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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	Social Media: Employment Agencies
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 he has had with social media platforms on removing scam modelling agencies from their listings.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	233625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with social media companies on a range of issues. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/03/2019 10:48:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1041721

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Commemorative Plaques: Cheltenham
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 guidance this Department has made available to local community groups seeking to install a blue plaque commemorating key (a) local figures, (b) establishments and (c) the Blue Moon Club in Cheltenham.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	208927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The English Heritage blue plaque scheme, which is limited to London, links the people of the past with the buildings of the present. The scheme is managed by English Heritage and follows guidance set out by them.</p><p> </p><p>However, there are many other plaque schemes throughout the country in various cities and towns. More than seventy civic societies have worked together to standardise the schemes and each of these has a set of guidance for assessment. A register of other plaque schemes can be found and downloaded on the English Heritage website at <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/blue-plaques/propose-plaque/other-plaque-schemes.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/blue-plaques/propose-plaque/other-plaque-schemes.pdf</a> . The Cheltenham Civic Society has further information on their website, <a href="https://cheltenhamcivicsociety.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://cheltenhamcivicsociety.org.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/01/2019 16:47:00 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

964171

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Cybersecurity: Education
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 the Government plans to roll out its Cyber Schools Programme after the pilot phase has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	169559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The government’s Cyber Schools Programme, or Cyber Discovery will roll out across the UK in November 2018. Learning from the pilot year has been factored into plans for year two of the programme.</p><p> </p><p>31,000 students registered for the pilot year with 22,000 taking part in the first stage which gauged students’ aptitude for cybersecurity. Exceptional talent was identified through the following two phases, with approximately 1,000 students meeting the criteria for the Elite phase by the end of the pilot year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2018 10:34:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

924096

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
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	Social Media: Codes of Practice
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 his Department's green paper on internet safety strategy, published in October 2017, when his Department plans to publish the codes of practice for social media companies.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	153904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>As part of its work to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online, the Government published the Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper in October 2017 and published its consultation response in May this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The consultation response included a draft statutory social media code of practice. This provides guidance to social media providers on appropriate reporting mechanisms and moderation processes to tackle abusive content. By setting out clear standards for industry, we will make sure there is improved support for users online, and that more companies are taking consistent action to tackle abuse.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government will continue to consult with tech companies, charities and other stakeholders on the draft statutory social media code of practice ahead of the publication of a joint DCMS and Home Office White Paper.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/06/2018 13:23:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

778238

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
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 on Demand: Hate Crime
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 the Government is taking to protect people from offensive and defamatory online broadcasting content.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	110025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Online TV channels licensed by Ofcom must comply with robust rules in the Ofcom Broadcasting Code on harmful or offensive content. Video-on-demand services within UK jurisdiction are subject to higher level rules which focus on harmful material, for example prohibiting incitement to hatred. More widely, as part of the work on the Digital Charter, the government is considering a range of options to counter internet harms. This includes an Internet Safety Strategy, published on 11 October, which considers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions to prevent online harms and government’s role in supporting users.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 02/11/2017 14:02:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk