Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of S. and Marper vs United Kingdom on the UK's ability to secure a data adequacy agreement with the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Our objective is to ensure unhindered data flows between the EU and the UK once the UK leaves the EU. In doing so we will be considering all the available options that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 66826, on digital technology: training, what estimate her Department has made of the number of adults who lack core digital skills who will be able to receive training through the Digital Skills Entitlement throughout its duration.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Digital Skills Entitlement will ensure that adults who lack core digital skills can access specified basic digital skills training free of charge where it is made available as part of the publicly funded adult education offer. The level at which this entitlement will be set is still to be decided and we will consult in due course.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 66826, how many of the 4 million digital technology training opportunities referred to in that Answer will be providing basic digital skills.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We envisage that a significant proportion of the 4 million digital skills training opportunities that were pledged by industry in the UK Digital Strategy will focus on the basic digital skills that individuals need to benefit from being online. These includes pledges made by Lloyds Banking Group to provide face to face training for 2.5 million individuals, as well as SMEs and charities in digital skills - including internet banking and Barclays to expand the number of its digital eagles which help people build their internet skills.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on securing a data adequacy agreement with the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
As negotiations to leave the EU have not begun, it would be inappropriate to speculate in any detail as to what arrangements we will seek to put in place.
Our objective is to ensure continued data flows between the EU and countries outside the EEA once the UK leaves the EU. In doing so we will be considering all the available options that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has conducted contingency planning in the event that the UK does not secure a data adequacy decision with the EU prior to exiting the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
As negotiations to leave the EU have not begun, it would be inappropriate to speculate in any detail as to what arrangements we will seek to put in place.
Our objective is to ensure continued data flows between the EU and countries outside the EEA once the UK leaves the EU. In doing so we will be considering all the available options that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has held discussions with multinational companies operating within the UK on implementing binding corporate rules in order to enable the flow of personal data after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We have had various discussions with multinational companies operating within the UK, which among other things, have included discussions on future data flows between the UK and EU.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 for the UK securing a data adequacy agreement with the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The General Data Protection Regulation will apply to EU member states from 25 May 2018. We expect still to be in the EU at that point, and so the General Data Protection Regulation will apply in the UK from then.
As part of plans for the UK’s exit from the EU, the Government will be seeking to ensure that data flows between the UK and the EU are uninterrupted, and will be considering all the available options during exit negotiations that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the UK can apply for an adequacy decision while still being formally a member of the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The General Data Protection Regulation will apply to EU member states from 25 May 2018. We expect still to be in the EU at that point, and so the General Data Protection Regulation will apply in the UK from then.
As part of plans for the UK’s exit from the EU, the Government will be seeking to ensure that data flows between the UK and the EU are uninterrupted, and will be considering all the available options during exit negotiations that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK's data retention regime on securing a data adequacy agreement with the EU after the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The General Data Protection Regulation will apply to EU member states from 25 May 2018. We expect still to be in the EU at that point, and so the General Data Protection Regulation will apply in the UK from then.
As part of plans for the UK’s exit from the EU, the Government will be seeking to ensure that data flows between the UK and the EU are uninterrupted, and will be considering all the available options during exit negotiations that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 66826, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without core digital skills who will be trained through the additional programme with the Good Things Foundation.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Future Digital Inclusion programme run on behalf of Government by the Good Things Foundation has, as of February 2017, trained 699,000 adults since October 2014 in basic digital skills. We expect a further 207,000 people to be trained over the course of the next financial year.