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823443

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Advisory Council on National Records and Archives
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 documents the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives has withheld in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	122921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Advisory Council publishes its own annual report which is laid before Parliament. Since the transition from the 30 year rule to 20 year rule began in 2013, the Advisory Council has collated and published annual figures on closures and retention, and the outcomes of these applications. The Council also reports on the work of its Freedom of Information Panels. The information can be found in its annual reports, available at <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/plans-policies-performance-and-projects/our-performance/" target="_blank">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/plans-policies-performance-and-projects/our-performance/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 122922 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:30:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

823379

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Hartlepool United Football Club
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 he will take steps to provide (a) financial and (b) other support for Hartlepool United; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	122862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not provide financial assistance to professional sports clubs. I am however encouraged by the steps the community, fans and other stakeholders are taking to safeguard the future of Hartlepool United FC, and welcome the advice that Supporters Direct are providing.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/01/2018 11:06:21 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

823444

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Advisory Council on National Records and Archives: Appeals
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 appeals the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives has (a) heard, (b) ruled in favour of and (c) ruled against in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	122922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Advisory Council publishes its own annual report which is laid before Parliament. Since the transition from the 30 year rule to 20 year rule began in 2013, the Advisory Council has collated and published annual figures on closures and retention, and the outcomes of these applications. The Council also reports on the work of its Freedom of Information Panels. The information can be found in its annual reports, available at <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/plans-policies-performance-and-projects/our-performance/" target="_blank">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/plans-policies-performance-and-projects/our-performance/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 122921 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:30:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

823492

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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: Beverage Containers
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 estimate has been made of the number of hot drink cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	122964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>DCMS do not purchase any hot drinks cups. DCMS is based at 100 Parliament Street and as such staff use facilities provided by HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/01/2018 11:02:50 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

823553

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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: Equality
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 letter sent to her by the chair of Ofcom regarding the Communications Acts 2003, 27(6), if she will make it her policy to extend the Communications Acts 2003, 27(6), to include all equality strands covered in the Equality Act 2010, specifically religion or belief.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	123019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Our media should reflect the population as a whole. The government believes that broadcasters should be leading the way on improving diversity monitoring in support of this goal, including by voluntarily providing data across all of the equality strands to Ofcom. It is right that voluntary approaches are fully explored before legislative change is considered, and the government urges all parties to work together to improve monitoring of diversity levels. Government will continue to work closely with Ofcom on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/01/2018 09:55:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

822915

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Christianity
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 have been taken by the Government in response to the recommendation in paragraph 6.7 of the Council of Europe Resolution 2036 (2015) on encouraging the media to avoid negative stereotyping and communicating prejudices against Christians, in the same way as for any other group.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	122598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Inciting religious hatred is a crime and the government will not tolerate hate speech against any religion or community. There is a robust regulatory framework in place for broadcasting enforced by Ofcom, the independent communications regulator. Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code makes clear that, unless justified by the context, content which includes hate speech or derogatory material in regards to any individuals, groups, religions or communities must not be included in TV or radio broadcasts. With regard to written media, the government is committed to a free and independent press and does not interfere with what is published, as long as the press abides by the law, including laws against hate speech.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/01/2018 16:51:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

823062

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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 steps he is taking to assess the accuracy of rates of (a) access and (b) take-up for superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on the availability of superfast broadband are available from a number of published sources including Ofcom’s Connected Nations Report and International Communications Market Report, and the Thinkbroadband website. The government also tracks coverage based on data reported by suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>Coverage delivered through the government’s Superfast Broadband Programme is reported quarterly by suppliers at address level. For technologies such as Fibre to the Cabinet which do not provide fibre all the way to individual premises, the reported coverage data is based on modelled speeds, as the actual speeds that are attainable for a specific premises cannot be confirmed until an upgraded broadband service goes live. BT has undertaken three comparisons of actual against modelled speeds for its Fibre to the Cabinet coverage under the Superfast Broadband Programme, most recently with a dataset of 1.5 million lines, and the results show that in aggregate the number of premises that can obtain superfast speeds in practice is greater than the modelled figure.</p><p> </p><p>Take-up rates are published by suppliers in their quarterly and annual reports. Rates of take-up in areas which have gained coverage as a result of the Superfast Broadband Programme are reported to Local Bodies. This is disaggregated to local levels to allow Local Bodies to identify where take-up is either lower or higher than the average, to support targeting of local demand stimulation activities. Take-up rates from projects in the Phase 1 Superfast Broadband Programme now average over 40%, significantly higher than the level expected by suppliers at the start of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/01/2018 16:55:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823063

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Public Libraries
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 estimate he has made of the number of people using public libraries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The detail requested is not collected by this Department. However, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) collect annually from the individual library authorities comprehensive information relating to library service provision in Great Britain. The following table outlines the number of physical library visits in each of the last five years in England.</p><p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Visits (million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>238.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>223.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>224.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>210.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>204.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p><p>The CIPFA library statistics can be accessed from the House library.</p><p><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/01/2018 13:55:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823064

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Pay Television
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 he has had with the BBC on the introduction of subscription for non-core services provided by that corporation.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The government decided to retain the licence fee funding model for the duration of the current BBC Royal Charter. Alongside this the BBC has committed to consider and explore whether elements of subscription have a role to play alongside the core licence fee model in its future funding, to develop and test the scope for additional sources of commercial revenue.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/01/2018 16:53:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823065

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Finance
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 support the arts sector to become self-funding and financially sustainable.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has promoted a number of initiatives alongside our Arm’s Length Body, Arts Council England (ACE) to support the arts sector to become more self-funding and financially sustainable. For example, the recent Catalyst Fund supported organisations with a limited track record in fundraising to enable them to attract more private giving, while ACE's Building Resilience programme helped arts and culture organisations build their financial and business resilience.</p><p> </p><p>'Boosting Resilience: Survival Skills for the New Normal' is currently one of four new flagship projects supported by ACE, which aims to enable senior staff from England-based arts and cultural organisations, music education hubs, museums and library services to develop new approaches to making the most of creative assets and intellectual property. In addition, the Arts Impact Fund encourages organisations to consider alternatives to grants for business development. The fund provides repayable finance to arts organisations with ambitions to grow, achieve great artistic quality and have a further positive impact on society.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/01/2018 14:02:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson