The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) helps to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain abroad. We protect and promote our cultural and artistic heritage and help businesses and communities to grow by investing in innovation and highlighting Britain as a fantastic place to visit. We help to give the UK a unique advantage on the global stage, striving for economic success.
Oliver Dowden
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
NAO Department Guides: A Short Guide to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Oct 2017)
Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Dec. 10 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 07 | Urgent Questions | Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support Package |
| Nov. 30 | Written Statements | Telecoms: 5G Diversification Strategy |
| Jan. 13 | Westminster Hall | Online Anonymity |
| Jan. 11 | Adjournment Debate | Supporting the UK’s Social Fabric |
A Bill to amend the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003; and for connected purposes.
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Published 2 Jul 2020, 1:32 p.m. |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | The Legislative Reform (Renewal of Radio Licences) Order 2020 | |
| This Order is made under section 1 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and concerns radio licences granted under the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42). References to the section numbers in the following paragraphs are to sections of the 1990 Act. | |||
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Laid 9 Dec 2020 In Force Not stated |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
Return of Cultural Objects (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation |
Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8C(1)(a) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16). The Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of the return of cultural goods necessary to implement the Northern Ireland Protocol as part of the EU Withdrawal Agreement. | |||
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Laid 8 Dec 2020 In Force 1 Oct 2021 |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
National Lottery (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation |
Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations raise the minimum age at which a National Lottery ticket may be sold by or to a person from 16 to 18. Restrictions on sales of National Lottery tickets by vending machines are also amended to reflect this increased minimum age. | |||
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246,736 Petition Closed |
Abolish the BBC television license. Gov Responded - 26 Jun 2019 Debated on - 15 Jul 2019 |
20 Jun 2019 closed 1 year, 6 months ago |
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The quality of BBC programmes do not reflect the price of the TV license. It is far too expensive for the majority of people and should be abolished. |
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200,263 c. 1,739 added daily |
325,991 (Estimated) |
Allow football fans to attend matches at all levels Sign this petition Gov Responded - 21 Oct 2020 Debated on - 9 Nov 2020 |
29 Mar 2021 closes in 2 months, 1 week |
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Football is a powerful tool of which allows a range of benefits such as employment, and other important aspects of life. Football can be associated with passion, emotion, excitement and dedication across the community. With Fans attending football games a range of economic benefits are there too. |
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179,699 Petition Closed |
Offer more support to the arts (particularly Theatres and Music) amidst COVID-19 Gov Responded - 20 Jul 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 |
15 Dec 2020 closed 1 month ago |
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As we pass the COVID-19 Peak, the Government should: State where the Theatres and Arts fit in the Coronavrius recovery Roadmap, Create a tailor made financial support mechanism for the Arts sector & Clarify how Social Distancing will affect arts spaces like Theatres and Concert Venues. |
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
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| Jan. 15 | Electronic Communications Resilience & Response Group (EC-RRG) | Guidance and Regulation |
| Jan. 15 | Apply for the Youth Covid-19 Support Fund | Guidance and Regulation |
| Jan. 15 | Clive of India’s Durbar set at risk of export | News and Communications |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 15 Jan 2021, 4:39 p.m. | Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) | Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) |
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Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying BBFC ratings to user-generated video content on YouTube, Facebook and similar sites and linking those ratings to parental filters. Answered by Caroline Dinenage - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) It is vital that children are protected from accessing age-inappropriate, harmful content online. We have now published the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, which sets out how the proposed legal duty of care on online companies will work in practice and gives them new responsibilities towards their users. The strongest protections in our online harms proposals are for children. All companies in scope will be required to assess whether children are likely to access their services, and if so, provide additional protections for children using them. Companies will need to take steps to protect children from harmful content and activity on their service. We will set out in secondary legislation the priority harms that this regulation will tackle, in consultation with Ofcom. Ofcom will then set out in Codes of Practice the steps companies can take to protect children from harm on their services. Ahead of Online Harms legislation, Regulations transposing the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive came into force on 1 November 2020 which require UK-established video sharing platforms to take appropriate measures to protect minors from harmful content and all users from illegal content. The Regulations require that the most harmful content is subject to the strongest protections, such as age assurance or more technical measures. Ofcom, as the regulatory authority, may take robust enforcement action against video sharing platforms which do not adopt measures to adequately protect their users. Over the past year we have been working with the BBFC and industry to drive the voluntary adoption of the BBFC’s age rating symbols to Video On Demand platforms. Doing so will provide consumers with well recognised age ratings and consumer advice.
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