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1082642

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	BBC: Disability Aids
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 discussions he has had with the BBC on improving their subtitling service.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	229124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>As the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom is responsible for setting targets and holding broadcasters including the BBC to account for delivering subtitling services.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/03/2019 11:07:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1091343

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Radio: Staff
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 estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the radio industry in each of the nations and regions of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	234116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of employees in the radio sector by nation and regions is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>11,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2019 14:31:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1091359

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Commercial Broadcasting: Radio
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 his Department undertook an impact assessment of the effect of changes to localness guidelines for commercial radio on jobs in local commercial radio stations.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	234117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The changes to the localness guidance were made by Ofcom, the independent regulator, in line with its requirements under section 314 of the Communications Act 2003 to ensure effective and appropriate localness guidance is in place (as required under the 2003 Act).</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom's consultation in 2018 on its proposed changes to the localness guidance and impact assessment covered the potential impacts on radio listeners and the industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2019 14:32:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1093457

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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	Facebook: Data Protection
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 he was notified of the Facebook data breach reported on 21 March 2019 where the passwords of up to 600 million users were made available to Facebook employees.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	235736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) made our data protection laws fit for the digital age and empowered people to take control of their data.</p><p> </p><p>The DPA and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced a duty on all organisations including social media companies to notify certain types of personal data breaches to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).</p><p> </p><p>Under the GDPR, a company may designate one national regulator in the European Union as its “lead supervisory authority”, so that it does not have to deal with 28 separate regulators. In the case of Facebook, the Irish Data Protection authority takes that role and is therefore leading on this breach.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO is working with its Irish counterpart to ensure that it fulfils its role to protect UK citizens data. This includes establishing the number of UK users affected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 235746 question first answered 27/03/2019 15:05:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1093458

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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	Facebook: Data Protection
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 information his Department holds on the number of UK users affected by the Facebook data breach reported on 21 March 2019 where the passwords of up to 600 million users were made available to Facebook employees.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	235746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) made our data protection laws fit for the digital age and empowered people to take control of their data.</p><p> </p><p>The DPA and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced a duty on all organisations including social media companies to notify certain types of personal data breaches to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).</p><p> </p><p>Under the GDPR, a company may designate one national regulator in the European Union as its “lead supervisory authority”, so that it does not have to deal with 28 separate regulators. In the case of Facebook, the Irish Data Protection authority takes that role and is therefore leading on this breach.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO is working with its Irish counterpart to ensure that it fulfils its role to protect UK citizens data. This includes establishing the number of UK users affected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 235736 question first answered 27/03/2019 15:05:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1104717

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Facebook: Data Protection
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 he discussed with Mark Zuckerberg at their meeting in week commencing 18 February 2019 the January 2019 Facebook data breach in which the passwords of up to 600 million users were made available to Facebook employees.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	236302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s answer to PQ 225432 on 28th February.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/03/2019 12:23:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1109062

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	Gaming Machines
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 plans his Department has made to undertake an impact assessment of (a) gambling behaviour, (b) product displacement and (c) harm reduction following the stake reduction for Category B2 gaming machines.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	239916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government published an Impact Assessment, together with its response to the Consultation on proposals for changes to Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures, in May 2018, including assumptions regarding behaviour change, displacement and harm reduction following the implementation of the sub-category B2 gaming machine maximum stake cut. The Impact Assessment can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-for-changes-to-gaming-machines-and-social-responsibility-measures</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to robustly monitoring and evaluating the impact of the regulatory change.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/04/2019 16:22:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1109063

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	Gaming Machines
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 actions his Department will take in response to the emergence of new high-stakes roulette-style games in betting shops following the stake reduction for Category B2 gaming machines.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	239917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The roulette-style products launched on 1 April by two high-street bookmakers were withdrawn the following day after a warning from the Gambling Commission. The Commission is continuing to investigate the circumstances and the operators could still face regulatory action. The Commission may also investigate key senior staff at bookmakers who are responsible for bringing those products to market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and the Gambling Commission expect industry to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the new regulations to ensure that consumers continue to be protected from harm.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/04/2019 16:23:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

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

1109067

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	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
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 he has sought guarantees from telecommunications companies that they will not increase charges on UK consumers to (a) use their mobile phone in the EU and (b) call or text an EU country in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	239919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>In the event of a deal, surcharge-free roaming for UK consumers in the EU would continue to be guaranteed during the Implementation Period. In the event that we leave the EU without a deal, the costs that EU mobile operators would be able to charge UK operators for providing roaming services would no longer be regulated. Four mobile operators - O2, EE, Three and Vodafone - have all stated they have no current plans to change their approach to mobile roaming for their customers roaming in the EU.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/04/2019 16:26:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest