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1173443

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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: Information Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the BBC on its decision to end BBC teletext pages 102 and 1610.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	8340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government; therefore, the government has no role in deciding whether BBC services, such as the BBC Red Button teletext service, should be continued.</p><p> </p><p>It is the BBC’s responsibility to assess the potential effect of the closure of the BBC Red Button service on the public’s access to information. The Government welcomes the BBC's decision to pause the closure of the Red Button service, ahead of its review of the impact of the closure on the most vulnerable including the elderly, and deaf and blind licence fee payers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 8480 question first answered 30/01/2020 17:17:07 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1173444

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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: Information Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect on people who are both deaf and elderly of the decision by the BBC to end teletext pages 102 and 1610.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	8341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government; therefore, the government has no role in deciding whether BBC services, such as the BBC Red Button teletext service, should be continued.</p><p> </p><p>It is the BBC’s responsibility to assess the potential effect of the closure of the BBC Red Button service on deaf and elderly people across the UK. The Government welcomes the BBC's decision to pause the closure of the Red Button service, ahead of its review of the impact of the closure on the most vulnerable including the elderly, and deaf and blind licence fee payers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 30/01/2020 17:18:05 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1173445

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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 Licences: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department will take to ensure that (a) deaf and (b) elderly BBC licence fee payers will be adequately provided for by the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	8342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The BBC is editorially and operationally independent of the Government and the Government has no say on what programmes or services the BBC provides for deaf or elderly licence fee payers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, the Royal Charter requires the BBC to serve all audiences - including deaf and elderly licence fee payers - through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>With regard to elderly licence fee payers, the Government is disappointed with the BBC's decision to restrict the over 75 licence fee concession to only those in receipt of pension credit. We recognise the value of free TV licences for over-75s and believe they should be funded by the BBC.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For deaf licence fee payers, Ofcom is responsible for setting a Code on Television Access Services, which includes guidance which must be observed by the BBC in relation to providing subtitles and signing on its television channels. The Code sets out 10-year statutory targets for the BBC in relation to subtitling (100%) and signing (5%). Ofcom is currently reviewing how the BBC should make its UK Public Services accessible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 30/01/2020 17:12:53 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1146814

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
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	Press: Privacy
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 effectiveness of Independent Press Standards Organisation on improving the conduct of the press intruding into the private lives of non-political public figures.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	291587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is part of the strengthened system of independent, self regulation of the press which has developed since the publication of the Leveson Report. IPSO has been subject to external review, and found to have made important achievements in demonstrating itself to be an independent and effective regulator.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 02/10/2019 16:25:24 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1145122

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
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	Digital Technology: Hate Crime and Sexual Harassment
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 the prevalence of (a) sexual harassment and (b) misogynistic abuse against content creators in the digital economy.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	287654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>We have made no specific assessment of this sort of abuse to date. We do recognise that some users are disproportionately affected by online abuse and we are taking action to address unacceptable behaviour online. The Online Harms White Paper, which was published in April this year, sets out the Government's plan to establish a statutory duty of care to make companies take more responsibility for the safety of their users and tackle harm caused by content or activity on their services.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Commission began Phase 2 of their review of abusive and offensive communications online in July 2019. This will review existing communications offences and make specific recommendations about options for reform, to ensure that criminal law provides consistent and effective protection against such behaviour. A final report is expected in early 2021.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 07/10/2019 12:46:22 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1142265

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Art Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the consultation on Strengthening the Process for Retaining National Treasures.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	282533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>We are currently analysing the responses to the 'Strengthening the Process for Retaining National Treasures' public consultation. The anaylsis is almost complete and a Government response will be issued following collective agreement, in line with standard procedures.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 05/09/2019 15:33:18 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1142266

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Art Works
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 the consultation on Strengthening the Process for Retaining National Treasures, what plans she has to strengthen the process for retaining national treasures; and whether her Department has taken steps to implement the recommendations made by Sir Nigel Carrington.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	282534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>My Department is taking forward work to implement Sir Nigel Carrington’s recommendations: We are currently analysing the responses to the 'Strengthening the Process for Retaining National Treasures' public consultation. The analysis is almost complete and a Government Response will be issued following collective agreement, in line with standard procedures.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 05/09/2019 15:36:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1138426

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
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	Sports: Public Participation
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 the role of free to air sport on public participation in sport.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	276222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text Government’s Sporting Future strategy set out the importance of people accessing and experiencing major sporting events and the important outcomes that this can contribute to. It was also clear that Government wants to see sport’s inspirational impact have as broad a reach as possible.<p /><p>UK Sport studies show the motivational power of sport, with two thirds of the British public saying they have been inspired by the success of our Olympic and Paralympic teams and 40% of these people being motivated to do more sport or active recreation than normal.</p><p>Government welcomes the BBC's announcement that it will stream over 1000 hours of extra sport a year. Along with the BBC Connected Sport app, this will allow greater access for fans across the country to view sport. Government also welcomes the decision by Sky to show the final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup on free-to-air television (Channel 4 and More 4), giving millions of viewers the opportunity to unite behind the England team.</p><p />Sport England is investing over £1.2bn in grassroots sport over 2016-21 to ensure that there are opportunities for people from all backgrounds and levels of ability to get active. answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/07/2019 16:49:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1134590

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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	Pupils: Sports
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 proportion of schoolgirls aged between 11 and 18 participated in at least 30 minutes of sport at least once a week in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	269076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The first set of data from Sport England’s world-leading Active Lives: Children and Young People survey was released in December 2018. It shows that 33.6% of girls in years 7-8 and 27.7% of girls in years 9-11 do 30 minutes or more of physical activity per day. Activity is measured in daily levels, to align with the Chief Medical Officers’ guidance for children and young people.</p><p>Levels of activity for girls aged over 16 are captured by the Active Lives (adult) survey, which has a slightly different methodology and so cannot be directly compared. Both surveys are available on Sport England’s website.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to addressing the gender gap in physical activity levels for boys and girls, including the drop-off in engagement from primary to secondary school. It is important that girls have access to the right sporting opportunities, both in and out of school.</p><p> </p><p>This is something government committed to tackle in the Sporting Future strategy, and which will be addressed as part of the new School Sport and Activity Action Plan which will be published before the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/07/2019 15:28:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1123609

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Sports Competitors: Racial Discrimination
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 assess the level of racism directed at sports players by spectators.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	248711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>There is absolutely no place for racism and race related crime in sport or anywhere in society. We have seen some worrying instances of discriminatory behaviour recently, most notably in football. Following the summit I chaired with football leaders on 25th February 2019, Government is working with key groups to deliver clear, tangible actions to tackle racism at all levels of football. The intention is to announce these interventions, in partnership with football, later in the year.</p><p>It is vital that the atmosphere and environment in which sport and physical activity takes place in our communities - be it grassroots or at the elite level - is safe, supportive and free of discrimination. Sport clubs and fans must continue to embrace diversity and tackle racism whenever they encounter it.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 248712 question first answered 02/05/2019 12:17:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens