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1126021

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Service Industries: Remote Working
	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 his Department has had with the hospitality sector on supporting working spaces within hotels and cafes.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	253481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>We work with a wide range of stakeholders across the tourism and hospitality sector across a range of issues, however this has not been raised with us. The provision of working spaces, or co-working spaces, is a business decision which is up to individuals to implement.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/05/2019 09:23:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1125304

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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	Culture: 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, what steps the Government is taking to (a) protect and (b) increase funding for arts and culture outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	251910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to promoting the Arts and culture outside London, and continue to work closely with the Arts Council to ensure that the whole of the country has access to funding for arts and cultural programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Last year 70% of Arts Council's <ins class="ministerial">lottery</ins><del class="ministerial">total</del> funding was awarded outside London. Between 2018 and 2022 an additional £170 million of National Portfolio Organisation funding will be invested outside London.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the recent Cultural Development Fund has seen £20 million of funding shared between five towns and cities outside of the capital, while programmes such as Creative People and Places and the City of Culture programme continue to focus outside of the capital.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS has also recently announced an additional £4 million of funding for the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund. In 2019/20, 35 museums and galleries will benefit from this funding which aims to improve audience experience. Over 80% of regional museums outside London will receive money from this Fund.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/05/2019 11:01:57 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2019 10:50:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 117364 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1124933

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Museums and Galleries: Scotland
	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 is taking to increase co-operation between Scottish museums and museums elsewhere in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
	tabling member printed	John Lamont
	uin	251336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes cooperation between Scottish museums and museums across the UK. While culture is a devolved matter, and sponsored museums are arms-length bodies which are operationally independent, the Government provides significant support to museums, including grant-in-aid funding, exhibitions tax relief, and the VAT refund scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In line with a recommendation from the 2017 Mendoza Review of museums, DCMS and the National Museum Directors' Council worked together to devise a Museums’ Partnership Framework, which was published in October 2018. National Museums Scotland are fully involved in this project. DCMS is currently analysing the responses to a survey on the amount of collaboration that currently occurs, and will publish a report later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Examples of recent cooperation involving Scottish museums include V&amp;A Dundee, recently nominated for the Art Fund Museum of the Year award, which is a spectacular partnership showcasing hundreds of V&amp;A objects highlighting Scotland's rich design heritage; joint acquisitions and exhibitions such as the Artist Rooms collaboration between Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland; loans such as those from Scottsh museums and organisations to enable the Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; and the Natural History Museum’s Dippy the dinosaur which is touring the UK and was recently exhibited in Glasgow.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/05/2019 10:30:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1124226

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	St George's Day
	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 estimate he has made of the contribution of St. George's Day to England's economy.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	249965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no specific estimate of the economic contributions of the National days.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 249966 249967 249969 question first answered 13/05/2019 10:59:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1124227

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	St Patrick's Day
	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 estimate he has made of the contribution of St. Patrick's Day to the economy of Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	249966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no specific estimate of the economic contributions of the National days.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 249965 249967 249969 question first answered 13/05/2019 10:59:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1124228

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	St Andrew's Day
	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 estimate he has made of the contribution of St. Andrew's Day to Scotland's economy.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	249967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no specific estimate of the economic contributions of the National days.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 249965 249966 249969 question first answered 13/05/2019 10:59:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1124230

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	St David's Day
	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 estimate he has made of the contribution of St. David's Day to the Welsh economy.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	249969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no specific estimate of the economic contributions of the National days.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 249965 249966 249967 question first answered 13/05/2019 10:59:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1123894

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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: Railways
	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 he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the viability of the UK heritage rail sector of indigenous fuel constraints resulting from a ban on house coal; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	249255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Government is aware of concerns raised on the matter of of the potential effect of a ban on domestic coal on the UK heritage rail sector. DCMS officials are hosting a meeting with representatives from the heritage fuel sector this month to discuss this issue, after which we will make an assessment of potential next steps.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/05/2019 10:55:25 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1123592

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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: Essex
	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 representations he has received on Essex county council's proposed closure of its libraries.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	248604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has received a number of representations from local people and bodies about Essex County Council’s proposed Future Library Services Strategy for 2019 to 2024. The Council consulted on this from 29 November 2018 to 21 February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS officials are in regular contact with Essex County Council officers to discuss its libraries proposals and the importance of it meeting its statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. We understand that the Council is currently analysing the responses to the consultation and their aim is to finalise the strategy and present to their Cabinet in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 248605 question first answered 02/05/2019 12:26:19 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1123675

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what conditions he has (a) imposed and (b) indicated an intention to impose on the planned use of part of Victoria Tower Gardens for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	248586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government decided to locate the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens so that the view of Parliament from the Memorial will serve as a permanent reminder of the far-reaching consequences of political decisions. The development of plans will take proper account of relevant legislation and regulations.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/05/2019 10:29:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh