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850645

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	BBC: Off-payroll Working
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 he will hold discussions with the BBC on the accuracy of its tax advice to employees establishing personal service companies and the implications of such companies on an employee's tax liability.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	129898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have regular discussions with the BBC on a range of topics. The BBC is operationally independent of government.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:47:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

850940

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date he expects Wave 3 of the Local Full Fibre Network Challenge Fund to open for applications.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	130149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Wave 2 of the Challenge Fund closed to applications on 26th January 2018. We expect to notify applicants about the successful applications in March 2018 and we anticipate that the next wave of the Challenge Fund will open to applications in the summer of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:51:44 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

850952

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Telecommunications: Complaints
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 he has made of the (a) detail and (b) quality of Ofcom’s quarterly telecoms complaints data on the ability of consumers to make informed decisions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	130159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Ofcom publishes quarterly data on the volume of consumer complaints that it has received against the major providers of telecoms and pay TV services. This, together with Ofcom’s new Comparing Service Quality report, allows consumers to compare companies performance against a variety of different metrics, enabling them to make informed decisions. In addition, in the Digital Economy Act 2017, the government strengthened Ofcom’s powers to require telecoms companies to provide them with information, including on complaints.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:55:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

850954

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Telecommunications: Complaints
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 he has made of the potential merits of including data from Alternative Dispute Resolution schemes in Ofcom’s quarterly telecoms complaints data to enable consumers to make better informed decisions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	130160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) schemes in the telecoms sector already publish quarterly data about complaints they receive from each communications provider. Ombudsman Services complaints data can be viewed at : https://www.ombudsman-services.org/for-consumers/complaints-data/communications-complaints-data-2017. Communications &amp; Internet Services Adjudication Scheme (CISAS) complaint data can be viewed at : https://www.cedr.com/cisas/quarterly-case-data/. In addition, Ofcom’s 2017 Comparing Service Quality publication includes a section about ADR complaints (page 61) that can be viewed at: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/100605/comparing-service-quality-report.pdf. This information enables consumers to make better informed decisions.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:53:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

850138

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Arts Council England
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 candidates deemed appointable by the most recent appointment panel for the National Council of Arts Council England were not subsequently appointed.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	129706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The most recent Arts Council appointments campaign was to appoint four Area Chairs (South East Area, South West Area, Midlands Area and North Area) and additional general Council Members to its non-executive Board. Of those who applied for these roles, sixteen candidates were deemed appointable by the Advisory Assessment Panel and from these, ten appointments were subsequently made by Ministers. Six candidates deemed appointable were not appointed to the Arts Council board.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/03/2018 13:33:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

850190

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Lotteries: Regulation
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 6 February 2018 to Question 126140, on Lotteries: Regulation, what the nature of the advice requested by his Department from the Gambling Commission was; what specific policy options his Department are considering; and when his Department plans to come to a conclusion on this issue.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	129758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>We are carefully considering the issues around society lotteries raised by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee and will continue to take advice from the Gambling Commission as we consider policy options. The Government’s response to the Committee’ advised that it intended to explore all their recommendations further. and can be found here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmcumeds/415/415.pdf</p><p> </p><p>We hope to conclude considerations and provide an update in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 01/03/2018 13:42:55 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

847784

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Museums and Galleries: West Midlands
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 he has made of the adequacy of the level of public funding for museums in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	129460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The recently published Mendoza Review of museums in England found that public funding to museums and galleries in England has totalled over £8.4 billion in the past decade. Museums receive public funding from a variety of sources, including Arts Council England (ACE), Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), local authorities and others, as well as benefiting from a range of tax reliefs and grants. It is therefore not possible to provide a comprehensive breakdown of public funding for museums in the region.</p><p> </p><p>Arts Council England, the funding body with responsibility for museums, announced its 2018-2022 National Portfolio Organisations funding in summer 2017. Ten museums bodies will be funded in the West Midlands, with five receiving ongoing core funding for the first time. Overall, the West Midlands will receive £16 Million between 2018 and 2022, an increase of 82% from the 2015-18 funding round.</p><p> </p><p>Culture Coventry is one of the newly-funded organisations and will receive £1.6 Million over four years, including in Coventry’s UK City of Culture year 2021, to support Coventry Transport Museum and the Herbert Art Gallery &amp; Museum. West Midlands museums have also benefited from Heritage Lottery Funding, for example £9.8 Million announced in summer 2017 for the Black Country Living Museum, and £3 Million to support Coventry projects for UK City of Culture.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/02/2018 15:21:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

847810

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Media: Voyeurism
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 discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on up-skirting photographs appearing in the media.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Up-skirting is a violation of privacy and causes considerable distress for victims. There are laws on privacy that publishers and broadcasters must abide by. Ministers and officials have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:59:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

847822

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Digital Broadcasting: 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 steps his Department is taking to improve the availability of DAB radio in (a) Scotland and (b) Dumfries and Galloway.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	129498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>We are working with the radio industry to improve digital radio coverage for listeners. DCMS has provided around £7.3m capital funding - in conjunction with on-going financial support from the BBC and commercial radio - to support the long term expansion of the local digital radio (DAB) network across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2014 a commitment was made to a programme of work including a total of 182 new local DAB transmitters built across Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland, and technical improvements at a further 49 existing local DAB transmitter sites. According to Ofcom the programme to upgrade the local DAB network in Scotland is predicted to increase the coverage of local digital radio services from 65% to around 86% of Scottish homes, up by over 20%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Separately, under phase 4 of its expansion, the BBC has rolled out its national DAB network to a further 163 transmitter sites across the UK. This programme of work has included new DAB transmitters at 4 sites in Dumfries and Galloway serving: Kirkconnel, Langholm, Moffat, Sanquhar and Thornhill. The BBC’s phase 4 expansion programme has seen an increase in the coverage of its national DAB network in Scotland from 91% to 95% of homes.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:56:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

846939

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Horses: Databases
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 advice his Department is providing to the equine sector on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
uin	129113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>All UK businesses together with all organisations that process personal data will be required to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) after 25th May 2018 and the UK's full data protection regime as set out in the Data Protection Bill. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) provides guidance and support to UK organisations and have already published a number of resources on the Commissioner's website (ico.org.uk) to help organisations prepare. The ICO has: launched a dedicated helpline service for smaller organisations; updated its 'SME toolkit' to reflect the requirements of the GDPR; simplified its &quot;12-step&quot; GDPR preparation guidance; and published tailored guidance for charities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/03/2018 09:45:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman