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1361162

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	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
	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 recent discussions she has made with the BBC on the trends in the size and share of its viewership and audiences.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The BBC is editorially and operationally independent of the government, and trends relating to audience and viewership are a matter for the BBC.</p><p>The BBC’s Royal Charter requires the BBC to represent, reflect and serve audiences, taking into account the needs of diverse communities of all the UK nations and regions. It is for Ofcom as the BBC’s independent regulator to ensure the BBC complies with its Charter duties.</p><p>The BBC includes details on audience trends within their Annual Report and Trust Statement.</p><p>The Secretary of State and I have had constructive discussions with the BBC leadership, and have made it clear that the BBC needs to ensure it is more accessible, and representative of the people who pay the licence fee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/10/2021 08:31:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1419854

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2022
	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	Smart Devices: Electronic Commerce
	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 smart products sold on online marketplaces will be subject to the provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	118527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>Security requirements to be set out using the powers in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill will have to be complied with relation to all relevant consumer connectable products sold to customers in the UK, including those sold on online marketplaces.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/02/2022 14:02:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1419855

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2022
	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	Smart Devices
	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 she plans to include provisions for when a smart product is recalled within the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	118528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill includes provisions that allow the Secretary of State to issue recall notices relating to relevant insecure consumer connected products, if deemed appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/02/2022 14:04:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1403859

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	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: Diaries
	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 in full his predecessor's Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	106890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with departmental officials and external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/01/2022 16:13:31 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1472236

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	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: Consultants
	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 her Department spent on consultancy fees in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department has spent the following amount on consultancy services in the past 5 financial years. Values include VAT that is non-recoverable, whilst VAT that is recoverable has been deducted accordingly. The values for FY21/22 are subject to change following audit and the final value will be published in the DCMS Annual Report and Accounts FY21/22.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FY17/18</p></td><td><p>FY18/19</p></td><td><p>FY19/20</p></td><td><p>FY20/21</p></td><td><p>FY21/22*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultancy</p></td><td><p>£2,700,000.00</p></td><td><p>£3,300,000.00</p></td><td><p>£3,900,000.00</p></td><td><p>£16,600,000.00</p></td><td><p>£17,512,000.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 28/06/2022 09:25:14 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1439195

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2022
	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	5G: 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, what progress has been made on the OpenRan 5G project rollout in Wales; what the planned timetable is for that project to go live in Ynys Môn constituency; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using that project as an exemplar for net zero 5G provision.
	tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
	tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The government continues to explore the role of interoperable technologies, such as Open RAN (Radio Access Network), in the future of our telecommunications networks as part of the 5G Supply Chain <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/5g-supply-chain-diversification-strategy/5g-supply-chain-diversification-strategy" target="_blank">Diversification Strategy</a>, published in November last year. Open RAN is an emerging technology that promises efficiency, flexibility and scalability gains. Government’s commitments in this space include £15m of investment in SONIC Labs (the SmartRAN Open Networks Interoperability Centre), the £36m Future RAN Competition (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/future-ran-diversifying-the-5g-supply-chain" target="_blank">FRANC</a>), and the £1.2m NeutrORAN project in partnership with NEC in North Wales.</p><p>NeutrORAN is a project which aims to develop a multi-operator, ‘neutral host’ solution for 4G and then 5G in Wales; in Cefn Du and Menai Science Park (M-Sparc) in Ynys Môn (Anglesey). This style of deployment will enable a more cost efficient way to deliver capacity and coverage to underserved regions. NeutrORAN has been up and running since 2019 and has been extended up to March 2023.</p><p>There are also three FRANC projects in Wales, covering a range of key topics to develop power efficient, flexible, and scalable 5G Open RAN. The government is committed to the net zero agenda, and improving the power efficiency of Open RAN solutions was one of the priorities against which FRANC applicants were assessed. We look forward to seeing how those projects in Wales, and across the UK, advance the environmental credentials of Open RAN and push our networks towards carbon neutrality.</p><p>UK network operators are now beginning to deploy Open RAN solutions in the field. Notably, Vodafone has committed to deploy 2500 4G and 5G sites across Wales and the south west of England. Three sites in Wales are already live: Builth Wells, Powys; Pendine, Carmarthenshire; and Halkyn, Flintshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 14/03/2022 11:23:46 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1418384

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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: Disability
	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 Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) encourage and support workplace disability networks, (b) achieve and maintain the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation, (c) ensure responsive and timely support to meet workplace adjustment needs and (d) develop and embed flexible working.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>My Department has a very active and engaged ‘Ability Network’ which champions the needs and abilities of people with disabilities in DCMS. The Network is sponsored by three Senior Civil Servant Champions at Deputy Director, Director and Director General level who help to promote awareness and remove barriers to inclusion. The Chairs benefit from a ‘business deal for networks’ which enables them to dedicate up to 10% of their time to network activity. Senior sponsors meet with the Permanent Secretary (who is the Civil Service Inclusion Champion for Disability) on a quarterly basis and the Network is represented in our Governance structures with a role on the People and Operations Committee which meets monthly. Visibility of the network is supported by our Internal Communications team with regular awareness raising activity including, most recently, a series of events and blog posts for Disability History month which took place in December.</p><p>I am proud that DCMS has achieved the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation which we will maintain through continuous improvement of our guidance and toolkits for disabled colleagues and their managers; and by taking forward an evidence based disability action plan which reflects best practice. As part of our commitment to be the most inclusive government department by 2025 we are undertaking a full review of the workplace adjustments process to ensure that adjustments are provided promptly and meet the required need.</p><p>DCMS has achieved the PAS 3000 British Standard for Smarter Working which is a key part of our inclusive culture. All staff have the right to request flexible working after 26 weeks’ of continuous service and we look forward to the outcome of the BEIS consultation to see if this can be reduced to a day 1 right. We also encourage staff to consider flexible working through our HR policies and we promote flexible working through internal communications and blogs. In addition, as part of our move to a hybrid working model, staff can request workplace adjustments, with one option to permanently work from home in certain limited circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 07/02/2022 10:49:27 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1524400

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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	Media: Privacy
	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 her Department is taking to protect the public from media intrusion.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a free and independent press, and does not intervene in what the press can and cannot publish. We are clear, however, that with this freedom, comes responsibility, which media organisations must take seriously.</p><p>It is important that there exists an independent self regulatory regime to ensure that the press adheres to a wide set of clear and appropriate standards, and to offer individuals a means of redress where these are not met.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/10/2022 14:57:51 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1472229

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	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	WiFi: Urban Areas
	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 her Department has made an assessment of the impact of free public Wi-Fi on footfall in town centres.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment on the impact of free public Wi-Fi on footfall in town centres. However, we know that good quality digital infrastructure, including in public spaces, has substantial social and economic benefits, and this can play a role in supporting our broader policy objectives, including Levelling Up. We are developing a Wireless Infrastructure Strategy to set out a strategic framework for the development, deployment and adoption of 5G and future networks.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 28/06/2022 09:29:32 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1365793

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2021
	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	Streaming: 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, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on audience protection standards on video-on-demand services which closed on 26 October 2021; and if he will set out a timetable on the implementation of steps to improve protection standards.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	68992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is considering levelling the playing field between traditional broadcasters and on-demand streaming services to provide a fair competitive framework, and to give viewers confidence that equivalent standards are applied regardless of the technologies they choose to use.</p><p>The Department has engaged with a wide range of stakeholders including video-on-demand providers, broadcasters, Ofcom, and the British Board of Film Classification. The government is considering responses to the recent consultation, which closed on the 26 October, and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 68993 question first answered 08/11/2021 08:49:01 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton