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1132568

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged over 75 are in receipt of a free TV licence in (a) Barnsley Central, (b) Sheffield City Region Mayoral Combined Authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber region.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	265517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/06/2019 12:53:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1132570

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Television Licences: Older People
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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of means-testing people aged over 75 for TV licences.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	265518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The BBC is responsible for the cost and the administration of the over 75 licence fee concession from June 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/06/2019 12:54:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1132571

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Pension Credit
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 is taking with the Department for Work and Pensions to promote the take-up of pension credits.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	265519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have regular discussions with the Department for Work and Pensions on this issue. In light of the recent BBC decision on the future of the over 75 licence fee concession, the Government have asked the BBC to consider a range of measures to further support the most vulnerable pensioners, including measures to promote the take up of Pension Credit.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/06/2019 13:14:17 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

892214

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Digital Technology: Older People
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 is taking to support older people to use digital technology.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	138448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to helping older people acquire basic digital skills as part of our broader strategy to reduce digital exclusion. The UK Digital Strategy, published in March 2017, describes the steps we are taking across government:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Establishing the Digital Skills Partnership. This brings together stakeholders from the private, public and charity sectors to join efforts both nationally and locally to help people increase their digital skills at all levels. It will also build upon the 4 million pledges of free digital skills training opportunities that our corporate partners pledged as part of the Digital Strategy of which more than 2 million have already been delivered.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Introducing fully-funded basic digital skills training for adults lacking these vital skills from 2020. Adults will have the opportunity to take improved basic digital courses based on new national standards setting out the basic digital skills needed to participate effectively in the labour market and day–to-day life. We will consult on these new standards in the autumn.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Using the 3000 libraries across England to provide a trusted network of accessible locations with trained staff and volunteers, free Wi-Fi, computers, and other technology as well as Assisted Digital access to a wide range of digital public services where individuals are unable to access these services independently.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These initiatives will build on the significant investment Government already makes in basic digital skills training through the Adult Education offer, the budget for which is being devolved to ensure decisions on skills provision are made at a local level. Government also funds the Future Digital Inclusion programme managed by the Good Things Foundation and delivered through the 5,000 strong Online Centres network. To date this programme has supported over 800,000 adult learners to develop their basic digital skills, many of whom are socially excluded. <br></p><p>The NHS Digital Widening Digital Participation, delivered in partnership with Good Things Foundation, develops projects that enable people in England to improve their digital health skills and to increase their access to digital services and tools that support their health and care. Older people accounted for 71.8% of those reached by funded centres within the programme.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/05/2018 10:38:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

892216

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Media: Education
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 is taking with the Department for Education to promote the teaching of media skills in schools.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	138449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Schools have autonomy to determine how they tackle teaching pupils about the media. They can help their pupils understand how the media operates through many aspects of the curriculum. Ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts at DfE on a wide range of issues, including: disinformation, digital literacy, online safety and media skills.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/05/2018 10:39:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

892217

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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: Disability
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 is taking (a) promote and (b) increase the number of sporting opportunities for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	138450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises the importance of helping disabled people to take part in sport and physical activity. The importance of this was featured in 'Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation' which was published in December 2015. This emphasised the importance of getting people active, particularly those groups currently under-represented, including disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England’s strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’ places a clear emphasis on targeting those who are hardest to reach, including disabled people. As such, they are ensuring that each of their investment programmes impacts directly on disabled people. As an example, the Active Ageing funding, which is part of the Tackling Inactivity programme, includes investment into projects that will target disabled people and people with long term illnesses. All of Sport England’s major capital investments are required to make their facilities accessible. To support designers, building owners and operators create accessible facilities Sport England publishes online tools and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England is also working with National Disability Sports Organisations on the role they can play to support the delivery of ’Sporting Future’ in supporting disabled people to take part in sport and physical activity.</p><p> </p><p>For the financial year 2017/2018 Sport England invested £1.2 million into the English Federation of Disability Sport, who are now known as the Activity Alliance. This investment is for the Activity Alliance to provide expertise and services in the areas of Marketing &amp; Communications, Research &amp; Insight, and Engaging with disabled people and the disability sector. Also, UK Sport is investing £74.9m over the Tokyo funding cycle, which is over four years (2017-21), into 18 Summer Paralympic sports for Tokyo 2020, an increase of over £2m since Rio 2016.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 01/05/2018 13:19:48 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

890069

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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: Disadvantaged
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 is taking to increase access to sports and fitness facilities for people on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	137119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Government's Sporting Future strategy (December 2015) set out a clear focus on tacking inactivity and engaging those groups who are least likely to take part in sport and physical activity, including those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Sport England's investment framework takes its lead from this principle with tackling inactivity and engaging underrepresented groups a key focus of investment, including its investment in facilities.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England's Strategic Facilities Fund is making up to £40m of National Lottery funding available over 2017-21 to invest in strategic, solicited facilities projects that support and encourage people to get active. Key criteria of funding includes bids having a clear understanding of local demand for facilities, having identified behaviours of local populations, and demonstrating how sport and physical activity can achieve the outcomes essential to the local community. Since 2016, the Strategic Facilities Fund has invested £27.5 million to support the construction of 23 new state of the art health and leisure facilities across England.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England's Community Asset Fund is making up to £15m available per year over 2017-21 to support communities to improve and invest in the spaces in their communities that will support people to get more active, including underrepresented groups. Since 2017 the Community Asset Fund has invested £10,876,307 across 386 projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/04/2018 09:16:34 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

868546

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	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 is taking to help local sports clubs access funding.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	133766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Sport England, the government arms' length body with responsibility for supporting grassroots sport, has a number of investment funds which local sports clubs can apply to, including their Small Grants fund and the Community Asset Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information, including prospectuses and guidance on how to apply, can be found on Sport England’s website. Sport England's Club Matters web page also contains a section on ‘Club Management’ which covers topics including Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASC), club structures and managing risk.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Sport England revised and relaunched its commercial framework in June 2017. The framework will help organisations to reduce the levels of public funding they are reliant on through finding alternative sources of private investment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/03/2018 14:12:06 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

867561

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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: Disability
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 is taking to develop opportunities to participate in sport for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	133536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of helping disabled people to take part in sport and physical activity. Our sport and physical activity strategy, 'Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation', published in December 2015, emphasises the importance of getting people active, particularly those groups currently under-represented, including disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 Sport England has made disability sport a key part of its strategy and has delivered disability-focussed investment programmes. This has included the Inclusive Sport fund, which invested £19.2 million of National Lottery Funding in 87 projects to get more disabled people playing sport. In addition the Take-up programme, a £3 million investment programme that has been running since 2013 - 7 projects have received investment through this fund, a key focus of which has been to develop new partnerships to increase the number of disabled people being physically active.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England’s strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’ also places a clear emphasis on targeting those who are hardest to reach, including disabled people, and as such they are ensuring that each of their investment programmes impacts directly on disabled people. As an example, the recently announced Active Ageing funding, part of the Tackling Inactivity programme, includes investment into projects that will target disabled people and people with long term illnesses. Sport England is also currently in discussions with National Disability Sports Organisations about the role they can play to support the delivery of ’Sporting Future’.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/03/2018 14:10:17 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

867563

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Public Libraries
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 is taking to assist local authorities in keeping public libraries open.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	133538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (1964 Act) to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. Under the 1964 Act, the Secretary of State has a duty to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities in England, and to secure the proper discharge by local authorities of their library authority functions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport provides funding to Arts Council England which supports public libraries in England including through the Arts Council’s Grants for the Arts programme. Funding for seven libraries organisations are in the Arts Council’s National Portfolio for 2018 to 2022, including the Society of Chief Librarians as a sector support organisation for libraries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Local Government Association established the Libraries Taskforce. In December 2016, the Taskforce published ‘Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021’, which sets out a vision for library services in England. The Government is working with the Taskforce to promote good practice and innovation to assist library services and enable them to be sustainable for the long term.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 26/03/2018 14:43:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis