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 24 October 2016 to Question 49394, on communication: competition, whether Ofcom has responsibility relating to the regulation of the advertising sector in relation to communications markets.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is responsible for the regulation of advertising. The ASA’s rule-making arm is the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP). The ASA is an independent regulator and a limited company funded by industry. It operates a self-regulatory regime for non-broadcast advertising and has a co-regulatory relationship with Ofcom for broadcast advertising.