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1328806

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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: South East
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 improve data connectivity in the South East.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering nationwide gigabit connectivity as soon as possible. It is the Government's view that the best way to achieve this is to create a competition-friendly environment in areas where deployment is commercially viable while focussing government funds on the 20% of the country where commercial deployment is unlikely. As a result of this approach, there is now a thriving market of over 80 providers rolling out gigabit broadband all over the UK. We are also investing £5bn to ensure the hardest-to-reach areas in the UK receive coverage through Project Gigabit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This approach is working. According to ThinkBroadband, in the South East, gigabit connectivity has increased from just 8% at the start of 2020 to 35% today. Average download speeds have also increased by 40% in the same period, from below 40 megabits per second to over 56 megabits per second.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are 23 Superfast projects in the Government’s Superfast Broadband Programme in the South East, which have already provided coverage to 497,000 premises. Local Full Fibre Network projects have been completed in both Mid and West Sussex. 94 Rural Gigabit Connectivity hub sites have been contracted in the South East area and 48 sites, including schools have been delivered. The South East has benefited from the Voucher scheme which has seen 6,466 voucher connections with a value of over £13m invested in connectivity in the area coupled with a further £8.8m Top Up Vouchers issued. There are also a further 11,069 issued vouchers that are pending connections, totalling more than £19m.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Areas in the South East will also be amongst the first to benefit from our £5 billion Project Gigabit programme. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are in Phase 1b of the delivery plan, with Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, East and West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, East Sussex, Kent and Surrey all currently in line for Gigabit-capable rollout through Phase 2.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Furthermore, on 9 March last year, the Government agreed a £1 billion deal with the Mobile Network Operators to deliver the Shared Rural Network. This will see the operators collectively increase 4G mobile phone coverage throughout the UK to 95% by the end of the programme, underpinned by legally binding coverage commitments. The South East will benefit from the operator-led element of the Shared Rural Network which will see operators collectively invest over £530 million in a shared network of new and existing phone masts. This will help tackle partial not spots - areas where there is currently coverage from at least one, but not all operators. There have already been 700 new and upgraded sites announced by the operators this year and they are on track to eliminate the majority of these partial not spots by mid-2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 08/06/2021 13:56:43 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1328861

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	BBC: Royal Charters
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 publish the terms of reference for the mid-term review of the Royal Charter for the continuance of the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Royal Charter sets out that the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport must determine the scope and terms of reference (including the timing) of the review following consultation with the BBC, Ofcom, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Northern Ireland Ministers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Mid-Term Review must not be undertaken before 2022 but the government has been clear that preparatory work will begin immediately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 07/06/2021 09:53:25 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328896

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Company Liquidations: Wakefield
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 26 May 2021 to Question 3199 on Company Liquidations: West Yorkshire, how many business operating in Wakefield published a first or second notice in the London Gazette in each financial year between 2015-16 and 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
uin	8772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The National Archives has reviewed notices placed in The London Gazette in each financial year between 2015-16 and 2018-19 in order to answer this question.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Whilst no notice types in The Gazette are formally termed “first” or “second” notices, in order to answer this question “first” notices have been defined as relating to a resolution for winding up, or, in the case of court-led insolvencies, petitions to wind up companies or partnerships; and “second” notices have been defined as relating to the appointment of a liquidator.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This data includes all relevant notices which have been placed in relation to a company with either a registered address or principal trading address within the Wakefield Metropolitan District Council area, noting that an individual notice can refer to more than one company. The total number of notices for the period specified was 1119.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>“First Notices”</p></td><td><p>“Second Notices”</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>1119</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 07/06/2021 09:51:32 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1328897

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Company Liquidations: West Yorkshire
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 26 May 2021 to Question 3199 on Company Liquidations: West Yorkshire, how many business operating in West Yorkshire published a first or second notices in the London Gazette in each financial year between 2015-16 and 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
uin	8773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The National Archives has reviewed notices placed in The London Gazette in each financial year between 2015-16 and 2018-19 in order to answer this question.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Whilst no notice types in The Gazette are formally termed “first” or “second” notices, in order to answer this question “first” notices have been defined as relating to a resolution for winding up, or, in the case of court-led insolvencies, petitions to wind up companies or partnerships; and “second” notices have been defined as relating to the appointment of a liquidator.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In order to fully cover West Yorkshire, this data includes all relevant notices which have been placed in relation to a company with either a registered address or principal trading address within the following local authority areas: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Leeds County Council, Kirklees Council, Bradford Metropolitan District Council and Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, noting that an individual notice can refer to more than one company. The total number of notices for the period specified was 9914.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>“First Notices”</p></td><td><p>“Second Notices”</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1069</p></td><td><p>1260</p></td><td><p>2329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1192</p></td><td><p>1358</p></td><td><p>2550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1024</p></td><td><p>1290</p></td><td><p>2314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1315</p></td><td><p>1406</p></td><td><p>2721</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>4600</p></td><td><p>5314</p></td><td><p>9914</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 07/06/2021 09:52:28 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1328918

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Social Media: Females
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 he has made an assessment of the potential for the instream payment functionality of (a) OnlyFans and (b) other similar subscription social platforms incentivising young women into taking riskier behaviour online.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>OnlyFans have failed to properly protect children and this is completely unacceptable. Our new laws will make sure this no longer happens. The Online Safety Bill will deliver the most comprehensive approach in the world to protecting children online. The draft Online Safety Bill, published on May 12, will ensure companies design their platforms to be safer for users.</p><p>The strongest protections in the legislation are for children and young people. Unless services in scope are able to prove that children are not accessing their service, they will need to conduct a child safety risk assessment and provide safety measures for child users, keeping these under regular review. Companies will have to assess the risk of children encountering harm from illegal content, priority harmful content for children, which will be set out in secondary legislation, as well as any other content they may identify which could cause harm to children. Companies will also need to assess how the design and operation of the service, for example instream payments and live-streaming, may increase or reduce the risks identified.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Furthermore, the UK’s regulatory regime for video sharing platforms (VSPs), which was implemented from November 1st 2020, requires all UK-established VSPs to take appropriate measures to protect under-18s from harmful content. Ofcom are actively working with UK-established VSPs to help them understand their duties under this regime. Ofcom are able to take enforcement action against VSPs that have failed to fulfil these duties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/06/2021 09:39:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1328937

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Football Index
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 the review into the Football Index Gambling Product is taking to engage with former customers who may be able to support its work.
tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
tabling member printed	Sajid Javid
uin	8579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has appointed Malcolm Sheehan QC to lead the independent review of the Football Index gambling product and we have published its scope and terms of reference on gov.uk. As I said in my Written Ministerial Statement of 7 June, many former customers of Football Index have already contacted the Department to provide information and they can continue to do so via <a href="mailto:gamblingactreview@dcms.gov.uk" target="_blank">gamblingactreview@dcms.gov.uk</a>. The statement can be found at: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-06-07/hcws63" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-06-07/hcws63</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 08/06/2021 14:03:15 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid

1328941

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	National Lottery: Scratch Cards
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of National Lottery’s decision to withdraw £10 online instant win games amid problem gambling concerns.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Gary Sambrook
uin	8739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The decision by the operator to withdraw all £10 Interactive Instant Win Games in 2020, followed research, commissioned by the Gambling Commission, which found a correlation between players of Interactive Instant Win Games at the £10 price point and some problem gambling behaviours. The research did not show causation. The precautionary actions taken in this respect are indicative of the strong player protection policies in place on the National Lottery.</p><p>'Instants games’ have been part of the National Lottery portfolio for a majority of the time since the National Lottery was launched in 1994. Scratchcards were introduced in 1995 and online Interactive Instant Win Games in 2003. A broad portfolio ensures the National Lottery continues to appeal to a wide range of people and can provide substantial contributions for good causes every week. This has helped the National Lottery contribute over £1.2 billion to the UK wide response to the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>All games, including instants games, are licenced by the independent regulator, the Gambling Commission. In determining whether to licence games, the Commission will consider the potential impact on players and the player protection mechanisms which are in place to protect players from harm.</p><p>Evidence from the latest (2018) <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-england/2018/health-survey-for-england-2018-supplementary-analysis-on-gambling" target="_blank">Health Survey</a> for England shows that National Lottery games were associated with the lowest rates of problem gambling of all gambling products considered. Problem gambling rates for National Lottery draw-based games were 0.9% while the figure for Scratchcards was 1.4%.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 8740 question first answered 07/06/2021 15:03:13 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4760 label Biography information for Gary Sambrook

1328942

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	National Lottery: Scratch Cards
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 his Department has made of the potential effect of including (a) scratch cards and (b) instant win games in the National Lottery portfolio on (i) sales growth, (ii) returns to good causes and (iii) providing an entry point to problem gambling among players.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Gary Sambrook
uin	8740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The decision by the operator to withdraw all £10 Interactive Instant Win Games in 2020, followed research, commissioned by the Gambling Commission, which found a correlation between players of Interactive Instant Win Games at the £10 price point and some problem gambling behaviours. The research did not show causation. The precautionary actions taken in this respect are indicative of the strong player protection policies in place on the National Lottery.</p><p>'Instants games’ have been part of the National Lottery portfolio for a majority of the time since the National Lottery was launched in 1994. Scratchcards were introduced in 1995 and online Interactive Instant Win Games in 2003. A broad portfolio ensures the National Lottery continues to appeal to a wide range of people and can provide substantial contributions for good causes every week. This has helped the National Lottery contribute over £1.2 billion to the UK wide response to the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>All games, including instants games, are licenced by the independent regulator, the Gambling Commission. In determining whether to licence games, the Commission will consider the potential impact on players and the player protection mechanisms which are in place to protect players from harm.</p><p>Evidence from the latest (2018) <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-england/2018/health-survey-for-england-2018-supplementary-analysis-on-gambling" target="_blank">Health Survey</a> for England shows that National Lottery games were associated with the lowest rates of problem gambling of all gambling products considered. Problem gambling rates for National Lottery draw-based games were 0.9% while the figure for Scratchcards was 1.4%.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 8739 question first answered 07/06/2021 15:03:13 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4760 label Biography information for Gary Sambrook

1328943

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	National Lottery: 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 his Department is taking to help ensure that the National Lottery operates with the highest regard for player protection both on and offline.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Gary Sambrook
uin	8741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>I refer my hon. friend to the answer given on 24th May, in response to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-19/4020" target="_blank">4020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 07/06/2021 15:04:10 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4760 label Biography information for Gary Sambrook

1328947

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Cycling
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 relevant stakeholders on extending the range of professional cycling disciplines that can qualify for managed isolation exemption letters from British Cycling to include downhill mountain biking.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	8653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021 and the elite sport stage 4 guidance on return to cross-border competition sets the framework for elite sports exemptions to self-isolation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is for the National Governing Body to determine which disciplines or athletes meet the definitions within the legislation, and to issue the written evidence required to benefit from the exemption.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/06/2021 14:56:15 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry