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1109065

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	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, how many UK-based organisations or companies have a .eu domain name.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	239918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of UK-based registrations of a .eu domain name is reported in the annual accounts of the .eu registry, EURid. As of Q4 2018, there were 241,000 UK registrations of .eu.</p><p> </p><p>Some registrants may have more than one registration, therefore the actual number of registrants is likely to be lower than the figures reported for the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/04/2019 16:25:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1147212

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
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 and what proportion of organisations in receipt of funds through the Cyber Security Immediate Impact Fund were awarded the maximum sum available.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	292165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>I have instructed my officials to commission a review that will look into Hacker House’s application for grant funding awarded under the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund (CSIIF). Subject to any legal restrictions (such as data protection laws and duties to protect commercial or confidential information), we will make available the relevant information regarding the decision making process by 31 October 2019 at the latest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 292162 292163 question first answered 03/10/2019 13:52:55 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

776241

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Gambling Act 2005: Convictions
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 crimes have been recorded under the Gambling Act 2005 in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	108991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information on the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales. The only Gambling Act 2005 offence that is notifiable is ‘cheating at gambling or enabling or assisting person to cheat’. In the tables published by the Office for National Statistics, this offence is included in the offence classification “other notifiable offences’. It is not possible to separate out the number of offences recorded under the Gambling Act by the police in England and Wales from within this wider offence classification.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/10/2017 14:12:00 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1146221

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
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 initiatives her Department evaluated for funding through the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund expanded fund initiatives.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	290994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The government received and evaluated 19 applications for grant funding through the second round of the Cyber Security Immediate Impact Fund, which ran from October-November 2018. Five initiatives were successfully awarded funding.</p><p>Subject to any legal restrictions (such as data protection laws and duties to protect commercial or confidential information), we will make available the relevant information regarding the decision to grant funding from the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund to Hacker House as soon as possible, and by 31 October 2019 at the latest. The government is conducting a review of the claims made by the Sunday Times and the findings will be published at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 290993 290997 290998 question first answered 30/09/2019 18:22:37 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

828841

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	International Broadcasting
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 international broadcasters currently hold an Ofcom licence that allows them to broadcast throughout the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	124464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>All Ofcom broadcast licence holders are allowed to provide broadcasting services throughout the EU. The Country of Origin principle, which underpins the single market for audiovisual media services, enables broadcasters to obtain a broadcasting licence in one EU Member State for all their channels and services in different EU countries.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently one of the biggest European broadcasting hubs. According to a 2017 report by European Audiovisual Observatory, 758 channels based in the UK mainly target the European market. This represents 55% of the TV channels which hold Ofcom licenses.</p><p>Similarly, around half of the UK-based video-on-demand services (152 video-on-demand services) primarily target EU audiences.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 124466 question first answered 29/01/2018 17:46:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1126288

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	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, how many internet browser providers have informed his Department that they will not be adopting the Internet Engineering Task Force DNS over HTTPS (DOH) protocol.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	253530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>How DOH will be deployed is still a subject of discussion within the industry, both for browser providers and the wider internet industry. We are aware of the public statements made by some browser providers on deployment and we are seeking to understand definitively their rollout plans. DCMS is in discussions with browser providers, internet industry and other stakeholders and we are keen to see a resolution that is acceptable for all parties.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/05/2019 09:45:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

865195

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Tourism
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 jobs have been generated by the tourism industry in England in each of the last five years; and what the value of tourism was to the economy in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	133062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Jobs created due to direct tourism and tourism’s economic contribution through GVA are presented below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Jobs (000s)</p></td><td><p>Percentage change from previous year</p></td><td><p>GVA (£bn)</p></td><td><p>Percentage change from previous year</p></td><td><p>Percentage of UK GVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,457</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>53,947</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,532</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>57,344</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,604</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>58,997</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,432</p></td><td><p>-11%</p></td><td><p>60,438</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,531</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>64,642</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016(p)</p></td><td><p>1,504</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td><td><p>66,065</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data can be sourced at the Office of National Statistics and the DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates for 2017.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2018 17:15:54 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891395

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Gambling
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 meetings he has had with (a) officials and (b) Ministers of the Department of Health and Social Care under its current and previous names to discuss problem gambling over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>We take problem gambling very seriously. As the minister responsible for gambling, I met my Rt. Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care recently to discuss these issues.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the two departments have met to discuss the impact of problem gambling on several occasions and have worked together on the Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility. Our response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/05/2018 13:45:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

828848

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Broadcasting: Licensing
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 officials in his Department are working on broadcast licensing as part of any future trade deal that the UK agrees with the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	124470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Staff within DCMS’ Media Team and EU Team lead on providing advice to Ministers on broadcasting and EU exit. Members of staff across the Department also provide advice and analyses on EU exit issues as required. Given the interactions between broadcasting policy, EU exit work and the Department's other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/01/2018 17:50:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

767453

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Broadband
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 premises in each parliamentary constituency in the UK have taken up a superfast broadband connection.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold information on superfast broadband take-up percentage by constituency.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/10/2017 15:32:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest