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1090950

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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, with reference to the oral contributions of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 23 January 2019, Official report, columns 209WH and 210WH, when he plans to (a) respond to the letter of 30 December 2018 from and (b) meet with hon. Members on establishing a Town of Culture Award.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	233449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>A letter was sent to the Rt Hon Member on 21st February. As I stated in the letter, I am happy to meet with Members on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2019 10:34:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1089447

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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: New Zealand
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 prevent proliferation of videos and documents published by the perpetrator or perpetrators of the terror attack on two Christchurch mosques on 15 March 2019 on (a) print and broadcast media, (b) social media and (c) other internet sites and platforms accessible from the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	232999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that tech companies need to act more quickly to remove terrorist content online and ultimately prevent new content being made available to users in the first place. There can be no safe spaces for terrorists to promote and share their extreme views. We are working closely with industry, including through the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, to encourage them to increase the use of technology to automate the detection and removal of content where possible.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Online Harms White Paper will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures detailing how we will tackle online harms and setting clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep people safe online.</p><p>Decisions on broadcasting regulation are a matter for Ofcom, whose Broadcasting Code sets strong standards for material broadcast on television and radio around harmful and offensive material, incitement of crime, disorder, and hatred or abuse. The press is subject to independent self-regulation, primarily through IPSO and Impress. These regulators issue their own codes of conduct which provide guidelines on a range of areas including discrimination, accuracy and the reporting of crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/03/2019 14:21:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1088737

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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: North Wales
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 Spring Statement of 13 March 2019, HCWS1407, what the delivery timescale is for Wave 3 allocations for Local Full Fibre Networks in north Wales.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	232532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>All projects allocated funding as part of the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Wave 3 must have completed the portion of their build funded by DCMS by March 2021. This is the end of our LFFN funding window from HM Treasury. These projects contain varying degrees of additional funding from Local Bodies themselves - who of course may choose to self fund these projects beyond this date.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/03/2019 11:26:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088224

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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 for modernising the eCommerce Directive.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	231922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Any revision to the eCommerce Directive is the sole initiative of the European Commission. We are not aware of any plans to revise this Directive at this point. The UK is subject to EU law whilst it remains a Member State of the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>During the implementation period agreed as part of the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will no longer be a Member State yet to give businesses and citizens certainty, common rules will remain in place until the end of the period meaning businesses will be able to trade on the same terms as now up until the end of 2020. This includes the eCommerce Directive.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/03/2019 15:08:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1088449

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Telecoms Supply Chain 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 the timescale is for the conclusion and response to the Telcoms Supply Chain Review.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Seely
uin	232110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Telecoms Supply Chain Review is progressing to schedule and due to be completed by spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/03/2019 15:13:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1088454

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Creative Europe
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 financial benefit of the EU's Creative Europe programme to the UK creative arts industries.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	232060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Creative Europe is a competitive-bid EU fund that supports the cultural and audiovisual sectors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department has worked closely with the Creative Europe Desk UK to understand the financial benefit of the programme. Their recent report, The Impact of Creative Europe in the UK, concludes that the UK receives an average of €18.4 million a year and we understand that participants enjoy additional benefits such as networking and partnership opportunities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The next generation of EU programmes are due to begin in 2021, and are currently under negotiation in the EU. The UK is exploring continued participation in EU programmes where it is in the EU and UK's mutual interest.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Political Declaration Setting out the Framework for the Future Relationship between the EU and the UK sets out (at paragraph 11) that the UK and EU will establish general principles, terms and conditions for the UK’s participation in Union programmes and that these should include a fair and appropriate financial contribution. Any ongoing participation would need to be value for money for the UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 232061 question first answered 20/03/2019 14:45:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1088457

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Creative Europe
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 his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of continuing to participate in the European Union's Creative Europe programme after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	232061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Creative Europe is a competitive-bid EU fund that supports the cultural and audiovisual sectors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department has worked closely with the Creative Europe Desk UK to understand the financial benefit of the programme. Their recent report, The Impact of Creative Europe in the UK, concludes that the UK receives an average of €18.4 million a year and we understand that participants enjoy additional benefits such as networking and partnership opportunities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The next generation of EU programmes are due to begin in 2021, and are currently under negotiation in the EU. The UK is exploring continued participation in EU programmes where it is in the EU and UK's mutual interest.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Political Declaration Setting out the Framework for the Future Relationship between the EU and the UK sets out (at paragraph 11) that the UK and EU will establish general principles, terms and conditions for the UK’s participation in Union programmes and that these should include a fair and appropriate financial contribution. Any ongoing participation would need to be value for money for the UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 232060 question first answered 20/03/2019 14:45:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1087055

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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: Bristol West
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 trends in the level of access to superfast fibre broadband in Bristol West constituency; and what steps he is taking to improve access to that service in the constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	231517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>According to Thinkbroadband, 96.4% of premises in Bristol West constituency have access to superfast broadband. This is up from 93.1% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) have rolled out several schemes to help improve access to broadband services across the UK. Two voucher schemes, the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/) and the Better Broadband Scheme (https://basicbroadband.culture.gov.uk/) are accessible to residents in Bristol West Constituency. In fact the Gigabit Broadband Voucher scheme was rolled out nationally following a successful trial in four areas of the UK, including Bristol.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/03/2019 14:44:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1087112

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Technology: 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, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of women who work in the (a) tech and (b) ICT sectors.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	231549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>This is a critical issue and the government has set an ambition for 50% of students at Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, to be women by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The £1million Digital Skills Innovation Fund was launched in 2018, specifically aiming to help people from underrepresented groups (such as women) to take up digital roles.</p><p> </p><p>The Institute of Coding consortium will be looking to boost diversity in technology-related education and careers. Government has provided £20 million to help fund this consortium.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £84m of new funding over the next four years to deliver a comprehensive programme to improve the teaching of the computing curriculum. This includes a pilot of targeted activities to identify effective approaches to improve gender balance in computing and increase the number of girls who take up computer science.</p><p> </p><p>The Digital Skills Partnership, launched in the Digital Strategy, is also tackling diversity on a national and local level, such as in Coventry via the West Midlands Local Digital Skills Partnership, where PWC’s Tech She Can programme are piloting their new Tech We Can lesson plans to attract more girls to STEM subjects and tech careers.</p><p> </p><p>We also support the Tech Talent Charter (TTC) which has over 300 signatories, and gives organisations tangible actions they can adopt to become more gender-diverse and commits signatories to measuring the diversity profile of their UK employees in tech roles.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/03/2019 09:48:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1086346

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many libraries have closed in England since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL14384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport monitors proposed changes to library service provision throughout England, but does not hold complete figures on the number of public libraries closed since 2010.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/03/2019 15:26:55 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain