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1701957

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Horse Racing: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to direct the Horse Race Betting Levy Board to increase the proportion of the levy for aftercare provision for vulnerable horses leaving the racing industry.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
	uin	22420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the vital work the horseracing industry does in supporting and retraining former racehorses. However, we have no current plans to direct the Levy Board to make amends to levy schemes.</p><p>The Horserace Betting Levy Board’s expenditure covers all its three statutory purposes, all of which support horse welfare to some extent, with one of their goals to drive high quality care and support for the horse in Racing. In total, the Horserace Betting Levy Board spends around £3.5 million annually on horse-related areas, such as educational research and on a number of horse welfare projects. The Levy Board funds the Retraining of Racehorses charity, which is British Horseracing's official charity for the welfare of horses who have retired from racing.</p><p>The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is responsible for the safety of horses at races in Britain and works with animal welfare organisations like the RSPCA and World Horse Welfare to keep racecourses as safe as possible for horses. The British Horseracing Authority created a cross-industry Horse Welfare Board in April 2019. The Board makes recommendations including a multi-year strategy for improving welfare. In February 2020, the Welfare Board published its five-year strategic plan for the welfare of horses bred for racing. The strategy focuses on the ambition that every horse bred to race should lead – and be seen to lead – “a life well-lived”. The Horse Welfare Board is funded by the HBLB and The Racing Foundation.</p><p>Furthermore, in April 2024 the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and Great British Racing (GBR) launched a new campaign, HorsePWR, designed to promote the facts around welfare in horseracing and challenge and correct inaccurate information shared by people who are opposed to it.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/04/2024 12:44:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1701276

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Concussion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18418 on Sports: Concussion, who the members of the Sports Concussions Research Forum are; and what terms of reference were set for that forum's formulation of a report to identify priority research questions.
	tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
	tabling member printed	Damian Collins
	uin	21969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Sports Concussion Research Forum’s terms of reference are to develop a prioritised list of translatable research aims relating to concussion in sport, to be drawn from both the sports and academic communities, including consideration of such research that may extend beyond sport-specific areas, where appropriate.</p><p>The further aim of the Forum is to encourage academic institutions, foundations and other organisations to make concussion in sport one of their priorities and to focus their work in this area around the Forum’s prioritised list of research aims, which is expected to be published in 2024.</p><p>The members of the Sports Concussion Research Forum are:</p><ul><li>Dr Robin Buckle (Chair), Chief Scientific Officer, Medical Research Council/UKRI</li><li>Prof Damian Bailey, University of South Wales</li><li>Prof Alan Carson, University of Edinburgh</li><li>Prof Peter Hutchinson, University of Cambridge and National Institute of Health Research</li><li>Prof Elizabeth Jeffries, University of York</li><li>Prof Fiona Lecky, University of Sheffield and Research Director of the Trauma Audit and Research Network</li><li>Prof Niklas Marklund, University of Lund, Sweden</li><li>Prof James Rowe, University of Cambridge</li><li>Prof David Sharp, Imperial College London and UK Dementia Research Institute</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/04/2024 11:03:44 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

1701289

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports Competitors: Transgender People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with sports governing bodies on banning transgender athletes participating in women’s sporting competitions.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	21873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport recently hosted a roundtable with a group of national governing bodies to stress the Government’s position that competitive fairness and safety for women and girls cannot come at the expense of the inclusion of transgender athletes, and to understand how various governing bodies have developed their policies on this issue.</p><p>We will continue to engage with sports on this issue to understand what work national governing bodies are doing to protect women’s sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/04/2024 13:44:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1701378

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support (a) Australian rules football, (b) ice hockey and (c) surfing.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Supporting grassroots sport is a key government priority and we are committed to ensuring everyone, no matter their age, background or ability, should be able to play sport and be active. In our sport strategy ‘Get Active’ we set out our unapologetic ambition to build a more active nation, with a target to get 3.5 million more people classed as ‘active’ by 2030.</p><p>The Government provides support for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England - which receives £323 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year.</p><p>Since 2019 Sport England has provided the following support:</p><ul><li><p>Australian rules football- £100,020</p></li><li><p>Ice hockey- £2,060,816</p></li><li><p>Surfing- £1,362,561</p></li></ul><p>Sport England also provides support for grassroots sport through a range of available funds, including the Small Grants Programme and the Active Together Fund. Further information on these funds and eligibility criteria can be found <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/funds-and-campaigns/our-funds" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/04/2024 13:46:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700822

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: East Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many grants her Department has made to (a) leisure centres and (b) swimming pools in (i) Lincolnshire and (ii) the East Midlands since 2010; and what the total value was of those grants.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	21526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as swimming is a core life skill and a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing access to leisure facilities lies at Local Authority level, and the Government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities.</p><p>In 2023/24, the Government provided over £60 million to Local Authorities in additional funding to support operating costs and help improve energy efficiency of facilities through the Swimming Pool Support Fund, delivered via Sport England. In total, the Swimming Pool Support Fund (£60 million Exchequer, £20 million of Sport England National Lottery funding) will fund 442 individual facilities and 788 individual pools across 269 Local Authorities by March 2025.</p><p>As part of the Swimming Pool Support Fund:</p><ul><li>Over £3 million has been awarded to 11 individual facilities (21 individual pools) across 7 Local Authorities in Lincolnshire. Included in the £3 million awarded across Lincolnshire are two facilities that received Sport England National Lottery funding - Wragby Swimming Pool and Jubilee Park Woodhall Spa LTD.</li><li>Over £9.5 million has been awarded to 47 individual facilities (84 individual pools) across 33 Local Authorities in the East Midlands region by March 2025.</li></ul><p>Further details of local authorities and swimming pools/leisure centres awarded funding from Phase I and Phase II of the Swimming Pool Support Fund are available on Sport England’s website at:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.sportengland.org/news/swimming-pool-support-fund-keeps-leisure-centres-afloat" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/news/swimming-pool-support-fund-keeps-leisure-centres-afloat</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sportengland.org/news-and-inspiration/swimming-pool-support-fund-helps-facilities-prepare-future" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/news-and-inspiration/swimming-pool-support-fund-helps-facilities-prepare-future</a></li></ul><p>We provide the majority of support for grassroots sport through our arm’s length body, Sport England - which receives £323 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. Sport England publishes data on all grant recipients as part of its register of grants awards, which is updated on a quarterly basis with awards dating back to 2009. Between 2009 - 2023, in addition to the Swimming Pool Support Fund, Sport England provided over £2.1 million of funding to Lincolnshire and over £15 million to the East Midlands to support leisure centres and swimming pools. Across the East Midlands, just over £7 million of this is related to the Sport England Covid-19 Leisure Recovery Fund. There is more detail on Sport England’s website at: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/about-us" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/about-us</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/04/2024 16:10:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1700994

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Football
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the average age of attendees at Premier League football matches in the 2022-23 season.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	21701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Premier League does not publish data on the average age of spectators, and the government does not intend to make an assessment of this figure at the current time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/04/2024 16:08:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1701001

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Advisory and Support Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many enquiries the Equality Advisory and Support Service has responded to in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	21729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect this information. The member may wish to ask EASS for it directly. However, it may be of interest for the Member to note that the EASS receives around 3,000 calls per month and has a stringent Key Performance Indicator that requires operators to answer 85% of all calls within 30 seconds. That target is routinely met. In a recent customer satisfaction survey nearly 90% of respondents were ‘Satisfied’ or higher with the service that they received.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/04/2024 16:03:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1701055

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff left the Equality and Human Rights Commission in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>As an executive non-departmental public body that is operationally independent, this is for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to respond. I have attached the response from the Interim Chief Executive below.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/04/2024 16:03:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 2024-04-16 HC PQ 21699 Julian Knight EHRC Letter to Julian Knight MP (2).pdf title EHRC Letter
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1701088

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many youth centres have been in operation each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	21759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 21760 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:06:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1701089

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of young people that had access to a youth centre within five miles of their home in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	21760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 21759 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:06:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western