Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 561, when the independent statutory review of the consumer protection measures in the secondary ticketing market will commence; what funding has been allocated to that review; and what the source of that funding will be.

My Department is working with the Department for Business (BIS) regarding the commencement of the statutory review of the consumer protection measures in the online secondary ticketing market. It will be published within a year of commencement of the relevant aspects of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and presented to Parliament. The review leadership will be announced in due course and it will be funded and resourced jointly between BIS and DCMS.