Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they measure how much money from social investment funds is spent on the poorest communities; and if so, how.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) benefits of social investment funds, and (2) evidence that the monies invested in them are used efficiently and effectively.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of (1) the effectiveness of the administrative processes employed by social investment funds, and (2) how they compare to the processes used by high street banks.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the interest rates charged by social investment funds compared to those charged by high street banks.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
There are a large number of social investment funds being delivered by many organisations in the financial services and philanthropic sectors. The government has made no such assessment across these varied funds.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have done about the public understanding of and support for the General Data Protection Regulation requirements.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for promoting public understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation rights and rules. The ICO's Your Data Matters campaign is a long-term campaign to help the public understand their data rights.
The government published research on the benefits arising from personal data rights under the Regulation, including the public's privacy preferences. This research, which I attach, is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/635701/PersonalDataRights_LE_-_for_Data_Protection_Bill__1_.pdf
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have done to check that organisations that have complied with the General Data Protection Regulation requirements understand the implications of what they have committed themselves to.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
Accountability is one of the data protection principles - it makes organisations responsible for complying with the General Data Protection Regulation and states that organisations must be able to demonstrate their compliance. Accountability obligations are ongoing. Organisations must review and, where necessary, update the measures which they put in place to comply with Data Protection law.
More information on data protection principles can be found on the ICO’s website www.ico.org.uk
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they estimate implementing the General Data Protection Regulation requirements will cost for small clubs, charities, and small and medium-sized enterprises.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
HM Government's Impact Assessment for the Data Protection Bill assesses there will be implementation costs for a range of organisations but that the overall effect of the Act is de-regulatory. This Impact Assessment is available on gov.uk.
The European Commission published an Impact Assessment on the regulatory impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This is available on their website.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many small clubs, charities, and small and medium-sized enterprises they estimate were unable to meet the General Data Protection Regulation requirements by 25 May.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for monitoring compliance with the UK's new data protection laws.
The Information Commissioner has publicly stated that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a journey rather than a destination. She will be looking to organisations to demonstrate that they are committed to making progress towards embedding the right processes and procedures.
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a range of user-friendly material on the GDPR on its website. It has also set up a dedicated phone line for small businesses and charities.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have of partnerships being created between library services and other local and public sector services.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The Libraries Taskforce’s Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016 to 2021 strategy document, good practice toolkits and blogs contain a range of examples of partnerships between library services and other local and public sector services. This includes partnership arrangements between local authorities (such as procurement consortia), as well as service delivery partnerships with other council services (such as One Stop Shops), adult and community education, local colleges, job centres, post offices, Citizens Advice Bureau, tourist information, cultural and health organisations.
A range of partners also work with library services to deliver services and activities in a consistent way across the country through the Society of Chief Librarians’ Universal Offers.
Asked by: Lord Mawson (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote new approaches to library services; and what evidence they have of examples of innovative practice in this area in England.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The Government is committed to providing support for those library services that want to explore new approaches. The Libraries Taskforce’s Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016 to 2021 strategy document, good practice toolkits and blogs promote a range of examples of innovative practice already underway in libraries in England. These include alternative delivery models, income generation, partnerships and specific projects. The Libraries Taskforce has also run a number of workshops and masterclasses for the sector to build awareness of the options available and to share good practice.
The £4m Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone innovation fund, managed by Arts Council England on behalf of DCMS, was set up to pilot library service projects that provide benefit disadvantaged people and places in England. These pilots will be tracked and evaluated, with a view to encouraging wider adoption and investment in those which prove most successful.