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1134920

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date	26/06/2019
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	Greyhound Racing: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to establish a statutory greyhound race betting levy to improve the welfare of racing greyhounds.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	269673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>On 10th January 2019, the Government announced a new funding commitment from bookmakers worth an estimated £3 million this year to ensure the welfare of greyhounds is protected and improved. This commitment is set to increase the total amount of the voluntary levy bookmakers pay to the British Greyhound Racing Fund (BGRF) to an estimated £10m this year. We expect thousands of racing greyhounds are to be better cared for as a result of this new deal.</p><p>Government has no current plans to introduce a statutory levy. We will continue to work with the betting and greyhound industries to make sure that greyhound welfare is safeguarded and remains at the heart of the sport.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/07/2019 10:33:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1131102

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Olympic Games 2012: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procurement contract award process for London 2012 and the Olympic Games.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	262278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Public procurement for London 2012 was conducted by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA, an arm's length body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport until its dissolution in 2014).</p><p> </p><p>ODA procurement processes were subject to the assurance processes laid out in their Assurance Framework (available online via the archived &quot;Learning Legacy&quot; website at <a href="http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk</a>) and included reviews by the National Audit Office and Commission for a Sustainable London 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Procurement outcomes (such as size and quality management of contractors) were assessed as part of the Meta-Evaluation of London 2012, conducted by an independent consortium lead by Grant Thornton for the government (available on the GOV.UK website at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224145/Report_5_Economy_Evidence_Base_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224145/Report_5_Economy_Evidence_Base_FINAL.pdf</a>) and the Olympic Games Impact Study (Post-Games Report), conducted by the University of East London for the International Olympic Committee (available on the UEL website at <a href="https://www.uel.ac.uk/research/centre-for-geoinformation-studies/researchareasprojects/ogispostgameslondon2012" target="_blank">https://www.uel.ac.uk/research/centre-for-geoinformation-studies/researchareasprojects/ogispostgameslondon2012</a>).</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/06/2019 13:29:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1131104

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Olympic Games 2012: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to tackle potential corruption in the awarding of procurement contracts for London 2012 and the Olympic Games.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	262280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The awarding of public procurement contracts for London 2012 and the Olympic Games was undertaken by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), an arm's length body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, from its start-up in 2005 until its dissolution in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The ODA tackled potential corruption through:</p><p> </p><ul><li>promoting anti-bribery, corruption, fraud policies and campaigns throughout the Games programme, supported by relevant personnel training and senior management appointments focused on fraud.</li><li>having procurement policies and procedures that were subject to the assurance processes laid out in their Assurance Framework (available online via the archived &quot;Learning Legacy&quot; website at http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk) and included reviews by the National Audit Office and Commission for a Sustainable London 2012.</li><li>maintaining rigorous and robust internal audit, peer review and commercial close-out processes that subjected the procurement, contract management and final-accounting of all public contracts to the highest levels of scrutiny.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/06/2019 13:31:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1131111

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Olympic Games: Paris and Tokyo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to ensure that sub-contractors used for the provision of equipment for Tokyo 2020, Paris 20204 and other major international sports contests comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	262287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a piece of US legislation that relates to the bribery of foreign public officials by US firms and other international firms that use US communications systems. The UK has an equivalent piece of legislation, the Bribery Act 2010, which has a specific section relating to the bribery of foreign public officials by UK firms.</p><p> </p><p>Bribery of foreign officials by US firms is a crime, just as it is in the UK. The UK’s criminal law is equally robust as that of its US counterpart.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/06/2019 13:36:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1131115

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Olympic Games 2012: Gun Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, to which organisations the shooting traps used in the London 2012 Olympic Games were donated.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	262291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The shooting traps from the London 2012 Games were part of the technology contract between the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Games’ official technology partners OMEGA. Government had no role in the traps’ use post-Games.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/06/2019 13:34:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1046166

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Greyhound welfare boosted through multi-million pound deal with gambling industry, published in January 2019, whether (a) a full audit of the requirements needed has been made in relation to capital costs for repairs to trainers' kennels and tracks and (b) all revenue expenses have been calculated to ensure that no greyhound suffers (i) on the track and (ii) through lack of a good home.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	211184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>On 10th January 2019, Government announced a new funding commitment from bookmakers worth an estimated £3m this year to ensure the welfare of greyhounds is protected and improved. We expect thousands of racing greyhounds are to be better cared for as a result of this new deal. The commitment is set to increase the total amount of funding from bookmakers to the British Greyhound Racing Fund to an estimated £10m this year.</p><p>The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB), responsible for the governance, regulation and management of the sport of licensed greyhound racing in England, Scotland and Wales, has committed to improve licensing and inspection standards on and off track. I look forward to meeting with them and the Greyhound Forum in the coming weeks to discuss this work further. A full audit of trainers’ residential kennels is underway to prioritise upgrades and GBGB has allocated £400,000 specifically for kennel upgrades in 2019. A further £160,000 has been allocated to support tracks which do not currently have air-conditioning in their kennel areas.</p><p>This commitment will further support greyhounds both before and after racing by helping to fund the GBGBs Injury Recovery Scheme and providing £1.4m to the The Greyhound Trust to help find homes for retired greyhounds, ensuring where possible they go on to enjoy a full and active life in retirement.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/01/2019 17:20:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell