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759644

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Broadband: Wales
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 plans to extend the testing of full-fibre broadband to (a) Ceredigion and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	10178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Local Full Fibre Networks programme Challenge Fund, which all local bodies across the UK will be able to apply for, will open this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:47:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759645

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	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, for what reasons the six areas in England and Scotland were selected by the Government to test full-fibre broadband.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	10180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The criteria used to identify Wave 1 locations include the learning opportunity, likely success in stimulating investment, project deliverability and suitability, all as assessed from information gathered in our January 2017 Call for Evidence and subsequent engagement through 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 14:32:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759647

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Data Protection: Next of Kin
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 rights next of kin have to access data that belonged to deceased relatives.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	10170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The process on granting a next of kin access to any data on the deceased, held by public authorities is outlined in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 15:36:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

759648

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Data Protection: EU Law
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 her Department has made of the potential effect on businesses of no data adequacy agreement being in place when the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	10137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to my response to PQ 8887 answered on 11 September.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 09:56:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

759649

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Vulnerable Adults: Data Protection
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 rights relatives have to access data that belongs to vulnerable adults.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	10163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Individuals' rights in regards to the processing of personal data is governed by the Data Protection Act (DPA) which is regulated by the Information Commissioner. The DPA recognises that in certain circumstances a third person may need to act on behalf of a friend or relative, in such circumstances the DPA will not prevent someone from accessing and updating information about another person, as long as they have permission to do so.</p><p>The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published advice on its website on the rights of individuals who are acting on behalf of a vulnerable person or relative.</p><p>This information can be found at:</p><p>https://iconewsblog.org.uk/2015/02/11/how-data-protection-helps-supporting-someone-with-dementia/</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 09:58:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

759650

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Telecommunications: Misrepresentation
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 11 September 2017 to Question 8813, on telecommunications: misrepresentation, whether informed consent applies for the duration of the contract; and how informed consent applies to people who may become classified as vulnerable during the contract period.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	10116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Ofcom currently has rules in place which ensure that where communication providers make modifications to contractual terms which are likely to be of material detriment to a subscriber, they notify the subscriber of the modification and their ability to terminate the contract without penalty if the proposed modification is not acceptable.</p><p>In terms of identifying whether a customer is vulnerable, the communications provider would need to be made aware of the change in the consumer's circumstances either by the customer or a third party if they were authorised to act on their behalf.</p><p>Ofcom has now proposed, as part of its review of General Conditions of Entitlement, that all communications providers must comply with the introduction of a new condition on vulnerability which would require communication providers to take reasonable steps to identify vulnerable customers.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 10:19:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

759651

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Redundancy Pay
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 much has been paid to (a) men and (b) women who left her Department under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	10046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Details of the number, type, compensation levels and cost of exits from DCMS are routinely published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-17</p><p> </p><p>The information in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts includes the Core Department and Agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:49:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759652

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	BBC: Business Interests
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 she has had with the BBC on its publishing declarations of interests made by presenters and other employees.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not had any discussions with the BBC on publishing declarations of personal interests made by presenters or other employees. This is an operational matter for the BBC.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 10:02:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

759653

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Pay
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 of her Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Departmental pay awards have been applied in accordance with HMT pay guidance.</p><p>For recent pay awards, the department has paid 1% of the grade median instead of 1% of the actual salary, to ensure employees near the bottom of a pay range receive a proportionately higher award than those near the top.</p><p> </p><p>The table below illustrates the number of payroll employees with pay increases as set out in the question.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1st June 2015 to 1st June 2016</p></td><td><p>1st June 2016 to 1st June 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Above 1%</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>At 1%</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 1%</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:52:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759215

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	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, what plans her Department has to bring forward proposals for regulatory reform of the Society Lottery sector.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Amanda Milling
uin	9896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the CMS Select Committee’s report on society lotteries advised that it intended to explore all the recommendations further, with advice from the Gambling Commission. We are carefully considering the issues raised by the Select Committee and continue to take advice from the Gambling Commission as we consider policy options.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that the Gambling Commission will publish their advice in due course, when Government has made an announcement on its conclusions.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission are currently consulting on on increasing provisions around transparency for society lotteries. The consultation closes on 30 September 2017 and can be found here:</p><p>http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/Consultations/Open-consultations/Have-your-say-on-changes-to-society-lottery-codes-of-practice.aspx</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 9897 question first answered 19/09/2017 10:52:14 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling