Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the accounts of the data ethics and compliance issues that her Department produced for the cross data tracking of Gov.uk users.
Answered by Matt Warman
The Government Digital Service (GDS), based in the Cabinet Office, is implementing end-to-end performance monitoring so that GOV.UK can be designed to ensure that people can access the information and services they need as easily as possible. Government departments are enabling GDS to centrally collect data on site usage across the GOV.UK estate, to provide an end to end, anonymised view of how people interact with government online. The data being analysed does not include any Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and GDS have put and technical and procedural controls in place to prevent personally identifiable information from being included by accident or malicious intent.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have been working with colleagues in the Government Digital Service (GDS) to ensure that any legal and ethical issues are considered and addressed. In developing the project, GDS have taken into account both the data protection regime and the Data Ethics Framework published by DCMS last year.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the kit for the Team GB Olympic squad is produced sustainably.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)
The British Olympic Association (BOA), as the National Olympic Committee for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is responsible for Team GB’s participation at the Olympic Games, including the procurement of kit for the Team GB Olympic squad (currently through their commercial deal with Adidas). The BOA is a privately funded organisation that is independent of Government, though we would encourage such organisations to procure sustainably produced sport's kit where possible.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many in-flight files of EU legislation exist that affect the policy areas managed by his Department; and which pieces of in-flight files of EU legislation his Department intends to implement in UK law.
Answered by Margot James
During the time-limited implementation period, EU law will continue to apply in the UK subject to the terms set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. After the implementation period, all laws in the UK will be passed by our elected representatives in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London. The Political Declaration recognises that the UK may choose to align with the EU’s rules in relevant areas to facilitate trade in goods or security cooperation.
In the unlikely event that the backstop were to come into effect, a small fraction of EU rules applying today would apply in Northern Ireland and EU rules on state aid would apply in the UK. However, as the Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration make absolutely clear, we do not want or expect the backstop to be needed - and even if it ever were ever to come into effect, it would be strictly temporary. The Official Journal of the European Union publishes upcoming EU legislation for implementation. This is publicly available online: This is publicly available online: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
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 announcement, Government invests £5m to increase places for disadvantaged children in youth organisations, published on 10 September 2018, to which areas he plans to distribute that funding; and whether he has plans to allocate funding from that fund to Wakefield.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Uniformed Youth Fund will increase places in uniformed youth groups to reach disadvantaged young people. The Fund is open to uniformed youth organisations in England and is being managed by Youth United Foundation. The Fund is currently open for applications and will prioritise expansion in deprived areas.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
Whether he plans to visit Wakefield in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Michael Ellis
I refer the hon member to my response to her question during the topical oral questions on 6th September.
I do hope to visit Wakefield within the next 12 months.