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Written question asked by Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 8 December 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 22 December 2017. It was answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


Video Standards Council

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have put in place for monitoring the work of the Video Standards Council, and for holding the Video Standards Council Board to account.

Answer

Government formally monitors the work of the independent Video Standards Council (VSC) on an annual basis through scrutiny of their Annual Report. This report describes the VSC's application of the independent Pan-European Games Information (PEGI) rating system over the previous year, and is assessed by officials and ministers before being laid before Parliament for further review.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4014
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Accountability Monitoring Video Standards Council
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk