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1315110

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date	17/05/2021
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 Council: Music
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 the Arts Council spent on (a) opera and (b) brass bands in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The figures for Arts Council England funding for opera and brass bands in financial years 2019/20, 2020/21 are given below.</p><p> </p><p>The figures for each year are broken down into primary and secondary funding and then a total. Primary classification indicates that, in this case, opera or brass bands, was a major focus of the activity funded with the assumption most of this amount went to funding this activity. Secondary classification indicates this was a minor focus of the activity and so it cannot be assumed this full amount of funding went towards this activity.</p><p> </p><p>A small number of projects are classified under both opera and brass bands, so these figures cannot be added together, as these projects would be double counted.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">ACE Opera Funding:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Primary</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Secondary</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019/20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£59,230,322</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£26,335,477</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£85,565,799</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020/21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£61,920,159</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£37,675,988</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£99,596,147</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>ACE Brass Bands Funding:</strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Primary</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Secondary</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019/20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£375,339</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£765,573</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£1,140,912</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020/21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£392,670</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£5,132,587</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£5,525,257</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /> <br /><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2021 14:18:23 question first ministerially corrected 21/05/2021 10:00:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 1290 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1315143

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Reclaim Fund: 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, how much of the £750 million in funding announced for the voluntary and community sector on 8 April 2020 came from Reclaim Fund Ltd.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>None of the £750 million funding announced for the voluntary and community sector in April 2020, came from the Reclaim Fund Ltd transferred under the Dormant Assets Scheme. All of the funding was central government funding.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Separate to the £750m funding package, in May 2020 the DCMS Secretary of State announced the unlocking of £150m of dormant assets funding to help charities, social enterprises and individuals in need of support during the coronavirus outbreak.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/05/2021 15:47:12 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1315148

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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: Staff
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 full time equivalent staff are employed in the Digital Markets Unit as of 1 May 2021; and what estimate he has made of the number of those staff that will be employed in that unit at the end of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>In April, we established a new Digital Markets Unit (DMU) within the Competition and Markets Authority to prepare for the new pro-competition regime for digital markets. We will legislate to put the DMU on a statutory footing as soon as parliamentary time allows, following consultation on the regime later this year.</p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority is an independent regulator. It received funding for approximately 55-60 staff members for the Digital Markets Unit for this financial year. Approximately half of the Digital Markets Unit staff are in post, with the Competition and Markets Authority expecting the Unit to be fully staffed by the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/05/2021 15:51:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1315156

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Media: Education
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 additional resources he plans to provide to Ofcom to (a) commission and (b) encourage educational initiatives to increase media literacy as outlined in clause 11 of the Online Safety Bill.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>Clause 103 of the draft Online Safety Bill, which the government published on 12 May, would extend Ofcom’s existing statutory duty to promote media literacy which is set out in section 11 of the Communications Act 2003. The amended duty includes specifying that Ofcom must carry out, commission or encourage educational initiatives designed to improve the media literacy of members of the public. It also applies the duty in relation to online safety.</p><p>Government is working closely with Ofcom to ensure that, through the proportionate and differentiated fees to industry, the annual operating costs of the online harms regime are recovered. As set out in the draft Online Safety Bill, the cost of any activities undertaken by Ofcom in the course of carrying out their regulatory responsibilities can be recharged to industry; this will include costs relating to the media literacy function as it applies to online safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2021 13:44:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1315165

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Streaming: Classification Schemes
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 he has made of the implications for his policies of the BBFC's recent survey entitled Age ratings on subscription streaming services - April 2021 and its finding that parents want age ratings to be consistent between cinema, DVD and video-on-demand platforms; and if he will take steps to ensure that platforms respond to that finding and use age ratings based on UK standards.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	2302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the British Board of Film Classification’s (BBFC) recent report, which contributes to our understanding of this matter and builds on wider evidence regarding best practice age ratings for film content.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government will consider the report and its findings, and continue to support the adoption of BBFC ratings for content on video on demand platforms. To that end, we were particularly pleased to see Netflix announce on 1 December 2020 that they have become the first platform to achieve complete coverage of their content under the BBFC’s ratings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will keep the evidence for legislation in this area under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2021 14:09:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1315281

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Reclaim Fund
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 and what proportion of people were reconnected with their assets (a) before and (b) after they were transferred to the Reclaim Fund Ltd in each year since the inception of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The Dormant Assets Scheme is voluntary and industry-led. Neither the government nor Reclaim Fund Ltd (RFL) hold data on how many people have been reconnected with their assets prior to them being classed as dormant and transferred to RFL. This data is held by the individual banks and building societies that choose to participate in the Dormant Assets Scheme.</p><p>RFL data indicates that circa 7.5% of funds transferred from dormant accounts – a total of £106m since the Scheme’s inception in 2011 – has been reclaimed by customers after their dormant assets were transferred to Reclaim Fund Ltd.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/05/2021 15:48:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1315283

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Dormant Assets Scheme: National Lottery Community Fund
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 he has made of whether a higher proportion of funds from dormant bank and building society accounts transferred to the Reclaim Fund Ltd could potentially be transferred to the National Lottery Community Fund.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>Reclaim Fund Ltd (RFL) is legally obliged to retain a portion of the funds it receives as a result of the Dormant Assets Scheme in order to repay owners who come forward to reclaim their money. Overseen by HM Treasury, it is RFL’s responsibility to determine the appropriate proportion of funding that it can prudently release.</p><p>RFL currently releases 60% of the money it receives to social and environmental initiatives through The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF), and reserves 40% for meeting reclaims. RFL’s approach is based on actuarial modelling and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance. Over time, this has enabled RFL to change the proportion of funds transferred to TNLCF: in 2016, RFL decreased their reclaim provision from 60% to 40%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/05/2021 15:52:45 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1315343

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Huawei: Telecommunications
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 progress has been made on the removal of Huawei from the UK’s (a) fixed and (b) mobile networks; what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of Huawei on the timescale of the 5G rollout; what estimate he has made of the cost of that removal to the UK’s telecommunication networks providers to date; and what recent estimate he has made of total cost of that removal of Huawei for UK businesses.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>Over the course of 2020, the Government made a set of announcements regarding public telecommunications providers’ use of goods and services provided by Huawei.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This included advice that providers should stop procuring 5G equipment from Huawei after December 2020; stop installing Huawei equipment in 5G networks from September 2021;</p><p>remove Huawei equipment from the core of all networks by January 2023; reduce Huawei equipment to 35% of their 5G and full fibre networks by January 2023; and remove Huawei equipment from the 5G network by 2027.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Telecoms providers continue to reassure Ministers on their progress and response to the advice in their regular meetings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As the Secretary of State set out in his statement to the House on 14 July 2020, we estimate that implementation of the advice will mean a cumulative delay to 5G rollout of two to three years and costs of up to two billion pounds.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Once the Telecommunications (Security) Bill has been enacted, and subject to consultation in accordance with the Bill’s provisions, the Government will be empowered to give this advice legal effect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/05/2021 16:04:37 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1315345

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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: 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, what steps he is taking to work with telecoms standards setting bodies overseas to encourage and develop best practice in the security of open networks.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>Technical standards are a crucial part of our work to diversify the supply chain. Specifically, the Government’s 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy identified ensuring UK representation and boosting UK participation in global standards setting bodies as key objectives which can help to promote secure and interoperable standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To achieve these objectives, the Government is working closely with industry, the NCSC, Ofcom and a wide range of international partners to increase UK influence and presence at major standards development organisations such as ETSI and 3GPP.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Through the UK’s G7 Presidency the Government led positive conversations on standards with international partners, and will continue to work closely with like-minded partners in order to forge a consensus on these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/05/2021 16:07:24 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1315349

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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: Lithium and Silicon
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 he has made of the effect of the silicone and lithium shortages on UK telecommunications supply chains; and what steps he is taking to secure UK silicon and lithium supplies.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>Government works in collaboration with the telecommunications industry to enhance its resilience through the Electronic Communications Resilience and Response Group (EC-RRG). We will continue to keep the availability of raw materials in the supply chain under continual review with industry partners, as we do for all issues that may affect resilience of UK telecommunications networks and services.</p><p> </p><p>In the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fthe-integrated-review-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7CEdmund.Ward%40beis.gov.uk%7C3bdceaae4a164bb4cb2e08d8f44ce5c3%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637527958415813510%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=vAq8Wff3nznhzoLZWGi%2BaWIuu5gibyqsNq2kyNM7tzY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Integrated Review</a> of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy published in March 2021, the Government’s priority actions to 2025 include diversifying the UK’s supply in critical goods, such as medical equipment and rare earth elements, through trade partnerships and international collaboration. Within the UK, the Government will continue to explore opportunities around domestic extraction and processing of critical minerals, such as lithium, as well as their recovery, recycling and reuse to establish a viable circular economy. Demand for these materials is global and the Government is working to ensure supplies remain sufficient for the UK economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/05/2021 16:08:23 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah