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757227

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the aims of the Tampon Tax Fund; and whether those aims have been published or made available to applicants for grants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The aim of the Tampon Tax Fund is to improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>An application form and guidance, which included detail about the aims of the Fund and selection criteria, was sent to any organisation which expressed an interest in bidding.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2017 13:05:30 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

757228

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	LIFE
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what timetable for (1) monitoring, and (2) evaluation, has been agreed for the grant from the Tampon Tax Fund awarded to Life 2009; and to whom the results of the evaluation will be made available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>All grants awarded from the Tampon Tax Fund are monitored by the Office for Civil Society throughout the lifetime of the grant to ensure that the projects deliver the agreed outputs and outcomes. The timing of monitoring reports is set out in individual grant agreements and varies depending on the nature of the project. Funded organisations are responsible for evaluating their own projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Life Charity grant agreement has yet to be agreed.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2017 13:04:15 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

757331

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Charities: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the amount that they pay annually to charities in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>Government recognises that high quality governance is central to an effective and sustainable voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain a clear picture of the current state of sector governance, government is working with the Charity Commission, as well as a partnership of sector representatives, to carry out research. This will help in identifying strengths as well as areas for improvement. The findings of this research will be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL1317 question first answered 21/09/2017 15:41:19 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

757332

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Charities: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of standards of corporate governance in charities in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>Government recognises that high quality governance is central to an effective and sustainable voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain a clear picture of the current state of sector governance, government is working with the Charity Commission, as well as a partnership of sector representatives, to carry out research. This will help in identifying strengths as well as areas for improvement. The findings of this research will be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL1316 question first answered 21/09/2017 15:41:19 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

757333

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Charities: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the ten charities in England and Wales to which they provide the greatest amounts of funding; and what was the amount paid to each of those charities in the last financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>DCMS does not hold this information centrally. Government puts transparency and accountability to the public at the heart of how we do business and publishing data is key to this so, working with users across government, Cabinet Office Grants Function has designed and built the Government Grants Information System (GGIS). This records and reports grants data across government departments in a simple, standardised and scalable way. This system is new and our aim is for it to be an essential tool helping departments manage grants in an efficient and effective way.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 21/09/2017 15:40:11 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

757406

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	BBC: Equal Pay
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 her Department is taking to help reduce the gender pay gap at the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to eliminating the gender pay gap. As a public service broadcaster funded by the licence fee, the BBC has a responsibility to set an example for others and lead the way in promoting equality in the workplace. It is for the BBC to determine how to close its gender pay gap and we expect to see improvement in next year's disclosure.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2017 14:55:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757407

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Gaming Machines: Reviews
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 the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45539 from the right hon. Member for East Ham, on gaming machines, when the Triennial Review of Stakes and Prizes will be published.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	8643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>An announcement will be made in October.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2017 14:36:01 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

757408

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Gaming Machines
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 her Department has made of the proportion of funds staked on fixed-odds betting terminals that is staked by (a) problem gamblers and (b) people who are in receipt of benefits.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	8553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>On 24 August the Gambling Commission published a report that draws together evidence on gambling behaviour, including that on fixed odds betting terminals, in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The report can be found here:<br></p><p>http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 8554 question first answered 13/09/2017 14:39:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

757409

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Gaming Machines
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 her Department has made of the total number of people in receipt of benefits who regularly use fixed-odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	8554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>On 24 August the Gambling Commission published a report that draws together evidence on gambling behaviour, including that on fixed odds betting terminals, in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The report can be found here:<br></p><p>http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 8553 question first answered 13/09/2017 14:39:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

757503

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Drugs: Sports Competitors
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 have been found guilty of illegal drug-taking in sport in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>UK Anti-Doping issued the following number of sanctions to athletes with Adverse Analytical Findings;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (1 January to 31 December)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of athletes sanctioned by UKAD following an Adverse Analytical Finding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 to date</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures refer to the date that the athlete’s sanction was made public, in some cases the date that the athlete provided the positive sample may have been in an earlier year.</p><p>The figures relate to “Presence” cases only (i.e. the athlete provided an Adverse Analytical Finding). ‘Non-Analytical Findings’ (refusing a test, trafficking banned substances etc) are not included in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>UK Anti-Doping is a world leading National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) with a strong testing programme, this is evidenced by the World Anti-Doping Agency asking UKAD to manage the testing programme in Russia as part of the work to make the Russian NADO compliant once again with the World Ant-Doping Code.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is fully committed to eradicating the use of performance enhancing substances and methods in sport. Performance enhancing drugs remain a threat to the integrity of sport and the health and wellbeing of all our athletes.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2017 14:49:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon