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1246785

registered interest
date	27/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adult gaming centres are currently in operation in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL9624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Data held by the Gambling Commission shows that there were 1,431 adult gaming centres in operation as of 31 March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 09/11/2020 12:26:02 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1246802

registered interest
date	27/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Newspaper Press and Radio : Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support local independent (1) newspapers, and (2) radio stations, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL9668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Local news coverage provides a vital service - supplying information about local public affairs, holding local decision-makers to account, and providing a forum for community discussion. The Government’s manifesto recognises their role, committing to “support local and regional newspapers, as vital pillars of communities and local democracy”.</p><p>It has been an absolute priority to ensure we do all we can to support local news outlets during this crisis, as well as supporting commercial and community radio. This includes bringing forward the commencement of zero-rating of VAT on e-newspapers to May 2020, and reaching agreement with Arqiva, the UK’s TV and radio transmission provider, to provide six months discount charges which has benefited small local commercial radio stations.</p><p>Government also worked to ensure local media could operate during the Covid-19 lockdown period. We designated journalists and other key media ancillary staff as ‘key workers’; issued guidance to local authorities on the importance of newspaper delivery; took steps to ensure the use of ‘keyword blocklisting’ technology was not disproportionately limiting news publishers’ online advertising revenues for Covid-19 related stories; and implemented a significant public information campaign, using local and national press and commercial radio to extend the reach of these campaigns.</p><p>We continue to work closely with local news organisations to assess the effectiveness of our media support measures and the impact of Coronavirus-related government policy, including the current tiered restrictions, on their ability to continue supporting their communities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/11/2020 15:47:57 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1246804

registered interest
date	27/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Performing Arts and Theatres: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate that stage 5 of their plan to re-open live performance venues will begin.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL9670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>From Thursday 5 November until Wednesday 2 December, new national restrictions will be in force in England to control the spread of coronavirus. During this period, performing arts venues can continue to operate under Stages 1 and 2 of the performing arts roadmap. This means performing arts professionals may continue to rehearse and train, and perform for broadcast or recording purposes. Other than for this purpose, theatres, concert halls and entertainment venues must close.</p><p>We have consistently stated that further reopening would be dependent on the public health context at the time. We will continue to work with the sector and have convened a Venues Steering Group which includes representatives from leading sector organisations as well as Public Health England and other experts to develop an action plan for maximising activity under Stages 3 and 4 when it is permitted and for how we safely proceed to stage 5.</p><p>DCMS will continue to work with the sector to establish an appropriate pilot process for testing the return to stage 5 activity when appropriate. We are committed to exploring new technologies to minimise these risks, which is why in parallel the government is exploring innovative ways to keep these sectors open.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 11/11/2020 16:16:04 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1246805

registered interest
date	27/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gyms and Swimming Pools: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of swimming pool and gym closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL9671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus. That’s why we made sure that people could exercise at least once a day even during the height of lockdown - and why we opened up grassroots sport and leisure facilities as soon as it was safe to do so.</p><p>As announced by the Prime Minister on Saturday from Thursday until Wednesday 2 November there will be significant restrictions on some sectors of the economy including the closure of indoor and outdoor leisure. Outdoor gyms and playgrounds will remain open. Exercise and recreation outdoors will be allowed with your household or on your own with one person from another household.</p><p>It is not possible to isolate the specific impact of swimming pool and gym closures on physical activity levels because people can substitute this with other activities such as running and cycling.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/11/2020 16:24:44 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1246806

registered interest
date	27/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial position of the grassroots sports sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL9672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity providers and facilities are at the heart of our communities, and play a crucial role in supporting adults and children to be active.</p><p>Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support, which many sport clubs have benefited from. An income scheme announced in July by the Secretary of State for Local Government, aims to support local authorities who have incurred irrecoverable loss of income from sales, fees and charge which they had reasonably budgeted for. On 22 October, the Government announced a £100m support fund for local authority leisure centres. In addition, Sport England’s Community Emergency Fund has also provided £210 million directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres through this pandemic.</p><p>We are continuing to work with organisations to understand what they need and how we may be able to support them.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/11/2020 16:35:31 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1246814

registered interest
date	27/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support self–employed and freelance workers within the live music industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Our world-beating live music industry would be nothing without the people who work in it, and we are working hard to help provide financial support to freelancers in this sector.</p><p>Over two thirds of eligible people in the cultural sectors have benefitted from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). We’ve supported the self-employed with over £13 billion in grants and the Chancellor has increased the generosity of the scheme from 40% to 80% of people’s profits for November, in order to reflect recent changes to the furlough scheme. This also increases the total level of the grant from 40% to 55% of trading profits for 1 November 2020 to 31 January 2020.</p><p>In addition, more businesses will be able to access additional support as deadlines for applications for government-backed loan schemes and the Future Fund have been further extended until 31 January 2021.</p><p>The Arts Council England has made £119 million available to individuals, with £23.1 million already distributed and £95.9 million currently available to apply for via open funds.</p><p>The £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund will benefit freelancers, because it will invest in organisations and help them to reopen, and restart performances. So far, over £500m has been announced from the Culture Recovery Fund to protect cultural organisations across England, almost a fifth of which has gone to the music sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/11/2020 16:25:03 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1246853

registered interest
date	27/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telephone Services: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to stop older people from being targeted by scam telephone calls.
tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
uin	HL9657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that nuisance and scam calls can be particularly stressful and damaging for the most vulnerable in society. The Government has taken a range of actions to reduce the number of nuisance calls including banning cold calls from pension providers unless the consumer has explicitly agreed to be contacted. We have been working with National Trading Standards to supply call blocking devices to some of the most vulnerable in society.</p><p>The Government has been running the Take Five fraud awareness campaign designed to urge the public and businesses to take time to consider whether a situation they find themselves in is genuine. The campaign equips the public to more confidently challenge fraudulent approaches – be they face-to-face, on the telephone or online. Specific advice on phone scams and phishing can be found at <a href="http://www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk" target="_blank">www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk</a>.</p><p>With regards to fraud more generally, the government has recently launched a gov.uk page that contains easy-to-follow steps to spot potential frauds and to avoid them. It also signposts advice and support to those who may unfortunately have fallen victim. This page can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-</a><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-" target="_blank">covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/11/2020 16:25:31 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1246653

registered interest
date	26/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	ARM: NVIDIA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have requested that the Competition and Markets Authority investigate the potential purchase of ARM by Nvidia; and if not, what plans they have to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Broers
uin	HL9521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The government is clear that Arm is an important part of the UK's technology sector and makes a significant contribution to the UK economy.</p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority bears responsibility for assessing any competition impacts arising from the proposed deal and it will be following its normal regulatory processes in examining this deal. Separately, the Secretary of State also has the responsibility for determining whether or not to refer an acquisition on public interest grounds if relevant thresholds in the Enterprise Act 2002 are met. As such, we are examining this potential acquisition carefully.</p><p>We note that it is subject to regulatory approvals in multiple jurisdictions and is not expected to complete until 2022. It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 03/11/2020 12:18:50 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3695 label Biography information for Lord Broers

1246671

registered interest
date	26/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Investment Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to announce the initial funding allocations to be made from the previously announced Youth Investment Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morgan of Cotes
uin	HL9559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>DCMS officials continue to assess how COVID-19 is impacting on young people and youth services. We will keep engaging with the youth sector as plans for the Youth Investment Fund develop, and expect to publish further details in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 09/11/2020 15:39:54 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

1246716

registered interest
date	26/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tests were undertaken by UK Anti-Doping in the UK during the periods (1) January to March 2019, (2) April to June 2019, (3) July to September 2019, (4) October to December 2019, (5) January to March, (6) April to June, and (7) July to September.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL9560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>UK Anti-Doping defines a test as any attempt to test a single athlete in a single Sample Collection Session. During the periods:</p><ol><li><p>January to March 2019, it conducted 3,803 tests</p></li><li><p>April to June 2019, it conducted 2,212 tests</p></li><li><p>July to September 2019, it conducted 2,943 tests</p></li><li><p>October to December 2019, it conducted 2,789 tests</p></li><li><p>January to March 2020, it conducted 2,512 tests</p></li><li><p>April to June 2020, it conducted 126 tests. The drop in testing during this period was due to UK Anti-Doping’s decision in March 2020 to significantly reduce its testing programme due to Covid-19.</p></li><li><p>July to September 2020. The testing statistics for this period have not yet been released.</p></li></ol><p><br>All testing in the first quarter of 2020-2021 (April-June 2020) conducted in the UK was done in England. However, this does not mean that athletes from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales were not tested during this time. UK Anti-Doping publishes its testing figures on a quarterly basis and combines the figures for blood and urine samples. This ensures transparency of its testing activity, while protecting the confidential methodology which goes into planning a testing programme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL9561 question first answered 03/11/2020 17:09:02 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan