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869267

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce problem gambling.
	tabling member constituency	Gordon
	tabling member printed	Colin Clark
	uin	904537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We take problem gambling very seriously and protecting vulnerable people is a key aim for the Government and the Gambling Commission.</p><p> </p><p>The rate of problem gambling among the adult population in Britain has remained relatively stable over many years, and is currently 0.8%.</p><p> </p><p>Our consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility closed in January. It made clear we will cut stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals. It also included measures to strengthen protections around other gaming machines, online gambling and gambling advertising.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/03/2018 13:57:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4650 label Biography information for Colin Clark

864310

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Young People: Voluntary Work
	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 independent review of full-time social action, published in January 2018, what assessment he has made of the effect of extending the youth full-time social action programme to disadvantaged pupils on their attainment levels in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	132794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises the benefits that young people derive from participation in social action. The 2016 National Youth Social Action Survey showed that young people who had participated in social action in the past 12 months had stronger personal networks and higher life satisfaction than those who have never done any social action. Independent evaluations of the National Citizen Service also show that the programme prepares participants for life and work by furnishing them with softer skills such as leadership, teamwork and increased resilience.</p><p> </p><p>The Government response to the Full Time Social Action Review’s report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/03/2018 14:23:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

862248

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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: Children
	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 tackle physical inactivity among children through sport.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	David Evennett
	uin	132667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Government’s Sporting Future strategy, published in December 2015, set out out how important it is for all children to have a good experience of sport and physical activity while they are young.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England supports children and young people in England by ensuring there is a good sports and activity offer before and after the school day. Sport England has committed up to £194 million of investment into children and young people over the next four years, which includes the Families Fund: up to £40 million invested in projects that offer new opportunities for families with children to be active together. Sport England will also provide specialist training to at least two teachers in every secondary school in England by 2020, and will invest £28m into Satellite Clubs between 2017-2021. Sport England is also investing £3m through the Potentials Fund, which will look at ways to get young people involved in social action and volunteering using sport and physical activity.</p><p> </p><p>Government continues to invest in the School Games (around £17.5m per year) so that all children and young people have the best opportunities to engage in competitive sport. DCMS also works closely with the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care on cross-government issues such as school sport and the Childhood Obesity Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/03/2018 14:26:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

862262

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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	Youth Social Action Review
	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 the Minister of Sport and Civil Society has to meet with the Chair of the Independent review of full-time social action following that report's publication.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	132681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Government is carefully considering the recommendations made by the Review of Full Time Social Action. I will be meeting with the Chair of the Review to discuss the report as part of this process. The Government response to the review’s report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/03/2018 14:28:45 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck