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939910

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	Disinformation
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 his Department will take steps to tackle fake news by extending current regulation and guidance on the prominence given to public service broadcasters in printed television guides to (a) such guides and similar information provided online and (b) the operation of voice assistants when they asked for news headlines.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	163609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of fake news and disinformation very seriously. The Public Service Broadcasters are our best protection against disinformation and it is important that high quality public service content including news content is widely accessible to viewers. That is why under the Digital Economy Act 2017, Ofcom are required to publish a report which looks at the ease of finding and accessing PSB content across all platforms. Ofcom will consult on this issue soon and the final report must be published before December 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/07/2018 10:04:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

939937

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	Electronic Commerce: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish proposals to modernise the eCommerce directive.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	163522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The eCommerce Directive is EU legislation. As detailed in the Withdrawal Agreement, EU law will remain in place until the end of the Implementation Period. There are no plans to publish proposals to modernise the eCommerce Directive.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/07/2018 10:00:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

939939

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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 progress his Department is making on the implementation of the Local Full Fibre Networks programme, announced in Spring Budget 2017.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	163585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Following its announcement in the Spring 2017 Budget, the LFFN programme invested £10m in market trials of its full fibre stimulation approach across the country.</p><p> </p><p>After evaluation of these trials, in November 2017 LFFN launched its £190m Challenge Fund, designed to stimulate commercial investment in full fibre networks in both rural and urban locations across the whole of the UK. Local bodies were invited to submit formal bids, and the first round of funding was allocated to 13 successful bidders that were announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement in March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018 LFFN also delivered on a manifesto commitment with the launch of its £67m Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme for small to medium sized businesses and the local communities around them across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/07/2018 10:05:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

939940

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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: Scotland
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 his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the Local Full Fibre Networks programme, announced in Spring Budget 2017.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	163586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The LFFN programme has engaged regularly with Scottish government officials on the overall programme and on specific initiatives, and collaborated with Scottish Government to run a joint regional event in December 2017 for Scottish Local Authorities, advising them how to bid into the £190m Challenge Fund. We are also in regular discussion with the Scottish Government around the R100 Programme, to ensure alignment between our programmes.</p><p> </p><p>LFFN is delivering significant benefits in Scotland. Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire was selected as a pilot areas ahead of the launch of the £67m Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. The Highlands of Scotland were one of the successful bidders announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement in 2018, and we are also currently in communication with several Scottish Local Authorities regarding their interest in bidding for the next round of the Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/07/2018 10:06:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

939962

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	Tourism: Forests and Nature Reserves
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 his Department is taking to increase tourism to (a) nature reserves and (b) sites of ancient woodland.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	163625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for marketing the UK and England as tourist destinations. As part of their remit, they manage the £40m Discover England Fund which supports the development of bookable tourism products across England, including the Make Great Memories in England’s National Parks and the Telling the Stories of England projects.</p><p> </p><p>There are several promotional campaigns which VisitBritain and VisitEngland manage, including the international I Travel For, and the domestic Join the World campaign. Both of these campaigns use the UK’s woodlands and countryside to promote the country to visitors.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, National Parks like Sherwood Forest have featured many times in VisitBritain’s media stories, highlighting their natural beauty and many visitor attractions to the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/07/2018 13:14:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

938457

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
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 respond to the letter of the hon. Member for Glasgow North of 26 April 2018, reference PG4747.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	163138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>A letter was sent to the Hon member on 11th July.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/07/2018 10:27:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

938616

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Tourism
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 money was spent on advertising the activity of touring in England to the UK market in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	163017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. The following table shows the funding that has been spent on promoting England and developing English tourism product since 2010. It includes activity focused on both domestic and international visitors:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£k)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>10,807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>9,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>11,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>10,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>10,142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>7,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>18,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>18,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>113,473</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 17/07/2018 10:02:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

938719

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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 Service 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that viewers can easily find public service content outside of the main electronic programming guide.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	163181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value and importance of high quality public service content and the need for this to be widely accessible to viewers. That is why under the Digital Economy Act 2017, Ofcom are required to publish a report which looks at the ease of finding and accessing PSB content across all platforms, including those outside of the main electronic programme guide. Ofcom will consult on this issue soon and the final report must be published before December 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/07/2018 10:19:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

937730

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
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	Internet: Business
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 his Department is taking to ensure that internet service providers remove incorrect information relating to business locations when informed of errors by affected people.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	162574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May. The new legislation updates our data protection framework, and includes stronger rights for data subjects in relation to the processing of their personal data. The GDPR gives individuals the right to request that a data controller erases personal data concerning them without undue delay where the individual has withdrawn their consent. The GDPR also gives people the right to have inaccurate personal data relating to them rectified by a data controller without undue delay. Guidance on how to request erasure and rectification has been produced by the Information Commissioner's Office and published on their website at ico.org.uk.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/07/2018 10:23:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

937744

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
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	Charities: Data Protection
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 General Data Protection Regulation on organisations operating on a not-for-profit basis; and what steps he is taking to minimise administrative costs placed on those organisations as a result of the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	162613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK exercised its ability to derogate from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) through the Data Protection Act 2018 to create a proportionate data protection regime which is robust and protects the rights of individuals, whilst providing legal certainty for organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment of the derogations to GDPR exercised by the government was published in 2017, and is available at the link below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664329/General_Processing_Impact_Assessment.pdf</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/07/2018 10:22:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones