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1353908

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	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
	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 data his Department holds on the number of books no longer required in public library collections that have been made available for sale to the public in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	45133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The government does not hold this information. The review and disposal of bookstock is the responsibility of each library authority and its individual libraries to determine.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/09/2021 07:50:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1353976

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	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	Live Events Reinsurance Scheme
	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 proportion of the events industry his Department estimates will avail itself of the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	45236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>DCMS has worked closely with representatives from both the events and insurance industries over recent months to develop the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme. Details of the scheme - announced on 5 August with supplementary information released on 6 September - were designed to both provide the necessary confidence and reassurance to allow event organisers to plan and invest in live events over the coming year, whilst managing exposure and suitably protecting the taxpayer.</p><p>Where possible we sought to work in partnership with insurers and align with market practice. Through engaging with the sector throughout the design of the scheme we have been able to create a scheme which will play a vital role in helping the live events industry to rebuild with confidence. Numerous organisations - including UK Music and Live Nation - recognised the important contribution the scheme will make in enabling activity to go ahead when it was launched last month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 45237 question first answered 13/09/2021 16:51:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1353434

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	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	Musicians: Newport 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 he has taken to support touring musicians in Newport West to continue to work in Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	44446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of the UK’s creative and cultural industries, not only to the economy and international reputation of the United Kingdom, but also to the wellbeing and enrichment of its people. We want musicians and performers to be able to tour abroad easily.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In order to support this, our focus is now on bilateral engagement with Member States, who are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in the EU. This is why we have spoken to every Member State. From those extensive discussions,19 out of 27 Member States have confirmed that UK musicians and performers do not require visas or work permits for some short term touring. Travellers should always check what requirements they need to fulfil with the EU Member State they are travelling to, and that is why we are working closely with Member States to ensure their guidance is clear and accessible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have also developed sector specific ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/touring-europe-checklists-for-the-arts-cultural-creative-and-heritage-sectors" target="_blank">landing pages</a>’ for GOV.UK, aimed at the creative sectors, which will allow cultural and creative professionals to easily locate and access guidance that is relevant to them. From these pages, general <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/travelling-to-the-eu-switzerland-norway-iceland-or-liechtenstein-for-work" target="_blank">business traveller summaries</a> can be accessed, which provide enhanced guidance on EU Member State immigration systems for GOV.UK, and include sector-specific rules that feature on Member State websites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are now actively engaging with those remaining EU Member States that do not allow visas or work permit free touring, and calling on them to align their arrangements with the UK’s generous rules, which allow creative professionals to tour here easily. Formal approaches have been made, DCMS ministers will be actively involved, and we are working closely with the sector to amplify each other’s lobbying efforts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We recognise challenges remain around touring, and we are continuing to work closely with the industry. We want to ensure that as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, touring can resume and our world-leading creative and cultural artists can continue to travel widely, learning their craft, growing their audiences and showing the best of British creativity to the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 43372 43373 question first answered 09/09/2021 08:53:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352785

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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	Arts: EU Countries
	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 Guidance on working, performing, and touring in Europe, if his Department will publish the sources of information used to support the guidance on visa/work permits.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	43372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of the UK’s creative and cultural industries, not only to the economy and international reputation of the United Kingdom, but also to the wellbeing and enrichment of its people. We want musicians and performers to be able to tour abroad easily.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In order to support this, our focus is now on bilateral engagement with Member States, who are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in the EU. This is why we have spoken to every Member State. From those extensive discussions,19 out of 27 Member States have confirmed that UK musicians and performers do not require visas or work permits for some short term touring. Travellers should always check what requirements they need to fulfil with the EU Member State they are travelling to, and that is why we are working closely with Member States to ensure their guidance is clear and accessible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have also developed sector specific ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/touring-europe-checklists-for-the-arts-cultural-creative-and-heritage-sectors" target="_blank">landing pages</a>’ for GOV.UK, aimed at the creative sectors, which will allow cultural and creative professionals to easily locate and access guidance that is relevant to them. From these pages, general <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/travelling-to-the-eu-switzerland-norway-iceland-or-liechtenstein-for-work" target="_blank">business traveller summaries</a> can be accessed, which provide enhanced guidance on EU Member State immigration systems for GOV.UK, and include sector-specific rules that feature on Member State websites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are now actively engaging with those remaining EU Member States that do not allow visas or work permit free touring, and calling on them to align their arrangements with the UK’s generous rules, which allow creative professionals to tour here easily. Formal approaches have been made, DCMS ministers will be actively involved, and we are working closely with the sector to amplify each other’s lobbying efforts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We recognise challenges remain around touring, and we are continuing to work closely with the industry. We want to ensure that as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, touring can resume and our world-leading creative and cultural artists can continue to travel widely, learning their craft, growing their audiences and showing the best of British creativity to the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 43373 44446 question first answered 09/09/2021 08:53:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1352786

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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	Musicians: EU Countries
	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 progress he has made on the bilateral negotiations with EU member states that do not offer visa and work permit free touring provisions for UK musicians working in the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	43373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of the UK’s creative and cultural industries, not only to the economy and international reputation of the United Kingdom, but also to the wellbeing and enrichment of its people. We want musicians and performers to be able to tour abroad easily.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In order to support this, our focus is now on bilateral engagement with Member States, who are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in the EU. This is why we have spoken to every Member State. From those extensive discussions,19 out of 27 Member States have confirmed that UK musicians and performers do not require visas or work permits for some short term touring. Travellers should always check what requirements they need to fulfil with the EU Member State they are travelling to, and that is why we are working closely with Member States to ensure their guidance is clear and accessible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have also developed sector specific ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/touring-europe-checklists-for-the-arts-cultural-creative-and-heritage-sectors" target="_blank">landing pages</a>’ for GOV.UK, aimed at the creative sectors, which will allow cultural and creative professionals to easily locate and access guidance that is relevant to them. From these pages, general <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/travelling-to-the-eu-switzerland-norway-iceland-or-liechtenstein-for-work" target="_blank">business traveller summaries</a> can be accessed, which provide enhanced guidance on EU Member State immigration systems for GOV.UK, and include sector-specific rules that feature on Member State websites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are now actively engaging with those remaining EU Member States that do not allow visas or work permit free touring, and calling on them to align their arrangements with the UK’s generous rules, which allow creative professionals to tour here easily. Formal approaches have been made, DCMS ministers will be actively involved, and we are working closely with the sector to amplify each other’s lobbying efforts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We recognise challenges remain around touring, and we are continuing to work closely with the industry. We want to ensure that as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, touring can resume and our world-leading creative and cultural artists can continue to travel widely, learning their craft, growing their audiences and showing the best of British creativity to the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 43372 44446 question first answered 09/09/2021 08:53:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1352793

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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	Cultural Heritage: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 financial support is available to help museums and other historic sites undertake upgrades or expansion projects.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	43666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Historic England, funded by DCMS, is the government's statutory advisor on heritage and tasked with protecting the historical environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings, ancient monuments and advising central and local government. Historic England currently offers c. £11 million per year for capital works to heritage sites across the country, through their Repair Grants for heritage at risk.</p><p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund is an arms length body of DCMS and distributes both Lottery player funding and government funding. The National Lottery Heritage Fund has a range of grants open to both museum and heritage organisations from £3,000 - £5M, which includes grants for maintenance and capital projects.</p><p>National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England also offer support by distributing grants via the government funded Culture Recovery Fund which includes a significant allocation for capital funding to cultural and heritage sites. In 2021/22 £33.6 million is available through the Grants for Programmes of Major Works and Additional Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk schemes.</p><p>Investment is also being made in vital infrastructure, repair and maintenance work for museums.</p><p>The Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) will provide £18.8m in capital funding grants of between £50k-£5m for infrastructure, repair and maintenance work in regional accredited museums.</p><p>In addition, over the past three years, government has distributed £131m capital funding among DCMS-Sponsored bodies, including the national museums and galleries, to enable them to carry out essential estates maintenance and improvement works.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/09/2021 12:40:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1353097

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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: Listed 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, if he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	43369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>‘Heritage asset’ is a broad term used in planning policy. The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for the statutory heritage protection system, including the designation of Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments and Protected Wreck Sites. Details of these assets can be found online in the National Heritage List for England, hosted by Historic England on behalf of the Secretary of State.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The circa 400,000 Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments and Protected Wreck Sites in England or UK territorial waters adjacent to England have intrinsic value to our cultural heritage. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) does not collect or collate data on the value (property value) or income data for these sites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS and its arms length bodies produce data on the economic impact of the heritage sector; this is published within DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates and Historic England's Heritage Economic Estimate Indicators. DCMS’s Culture and Heritage Capital Programme is looking to develop broader measures of value for heritage assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2021 09:07:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1352316

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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: Staff
	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 and what proportion of the staff of his Department are politically restricted.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
	tabling member printed	Dame Meg Hillier
	uin	41753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>Data is provided in the table below for those Civil servants in “the politically restricted” category. As set out in the Civil Service Management code this is members of the Senior Civil Service and civil servants at levels immediately below the Senior Civil Service, plus members of the administrative and European Fast Stream Development Programmes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>DCMS Grade</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Proportion of total workforce</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent Secretary</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Director General</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Director</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>1.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deputy Director</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>5.01%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>11.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>33.86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fast-streamer (Grade B)</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*This data reflects officially published 2020/21 data submitted to the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) report. Fast-stream numbers include all fast-streamers at DCMS not just those on administrative and European schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/09/2021 09:06:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

1352642

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the ownership of Victoria Tower Gardens following the proposed construction of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	41605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The site will continue to be owned by Government. We are in discussion with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and The Royal Parks about the future management arrangements for Victoria Tower Gardens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 41606 question first answered 10/09/2021 10:23:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1352643

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the management of the parts of Victoria Tower Gardens not required for the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and what his timetable is for announcing detailed arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	41606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The site will continue to be owned by Government. We are in discussion with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and The Royal Parks about the future management arrangements for Victoria Tower Gardens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 41605 question first answered 10/09/2021 10:23:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley