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1580643

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Government Assistance
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 had recent discussions with (a) public and (b) private leisure centre and swimming pool operators on the support required by that sector.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I hosted a roundtable on Tuesday 24 January to hear directly from leisure and swimming pool operators in the public and private sector on how the challenges they face. This was attended by a range of organisations, National Governing Bodies and local authority representations. I have regularly met with the National Sector Partner Group, and their membership organisations, to discuss issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 132433 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:30:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580649

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
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 she will publish the membership of her Department's working group for key partners in the leisure centre and swimming pools industry.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I hosted a roundtable on Tuesday 24 January to hear directly from leisure and swimming pool operators in the public and private sector on how the challenges they face. This was attended by a range of organisations, National Governing Bodies and local authority representations. I have regularly met with the National Sector Partner Group, and their membership organisations, to discuss issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 132429 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:30:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580705

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: Holiday Leave
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 her Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	132461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>DCMS staff are not able to sell annual leave.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 31/01/2023 09:13:54 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1580758

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Internet: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January to Question 120898 on Internet: Males, if she will fund research online violence against men and boys.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	132370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The government routinely undertakes research to enhance the online harms evidence base, as well as improve understanding of harms experienced by adults and children. A list of recently published research can be found at this link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-harms-research-publications-december-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-harms-research-publications-december-2022</a></p><p>Ofcom also conducts research into online harms. For example, Online Nation is an annual report by Ofcom that looks at what people are doing online, how they are served by online content providers and platforms, and their attitudes to and experiences of using the internet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/02/2023 15:55:30 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1580799

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Football: Regulation
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 she will take steps to (a) introduce an Independent Regulator of English Football and (b) strengthen rules on ownership of football clubs.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	132507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>We will publish a White Paper in the next couple of weeks that sets out a detailed plan on how football will be reformed through regulation, including rules around football club ownership.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/01/2023 09:29:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1580958

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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 and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) broadband, and (2) mobile phone, connectivity in rural areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL5089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Over 73% of premises in the UK can now access gigabit-capable broadband, which is a huge leap forward from January 2019, when coverage was just 6%. The competitive and pro-growth regulatory environment we have created is enabling suppliers to expand their networks to reach more homes and businesses, and we are making excellent progress with Project Gigabit, delivering fast, reliable broadband to rural and hard-to-reach parts of the UK.</p><p>We are awarding a series of contracts to suppliers to deliver gigabit-capable connectivity in areas to which the market will not go without subsidy. We have already awarded six contracts and, in total, have made almost £1 billion of funding available through our live contracts and procurements, covering up to 681,500 premises. We have also recently increased the maximum value of vouchers through the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme to support suppliers to connect premises in particularly hard-to-reach areas.</p><p>Mobile phone connectivity continues to improve in rural areas via the Government's £1 billion deal with mobile network operators to deliver the Shared Rural Network. The programme will see operators collectively increase the UK’s 4G geographic mobile network coverage to 95%; this will reduce rural ‘not spots’, levelling up coverage between rural and urban areas.</p><p>The operators have already deployed more than 150 new sites and have upgraded over 1,300 sites across the UK since the programme began in 2020. 4G coverage across the UK has increased to 92.2%, as the early impact from the Shared Rural Network took effect.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/02/2023 17:59:01 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1580993

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of (1) rural, and (2) non-rural, areas have 5G network coverage.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL5090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible for reporting on 5G coverage in Connected Nations. Ofcom first reported on 5G coverage in 2021 and is refining its measuring and reporting of this. Ofcom does not currently report on 5G availability in rural compared to non-rural areas.</p><p>According to Ofcom, (basic) ‘non-standalone’ 5G is available with a high degree of confidence from at least one mobile network operator outside 77% of UK premises.</p><p>Our forthcoming Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will articulate a clear vision for how advanced wireless infrastructure can become an integral part of the fabric of the UK's economy and society by 2030. We aim to publish the strategy in early 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/02/2023 17:58:16 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1580104

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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: Public Appointments
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 has she made of the effectiveness of the scrutiny processes for public appointments within her Department.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	131252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s public appointments processes are run in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments and are regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. DCMS’s most significant appointments are also subject to a pre-appointment scrutiny hearing held by the DCMS Select Committee.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/01/2023 09:20:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1580105

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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 Radio: Local Broadcasting
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 potential merits of the Local BBC Radio sharing proposal changes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	131253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the strength of feeling about the importance of BBC Local Radio. These services help bring communities together, and play a vital role in delivering news, sports coverage and other content that is locally relevant.</p><p>While it is up to the BBC to decide how it delivers its services, the Government is clear that the BBC must make sure it continues to provide distinctive and genuinely local radio services, with content that reflects and represents people and communities from all corners of the UK.</p><p>The Government remains disappointed that the BBC is planning to reduce parts of its local radio output, and Ministers expressed their concerns to the Chair of the BBC Board and the Director General when they met towards the end of last year.</p><p>The Government understands that the BBC have made a recent announcement adjusting their previous proposal, and we will seek to understand what this means in practice for its audiences.</p><p>The Government expects Ofcom to ensure the BBC is robustly held to account in delivering its public service duties.</p><p>We recognise the value of free TV licences for over-75s and believe they should be funded by the BBC. The BBC must look at how it uses its substantial licence fee income to support older people, and deliver its public service duties.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 131254 131255 131256 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:16:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1580106

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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 Radio: Local Broadcasting
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 she will have discussions with BBC Local Radio on maintaining current programming commitments.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	131254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the strength of feeling about the importance of BBC Local Radio. These services help bring communities together, and play a vital role in delivering news, sports coverage and other content that is locally relevant.</p><p>While it is up to the BBC to decide how it delivers its services, the Government is clear that the BBC must make sure it continues to provide distinctive and genuinely local radio services, with content that reflects and represents people and communities from all corners of the UK.</p><p>The Government remains disappointed that the BBC is planning to reduce parts of its local radio output, and Ministers expressed their concerns to the Chair of the BBC Board and the Director General when they met towards the end of last year.</p><p>The Government understands that the BBC have made a recent announcement adjusting their previous proposal, and we will seek to understand what this means in practice for its audiences.</p><p>The Government expects Ofcom to ensure the BBC is robustly held to account in delivering its public service duties.</p><p>We recognise the value of free TV licences for over-75s and believe they should be funded by the BBC. The BBC must look at how it uses its substantial licence fee income to support older people, and deliver its public service duties.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 131253 131255 131256 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:16:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell