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1168737

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	5G: Suffolk
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 she has for the roll-out of 5G in rural areas in Suffolk.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to becoming a world leader in 5G and providing a 5G signal to a majority of the population by 2027.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Towards this aim, the Government has taken steps to ensure that we build the right conditions for commercial investment in 5G. As a part of this, we have invested in a nationally coordinated 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme which continues to build the business case for 5G in Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Two of the Phase 1 programmes funded through this scheme, 5GRIT and 5G RuralFirst, are specifically focussed on building a market for 5G use cases in rural areas. We are also providing funding for up to 10 rural-based 5G research and development projects over the next two years through the Rural Connected Communities initiative. We expect these projects to do important work in building the business case for 5G investment in rural areas, such as those within South Suffolk.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the vast majority of commercial rollout of 5G services will be delivered by industry, according to their own timeframes. All four Mobile Network Operators have already begun launching their 5G offerings and coverage is expected to be available in 50 major towns and cities by summer 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the interim, Government is working closely with the Mobile Network Operators on the Shared Rural Network proposal to provide high quality 4G coverage to 95 percent of the UK. This proposal will help tackle both partial not spots - area where this is currently only coverage from at least one, but not all operators - and total not spots - areas with no coverage from any operator, ensuring good 4G signal wherever people live, work and travel.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected that harder to reach locations, such as rural areas within Suffolk, will see the greatest benefit from this proposal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 07/01/2020 11:57:32 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1168741

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Community Development: 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, whether she has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that community groups in receipt of large grants from administrative charities are required to comply with the political independence provisions in the Charities Act 2011.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Grant-making charities must ensure that charitable funds are used to further their charitable purposes. The Charity Commission for England and Wales publishes guidance (&quot;Campaigning and political activity guidance for charities (CC9)&quot;) on the extent to which charities can legitimately engage in non-party political activity as part of furthering their charitable purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Any concerns that charitable funds are being used inappropriately, for example for party-political activities or purposes, should be raised with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, which can investigate and if appropriate take action. There are currently no plans to bring forward legislative proposals on this subject.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/01/2020 12:42:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1168838

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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: Hounslow
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 funding her Department has made available to help tackle loneliness in Hounslow.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Government’s strategy on tackling loneliness in England includes a range of new policies that are benefiting people across England, including in Hounslow. This includes improving and expanding social prescribing and running a new communications campaign on social connection.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government established the £11.5m Building Connections Fund in 2018. This funds 126 projects across England that bring people and communities together. 15 grants, totalling £1.25m, have been made to projects in London. This includes a £93,000 grant to the Afghanistan &amp; Central Asian Association for a project based in Hounslow offering activities such as tea sessions, one to one mentoring and social events.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In October 2019 the Minister for Civil Society announced £2m of new grant funding for frontline organisations tackling loneliness. Details of this funding, including the application process, will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/01/2020 12:48:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1168841

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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 recent estimate she has made of the number of households affected by broadband not-spots in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Almost every premise in the UK is able to get broadband through a fixed, wireless or satellite connection. However, a small minority of premises are unable to get a decent service, providing 10 Mbps download speeds and 1 Mbps upload speeds. In their latest Connected Nations report, Ofcom estimated that these premises numbered only around 155,000 and was likely to reduce further by March 2020, when the Government’s Broadband Universal Obligation (USO) will come into force. The USO gives households without a decent service a legal right to request one up to a Reasonable Cost Threshold of £3,400 per premise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Alongside the USO, investment by Government and the commercial sector has ensured that superfast broadband, providing download speeds of at least 24 Mbps, is now available to 96% of UK premises, and that access to full fibre broadband has increased by 1.5 million premises over the past year and is now available to 10% of the UK. The Government is ambitious to go further and, as part of this, has committed £5 billion to subsidise the deployment of full fibre and gigabit broadband in less commercially viable areas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further information on broadband availability in each local authority area can be found on the Connected Nations section of Ofcom’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 07/01/2020 17:46:35 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1168377

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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	Lotteries: Sales
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 has taken to implement the society lotteries annual sales increased limit, announced in July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	76
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>New limits to the per draw sales, annual sales and maximum prize for society lotteries were announced on 16 July 2019. Affirmative secondary legislation is required to change the limits, and the Gambling Commission is also required to consult on changes to its Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I hope to lay the draft Order in Parliament in January 2020, and the changes to come into force during 2020. The Order will include transitional arrangements for the first year, to enable operators to take advantage of the new limits as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Gambling Commission has already launched its consultation in anticipation of the legislation, and this will help ensure the new limits can come into force as swiftly as possible. Their consultation also covers measures to improve transparency of society lotteries and will run until 12 March 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I shall not be making any further statement at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 30 77 question first answered 07/01/2020 12:44:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1168379

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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	Lotteries: Sales
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 the Government will increase the annual sales limit on society lotteries to £50 million by the end of the first quarter of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	77
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>New limits to the per draw sales, annual sales and maximum prize for society lotteries were announced on 16 July 2019. Affirmative secondary legislation is required to change the limits, and the Gambling Commission is also required to consult on changes to its Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I hope to lay the draft Order in Parliament in January 2020, and the changes to come into force during 2020. The Order will include transitional arrangements for the first year, to enable operators to take advantage of the new limits as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Gambling Commission has already launched its consultation in anticipation of the legislation, and this will help ensure the new limits can come into force as swiftly as possible. Their consultation also covers measures to improve transparency of society lotteries and will run until 12 March 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I shall not be making any further statement at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 30 76 question first answered 07/01/2020 12:44:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1168390

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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	Video Games: Children
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 ensure that pop-up adverts in mobile gaming apps for children are age appropriate.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	75
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Advertising in the UK is regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the industry’s independent regulator, which for online advertising enforces the Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct &amp; Promotional Marketing (CAP Code) through a system of self-regulation. The CAP Code incorporates all relevant legislation, and sets standards for accuracy and honesty to which advertisers must adhere, including specific conditions on advertising to children, causing offence and social responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>The ASA has issued guidance to advertisers (<a href="https://www.asa.org.uk/resource/children-age-restricted-ads-online.html" target="_blank">https://www.asa.org.uk/resource/children-age-restricted-ads-online.html</a>) on using data and targeting tools to minimise children’s exposure to age restricted or age inappropriate advertising online, including in mobile gaming apps, in order to ensure compliance with the CAP Code.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the government also announced its intention to review how online advertising is regulated in the UK, looking at how well the current regime is equipped to tackle the challenges posed by developments in the market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 07/01/2020 16:32:14 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1168491

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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	Lotteries: Charities
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 raise the maximum amount that can be raised each year by an individual charity lottery from £10 million; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	30
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>New limits to the per draw sales, annual sales and maximum prize for society lotteries were announced on 16 July 2019. Affirmative secondary legislation is required to change the limits, and the Gambling Commission is also required to consult on changes to its Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I hope to lay the draft Order in Parliament in January 2020, and the changes to come into force during 2020. The Order will include transitional arrangements for the first year, to enable operators to take advantage of the new limits as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Gambling Commission has already launched its consultation in anticipation of the legislation, and this will help ensure the new limits can come into force as swiftly as possible. Their consultation also covers measures to improve transparency of society lotteries and will run until 12 March 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I shall not be making any further statement at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 76 77 question first answered 07/01/2020 12:44:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1168556

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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: Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote anti-racism in sport.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL14
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that racism has no place in sport or society at large, in line with the sport and physical activity strategy ‘Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation’, which has diversity and inclusion at its heart. Government remains supportive of a number of anti-racism initiatives that work with sports bodies from grassroots to the elite, including Show Racism the Red Card and Kick it Out. With Kick It Out stats demonstrating that racism constitutes 65 per cent of reports made via them in the 18/19 season, government will continue to call governing bodies to account for actions in this space.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Over the past year the Government has led debates in the House of Commons on tackling racism in sport (on 22nd May 2019 and 12th July 2019), and hosted an Anti-Racism Summit in February 2019. This led to clear commitments to tackle racism in football stadia from the three main English football organisations in July 2019. Ministers and officials continue to speak to the FA and relevant football bodies to explore what more can be done. Grassroots sport clubs also receive support in tackling racism from our national sport council, Sport England, who provide free support and learning in running a club through its &quot;Club Matters&quot; programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 07/01/2020 16:33:58 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1168572

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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	Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to amend the Data Protection Act 2018, following the introduction of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL30
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK’s data protection and rights framework remains fit for purpose and can continue to operate in a fast-changing landscape. The Government and the Information Commissioner’s Office keep legislation under constant review to ensure it keeps pace with technical and societal changes. There are powers in the Data Protection Act 2018, overseen by Parliament, to make changes using secondary legislation where appropriate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 07/01/2020 16:32:50 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg