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1091224

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	BBC Northern Ireland
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 he plans to speak to BBC NI on its commissioning process and independent accountability during his visit to Northern Ireland this month.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	234101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport will meet with key stakeholders from the creative industries in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State will not meet BBC Northern Ireland during this visit.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2019 11:28:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1091230

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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: Safety
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 he is taking to ensure the safety of children and young people online.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	234148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The DCMS and Home Office Online Harms White Paper, due to be published in the coming weeks , will contain a range of legislative and non-legislative measures, setting out definitive plans to tackle a wide range of harms that users, including children and young people face online.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS have worked closely with the Department for Education on the new Relationships and Sex Education curriculum guidance to ensure that relationships in digital environments are represented and children are educated about staying safe online.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/03/2019 11:07:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1091249

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Charity Commission: Finance
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 14 March 2019 to Question 229162 on Charity Commission: Finance, how many years the additional Government funding of £5 million per year agreed for the Charity Commission will continue.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	234213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Charity Commission is the regulator of charities in England and Wales. In January 2018, the government awarded the Commission an additional £5m per year from April 2018 to help respond to increasing demand on its core regulatory functions. This funding was awarded as an interim solution, while the Commission considers longer term, more sustainable funding models, including consulting on charging the largest charities. The future funding for the Charity Commission will be considered as part of the upcoming spending review.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2019 14:18:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1091266

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Office for Civil Society
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 20 February 2019 to Question 218152 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit, how many of those staff who have been seconded from their primary role to make preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal worked in the Office for Civil Society.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	234218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to the secretary of state’s answer of 20 February 2019 to Question 218152.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2019 14:16:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1091267

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Office for Civil Society
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 officials in his Department are working for the Office for Civil Society.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	234219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>As of 01/03/2019, 106 officials in the Department are working for the Office for Civil Society.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2019 11:18:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1091297

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Civil Society
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 meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society has had with (a) social enterprises, (b) charities and (c) voluntary sector umbrella bodies since her appointment in November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	234236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>I meet regularly with representatives from social enterprises, charities and the voluntary sector. A full list of meetings is published quarterly on:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2019 11:26:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1091343

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Radio: Staff
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 he has made of the number of people employed in the radio industry in each of the nations and regions of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	234116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of employees in the radio sector by nation and regions is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>11,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2019 14:31:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1091359

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Commercial Broadcasting: Radio
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 his Department undertook an impact assessment of the effect of changes to localness guidelines for commercial radio on jobs in local commercial radio stations.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	234117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The changes to the localness guidance were made by Ofcom, the independent regulator, in line with its requirements under section 314 of the Communications Act 2003 to ensure effective and appropriate localness guidance is in place (as required under the 2003 Act).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom's consultation in 2018 on its proposed changes to the localness guidance and impact assessment covered the potential impacts on radio listeners and the industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2019 14:32:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1090918

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps the Government has taken to support tech start-ups in the Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	233565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>In the Autumn Budget 2017 we announced investment of £21 million to expand Tech City UK into a nationwide network – Tech Nation – aimed at accelerating the growth of the digital tech sector across the country. The funding will help Tech Nation support 40,000 entrepreneurs and up to 4,000 start-ups as they scale their businesses across the UK. This includes Birmingham, with Tech Nation highlighting that digital tech turnover for the Midlands came in at £7.7billion in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS investments in the wider business environment are creating and developing the conditions for digital businesses in the Midlands to start and grow. In September 2018, the Government announced the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) as the lead partner of the Urban Connected Communities (UCC) Project. This initiative will see the development of a large-scale 5G pilot across the region, with hubs in cities such as Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton.</p><p> </p><p>The UCC project will design wireless infrastructure to deliver high quality connectivity and allow new 5G applications to be trialled in a number of sectors; allow industry to test different deployment models for 5G infrastructure and help inform the development of policy and regulation to support 5G deployment. Up to £50 million is currently available for the UCC, including £25 million of DCMS funding.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS are supporting the West Midlands Digital Skills Partnership which was launched in December last year. Bringing together some key regional stakeholders, supported by industry partners and Government, the West Midlands are exploring innovative ways in which to improve the talent pipeline in the region.</p><p> </p><p>Government further recognises that supporting digital businesses in the Midlands requires us to encourage innovation and adoption of digital tech in other sectors. The emerging West Midlands Industrial Strategy identifies exciting opportunities around data-driven health diagnostics, which will provide opportunities to test and commercialise new technologies, among wider opportunities for industrial digitisation applicable to local economic strengths. My officials also look forward to working with partners in Leicester &amp; Leicestershire and Nottingham &amp; Nottinghamshire in the near future, as they open discussion with Government around their Local Industrial Strategies.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 15:25:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1090967

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Civil Society
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 page 100 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published in August 2018, what steps his Department has undertaken to work with civil society partners, including the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Communities Partnership Board, to explore ways of raising awareness and enabling use of the community shares model in options to encourage community ownership of assets and within onward devolution approaches.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	233517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Government is fully committed to the Civil Society Strategy: it is the beginning of an ambitious, evolving work programme to help build a strong society. As stated in the Strategy, community shares is a sustainable social investment model that empowers communities by giving members – as part-owners – a direct say in the success of an enterprise, encouraging them to play an active part in its future.</p><p> </p><p>As part of developing a MHCLG Communities Framework, building on the work of the Civil Society Strategy, we are engaging with sector partners, to explore future options to ensure we create socially and economically strong communities, where community shares and community assets play a central role in supporting communities deliver their priorities. As part of the Government’s commitment to understanding what models of funding will best sustain the community ownership of assets, MHCLG are currently working with Power to Change on a jointly funded programme of research which will undertake a detailed economic assessment of assets in community ownership. The research which will be published in summer 2019 will inform a wide range of audiences including the voluntary and community sector, local government, funders and the emergent community business sector on effective approaches to supporting the community ownership of assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2019 13:54:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed