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1351315

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Local Broadcasting and Local Press: Internet
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 (a) local news providers on digital and social platforms are on a level playing field with broadcasters and (b) the Sports News Access Code is extended to the operations of those news providers.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	40951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of local journalism, including sports reporting, to local communities, as well as the prominent role of broadcasters in generating coverage of popular sporting events.</p><p> </p><p>The online use of short extracts of copyright protected broadcasters’ sports content by other news providers and journalists is subject to fair dealing exceptions in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This provides for the use of copyrighted works, including extracts of TV broadcasts, for the purposes of criticism, review, quotation or news reporting. Fair dealing exceptions must be applied to each case based on its own circumstances, and can apply to online use as well as in traditional media. Where there is any uncertainty in the application of the exceptions, some industries choose to develop their own voluntary codes.</p><p> </p><p>The Sports News Access Code is a voluntary, broadcaster-owned initiative intended to provide clarity and confidence where broadcasters use each other’s content under the current legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 40952 question first answered 08/09/2021 12:30:09 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1351316

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Press Freedom: Internet
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 sports journalists' freedom of expression right to use short extracts of current events in news reports on digital and social platforms is protected.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	40952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of local journalism, including sports reporting, to local communities, as well as the prominent role of broadcasters in generating coverage of popular sporting events.</p><p> </p><p>The online use of short extracts of copyright protected broadcasters’ sports content by other news providers and journalists is subject to fair dealing exceptions in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This provides for the use of copyrighted works, including extracts of TV broadcasts, for the purposes of criticism, review, quotation or news reporting. Fair dealing exceptions must be applied to each case based on its own circumstances, and can apply to online use as well as in traditional media. Where there is any uncertainty in the application of the exceptions, some industries choose to develop their own voluntary codes.</p><p> </p><p>The Sports News Access Code is a voluntary, broadcaster-owned initiative intended to provide clarity and confidence where broadcasters use each other’s content under the current legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 40951 question first answered 08/09/2021 12:30:09 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1345891

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Primary Care Networks: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the length telephone waiting times for primary care networks in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	31445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with a number of areas to test advanced telephony requirements and specifications, which will improve telephone capacity. NHS England and NHS Improvement intend to share learning from these areas to support practices across the country to improve telephony in primary care.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/07/2021 16:41:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1314913

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	Events Industry: Insurance
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 events indemnity sprint team recently created in his Department, what the remit of that team is; what form the recommendations of that team will take; and when that team plans to report its conclusions.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	1424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live events sector and has provided significant financial support including an additional £300M to the Culture Recovery Fund.</p><p>As the Secretary of State made clear at the DCMS Select Committee on Thursday 13th May, the government is aware of the wider concerns around securing indemnity for live events and we continue to assess options to provide further support to the sector within the public health context, engaging with relevant stakeholders as necessary.</p><p>We need to be confident that any intervention would lead to an increase in activity, and that insurance represents the last barrier to events reopening. The government’s first priority is to remove remaining barriers (such as social distancing) by reaching Stage 4 of the Roadmap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1427 question first answered 20/05/2021 14:12:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1314916

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	Events Industry: Insurance
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 Events Indemnity Sprint Team will consider a Government-backed scheme for live events; and what plans that team has to engage directly with the insurance industry.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	1427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live events sector and has provided significant financial support including an additional £300M to the Culture Recovery Fund.</p><p>As the Secretary of State made clear at the DCMS Select Committee on Thursday 13th May, the government is aware of the wider concerns around securing indemnity for live events and we continue to assess options to provide further support to the sector within the public health context, engaging with relevant stakeholders as necessary.</p><p>We need to be confident that any intervention would lead to an increase in activity, and that insurance represents the last barrier to events reopening. The government’s first priority is to remove remaining barriers (such as social distancing) by reaching Stage 4 of the Roadmap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1424 question first answered 20/05/2021 14:12:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1307227

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Internet: Copyright
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that copyright owners take adequate account of fair dealing before issuing take-down notices on social and digital media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	179183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Fair dealing exceptions have an important role to play in a balanced copyright framework. The Government is aware that many of the online services operating notice and take down also provide a mechanism for users to have the content reinstated if it has been mistakenly identified as infringing copyright; for example, where a user has uploaded content under a copyright exception.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that effective notice and takedown processes are an important mechanism for protecting content online and has facilitated a number of initiatives with intellectual property rights holders and online providers to ensure that such mechanisms work well. The Government does not however intervene in specific instances of take down of content, which are private to the parties involved.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 20/04/2021 16:58:00 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1300339

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a one-off bonus for NHS frontline staff who have worked during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	164510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed it will provide a pay increase to National Health Service staff, while uplifts in the wider public sector have been paused. In doing so, the Government is acknowledging the extraordinary work of NHS staff through the pandemic.</p><p>The Government has submitted its written evidence to the independent pay review bodies and has asked them to report in the late spring. We will carefully consider their recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/03/2021 13:29:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 90274 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1282059

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Events Industry: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support the contingency insurance market for live events.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	145798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>At this stage of the pandemic it is still difficult to provide the certainty the sector needs to plan. It is therefore not the right time to consider an insurance-based solution. However, we are closely monitoring the situation and as the public health situation improves and the path to re-opening becomes clearer, we will work with DCMS to review how to communicate that path and support the sector, including sporting events, to safely reopen.</p><p> </p><p>I am aware that many large events have long lead-in times, so potential support will need to be considered before public health restrictions are relaxed. Officials are working to understand what a viable roadmap would be for the reopening of the events sector and therefore the right point for considering potential support options, including insurance-based solutions.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 145799 question first answered 08/02/2021 11:24:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1282060

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sports: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that support measures for the contingency insurance industry includes sporting events.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	145799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>At this stage of the pandemic it is still difficult to provide the certainty the sector needs to plan. It is therefore not the right time to consider an insurance-based solution. However, we are closely monitoring the situation and as the public health situation improves and the path to re-opening becomes clearer, we will work with DCMS to review how to communicate that path and support the sector, including sporting events, to safely reopen.</p><p> </p><p>I am aware that many large events have long lead-in times, so potential support will need to be considered before public health restrictions are relaxed. Officials are working to understand what a viable roadmap would be for the reopening of the events sector and therefore the right point for considering potential support options, including insurance-based solutions.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 145798 question first answered 08/02/2021 11:24:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1259256

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data is available on mental health outcomes for care leavers.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	126896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2021 answer text <p>National data on mental health outcomes for care leavers is not currently available. NHS England and NHS Improvement are carrying out exploratory work to include data on care leavers in the Mental Health Outcomes programme. In order to better understand outcomes for children and young people, including care leavers, NHS England is also working with children and young people’s mental health services to drive the use of outcome measures and flow of this data to its national data set.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 126897 question first answered 08/01/2021 12:46:37 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight