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1002122

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Theatres: Midlands
	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 his Department is taking to support theatres and touring companies in the Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	188267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2016, Arts Council England (ACE) has invested more than £85,470,000 in theatre in the Midlands, including regular funding to their National Portfolio Organisations, National Lottery Grants for the Arts and Project Grants and Strategic funding. From the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, to the National Student Drama Festival in Leicester, ACE support a diverse range of work which has international appeal, is accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and plays a key role as part of England’s vibrant arts and cultural ecology.</p><p> </p><p>Between June 2016 and March 2018, Arts Council invested £2,737,902 in Strategic Touring in the Midlands region. This programme funded touring work focusing specifically on areas of low engagement with the arts and those that rely on touring for much of their arts provision. It also extended the reach of high-quality work by broadening the range of venues presenting it, as well as forging stronger relationships between audiences, promoters, venues, artists and producers.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/11/2018 11:50:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1007805

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	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	Heritage Lottery Fund: East Midlands
	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 the Heritage Lottery Fund has spent in the East Midlands in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	191990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Heritage Lottery Fund has given a total of £88,381,100 to 342 projects in the East Midlands since 2015. This breaks down as per the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Row Labels</p></td><td><p>Projects awarded</p></td><td><p>Grant awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>£53,385,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>£20,078,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>£14,917,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>£88,381,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/11/2018 08:46:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1017267

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2018
	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	Culture: Nottinghamshire
	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 funding his Department has allocated to arts and culture projects in Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	197471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the table, since April 2013, Arts Council England has invested almost £8.5 million in arts and culture projects in Nottinghamshire including regular funding to their National Portfolio Organisations, National Lottery Grants for the Arts, Project Grants and Strategic funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>2018/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Portfolio Organisations</p></td><td><p>£126,218</p></td><td><p>£126,729</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music Education Hubs*</p></td><td><p>£830,974</p></td><td><p>£832,731</p></td><td><p>£1,073,643</p></td><td><p>£1,067,598</p></td><td><p>£1,065,575</p></td><td><p>£1,066,848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants For The Arts/Project Grants</p></td><td><p>£234,983</p></td><td><p>£287,044</p></td><td><p>£239,118</p></td><td><p>£399,050</p></td><td><p>£375,755</p></td><td><p>£141,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic/Other</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£79,850</p></td><td><p>£20,486</p></td><td><p>£137,598</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£32,942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ 1,192,175</p></td><td><p>£ 1,326,354</p></td><td><p>£ 1,333,247</p></td><td><p>£ 1,604,246</p></td><td><p>£ 1,446,330</p></td><td><p>£ 1,541,060</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alongside ACE funding, the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvements Fund provided £75,000 in 2017/18 for 'Accessible Exhibition at Newstead Abbey', Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, First Art (Creswell Heritage Trust) recently became one of six successful arts projects across England to receive a share of £5.5 million in the latest round of the Arts Council’s Creative People and Places funding programme. This funding will support First Art to continue its work taking arts and culture to local communities across Nottinghamshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/12/2018 12:19:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1059896

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	World Book 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 plans his Department has to contribute to events celebrating World Book Day in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	220326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has no Departmental plans to celebrate World Book Day in 2019 directly. However, around 90% of local authority public library services in England are participating in World Book Day activities. World Book Day has also put a message in the backs of most of the twelve £1 books taking part in the World Book day campaign to encourage children to join their local library.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/02/2019 12:48:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1136552

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Pollinators: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department have taken to support the National Pollinator Strategy on (i) roads (ii) railway lines.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	272930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Highways England recognise the critical role of pollinators and support the National Pollinator Strategy through their Biodiversity Plan. Highways England’s delivery of 3500 hectares of wildflower rich grassland is in progress and will support a wide range of pollinating insects.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of how Highways England will support the National Pollinator Strategy are available on:</p><p><em> </em></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441300/N150146_-_Highways_England_Biodiversity_Plan3lo.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441300/N150146_-_Highways_England_Biodiversity_Plan3lo.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Network Rail has been working on a range of initiatives across the country aimed at protecting pollinators, such as the Green Transport Corridors Project in Cumbria and South Yorkshire, where locations were identified for pollinator habitat creation and enhancement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/07/2019 13:16:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

865124

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	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: East Midlands
	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 trends in the level of public funding for tourism in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Mansfield in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	132991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Tourism expenditure for all East Midlands local authorities is shown in the following table. We do not hold information on individual local authorities. This information is primarily from the Ministry for Housing, Central and Local Government.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Net Current Expenditure (£000’s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>5,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>5,281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>4,577</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2018 17:08:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

902211

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2018
	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	Arts and Culture
	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 estimate of the amount of funding his Department has spent on arts and culture provision in former coalfield communities in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	143239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Historic England and Heritage Lottery Fund support coalfield communities by conserving and protecting key industrial heritage sites, their associated settlements and community buildings which provide a strong sense of place and community identity, supporting the economic and social regeneration of coalfield communities through heritage regeneration.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2012 and March 2017, Heritage Lottery Fund awarded £285.3m to 1,302 projects in coalfield community areas within the UK. By regional breakdown this includes East Midlands - £53,132,700; North East -£18,846,633; North West - £6,848,900; South East -£22,186,300; West Midlands -£35,198,600; Yorkshire and The Humber -£58,670,600.</p><p> </p><p>Arts Council England have also provided significant investment into coalfield communities over the last five years: 2012/2013, £38,970,236; 2013/2014, £31,766,586; 2014/2015, £28,307,054; 2015/2016, £34,077,475; and 2016/2017, £41,625,973.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, between 2013/14 and 2017/18 the National Coal Mining Museum England has received, on average, £2.45 million a year of funding.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:35:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

939962

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	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: Forests and Nature Reserves
	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 his Department is taking to increase tourism to (a) nature reserves and (b) sites of ancient woodland.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	163625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for marketing the UK and England as tourist destinations. As part of their remit, they manage the £40m Discover England Fund which supports the development of bookable tourism products across England, including the Make Great Memories in England’s National Parks and the Telling the Stories of England projects.</p><p> </p><p>There are several promotional campaigns which VisitBritain and VisitEngland manage, including the international I Travel For, and the domestic Join the World campaign. Both of these campaigns use the UK’s woodlands and countryside to promote the country to visitors.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, National Parks like Sherwood Forest have featured many times in VisitBritain’s media stories, highlighting their natural beauty and many visitor attractions to the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/07/2018 13:14:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

964136

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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: Nottinghamshire
	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 steps his Department has taken to promote Nottinghamshire as a tourist destination overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	169836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, through a range of different initiatives and campaigns.</p><p> </p><p>VisitEngland are also in charge of the £40m Discover England Fund which creates innovative, bookable tourism products throughout England which are aimed at specific international markets. These include:<br></p><ul><li>Creating England’s Literary Legends which is being led by Visit Nottinghamshire to provide bookable, literary-themed itineraries for US travellers to explore the vast literary history of Nottinghamshire, Hampshire and Shakespeare’ England.</li><li>The East of England Touring Route seeks to create a 300 mile touring route from London to Northumberland.</li></ul><p> </p><p>VisitBritain has also used Nottinghamshire in articles in their Media Centre such as Britain: The Movie Star and Spotlight On: The Midlands and in 2018, one of their multi-national press trips focused on the Nottingham areas, promoting the region to over 8 million readers of the press publications.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/09/2018 14:24:21 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley