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515779

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Education and (b) Northern Ireland Executive on increasing the involvement of children and young people of school age in commemorative events for the First World War.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	35603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>My Department works in close partnership with the Department for Education on the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours and Legacy 110 programmes for secondary schools, which we encourage schools to sign up to throughout the centenary period. To get even more young people involved in commemorations, we will soon launch the Great War Debate series for schools. We plan to hold one of these debates at the Clandeboye Estate, a First World War army training site, in November.</p><p> </p><p>Children will take part in all our national commemorative events to mark the Battle of Jutland in Orkney on 31 May, and the Battle of the Somme at Thiepval and Manchester on 1 July. As one example, over 1300 school children are due to visit the Experience Field at Heaton Park in Manchester on 1 July, as part of the Somme commemorations.</p><p> </p><p>Commemorative events in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland WWI Centenary Committee. The Chair of the Committee attends Government Advisory Group meetings where all aspects of the centenary programmes are discussed.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 04/05/2016 12:59:46 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

515780

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with Tourism NI on increasing the level of tourism from the UK mainland to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	35604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Tourism Ireland, a body established under the Good Friday Agreement, has responsibility for marketing Northern Ireland as a visitor destination in all markets outside of the island of Ireland, including in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We want more tourists to visit Northern Ireland, and experience all that it has to offer, from the Giant's Causeway to the film set for Game of Thrones. My officials have regular discussions with their counterparts in each Devolved Administration on tourism.</p><p>​</p><p>There are Memoranda of Understanding in place between VisitBritain, Tourism Ireland and the Tourism Northern Ireland, which set out their respective roles and responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 04/05/2016 12:57:35 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

456577

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with broadband providers on rural broadband provision.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	29084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Superfast broadband is available to nearly 90 per cent of homes and businesses in the UK, including urban and rural areas, and we are on track to reach 95% by the end of 2017, as set out in our manifesto. In addition, the Prime Minister announced the Government’s intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO). This will give people the legal right to request an affordable broadband connection no matter where they live.</p><p> </p><p>I hold regular discussions with internet service providers on a wide range of issues. A number of communications infrastructure suppliers and service providers attended the recent not-spot summit on 3 February where the challenges for Government and industry for extending both superfast broadband and mobile coverage to all areas of the UK was discussed.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/03/2016 13:22:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

456578

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to introduce a scheme to provide financial assistance for the start up of grassroots sports clubs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	29085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>Within England, there are already a number of schemes in place to support the establishment of grassroots sports clubs. Sport England’s Small Grants programme makes awards of between £300 and £10,000 to support sports clubs, local projects, and other not-for-profit organisations who want to get more people playing sport. Sport England will support the establishment of grassroots sports clubs through Small Grants, providing the organisation is a formally constituted, not-for-profit organisation or statutory body in England. Sport England also provides advice and guidance to support the setup of new sports clubs through its funding helpline and its Club Matters resource.</p><p> </p><p>More information on devolved sport issues can be requested from the Devolved Administrations and their respective sports councils. For grassroots sport the respective sports councils for DAs are Sport Wales, sportscotland and Sport NI.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 07/03/2016 14:53:40 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

456579

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to encourage teenage girls to be involved in sport and other physical activity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	29086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>There are a number of excellent initiatives to encourage teenage girls to get active such as Sport England's This Girl Can campaign, a nationwide campaign to get women and girls moving, regardless of shape, size and ability. It is already changing behaviours with 49% of women aged 14 to 40 who have seen the campaign reporting they had taken action as a result.</p><p>Sport England has also invested over £2million in Bury for a pilot called <em>‘I Will if You Will</em>’. The programme, on which they worked closely with the local council, combined marketing techniques with sports sessions and exercise classes designed to overcome the hurdles that stop women taking part. <em>Us Girls,</em> funded by Sport England, also exists to increase and sustain young women's participation in sport and physical activity in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities.</p><p><em>Girls Active,</em> funded by Sport England, in partnership with This Girl Can and Women in Sport is a scheme to encourage teenage girls to take part in PE and sport and the School Games offer children of all abilities the chance to take part in competitive sport. In 2014/15, 177,630 children took part at level 3 of the School Games (the county festivals) and 51% of these participants were girls.</p><p>In December, DCMS published '<em>Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation</em>', a new cross-departmental strategy for sport and physical activity. The strategy sets out government's vision for a successful and active sporting nation and emphasises the importance of helping people in under-represented groups, including women and girls, to get active.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 07/03/2016 14:47:40 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

451579

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Lottery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with the Big Lottery Fund on the renewal of the lottery licence.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text The Gambling Commission is responsible for issuing the licence to run the National Lottery. Camelot currently hold the licence, which runs until 2023. The Commission expects to engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including lottery distributor bodies, during any future licence competition.<p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/02/2016 10:19:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

449784

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Gallery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received concerning paintings left by Sir Hugh Lane to the National Gallery.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	25304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text The Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy met with Paul McGuinness, Roy Foster and Sir Donnell Deeny in September to discuss the bequest left by Sir Hugh Lane to the National Gallery. The department has received no other representation concerning the bequest. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/02/2016 09:28:03 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

444146

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to regulate advertising by payday loan companies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	22019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government has fundamentally reformed the regulation of the consumer credit market, including payday lending, transferring regulatory responsibility from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the FCA on 1 April 2014. The Government is concerned about consumer detriment in the payday market and believes the FCA’s, more robust regulatory system is helping to improve protections for consumers. It is important that consumers are protected from unfair costs. The Government therefore legislated to require the FCA to introduce a cap on the cost of payday loans - which came into force on the 2 January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/01/2016 12:29:54 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442580

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of tickets for the Thiepval Memorial event on 1 July 2016 have been allocated to applicants from (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Tickets to the Commemorative Event at the Thiepval Memorial were allocated in pairs to residents of the UK via a random ballot, which gave no weighting to residents of a particular area of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 20930 question first answered 11/01/2016 17:31:37 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442581

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tickets to the Thiepval Memorial event on 1 July 2016 have been allocated to applicants from (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Tickets to the Commemorative Event at the Thiepval Memorial were allocated in pairs to residents of the UK via a random ballot, which gave no weighting to residents of a particular area of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 20929 question first answered 11/01/2016 17:31:37 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon