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749632

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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	Social Media: Hate Crime
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 discussions she has had with social media companies to ensure that they comply with their terms of service on removing offensive content including hate speech from their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	3685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 3682 3683 3684 question first answered 13/07/2017 08:02:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

749634

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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	Social Media: Hate Crime
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 social media companies on the adoption of a consistent approach to reporting and removing hate speech across all platforms.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	3682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 3683 3684 3685 question first answered 13/07/2017 08:02:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

749636

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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	Social Media: Hate Crime
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 discussions she has had with social media companies on educating their employees on (a) antisemitic, (b) Islamophobic and (c) racist images or discourse on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	3683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 3682 3684 3685 question first answered 13/07/2017 08:02:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

749222

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the Community Organisers programme is still in place; if so, (1) to which Government department or agency it is accountable, and (2) in which places it is in operation; if not, when it was brought to a close and on what authority; and for each year in which it has operated, what was the cost.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Community Organisers programme contract ran from 2010 - 2015. A new Community Organisers Expansion Programme was launched in March 2017 and will run until 2020.</p><p> </p><p>1) The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) contracted the delivery of the Community Organisers Expansion Programme.</p><p>2) 20 Social Action Hubs will be appointed across England to train Community Organisers as part of the Expansion Programme. The first 10 hubs have been publicly announced (<a href="http://www.corganisers.org.uk/news/launch-2nd-round-funding" target="_blank">http://www.corganisers.org.uk/news/launch-2nd-round-funding</a>) and the second 10 will be announced later in 2017.</p><p>3) The Community Organisers programme costs for 2010 - 2015 are published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts which can be found at the link below. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>. The Community Organisers Expansion programme costs for the financial year 2016/17 will be published by DCMS in mid July 2017 on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 17/07/2017 15:46:05 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

749330

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	S4C Independent Review
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 assessment she has made of the implications of S4C's report entitled S4C: Pushing the Boundaries, published on 7 April 2017, for the Independent Review of S4C.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	3601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Welsh Conservatives manifesto, the government remains committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. S4C's report will be assessed as part of the review. We will announce more details in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:34:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

749332

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Sports: Drugs
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 tackle doping in (a) elite and (b) amateur UK sport.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	3459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to eradicating the use of performance enhancing substances and methods in sport.</p><p> </p><p>UK Anti- Doping (UKAD) is our Arms Length Body with responsibility for tackling the use of performance-enhancing drugs. UKAD drives a clean sport programme including a successful education programme, along with athlete testing across more than 40 Olympic, Paralympic and professional sports.</p><p> </p><p>Using information from a wide range of sources, UKAD focuses resources where there is the highest risk of doping, whether this be in amateur or professional sports, with the aim of targeting the right people at the right time.</p><p> </p><p>On 30th March, the Government launched a review to ensure UKAD continues to be able to work as effectively as possible and be a world-leader in tackling anti-doping.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 3424 question first answered 14/07/2017 12:08:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

749342

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Sports: Drugs
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 tackle the use of performance-enhancing drugs in (a) elite and (b) amateur UK sport.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	3424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to eradicating the use of performance enhancing substances and methods in sport.</p><p> </p><p>UK Anti- Doping (UKAD) is our Arms Length Body with responsibility for tackling the use of performance-enhancing drugs. UKAD drives a clean sport programme including a successful education programme, along with athlete testing across more than 40 Olympic, Paralympic and professional sports.</p><p> </p><p>Using information from a wide range of sources, UKAD focuses resources where there is the highest risk of doping, whether this be in amateur or professional sports, with the aim of targeting the right people at the right time.</p><p> </p><p>On 30th March, the Government launched a review to ensure UKAD continues to be able to work as effectively as possible and be a world-leader in tackling anti-doping.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 3459 question first answered 14/07/2017 12:08:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

748660

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Public Sector: Mutual Societies and Social Impact Bonds
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 by the Inclusive Economy Unit in working with other Government Departments to expand public service mutuals and the use of social impact bonds.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	3157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Centre for Social Impact Bonds and the Mutuals Team work closely with other government departments to support the development of SIBs and to increase the number, sustainability and commissioning of public service mutuals. For SIBs, this includes working with DWP to support disengaged young people through the Youth Engagement Fund SIB and cooperation with their Work and Health Unit, the DCLG Rough Sleeping Fund and DfE's work to support care leavers. For mutuals, this includes working closely with the DfE on their Innovation Programme to include public service mutuals as a new model of delivering children's services, and with the libraries team in DCMS for potential mutuals in libraries and cultural services. The number of public service mutuals has grown from 6 in 2009 to over 100 today.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2017 11:57:02 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

748097

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Sports Competitors: Down's Syndrome
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 discussions her Department has had with disability sports organisations on classing Down's syndrome athletes as a separate and discreet class and excluding such athletes from participation opportunities in national disability sports events.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	2938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>We have not been approached about this issue and no recent discussion has taken place. Sport England is currently in discussions with National Disability Sports Organisations, about the role they can play to support the delivery of Government's strategy for sport and physical activity, Sporting Future, which is focused on tackling inactivity in priority groups, such as disabled people. This includes discussions with Special Olympics GB and Mencap about the work that they do with people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2017 10:09:23 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

748104

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Public Sector: 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, how often the public services programme implementation group, announced on 13 December 2016 has met; and what progress has been made in developing a Public Service Incubator.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	2811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>In February 2017, the Civil Society Implementation Group, chaired by Sir Martyn Lewis, was formed. It was tasked with creating delivery proposals for policies related to public services and civil society, including the Incubator. The group has met on 15 separate occasions and Government is considering its proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/07/2017 16:24:24 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed