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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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

770076

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	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: Prosecutions
	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 prosecutions under the Gambling Act 2005 there have been in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	107704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for offences under the Gambling Act 2005 in England and Wales, in each year between 2012 and 2016, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/10/2017 06:59:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch attachment 1 file name Gambling Act 2005 detailed offences 2012-2016.pdf title Gambling Act 2005 offences 2012-2016
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

943876

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	Public Libraries
	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 unstaffed open libraries that use technology to enable visitors to enter there are in each English region.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	165499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2018 12:05:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

794497

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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	European Capital of Culture
	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 participating cities have spent on their bids to be European City of Culture 2023.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	115470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by Government.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/11/2017 16:22:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891397

	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, if he will list the gambling companies which have contributed less than 0.1 per cent of gross gambling yield to fund research, education and treatment of gambling addiction in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The government does not hold this information. The Gambling Commission and GambleAware, the leading charity commissioning research education and treatment, are planning to work together to improve data on contributions, and to improve reporting on contributions, either by operator or sector. GambleAware has also announced that it plans to publish details of all the funding it receives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 30/04/2018 14:34:00 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest