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1147428

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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: 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, how much funding her Department has allocated to Powerchair Football in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	292990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone is able to access sport and physical activity, including those with a disability.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England have contributed £70,425 of National Lottery investment in Wheelchair football activities the last 5 years (from 2015/16). Further detail on Sport England funding breakdowns can be found here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/funding/what-have-we-funded/" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/funding/what-have-we-funded/</a></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/10/2019 14:21:58 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1146929

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Scout Association
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when Ministers last met the Scout Association; and which subjects were discussed.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL17903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 08/10/2019 16:29:59 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

1146931

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Voluntary Work: Ombudsman
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to establish an Ombudsman, in partnership with the voluntary sector, to investigate matters of concern raised by volunteers into the operation of individual voluntary organisations, including provisions for mediation where disputes are unresolved.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL17905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 08/10/2019 15:56:41 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

1147022

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Democracy: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the invitation of 17 June 2019 from the all-party Parliamentary group on deliberative democracy to meet them to discuss progress on the innovation in democracy project; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	292305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 08/10/2019 16:27:22 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1147071

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Hacker House: Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
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 the application from Hacker House for funding from the Cyber Security Immediate Impact Fund mentioned a trade mission to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	292162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>I have instructed my officials to commission a review that will look into Hacker House’s application for grant funding awarded under the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund (CSIIF). Subject to any legal restrictions (such as data protection laws and duties to protect commercial or confidential information), we will make available the relevant information regarding the decision making process by 31 October 2019 at the latest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 292163 292165 question first answered 03/10/2019 13:52:54 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1147074

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Gambling: Video Games
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 she is taking to support research into the effects of gambling-like mechanics in video games on (a) young and (b) vulnerable players of those games.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	292186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The DCMS Select Committee’s report on Immersive and Addictive Technology was published on 12th September. It is critical of the games sector and makes a dozen recommendations for Government action.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the media coverage of the report focussed on the Select Committee’s recommendation that DCMS should change the Gambling Act to bring into scope the loot box mechanics that some games contain. The report also recommended that DCMS should work with researchers to identify key questions needed to develop research into the long term effects of (video) gaming and that DCMS should establish a scientific working group to collate the latest evidence on the effects of “gambling-like” mechanics in games.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS is leading on the Government response which has been requested by 11 November and officials are currently developing advice for ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s video games sector - and particularly a number of the large inward investors here - are alarmed at the tone of the Select Committee’s report and looking to Government to show it will take an evidence-based and proportionate approach in its response.</p><p> </p><p>Loot boxes do not fall under gambling law where the in-game items acquired are confined for use within the game and cannot be cashed out. However, the Gambling Commission is aware of possible areas of convergence between video games and gambling, and will continue to monitor this closely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/10/2019 14:21:11 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1147085

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Johnny Mercer: Crucial Academy
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 received oral or written representations from the hon. Member for Plymouth Moor View on the awarding of grant money to Crucial Academy Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	292098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>My Department received no oral or written representations from the Honourable Member for Plymouth Moor View, Johnny Mercer MP, on the awarding of grant money to Crucial Academy.</p><p>We were made aware by Crucial Academy that Johnny Mercer was a Non-Executive Director for the organisation. He has since left his position at Crucial Academy.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 03/10/2019 13:02:08 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1147090

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Public Libraries: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a list including the postcode locations of the public libraries that have closed between 2010 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	292102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not commission specific information relating to the closure of public libraries. The Libraries Taskforce has collected and validated data relating to static libraries in each of the local authorities in England, which includes details of library closures and their post codes. This information covers the period 1 April 2010 and 1 July 2016 and the full dataset is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673041/Public_libraries_in_England-_extended_basic_dataset__as_on_1_July_2016_.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673041/Public_libraries_in_England-_extended_basic_dataset__as_on_1_July_2016_.csv/preview</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/10/2019 15:14:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1147136

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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: North West
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 increase tourism in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	292116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/10/2019 16:38:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1147170

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Chief Scientific Advisers
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 meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from 1 June to 31 August 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	292150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Chief Scientific Adviser attended one meeting with the Secretary of State and other senior officials.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/10/2019 09:46:07 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb