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786986

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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: 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 social media users' privacy from social networks while using video and microphone equipped devices.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The first data protection principle states that organisations, including social media companies, must have legitimate grounds for collecting and using personal data and handle people's personal data only in ways they would reasonably expect. Where organisations breach data protection principles, they are liable for enforcement action from the ICO.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently legislating for a new Data Protection Bill. The Bill will set new standards for protecting general data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, giving people more control over use of their data, and providing new rights to move or delete personal data.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the work on the Digital Charter, which was announced in the Queen's speech, the Government is considering a range of options to counter internet harms. This includes an Internet Safety Strategy, published on 11 October, which will look at how we can support users so that everyone can access the benefits of the internet safely. The objectives of our Strategy are underpinned by three key principles. We believe that what is unacceptable offline should be unacceptable online, all users should be empowered to manage online risks and stay safe and that technology companies have a responsibility to their users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/11/2017 13:17:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150138

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Huawei: 5G
	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 Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 292999 on Huawei: 5G, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to telecoms networks arising from the delay of a decision on Huawei's involvement in UK 5G.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government consulted with industry as part of the Telecoms Supply Chain Review, published in July, which set out proposals for a new framework for telecoms security. The Review also considered the issue of high risk vendors. A decision on this will be made in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/10/2019 18:07:23 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964501

	registered interest
	date	15/08/2018
	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	Government Departments: Information Sharing
	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 any Government departments charge other such departments for the transfer or sharing of data; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text Data sharing arrangements are established between government departments where necessary for a range of reasons such as improving public services, combating fraud and reducing public burden in providing data more than once. Where required a department may look to recover costs for sharing data for reasons such as feasibility, development and delivery of technical solutions that enable the secure sharing of data.<p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/09/2018 11:50:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964713

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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	Cybersecurity: Education
	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 development of a cyber security education programme within schools.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>In addition to the introduction of the new national curriculum for computing, the Government has developed and delivered extra-curricular opportunities to inspire school children and help them learn more of the building blocks needed for a career in cyber security, including the Cyber Schools Programme (Cyber Discovery) and CyberFirst summer courses and competitions.</p><p> </p><p>Cyber Discovery launched in November 2017 offering extracurricular cyber security learning for students aged 14-18 years old. It is designed to engage young people in cyber security careers and, in particular, is structured to find and upskill an elite group of future cyber security leaders. It will roll out across the UK in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Over the summer of 2018, the Government funded over 1,000 residential and non-residential summer course places, delivered over 23 events across mainland UK. The range of courses was designed to inspire children aged between 11-17 years old and given them an opportunity to learn more about cyber. We also ran an online competition specifically aimed at girls to encourage them to consider cyber security as a career. 4,500 students aged between 12-13 from 400 schools entered. We will continue to develop and deliver inspirational cyber security educational programmes for school-age children.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2018 10:30:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

982513

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Cybercrime
	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 many businesses and organisations have been designated as operators of essential services.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	176701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Under the Regulations made earlier this year to implement the Security of Networks and Information Systems Directive (016/1148) and improve the security and resilience of the UK to Cyber Threats, Competent Authorities in the UK are required to identify the operators of essential services with an establishment on UK territory by 9 November 2018. This process is currently ongoing but as of June 2018 Competent Authorities had identified 513 operators of essential services in the UK, with further operators to be identified by 9 November.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/10/2018 16:56:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

985769

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	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	Cybersecurity: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many Cyber Essentials certificates his Department has issued.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) manages the Cyber Essentials scheme, which is designed to protect organisations against the most common internet based threats through the implementation of a set of five core technical controls. As of the end of September 2018, 18,939 certificates have been issued.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/10/2018 16:37:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

987868

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	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	Internet: Security
	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 Government's press release of 14 October 2018, Leading tech companies support code to strengthen security of internet-connected devices, what plans the Government has to increase engagement with tech companies to facilitate the implementation of the code of practice.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	179325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The guidelines within the Code of Practice bring together what is widely considered good practice in Internet of Things (IoT) security. As a voluntary document, it provides clarity to industry on the steps that are most important in protecting consumers’ online security and privacy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to welcome public pledges from manufacturers to implement the Code for their products, with two major companies having already made such a commitment. The Government’s ambition is to achieve the best possible industry uptake of the Code and we will continue to monitor progress in this area. We remain in discussions with a number of manufacturers and are working towards securing additional industry pledges in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also begun work to place appropriate aspects of the Code on a regulatory footing with further details to be shared in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is taking a lead on this issue. To make it easier for manufacturers around the world to implement the Code, we have developed an open data JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) file, available here (https://iotsecuritymapping.uk), and translated the Code into a number of different languages on Gov.uk. We also recently begun the process of developing a global standard through the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) based on our Code of Practice and through this work we expect to achieve greater industry uptake of the guidelines within the Code.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the coming months Government will be driving forward work to bring more manufacturers on board and has engaged with a number of UK and European manufacturers and industry bodies to highlight the Code of Practice and discuss how each guideline could be embedded within the design of their products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 179326 179331 180309 question first answered 18/10/2018 16:06:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

987869

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	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	Internet: Security
	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 Government's press release of 14 October 2018, Leading tech companies support code to strengthen security of internet-connected devices, for what reasons compliance with the code of practice is voluntary.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	179326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The guidelines within the Code of Practice bring together what is widely considered good practice in Internet of Things (IoT) security. As a voluntary document, it provides clarity to industry on the steps that are most important in protecting consumers’ online security and privacy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to welcome public pledges from manufacturers to implement the Code for their products, with two major companies having already made such a commitment. The Government’s ambition is to achieve the best possible industry uptake of the Code and we will continue to monitor progress in this area. We remain in discussions with a number of manufacturers and are working towards securing additional industry pledges in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also begun work to place appropriate aspects of the Code on a regulatory footing with further details to be shared in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is taking a lead on this issue. To make it easier for manufacturers around the world to implement the Code, we have developed an open data JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) file, available here (https://iotsecuritymapping.uk), and translated the Code into a number of different languages on Gov.uk. We also recently begun the process of developing a global standard through the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) based on our Code of Practice and through this work we expect to achieve greater industry uptake of the guidelines within the Code.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the coming months Government will be driving forward work to bring more manufacturers on board and has engaged with a number of UK and European manufacturers and industry bodies to highlight the Code of Practice and discuss how each guideline could be embedded within the design of their products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 179325 179331 180309 question first answered 18/10/2018 16:06:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

987871

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	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	Internet: Cybersecurity
	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 Government's press release of 14 October 2018, Leading tech companies support code to strengthen security of internet-connected devices, what account was taken of the proposed EU Cybersecurity Act during the drafting of the code of practice.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	179327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Code was drafted throughout 2017 and 2018 in cooperation with industry, consumer groups and academia. DCMS has engaged with EU bodies and Member States throughout that period and has led on the negotiations of the EU Cybersecurity Act on behalf of the UK. Those negotiations have been informed by our Secure by Design programme.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently begun the process of developing a global standard through the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) based on our Code of Practice and through that process we are engaging with numerous EU industry and government partners. The proposed EU Cybersecurity Act promotes the use of such internationally recognised standards.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS are reviewing options to create a voluntary labelling scheme for consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products to aid consumer-purchasing decisions. We are working closely with other international governments and EU institutions to share evidence.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2018 16:40:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

987874

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	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	Cybersecurity: Business
	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 document, Cyber Security Breach Survey 2017, published in April 2017, how many businesses he estimates are aware of the Cyber Essentials programme.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	179330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cyber Breaches Survey 2018 reported that, of the 5.7 million businesses in the UK, nine per cent of all businesses were aware of the Cyber Essentials scheme. This level rising to 23 per cent within medium sized firms and 37 per cent in large firms. The Cyber Essentials scheme provides the basic controls all organisations should implement to protect themselves against the most common internet based threats. The scheme is part of the broader suite of Government guidance and support on cyber security. This includes the Cyber Security: Small Business Guide launched in October 2017, which provides quick, easy and low-cost cyber security advice to small businesses; Ten Steps to Cyber Security guidance, which shows organisations how to manage cyber risk and prevent attacks; and the Cyber Aware campaign, which offers practical advice to small businesses, encouraging employees and customers to adopt simple, protective cyber security measures.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2018 16:43:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt