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1546209

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2022
	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	Wembley Stadium: Anti-social Behaviour
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 7 November (HL2798) and 24 November (HL3333), whether they have (1) monitored the implementation of all of the recommendations of the report by Baroness Casey of Blackstock into the disorder at Wembley Stadium in the UEFA Euro 2020 Final, or (2) received updates from (a) the Football Association and its key partners, or (b) the Sports Ground Safety Authority, on the implementation of those recommendations; and if so, what progress has been made in respect of each recommendation, and when they expect all the recommendations to have been implemented.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL3798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has continued to work closely with key parties, including the Home Office, the UK Football Policing Unit, the Football Association, and the Sports Ground Safety Authority, to ensure that the recommendations from Baroness Casey of Blackstock’s report were carefully considered and, where necessary, acted upon.</p><p>Our approach with respect to these recommendations is outlined in our evidence to the DCMS Select Committee of the House of Commons’s Inquiry into Safety at Major Sporting Events, a copy of which I have placed in the Library.</p><p>In the case of Wembley Stadium, significant work has been undertaken by the Football Association and its key partners following Baroness Casey’s report, as successfully demonstrated during the UEFA Women’s Euros and other high-profile events.</p><p>The safety of spectators at sporting events is of the highest importance to His Majesty’s Government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 12/12/2022 15:18:17 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1549309

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	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	Starlink: Broadband
	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 a (a) procurement process was conducted and (b) contract has been signed for Starlink satellite internet constellation to provide the 3,000 low-Earth orbit small satellites to help very hard to reach places access broadband; and for what reasons OneWeb in which the Government owns an interest has not been included in the trial.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The trials will assess the technological capability of, and end-user response to, new low latency Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite platforms across an expected maximum of 15 locations. The decision to use Starlink equipment for the first four sites, which are located in National Parks, was based on the immediate availability of equipment, user need and the requirement to use unobstructive antenna of a size appropriate to the locations.</p><p>All commercial decisions related to these trials have been, and will be, taken in accordance with the Department’s commercial purchasing guidelines, ensuring that the Government does not show undue favour to any single supplier. As previously announced, DCMS remains in discussion with OneWeb on how they might contribute to trials at larger and more complex sites in future, with the expectation that both Starlink and OneWeb systems will be tested as part of this trial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 12/12/2022 11:21:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1549273

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	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: Drugs
	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 tackle the use of illicit substances in sport in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	105341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Clean sport is a shared responsibility and one in which UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), sport and government work together. UKAD is the UK’s national anti-doping organisation and an arm’s length body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). DCMS and UKAD share the common objective of promoting and protecting clean sport through education, testing and enforcement. UKAD works with athletes and national sports bodies to ensure compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code, primarily through implementing the government’s National Anti-Doping Policy.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/12/2022 11:39:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1549595

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	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	Cricket: Bullying
	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 assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of bullying in cricket in England.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	105572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount.</p><p>National Governing Bodies (NGBs) such as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are responsible for the regulation of their sports and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants from harm. With that in mind, we expect sports to do all they can to protect their athletes.</p><p>Where allegations about inappropriate or harmful behaviour such as bullying are made, these must be taken seriously. There is no place for abuse of any kind in sport and anyone responsible for such behaviour must be held accountable.</p><p>All NGBs and sporting organisations in receipt of public money must abide by the requirements of the Code for Sports Governance - including the ECB. The code is clear that sports need to ensure that their systems to deal with grievances and disputes are transparent and robust. We remain committed to working with the sports sector to help ensure the safety of all participants in sport​.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/12/2022 11:29:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1548439

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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	Video Games: Research
	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 grants for research and development are available to video game developers in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p>This Government is investing over £100 million to support research and development across the creative industries, which video games developers are able to apply for. This funding supports groundbreaking programmes including Innovate UK’s £30 million for the Creative Catalyst Programme and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s £75.6 million CoSTAR programme. Video games developers are able to apply for funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via Innovate UK competitions, and through the upcoming digital twinning research investments from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).</p><p>The Government’s Export Strategy sets out financial support for exporters, including video games developers. The Internationalisation Fund provides co-investment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with high international growth potential. The Government also provides support at two leading global video games trade shows, Gamescom in Cologne and Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which enables UK games exporters to engage with potential investors. Financial support is also available to eligible businesses wishing to attend or exhibit at trade shows through the UK Tradeshow Programme pilot.</p><p>This Government is working with industry to deliver a new generation of highly skilled workers, and will articulate these plans as part of the upcoming Creative Industries Sector Vision. For video games, the £8 million expansion of the UK Games Fund is providing valuable support to early stage games development businesses and talented graduates throughout the UK. This includes its Tranzfuser programme which mentors teams of talented and entrepreneurial graduates in regional hubs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 102916 102917 question first answered 12/12/2022 11:25:28 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1548440

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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	Video Games: Overseas Trade
	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 grants are available for video games developers seeking to export overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p>This Government is investing over £100 million to support research and development across the creative industries, which video games developers are able to apply for. This funding supports groundbreaking programmes including Innovate UK’s £30 million for the Creative Catalyst Programme and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s £75.6 million CoSTAR programme. Video games developers are able to apply for funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via Innovate UK competitions, and through the upcoming digital twinning research investments from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).</p><p>The Government’s Export Strategy sets out financial support for exporters, including video games developers. The Internationalisation Fund provides co-investment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with high international growth potential. The Government also provides support at two leading global video games trade shows, Gamescom in Cologne and Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which enables UK games exporters to engage with potential investors. Financial support is also available to eligible businesses wishing to attend or exhibit at trade shows through the UK Tradeshow Programme pilot.</p><p>This Government is working with industry to deliver a new generation of highly skilled workers, and will articulate these plans as part of the upcoming Creative Industries Sector Vision. For video games, the £8 million expansion of the UK Games Fund is providing valuable support to early stage games development businesses and talented graduates throughout the UK. This includes its Tranzfuser programme which mentors teams of talented and entrepreneurial graduates in regional hubs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 102915 102917 question first answered 12/12/2022 11:25:28 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1549515

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	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	Theatres: Investment
	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 she has made of the potential impact of Arts Council England's 2023-26 Investment Programme on the number of producing theatres in England.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	105318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Many theatre organisations based in buildings present a mixture of their own produced work, work that they have co-produced with other partners (either another theatre building or a theatre company), and work that they ‘buy in’, which they are not directly involved in making. As well as theatre organisations based in buildings, there are producing theatre companies which do not own or lease a building but which make theatre which is then presented in a network of theatres around the country. Given this mixed ecology, it is not possible to provide a comprehensive assessment using the definition of “producing theatres”.</p><p>The data shows that investment in theatre and the number of theatre organisations supported have both increased in the Arts Council England 2023–26 Investment Programme (although some organisations may have changed discipline classification between 2018–22 and 2023–26).</p><p>In the 2023–26 portfolio Arts Council England has maintained investment in theatres such as Live Theatre in Newcastle – a significant investor in new writing. Arts Council England has also maintained investment in many producing theatres outside the capital, including Sheffield’s Royal Exchange, Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep, and more – and has increased investment in the Royal Court in Liverpool and Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/12/2022 17:19:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1548441

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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	Video Games: Graduates
	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 Government schemes are available to video game development studios wishing to (a) recruit, (b) employ and (c) train university graduates.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p>This Government is investing over £100 million to support research and development across the creative industries, which video games developers are able to apply for. This funding supports groundbreaking programmes including Innovate UK’s £30 million for the Creative Catalyst Programme and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s £75.6 million CoSTAR programme. Video games developers are able to apply for funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via Innovate UK competitions, and through the upcoming digital twinning research investments from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).</p><p>The Government’s Export Strategy sets out financial support for exporters, including video games developers. The Internationalisation Fund provides co-investment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with high international growth potential. The Government also provides support at two leading global video games trade shows, Gamescom in Cologne and Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which enables UK games exporters to engage with potential investors. Financial support is also available to eligible businesses wishing to attend or exhibit at trade shows through the UK Tradeshow Programme pilot.</p><p>This Government is working with industry to deliver a new generation of highly skilled workers, and will articulate these plans as part of the upcoming Creative Industries Sector Vision. For video games, the £8 million expansion of the UK Games Fund is providing valuable support to early stage games development businesses and talented graduates throughout the UK. This includes its Tranzfuser programme which mentors teams of talented and entrepreneurial graduates in regional hubs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 102915 102916 question first answered 12/12/2022 11:25:28 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1548656

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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	British Telecom: Billing
	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 she will take steps to ensure that BT (a) refunds in full late payment charges incurred by customers because of delays caused by postal strikes in full and (b) issues an apology to such customers.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
	uin	103066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>BT customers who have incurred late payment charges should contact BT customer service to discuss and resolve any issues that the postal strikes may have caused.</p><p>Ofcom, the independent telecoms regulator, requires all communication providers to be members of an approved independent Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) scheme, which can assist in settling complaints. BT has signed up to the Communications Ombudsman service, which is free for consumers: <a href="https://www.ombudsman-services.org/sectors/communications" target="_blank">https://www.ombudsman-services.org/sectors/communications</a></p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 12/12/2022 11:31:26 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne