Asked by: Darren Jones (Labour - Bristol North West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to tackle fake news by extending current regulation and guidance on the prominence given to public service broadcasters in printed television guides to (a) such guides and similar information provided online and (b) the operation of voice assistants when they asked for news headlines.
Answered by Margot James
The Government takes the issue of fake news and disinformation very seriously. The Public Service Broadcasters are our best protection against disinformation and it is important that high quality public service content including news content is widely accessible to viewers. That is why under the Digital Economy Act 2017, Ofcom are required to publish a report which looks at the ease of finding and accessing PSB content across all platforms. Ofcom will consult on this issue soon and the final report must be published before December 2020.
Asked by: Darren Jones (Labour - Bristol North West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that viewers can easily find public service content outside of the main electronic programming guide.
Answered by Margot James
The Government recognises the value and importance of high quality public service content and the need for this to be widely accessible to viewers. That is why under the Digital Economy Act 2017, Ofcom are required to publish a report which looks at the ease of finding and accessing PSB content across all platforms, including those outside of the main electronic programme guide. Ofcom will consult on this issue soon and the final report must be published before December 2020.
Asked by: Darren Jones (Labour - Bristol North West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the General Data Protection Regulation on organisations operating on a not-for-profit basis; and what steps he is taking to minimise administrative costs placed on those organisations as a result of the General Data Protection Regulation.
Answered by Margot James
The UK exercised its ability to derogate from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) through the Data Protection Act 2018 to create a proportionate data protection regime which is robust and protects the rights of individuals, whilst providing legal certainty for organisations.
An impact assessment of the derogations to GDPR exercised by the government was published in 2017, and is available at the link below.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664329/General_Processing_Impact_Assessment.pdf
Asked by: Darren Jones (Labour - Bristol North West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Heritage Lottery Fund funding has been allocated to (a) London and (b) each region in each of the last five years.
Answered by Michael Ellis
The proportion of total Heritage Lottery Fund funding given to each of the regions and nations over the last five years can be seen in the table below, broken down by financial year.
Region/Nation | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
East Midlands | 5% | 6% | 7% | 12% | 4% |
East of England | 7% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 11% |
London | 18% | 21% | 15% | 17% | 14% |
North East | 6% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 8% |
North West | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 6% |
Northern Ireland | 2% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 3% |
Scotland | 13% | 11% | 9% | 13% | 6% |
South East | 16% | 9% | 15% | 7% | 15% |
South West | 7% | 11% | 14% | 8% | 8% |
Wales | 3% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 7% |
West Midlands | 10% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 9% |
TOTAL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |