Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has held with stakeholders on establishing a commissioner to (a) tackle and (b) provide guidance on tackling (i) online hate activity and (ii) cyber bullying.
Answered by Margot James
Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with stakeholders on a range of issues, including online hate and abuse. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how he plans to encourage uptake and monitor compliance of the code of practice provided for by s103 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 by social media companies.
Answered by Margot James
Implementation of the social media code of practice, as required under the Digital Economy Act (2017), will be the first step of this process. The consultation on this, and measures proposed in the Internet Safety Strategy, closed on 7 December.
In her speech on 6 February, the Prime Minister confirmed that the Government would be bringing forward the social media code of practice as proposed in the green paper. The code of practice will set out guidance about what social media providers should do in relation to bullying conduct on their platforms. We will be setting out next steps to achieve the code of practice in our Government response which will be published in the spring.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of the money committed to the East Midlands by his Department for the 2020 Mayflower Pilgrims 400th anniversary has been allocated to date.
Answered by Michael Ellis
VisitBritain has allocated £500,000 of funding to the Mayflower 400 team to assist in the delivery of the Mayflower commemorations. The national Mayflower Trail is a part of this project and includes Scrooby and Austerfield as Nottinghamshire sites of interest.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many athletics tracks have been (a) closed and (b) opened since the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
According to Sport England’s Active Places Power database which maps community sports facilities in England (a) 12 athletics tracks have closed, and (b) 12 new athletics tracks have been built in England since 2012. This data can be found at: www.activeplacespower.com.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Football Foundation has allocated to each English parliamentary constituency since its creation.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Football Foundation charity which is the recipient of joint funding from the DCMS, The Football Association and the Premier League has provided over £595million in total to the 533 English constituencies since its inception in 2000. The table attached provides an individual breakdown of this.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England spent in each English parliamentary constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Information regarding Arts Council England's grant payments can be found at: www.artscouncil.org.uk
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3685, on what dates Ministers or officials from her Department met social media companies in 2017; whom they met; and which meetings involved Ministers.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2017)
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3683, on social media: hate crime, (a) at what location and (b) on what dates Ministers or officials of her Department visited social media companies since 2015.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2017)
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3684, on social media, hate crime, on what occasions have Ministers met social media companies since 2015; and who they have met at those meetings.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2017)
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide to the Minister tasked with taking forward the Government’s investigation into the abuse of electoral candidates details of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Electoral Conduct relating to social media and communications.
Answered by Matt Hancock
I refer the Honourable Member to the response given by the Prime Minister to PQ 4219 on 19th July.