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 recent discussions she has had with social media companies to ensure that they comply with their terms of service on removing offensive content including hate speech from their platforms.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.
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 she has had with social media companies to agree a single working definition of hate crime between all platforms.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.
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 recent discussions she has had with social media companies on educating their employees on (a) antisemitic, (b) Islamophobic and (c) racist images or discourse on their platforms.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.
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 she has had with social media companies on the adoption of a consistent approach to reporting and removing hate speech across all platforms.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the top 10 UK sports in terms of regular active participation.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
Sport England measures 16+ adult participation in England through its Active Lives Survey, and details of participation rates broken down by sport and other physical activities can be found at the links contained in Sport England's first Active Lives Survey report: https://www.sportengland.org/media/11498/active-lives-survey-yr-1-report.pdf.
Grassroots participation in sport is a devolved matter and the responsibility of Sport Scotland, Sport Wales and Sport Northern Ireland in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in grants from the Arts Council in each parliamentary constituency in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Information regarding Arts Council England's grant payments can be found at: http://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 Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the Home Office on proposals for a ministerial seminar on hate on the internet.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Department of Culture, Media and Sport officials alongside officials from the Home Office, the Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice and criminal justice agencies are currently discussing the content and form of the Ministerial seminar.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the locations of all eight-lane athletics tracks constructed in England since the 2012 Olympics.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
According to Sport England’s Active Places Power database which maps community sports facilities in England, 7 new eight-lane athletics tracks have been built in England since 2012. They are as follows;
Edge Hill Sport in Ormskirk
Little Marlow Running Track in Marlow
Prissick Sports Village in Middlesbrough
Robert Blake and Elmwood Leisure in Bridgwater
St Marys School in Ascot
Victoria park in Warrington
Waltham Forest Feelgood Centre in Walthamstow
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 Culture, Media and Sport, on what date in June the cross-government meeting on cyber hate will be held; and with whom her Department is consulting on that subject in advance of that meeting.
Answered by Matt Hancock
In the light of the 19 April motion in the House of Commons agreeing to a general election to be held on 8 June, any plans for a cross-government meeting on cyber hate will need to be revisited in due course.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the Premier League to ensure that football clubs not meeting disability access criteria make the necessary improvements.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
I meet representatives from the Premier League on a regular basis to discuss a wide range of issues including progress on the pledge made by Premier League clubs to make their grounds more accessible to disabled spectators.
I have recently received the Premier League’s interim report on the progress made by Premier League clubs to meet their pledge on a number commitments to make the clubs’ stadia with accessibility standards by August 2017.
Ensuring sport is inclusive and accessible for spectators remains a priority, and I want to continue to see concerted action taken by clubs to fulfil their legal obligations towards disabled supporters. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is the regulatory body responsible for enforcing the Equality Act 2010. The EHRC has powers to ensure service providers, including sports stadia, fulfil their legal obligations under the Act.