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1466101

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	World Heritage Sites
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 is taking to support bids for the Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	900247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>My officials, supported by advisers from Historic England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, have been running open information sessions and workshops for applicants to provide advice and support, ahead of the 15th July deadline.</p><p>There has been interest from a fascinating range of prospective sites from across the UK and Overseas Territories and I look forward to their applications.</p><p>We encourage heritage related projects to apply to grant schemes available through the Government’s Arm’s Length Bodies and partners where eligible, such as Historic England or through the National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/05/2022 09:48:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1466102

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: Community Development
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 support community arts projects.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	900249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>DCMS provides funding to community arts projects in England through our arm’s-length body, Arts Council England.</p><p>They are committed to supporting community arts projects, and have identified &quot;Cultural Communities&quot; as a key focus of its 10 year strategy “Let’s Create”.</p><p>One recently funded project is in Bath constituency; Bath Carnival CIC were recently awarded £79,000 from National Lottery Project Grants to support their 2022 community carnival inspired by the theme ‘Natural Habitats’.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/05/2022 09:47:02 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1466103

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: North of 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, what steps she is taking to promote and strengthen creative industries in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	900251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>We strongly believe that our booming creative industries can drive growth in towns and cities across our country, including in the north of England.</p><p>We have a number of initiatives underway to strengthen those industries, including £17.5m to expand the Creative Scale Up programme, supporting access to finance for high growth creative firms outside London. This builds on the successful pilot that has supported over 200 businesses in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and West of England. I was in Manchester this month to meet some of the alumni from that.</p><p>Seven places in the North have received funding from the Cultural Development Fund to support creative initiatives, including Wakefield, Grimsby, Barnsley, Berwick-on-Tweed, Middlesbrough, Rochdale and Stockport.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 26/05/2022 12:44:54 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1466463

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Youth Services: Standards
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 has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the provision of youth services by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28/04/22 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-04-25/159010" target="_blank">159010</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 9984 9985 question first answered 06/06/2022 13:40:13 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1465676

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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 assessment she has made of the potential effects of the Online Safety Bill on requirements for voice recognition or other voice services to (a) remove illegal content from their services and (b) set terms and conditions to address legal but harmful content.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	9185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will apply to all companies that allow users to post content online or to interact with each other. This will include a broad range of websites, apps and services, some of which will enable voice recognition. The Bill will make sure that the UK is the safest place to be online, requiring all in-scope companies to take robust action against illegal content.</p><p>Additionally, the largest and riskiest services will face additional duties, including specifying in their terms and conditions what measures they are taking for the most harmful content to adults, and must enforce these rules consistently.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/06/2022 13:20:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1465857

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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: 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections provided by Schedule 7 of the Online Safety Bill against online hate speech specifically targeted at (a) women and (b) disabled people; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	8999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill contains robust protections for women, girls and disabled people online, who face disproportionate volumes of abuse.</p><p>All services in scope will need to put in place proportionate systems and processes to minimise the risk of priority illegal content appearing on their service and to swiftly remove it when it does appear. This will protect all online users, including from content which could constitute hate speech under the Public Order Act 1986. This includes behaviours that are threatening and abusive and result in harassment, alarm or distress. The list of priority offences includes a number of offences which disproportionately afffect women and girls, such as revenge pornography and cyberstalking, which companies must tackle.</p><p>Beyond the priority offences, all services will need to ensure that they have quickly taken down other illegal content directed at women and girls and disabled people once it has been reported or they become aware of its presence. Women, girls and disabled users will also be able to report abuse, and should expect to receive an appropriate response from the platform. Ofcom will also have a duty to consider the vulnerability of users whose circumstances appear to put them in need of special protection when performing its duties.</p><p>If major platforms don’t fulfil their own standards to keep people safe, they could face an investigation and enforcement action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/06/2022 13:12:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1465858

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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: Abuse
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 make it her policy to (a) issue fines, or (b) otherwise sanction social media platforms that fail to prevent users previously banned from a platform for abusive behaviour from creating new accounts on the platform; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	9000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will require social media platforms to tackle illegal content, including illegal abuse. The largest, high risk platforms will also need to set clear terms of service for such content and ensure they are properly enforced. Ofcom will set out steps that companies can take to fulfil their duties in codes of practice, and these could include measures such as preventing banned users from creating new accounts.</p><p>OFCOM will be able to sanction companies where they fail to adequately fulfil their new duties under the Bill. OFCOM will have a range of enforcement powers available to it, including: powers to issue substantial fines, require operators to take steps to remedy breaches and/or come into compliance with their duties, and to apply to the court for business disruption measures (including blocking) where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/06/2022 13:17:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1465215

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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: Bullying
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 address allegations of cyber bullying in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to addressing cyberbullying and online abuse in the UK and the Online Safety Bill will deliver strong protections for UK users online. This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 17 March 2022, and has now passed second reading.</p><p>The Bill will require all companies in scope to tackle illegal abuse on their services, by making sure it is taken down quickly and by using tools to minimise the risk of similar material appearing. Services which are likely to be accessed by children will also need to protect them from legal but harmful content and activity, such as cyberbullying. Companies will have to ensure that reporting mechanisms are easily accessible, and parents and children should expect to see platforms responding quickly and effectively to reports of cyberbullying. The Bill will also require the largest and highest risk services to set out in terms and conditions their approach to addressing harmful content for adults, such as online abuse which does not meet a criminal threshold. Ofcom will be able to take enforcement action, including large fines, against companies that fail to comply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/06/2022 08:01:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1465298

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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 Markets Unit: Powers
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 has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide the Digital Markets Unit with statutory powers in the parliamentary session 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	8097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>We will legislate to put the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) on a statutory footing as soon as parliamentary time allows. The Draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill was announced as part of the Queen’s Speech in May this year. This draft legislation will set out new competition rules for digital markets and the largest digital firms.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/06/2022 15:35:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1465337

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	War Memorials
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 her Department will take to ensure that national records of war memorials are accurately maintained.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	8151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>War memorials are an important part of our cultural heritage, and hold a deep emotional resonance with the people of this country. Maintaining an accurate register is integral to making war memorials accessible to all, and ensuring that they benefit future generations as well as our own.</p><p>The Imperial War Museum (a DCMS-Sponsored Museum and Arm's Length Body of government) manages the War Memorials Register, a comprehensive national register of over 90,000 UK war memorials and the names of the individuals they commemorate. With the help of volunteers and the general public, this register is continually updated and provides an invaluable resource to anyone wishing to learn more about, and commemorate, lives lost to and affected by conflict.</p><p>Alongside the work of organisations such as The War Memorials Trust this work ensures the wider preservation of the UK’s war memorials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 30/05/2022 14:54:32 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore