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1039080

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Gambling: Advertising
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 restrict TV advertising relating to the gambling industry.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	207313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>There are strict controls on the content of all gambling advertisements, including broadcast adverts and online. Gambling operators who advertise in the UK must comply with the advertising codes, which aim to ensure gambling advertising does not target or appeal particularly to children or young people, or exploit vulnerable people. TV adverts must be pre-cleared by Clearcast and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) acts on complaints and proactively checks the media to take action against misleading, harmful or offensive advertisements.</p><p> </p><p>Our Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures set out a package of measures to strengthen protections further. These include tougher guidance from the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) on protecting vulnerable people, with further guidance on children and young people due soon, tougher sanctions for operators who breach advertising codes and a multi-million pound safer gambling advertising campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The Industry Group for Responsible Gambling has announced that it will extend its commitment not to advertise on TV before 9pm to include advertising during sporting events. It has announced that the changes are expected to come into effect in summer. Its industry-wide code for socially responsible advertising also requires all TV adverts to feature a responsible gambling message for the duration of the advert. Separately, Sky will offer customers the option to opt out of TV gambling adverts from 2020. These are welcome steps by industry to respond to public concerns, and it is important that all those who benefit from gambling advertising think about how they can be socially responsible. We will continue to monitor issues around advertising and consider any new evidence carefully.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/01/2019 16:44:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1039083

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Television: Disability Aids
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 his Department has had with interest groups on audio description for TV.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	207314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Government officials have met with interest groups and stakeholders regarding accessibility for visual and hearing impaired consumers, specifically for on-demand services. In December 2017 DCMS asked Ofcom to provide recommendations on making on-demand services more accessible to a wider range of consumers, including the hearing impaired. Ofcom consulted on this, and published its report in December 2018 with recommendations on the scope of new regulations for on-demand services. Government will continue to engage with interested parties as we take this matter forward.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/01/2019 16:47:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1038343

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Disadvantaged
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 assessment his Department has made of (a) how widespread social exclusion is in rural areas and (b) the effect of his Department’s policies on social exclusion in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	206842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Through the evidence gathered in the 2017-18 Community Life Survey in England, indicators linked to social exclusion do not show a significant difference between urban and rural areas. Adults living in rural areas are less likely to say that they often/always feel lonely than people living in urban areas (3% compared with 6%). In addition, adults living in rural areas are more likely to say they feel they belong to their immediate neighbourhood (68%) than those living in urban areas (61%).</p><p> </p><p>The cross-government loneliness team, based in DCMS, is overseeing the implementation of England’s first Loneliness Strategy, with policies for both rural and urban areas. Government has also unlocked £20 million to tackle loneliness across England including the £11.5m Building Connections Fund, from which evidence will be gathered on what interventions work in different places, including rural areas. Guidance has also been published with the Office for National Statistics to establish a consistent way of measuring loneliness.</p><p> </p><p>In its response to a House of Lords’ report on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act in May 2018, the government reiterated its commitment to rural proofing all policies. DCMS supports this through engagement with rural stakeholders and utilising Defra guidance and statistical information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/01/2019 14:38:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1038363

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 additional full fibre broadband connections in rural areas which will be provided using capital contributions clawed back from BT in connection with its BDUK projects.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. BT gainshare/clawback was built into all of the Superfast contracts. This has been re-invested into a number of recent Superfast contracts and change requests. However those contracts and change requests also included a blend of other funding from BDUK, Local Bodies, Suppliers, ERDF and EAFRD. Furthermore in many cases those contracts have consisted of a mixture of Fibre to the Cabinet and Fibre to the Premise. Therefore it is difficult to determine a one to one correlation between clawback and Full Fibre connections.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/01/2019 16:09:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1038393

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	National Lottery: Grants
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 his Department will implement a review of the misuse of lottery grants for political and issue-based lobbying.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	206859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Big Lottery Fund is an arms-length body that has its own independent decision making processes. It does not fund projects to undertake political lobbying. The £494,818 awarded to Stonewall is to develop trans leaders, to work with them to establish best practice and to develop their skills to deliver training and information for key public sector institutions. Big Lottery Fund is confident that the activity supported by this grant does not constitute political lobbying and does not break any rules on political funding.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 206860 question first answered 17/01/2019 14:36:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1038394

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Stonewall: National Lottery
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 his Department has made of whether the recently reported £494,000 Big Lottery Fund grant to Stonewall (a) constitutes funding political lobbying and (b) broke the rules on political funding.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	206860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Big Lottery Fund is an arms-length body that has its own independent decision making processes. It does not fund projects to undertake political lobbying. The £494,818 awarded to Stonewall is to develop trans leaders, to work with them to establish best practice and to develop their skills to deliver training and information for key public sector institutions. Big Lottery Fund is confident that the activity supported by this grant does not constitute political lobbying and does not break any rules on political funding.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 206859 question first answered 17/01/2019 14:36:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1038421

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 204512 and with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled A connected society: a strategy for tackling loneliness, published in October 2018, when loneliness will be incorporated into ongoing policy decisions.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	206784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in the tackling loneliness strategy, government’s intention is to embed consideration of loneliness and relationships throughout the policy-making process. Government is currently exploring the various mechanisms for doing this, including in the guidance for the Family Test.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy also announced that from 2019/20 individual government departments will highlight the progress they are making on addressing loneliness through their annual Single Departmental Plans.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/01/2019 16:10:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1037810

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Coventry City FC
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 (a) English Football League, and (b) other stakeholders on the future of Coventry City Football Club; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	206230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department remains in regular contact with the English Football League on the situation regarding Coventry City Football Club. I look forward to discussing this further at the Westminster Hall debate on this issue tomorrow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/01/2019 15:15:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1037848

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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, whether his Department will publish the initial findings of its assessment of the effect on the civil society sector of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	206374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Government is continuing to assess the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the civil society sector. We are gathering information on the challenges and opportunities exiting the EU presents, and we are sharing information with, and listening to the views of civil society organisations as this work progresses. We continue to work across government to champion the sector’s views during the EU exit process and beyond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2019 14:38:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1037937

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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, what information his Department holds on the amount BT has paid in direct capital contributions to local authorities in relation to each of its 44 BDUK-approved projects.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>BT contracted over £388 million to deliver Superfast broadband within the 44 BDUK approved phase one projects. A number of these contracts are still in delivery and expected to generate efficiency savings. The amount the supplier has to contribute will not diminish from the contracted value.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/01/2019 12:25:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms