Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the use of art-based activities in preventing and curing (a) physical and (b) mental ill health.
Answered by John Glen
We believe that arts-based activity can have a significant role in improving health and wellbeing of citizens.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has previously commissioned research to develop the evidence base on the social and wellbeing impacts of cultural engagement, including on mental health conditions such as clinical depression. Research commissioned from the London School of Economics published in 2015 showed that people who engaged in the arts as an audience member were 5.4% more likely to report good health than non-participants.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations and conclusions of the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing, published on 19 July 2017.
Answered by John Glen
We welcome the recent ‘Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing’ report. The report made a specific recommendation for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) the Department of Health (DoH) and other relevant departments to develop and lead a cross-government strategy to support the delivery of health and wellbeing through arts and culture.
We are committed to exploring the potential for such a strategy further with these departments, including DoH.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of people aged (a) 18 to 29, (b) 30 to 44, (c) 45 to 59, (d) 60 to 79 and (e) over 80-years old who have internet access in each parliamentary constituency.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Whether a person has “internet access” can be measured in different ways, for example whether their household has a fixed broadband connection, or whether they own a smartphone. However, I am not aware of any estimates of the proportion of people who have internet access by age group in each parliamentary constituency.
Ofcom’s “Adults' media use and attitudes” reports also set out estimates of different types of “internet access”, including by age, and geographical location, but not at constituency level.
Fixed broadband infrastructure is almost universally available across the UK, and we are bringing in a Universal Service Obligation to ensure everyone in the UK has the right to request an affordable connection to broadband of a minimum specified speed, from a designated provider, no matter where they live or work, up to a reasonable cost threshold.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions each communication provider has asked for an on the merit review of an Ofcom decision in each year for which data is available.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Government does not hold information relating to the number of requests from communication providers for an on the merit review of Ofcom decisions. Information relating to appeals of regulatory decisions can be sought directly from Ofcom, who are independent from Government.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Ofcom decisions were subject to (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful on the merits appeals in each year for which data is available.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Government does not hold information relating to how many Ofcom decisions were subject to (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful on the merit appeals. Information relating to appeals of regulatory decisions can be sought directly from Ofcom, who are independent from Government.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of customers who switched between mobile phone providers in each year for which data is available.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
DCMS does not hold this information, however from Ofcom data we understand that there are around 83 million active mobile subscribers in the UK. This figure includes people who have mobile devices that are not telephones - such as tablet and laptop computers - but which use mobile telephone technology and contain SIMs
Ofcom figures indicate that the percentage of mobile subscribers switching service provider per year since 2010 is as follows:
9% in 2010
9% in 2011
9% in 2012
11% in 2013
7% in 2014
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to introduce arrangements for broadband and landline providers gaining a customer to lead the switching process.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
We set out our thinking on switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that gaining-provider led (GPL) switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Ofcom decisions have been subject to the most appeals in each year since 2003.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Government does not hold data relating to the number of Ofcom decisions subject to the most appeals. Information relating to appeals of regulatory decisions can be sought directly from Ofcom, who are independent from Government.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 17 March 2015 to UIN 227295.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department collects on how many acts of (a) altruism and (b) violence the average child will see on television each year.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Ofcom carries out regular audience research into public opinion on standards on TV. Ofcom also assesses complaints made by viewers under the Broadcasting Code, which sets standards for television and radio programmes that broadcasters have to follow. Ofcom is responsible for investigating breaches of content standards, and publishes its decisions on its website in its fortnightly Broadcast Bulletins.