16:09:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

788429

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Museums and Galleries: Copyright
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 her Department has made of the total net income received by national museums sponsored by her Department as a result of charging for photographic reproductions of out of copyright artworks in the last financial year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	112650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Decisions about image reproduction, reproduction fees, and related copyright, are operational matters for the national museums as arm’s length bodies of government. As such, we do not hold data on the amount of income raised by image fees.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the process for requesting permission to reproduce images can be found on the respective websites of the national museums.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 112649 question first answered 20/11/2017 16:09:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

788431

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Cultural Heritage
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 26 October 2017 to Question 108578, on cultural heritage, whether the figures cited include monies for the safeguarding of crafts other than those that contribute to the maintenance or restoration of an existing tangible heritage asset; and whether the Heritage Lottery Fund has set aside a specific sum for securing the continuation of those same crafts not including recording and oral history.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	112579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Heritage Lottery Fund do not have a specific budget allocated for craft-focused projects but there are many open programmes including Sharing Heritage, Our Heritage and Heritage Grants that are designed to be flexible and accommodate applications which meet the varied needs of the heritage sector.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/11/2017 16:41:28 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

788437

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	UK City of Culture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, at which locations staff of her Department working on issues related to (a) Hull City of Culture 2017 and (b) other City of Culture bids are based.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport staff working on UK City of Culture are based in 100 Parliament Street. The team have visited each of the five cities shortlisted to host UK City of Culture 2021 and regularly visit Hull.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/11/2017 15:41:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788438

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Gaming Machines
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 reduce the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals to £2.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	112525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government issued a call for evidence to inform the Review of Gaming Machine Stakes and Prizes and Social Responsibility Measures last year. Following on from the call for evidence the Government published on 31 October a consultation which includes options on reducing the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals. The consultation, and its accompanying impact assessment, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-for-changes-to-gaming-machines-and-social-responsibility-measures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-for-changes-to-gaming-machines-and-social-responsibility-measures</a></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 21/11/2017 11:33:23 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

788439

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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: Scotland
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 Scottish Government Ministers on the delivery of broadband roll-out between Scotland and England.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	112515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials hold regular discussions with their counterparts from the Scottish Government on a range of issues including the improvement of digital connectivity in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/11/2017 17:49:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

788576

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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, what steps she has taken to address the issues caused by internet trolls.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>What is illegal offline is also illegal online. Communications which are grossly offensive, obscene, indecent or false fall under either section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 or under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the work on the Digital Charter announced in the Queen's Speech, the Government is considering a range of options to counter internet harms. This includes an Internet Safety Strategy, published on 11 October, which will look at how we can support users so that everyone can access the benefits of the Internet safely. The Strategy considers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions to prevent online harms and government's role in supporting users. The Strategy also considers the role that technology companies can play in awareness and education for users, including children.</p><p> </p><p>The recently enacted Digital Economy Act will help to ensure that online abuse is effectively tackled by requiring a social media code of practice to be established. The code will set out guidance about what social media providers should do in relation to conduct on their platforms and involves bullying or insulting an individual or other behaviour likely to intimidate or humiliate them. It will include guidance on arrangements for notification by users; the process for dealing with notifications; terms and conditions in relation to these arrangements and processes; and, the giving information to the public about the action providers take against harmful behaviour. It also includes questions to determine whether guidance should also be issued on standards for user content and conduct, prevention and identification of abuse and misuse of services, and information about how to identify illegal content.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation on the measures in the Internet Safety Strategy closes on 7th December and Government aims to publish the social media code of practice in 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/11/2017 17:55:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

788625

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Claims Management Services: Nuisance Calls
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 she plans to introduce a ban on cold calling by claims management companies as part of the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	112745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>We agree that more needs to be done to tackle the prevalence of nuisance calls across the UK. During Report Stage of the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill in the House of Lords, the Government announced an intention to bring forward an amendment to restrict cold-calling activities in relation to the claims management industry.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/11/2017 17:48:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

786825

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
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: Universal Service Obligation
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 she has made of the effect on (a) technological development and (b) minimum speeds of the proposal by BT to deliver the Universal Service Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	112201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is looking at two approaches for delivering universal broadband of at least 10Mbps - a regulatory USO and BT's voluntary proposal. Assessment of both approaches is ongoing, and a decision will be made in due course on which approach best meets consumers' needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/11/2017 15:06:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski