Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to record how many young people are engaged in full-time social action; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The independent Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People, which is being led by Steve Holliday CBE, aims to establish how many young people are engaged in full-time social action, as well as making recommendations to Government for how full-time social action can be supported in the future.
The National Youth Social Action Survey showed that 42% of 10-20 year olds took part in meaningful social action during 2016.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps her Department has taken to use 2011 census classifications, including on Gypsies and Travellers, to audit racial disparities in public service outcomes.
Answered by Matt Hancock
I refer the Honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer given by the Right Honourable member for Ashford in response to PQ3079.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
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 on the creative industries of the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Government wants to ensure the best possible deal for Britain on leaving the European Union.
The Creative Industries are one of the UK’s greatest success stories, contributing over £87 billion to the economy and over £19 billion in exports.
We are working closely with the industry to assess both the possible impacts and opportunities that our departure presents.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms the Information Commissioner's Office has in place to ensure decisions of staff of that Office are compliant with Section 42 of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Answered by John Whittingdale
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) produces guidance for organisations on their obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). This guidance is used by the Information Commissioner’s staff when assessing concerns and complaints from the public under S42 of the DPA.
In addition, staff receive formal training to ensure that consistent outcomes are achieved in decision making.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of progress towards increasing the provision of access services on video on demand content.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The provision of access services on video on demand content has increased in recent years, according to the 2015 Authority for Television on Demand report which can be found here: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf. The evidence in this report is supported by dialogue with broadcasters, content providers and platform operators, who fed back to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in Autumn 2015. Ofcom, the principle regulator for video on demand services, is reviewing how to improve the provision of access services on video on demand services.Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
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 increase the provision of access services on video on demand content.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The provision of access services on video on demand content has increased in recent years, according to the 2015 Authority for Television on Demand report which can be found here: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/on-demand/access-european/AS_survey_report_2015.pdf. The evidence in this report is supported by dialogue with broadcasters, content providers and platform operators, who fed back to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in Autumn 2015. Ofcom, the principle regulator for video on demand services, is reviewing how to improve the provision of access services on video on demand services.Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's policies have been assessed against the family test; what steps he has taken to publish the outcome of such assessments that have been carried out; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014. DWP published guidance for Departments and officials on how the test should be applied when formulating policy and my Department follows that guidance-Family Test Guidance
The Family Test is an integral part of the policy making process and is applied in a proportionate way in the development of all new policy in line with the Family Test guidance. While the guidance states that departments should consider publishing assessments carried out under the Test, there is no requirement to do so.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
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 implement the family test.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014. DWP published guidance for Departments and officials on how the test should be applied when formulating policy and my Department follows that guidance-Family Test Guidance
The Family Test is an integral part of the policy making process and is applied in a proportionate way in the development of all new policy in line with the Family Test guidance. While the guidance states that departments should consider publishing assessments carried out under the Test, there is no requirement to do so.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on preventing unwanted and nuisance telephone calls.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Substantial progress has been made to tackle nuisance calls. This has included ensuring improved information & signposting for consumers wanting to report nuisance calls. In addition we have increase powers for the regulators. Ofcom’s monetary penalty powers increased from £50,000 to £2 million in September 2010. In July 2011, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was equipped with a new monetary penalty power of £500,000. Previously this was £5,000.
In July 2014, Ofcom was empowered to share relevant information with the ICO that it acquired about companies breaching the regulations. And more recently, the legal threshold was lowered for the ICO on 6 April 2015, making it easier for them to take enforcement action, including issuing monetary penalties.
The Government is continuing to work to ensure protection of consumers from unwanted and nuisance calls.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with consumer groups on nuisance telephone calls.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy has held two roundtables this year with a range of interested stakeholders, including consumer groups. The last one took place in March.
The Government takes the issue of the nuisance telephone calls seriously and continues to work with the regulators, consumer groups and industry to co-ordinate on efforts to clamp down on such unwanted calls and protect all consumers.