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1079452

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Incentives
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 average in-year bonus was for (a) male and (b) female staff in his Department at each grade in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	227059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information below details the average in-year bonus by gender and grade for each of the last three financial years. The 2016/17 and 2017/18 tables use information consistent with that used for the respective gender pay gap calculations. The 2015/16 table is based on the same information from that year although this was before the legislative requirement to publish the gender pay gap came into effect.</p><p><br></p><p>Grades C and D have been combined as the sample size for grade D is too small to report on alone.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>£ 278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>£ 273</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>£ 316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>£ 309</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£ 256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>£ 350</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£ 404</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£ 225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>£ 248</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>£ 256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>£ 268</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>£ 241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>£ 333</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£ 257</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Count of in year awards</p></td><td><p>Average in year bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>C and D</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>£ 269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>£ 317</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>B</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£ 350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>£ 324</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>£ 318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>£ 356</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>A(U)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£ 342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£ 471</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:00:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1079453

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Incentives
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 his Department's Gender Pay Gap Report 2018, for what reasons at Grade A 32.26 per cent of men received bonuses compared to 18.75 per cent of women.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	227060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>To clarify, the figures specified in this question relate to the percentages of men and women at Grade A(U) who received end of year bonuses and does not include data relating to in-year bonuses. At Grade A (which has nearly 5 times as many staff members than grade A(U)), 14.84% of men received end of year bonuses compared to 18.06% of women.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Grade A(U) is the smallest of the delegated grades (other than grade D). A total of 16 individuals, out of 63, within this grade were granted end of year bonuses and so the overall percentage of staff receiving end of year awards at this grade is easily skewed due to the small sample size.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across the department as a whole, the percentages of men and women receiving end of year awards were very similar (15.1% of men and 15.5% of women).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:03:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1077363

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
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	Mark Zuckerberg
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 the minutes of his meeting of the week commencing 18 February with Mark Zuckerburg.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	225431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>We discussed a range of issues with a number of companies in the week beginning 18th February. As with all meetings held in my capacity as Secretary of State, full details, including minutes, are kept confidential, to allow full and frank discussions between parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 225432 226050 question first answered 28/02/2019 15:55:58 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1077364

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
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	Mark Zuckerberg
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 discussed Facebook’s role in UK elections in his meeting of the week commencing 18 February with Mark Zuckerburg.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	225432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>We discussed a range of issues with a number of companies in the week beginning 18th February. As with all meetings held in my capacity as Secretary of State, full details, including minutes, are kept confidential, to allow full and frank discussions between parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 225431 226050 question first answered 28/02/2019 15:55:58 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1077365

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
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	Facebook
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 the Government plans to assess the merits of Facebook’s business practices towards other developers as part of the Government review of the UK’s competition powers in April 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	225433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Competition investigations are a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority. This is carried out independently of Government. The Government’s statutory review of competition law will assess the extent to which competition powers have been effective in fulfilling their aims.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:04:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1064462

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed concrete sleeper factory in Bescot on air quality in the surrounding area.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	223987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The proposal for a facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network.</p><p> </p><p>The facility requires the grant of full planning permission by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, the statutory local planning authority. The planning process involves an Environmental Impact Assessment that examines impacts including air quality, noise, traffic, and public health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2019 14:33:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1064465

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed concrete sleeper factory in Bescot on congestion in the surrounding area.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	223990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The proposal for a facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network.</p><p> </p><p>The facility requires the grant of full planning permission by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, the statutory local planning authority. The planning process involves an Environmental Impact Assessment that examines impacts including air quality, noise, traffic, and public health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/02/2019 14:26:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1064466

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed concrete sleeper factory in Bescot on public health in the surrounding area.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	223991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The proposal for a facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network.</p><p> </p><p>The facility requires the grant of full planning permission by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, the statutory local planning authority. The planning process involves an Environmental Impact Assessment that examines impacts including air quality, noise, traffic, and public health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2019 14:19:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1056994

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Cereal Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to schools on providing fortified cereals with high levels of sugar.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	218766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The school food standards define the food and drink that must be provided, those which are restricted, and those not to be provided by schools, including during breakfasts. The standards are food based and nutritional information of individual products is not specifically set out, however schools and catering services must meet allergens law. The standards severely restrict foods high in fat, salt and sugar, including high sugar foods and confectionery. The guidance to accompany the standards includes portion size and food group which is available on the School Food Plan website at: <a href="http://www.schoolfoodplan.com" target="_blank">www.schoolfoodplan.com</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/02/2019 13:32:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1057014

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
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	Lebedev Holdings
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 information his Department holds on the identity of the new part-owner of the Evening Standard's parent company, Lebedev Holdings.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	218767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Neither I nor my Department has had any contact from Lebedev Holding Ltd or its representatives about the transaction. While the Secretary of State has powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in certain media mergers raising public interest concerns, there is no requirement under the Enterprise Act 2002 for parties to advise us of the transaction.</p><p>My officials will contact Lebedev Holdings Ltd about the transaction, and to obtain further information to determine whether there has been a change of control which would give rise to a merger falling within the jurisdiction of the 2002 Act. However, writing to the party does not necessarily indicate that any transaction raises any public interest concerns.</p><p>These decisions are always made in a quasi judicial capacity by the Secretary of State.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2019 17:59:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest