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905578

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	Tourism
	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 he has made of the value to the UK economy of the outbound tourism industry.
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	David Evennett
	uin	144830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text UK residents made 72.3m visits abroad in the 12 months to December 2017 and spent £44.7bn. Both figures were up 2% on the same period last year. answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2018 10:29:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

837570

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Brass Bands: Government Assistance
	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 much funding brass bands have received from the Government in each year since 2010; and if he will list the recipients of that funding.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	126689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>A list of the eligible applications to the Arts Council in each year since 2010 in the sub-art form “Brass and Silver bands” are attached. Some activity, for which brass bands play a constituent part, may not be included as the wider activity has not been classified specifically as such. Ineligible applications are not recorded by sub-art form.</p><p>Since April 2016, Brass bands have also benefited from the Orchestra tax relief.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/02/2018 12:40:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name 126689 Brass band applications data.pdf title Application Data - ACE - Brass and silver bands
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

837775

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Brass Bands: Finance
	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 brass bands in each English region received funding from Arts Council England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	126806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>A list of the eligible applications to the Arts Council in each year since 2010 in the sub-art form “Brass and Silver bands” by region, are outlined in the attached tables. Some activity, for which brass bands play a constituent part, may not be included as the wider activity has not been classified specifically as such. Ineligible applications are not recorded by sub-art form.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2016, Brass bands have also benefited from the Orchestra tax relief.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/02/2018 10:44:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name Brass Bands since 2010 inc. Regions 126806.pdf title applications to the Arts Council since 2010.
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

833712

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	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	Arts: Northern Ireland
	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 he has made of the contribution of the growth in the creative industries in Northern Ireland to UK-wide tourism.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	125471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>According to VisitBritain, over a third of visitors to the UK are drawn to locations which have been used in films and TV series.</p><p> </p><p>In Northern Ireland, the television series Game of Thrones has been a great draw, encouraging visitors to locations such as Giant’s Causeway and the Dark Hedge.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/02/2018 16:10:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

891361

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Tourism: Northern Ireland
	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 information his Department holds on the number of overseas visitors to England and Wales that visited Northern Ireland as part of their stay in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	137963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Although precise data is not available, VisitBritain estimate that international visits to Northern Ireland which also include a visit to England, Scotland or Wales was 14% in 2016, 10% in 2015, 15% in 2014, 10% in 2013 and 19% in 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/05/2018 13:48:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

834388

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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	Government Art Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2017 to Question HL6040 on Government Art Collection, when his Department plans to make an announcement on the Government Art Collection opening a gallery in central London.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	126007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>An announcement will be made once the Government Art Collection’s new accommodation details, which includes a small display area, have been finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/02/2018 16:15:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

818780

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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	Libraries Taskforce: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to Answer of 14 December 2017 to Question 118632, for what reason her Department did not publish the full Libraries Taskforce data set before Christmas 2017 as stated was their aim in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	121544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>As per the response to Question 118632, we confirmed that it is the intention of the Department to publish the dataset before the end of January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/01/2018 12:03:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

896340

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	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	Cultural Heritage: Aircraft
	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 he has made of the level of the contribution of the heritage aviation sector to the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
	uin	140839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Aviation heritage plays a valuable role in our tourism economy. Events such as the Farnborough Airshow attract hundreds of thousands of tourists, and support the local economy, as well as being good for our aerospace and defence industry. My Department sponsors the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, which is visited by almost 400,000 visitors every year, and houses everything from Spitfires to Concorde.</p><p> </p><p>The Heritage Lottery Fund is also open to applications which celebrate our rich aviation history. Recent recipients include Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, an historic site for aviation manufacturing and a successful tourist attraction given £4.7million, and the Stow Maries First World War Aerodrome in Essex, recently granted £4.3million to turn it into a major visitor attraction.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/05/2018 12:29:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty

824582

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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	Carillion
	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 discussions he has had with local authorities whose libraries were outsourced to Carillion plc on ensuring that they can continue to meet their statutory obligations.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	123383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Carillion Integrated Services Ltd is responsible for the management of library service provision for three local authorities in England - Croydon, Harrow and Ealing. Officials have contacted these local authorities and I understand each has activated plans to ensure that library services continue to operate as normal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/01/2018 11:45:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

896289

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	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	Tourism
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of promoting the UK's visit economy by providing (a) financial and (b) other support to destination marketing organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	140841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>DCMS are sponsors of VisitBritain(VB) and VisitEngland(VE) who provide a wide range of support for Destination Marketing Organisations or Destination Management Organisations (DMO) across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/05/2018 15:43:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse