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1127757

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Football: Sportsgrounds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in which year the responsible local authority last carried out emergency evacuation tests at each (a) Premier League and (b) Championship football stadium.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	256938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>My Department does not hold such information. While the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for the sports grounds safety legislation, responsibility for the safety of spectators lies at all times with the ground management of individual sports grounds. Certifying and regulating those sports grounds is primarily a matter for individual local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with recommendations in the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds, published by the Sports Grounds Safety Authority, ground management should prepare contingency plans for the evacuation of all people in the event of an emergency from all areas of the ground to a place of safety.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2019 13:42:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1127774

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	5G: Hampshire
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 the (a) development and (b) use of 5G technology in Hampshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	257057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to becoming a world leader in 5G, and for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027. Following the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review which sets out the Government’s national, long-term strategy for delivering world leading telecoms infrastructure across the UK, the Government is working to create the right conditions for the deployment of 5G.</p><p>We are investing in a nationally coordinated programme of 5G testbed facilities and application trials. Government has so far allocated £200 million from the National Productivity Investment Fund to the 5G programme to help establish new business models and revenue streams.</p><p>It is important to note that the vast majority of commercial rollout of 5G services will be delivered by industry, with services launching in the UK later this year. Hampshire has specifically had Vodafone commit to launching its 5G network by the end of the year in Southampton and Portsmouth, meaning that the county will be one of the first places in the UK with commercially viable 5G networks.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/06/2019 15:18:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1127790

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Tourism: East Midlands
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 much funding from the public purse was allocated to support tourism in the East Midlands in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	257069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2016 there were 363,064 international visits to Nottinghamshire, up 29% on the previous year. These visitors spent £128 million in Nottinghamshire, up 23% on the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. VisitBritain receive annual grant-in-aid totalling £19.4m from DCMS and VisitEngland receive £7m.</p><p> </p><p>The Discover England Fund, administered by VisitEngland, has invested in the development of tourism product across the East Midlands area. Projects such as The Explorer’s Road, the US Connections project and the England’s Literary Greats have all received funding.</p><p> </p><p>Information from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government indicate that Local Authorities spent £5.2m on tourism in 2016-17. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2019 14:36:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1127842

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Motor Sports: Females
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 he is taking to promote women’s participation in motorsport.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	256990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The government is determined to get more girls and women taking part in sport in a way that suits them, something we set out in our sport strategy, Sporting Future. Motor sports and motor cycling clubs and associations are eligible to apply to Sport England for funding and I would encourage them to consider this as an option to help increase participation.</p><p> </p><p>I also welcome the recently launched W Series, including a race in the UK. The W Series will showcase women's motorsport to an international audience and provide new routes into the sport for women. I applaud the decision of Channel 4 to broadcast the W Series in the UK, celebrating female racing talent and hopefully inspiring a new generation of fans.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2019 14:40:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

1127873

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Tourism: Historic Buildings
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 encourage an increase the number of annual visits to historic houses throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	256953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 historic properties responded to a VisitEngland survey of visitor attractions in England, indicating that there were approximately 70m visits to historic properties in 2017. Of these, the most popular types of historic attractions were historic houses, making up 43% of all heritage visits. VisitBritain use historic houses in their promotional material to promote our heritage abroad and incentivise visits to the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>VisitEngland also administer the £40m Discover England Fund which helps create innovative, bookable tourism product across England and markets them at international audiences. Products which focus on historic houses include the England’s Originals project, The Great West Way and the Explorers Road.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, Historic Houses work in partnership with the GREAT campaign. The GREAT Campaign use images and events throughout their international marketing campaigns to stimulate tourism and project a positive image of British national heritage abroad.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 29/05/2019 14:53:53 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1127875

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Tourism
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 he is taking to help increase tourism to the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	256954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>We are working with the tourism and hospitality sector to ensure it remains globally competitive.</p><p> </p><p>Whether the UK leaves with a deal or not, the UK and the EU have proposed reciprocal visa-free travel arrangements to enable UK and EU citizens to continue to travel freely for tourism in the future. The Government has also confirmed that EU nationals can continue to travel on a national ID card until December 2020 and use e-gates when travelling on a passport. The Home Office has also announced this week that the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and South Korea have been added to the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to use ePassport gates to enter the UK.</p><p> </p><p>For those visitors who need a visa, the UK Visas and Immigration service (UKVI) aims to deliver a world-class customer experience that is competitive, flexible and accessible. UKVI have a number of projects underway that will deliver significant customer service improvements this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proposed tourism sector deal, which is in formal negotiations, has a strong focus on competitiveness through boosting connectivity (both transport connections and digital connectivity) and working with destinations to build quality tourism products that meet visitors needs and expectations. A key focus is also making the sector more attractive to UK nationals through investment in skills, career development and retention policies.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain are also working hard to promote the UK as a destination, using targeted marketing in Europe, increasing work with partnerships such as EasyJet and increasing press engagement in the tourism market, featuring activities for visitors to do in the UK this summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 29/05/2019 14:49:45 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1127880

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Sports Competitors: Periods
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 ensure that there is adequate support for sportswomen dealing with the effect of periods.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	256955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Periods should never be a taboo subject. Women and girls should never feel embarrassed to speak out about their menstrual cycle and how it affects their performance.</p><p> </p><p>We have a responsibility to break down barriers for women and ensure that coaches and sporting organisations are able to help female athletes reach their full potential. I welcome the work that the English Institute of Sport are doing through their SMARTHer campaign to open up conversations amongst athletes, coaches and staff in high performance sport around athletes’ menstrual cycles in order to improve support. Sport England are also supporting the new government taskforce to tackle period poverty, primarily around actions to tackle the stigma and taboos relating to women in sport (and particularly their impact on teenage participation in physical activity in schools).</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2019 14:49:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1127948

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	5G
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 has been made of the potential effect of 5G on (a) plants, (b) animals and (c) insects.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	256919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) has the potential to impact the movement of insects and some species of animals, but there is currently no evidence that human-made EMR, at realistic field levels, has population level impacts on (a) plants, (b) animals or (c) insects.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/05/2019 15:46:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1127957

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Fair4All 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 plans he has in place to ensure that the Fair4All Finance scheme is able to operate effectively with existing credit unions.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	257029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Fair4All Finance launched earlier this year with the ambition to increase access to fair, affordable and appropriate financial products and services for vulnerable customers, with a particular focus on access to affordable credit.</p><p> </p><p>Fair4All Finance is an independent organisation. It has in place a highly experienced Chair, and will appoint a similarly high calibre board. This group, along with the organisation’s executive, will determine the organisation’s strategy, including which partnerships will help it to be most effective in supporting the financial inclusion of low income consumers.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/06/2019 09:51:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1127968

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Culture
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 recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the publication of the Government's soft power strategy.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	256962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues including the soft power strategy. We have been consulting widely across our sectors to ensure the strategy reflects the breadth of our soft power assets.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/06/2019 10:24:26 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan