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1023809

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	Loneliness
	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 tackle loneliness.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	908187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We recently published our strategy for tackling loneliness. This set out a raft of cross-government measures to take the first steps in tackling loneliness and takes forward recommendations from the Jo Cox Commission.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS specifically is providing up to £1.8million to increase the number of community spaces available. This follows the announcement this summer of more than £20million of new funding for projects that bring people and communities together.</p><p> </p><p>With the Office of National Statistics, the department has developed the ‘loneliness measure’ (to enable consistent analysis and build the evidence base), and will be piloting better use of open data around facilities and accessibility with local government. The department is launching an awareness campaign and including loneliness in internet safety.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 908183 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:17:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1024608

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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	Loneliness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to help tackle loneliness.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	908183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We recently published our strategy for tackling loneliness. This set out a raft of cross-government measures to take the first steps in tackling loneliness and takes forward recommendations from the Jo Cox Commission.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS specifically is providing up to £1.8million to increase the number of community spaces available. This follows the announcement this summer of more than £20million of new funding for projects that bring people and communities together.</p><p> </p><p>With the Office of National Statistics, the department has developed the ‘loneliness measure’ (to enable consistent analysis and build the evidence base), and will be piloting better use of open data around facilities and accessibility with local government. The department is launching an awareness campaign and including loneliness in internet safety.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 908187 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:17:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1005773

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to support people with a gambling addiction.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
	uin	190373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>We published the Review of Gambling Machines and Social Responsibility Measures in May. This set out measures to strengthen protections around gaming machines, including cutting the maximum stake on B2 machine from £100 to £2, online gambling, and gambling advertising. It also set out action on treatment and support for those who experience harm, including initiatives to improve the evidence on treatment needs and effectiveness, expand access to existing services and strengthen the voluntary system for funding support. Government has also encouraged industry to increase its funding for third sector initiatives to support people with a gambling addiction.</p><p> </p><p>GambleAware, an independent charity, commissions treatment services, including the National Gambling Helpline and counselling services, specialist treatment delivered by the NHS National Problem Gambling Clinic and the Gordon Moody Association. GambleAware aims to triple access to its treatment services across the country and recently announced the establishment of a further specialist NHS clinic and Problem Gambling Support team in Leeds.</p><p>As demonstrated by the report Gambling Behaviour in Great Britain 2016, which is based on the combined Health Surveys, there is an association between mental health and problem or risky gambling behaviour. Some problem gamblers will therefore access support through services for other addictions and mental health conditions. The National Institute for Care and Health Excellence (NICE) has been commissioned to explore developing a guideline on non-chemical addictions, including gambling, which would give support to clinicians seeking to support problem gamblers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/11/2018 10:27:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1015113

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people who have a gambling addiction.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	195649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>We published the Review of Gambling Machines and Social Responsibility Measures in May 2018. This set out decisive action to protect those vulnerable to harm by cutting the maximum stake on B2 machine from £100 to £2, along with measures to strengthen protections around online gambling and gambling advertising. These include action by the Gambling Commission to improve age-verification controls online and introduce tougher sanctions for breaches of advertising codes. A multi-million pound safer gambling advertising campaign will launch this year, aimed at raising awareness of the risks around gambling and signposting to help.</p><p> </p><p>The Review also set out action on treatment and support for those who experience harm, including initiatives to improve the evidence on treatment needs and effectiveness, expand access to existing services and strengthen the voluntary system for funding support.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/12/2018 17:16:55 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

999738

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Civil Society
	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 takes to incorporate big society or civic society considerations into its policy formulation process.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	186968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>We published the Civil Society Strategy in August 2018. This sets out government's vision for how it will work with and for civil society to address social challenges and create a fairer society for all. In creating the Strategy we engaged widely with central government departments and it includes statements from ten government ministers.</p><p> </p><p>At a departmental level my officials work closely with civil society stakeholders when developing policy, and will continue to work with them in delivering the strategy.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/11/2018 10:25:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

993453

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Industry: North Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on industry in North Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	907185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>We have put forward a serious and credible proposal for the future relationship between the UK and the EU, which will ensure that the UK, including North Wales, continues to be one of the most competitive locations in the world for industry.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/10/2018 16:52:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

964530

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost to the public purse has been of his Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	168938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available as we do not account for costs in this way. The total expenditure on staff and staff numbers are disclosed in the Departmental Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/09/2018 10:29:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1008447

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2018
	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	Loneliness
	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 Government's press release entitled PM launches Government’s first loneliness strategy, published on 15 October 2018, whether his Department has conducted a loneliness policy test on Budget 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	192092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>There was no requirement on HM Treasury to consider loneliness in developing Budget 2018. The cross-government loneliness team will work with HM Treasury, as with other departments, to explore how social relationships can be considered across their policy-making in future, as recently set out in the first loneliness strategy for England, ‘A connected society’.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/11/2018 18:41:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1019998

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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: Advertising
	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 his Department's policy is on limiting gambling advertising during televised sports events.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	198787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>There are strict controls on the content of all gambling advertisements, including broadcast adverts. Gambling operators who advertise in the UK must comply with the advertising codes, which aim to ensure gambling advertising does not appeal particularly to children or young people or exploit vulnerable people.</p><p> </p><p>We considered advertising as part of our Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility and our response set out a package of measures to strengthen protections further. These include strengthened guidance from the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) on protecting vulnerable people, tougher sanctions for operators who breach advertising codes and a multi-million pound safer gambling advertising campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The Industry Group for Responsible Gambling has announced that it will extend its voluntary commitment not to advertise on TV before 9pm to include advertising during sporting events. Its industry-wide code for socially responsible advertising also requires all TV adverts to feature a responsible gambling message for the duration of the advert. These are welcome moves and we encourage all those who benefit from gambling advertising to think about how they can promote safer gambling</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/12/2018 22:17:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

971787

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	173660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of sick leave days taken by staff due to mental health reasons at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales for which data is available, is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of days lost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right; our staff are employed under Ministry of Justice contracts. We therefore comply with the Ministry of Justice’s attendance management policy to ensure that staff’s wellbeing is maintained and to provide the necessary support so that staff who are absent due to sickness (including mental health related reasons) are enabled to return to work at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/09/2018 14:12:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders