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1671971

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	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	Gambling: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of online illegal gambling sites accessible from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	2835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>There are inherent difficulties in accurately estimating the scale of the unlicensed gambling market in this country. We are not aware of any robust estimates for precisely how many unlicensed sites are accessible from the UK, and this is further complicated by the high churn in black market operations.</p><p>However, the Government is aware of a number of studies including from the industry which suggests that the black market accounts for less than 2.5% of bets. Data from the Gambling Commission also suggests that the scale of the black market has remained low and stable, with little variation in the number of complaints it has received about illegal gambling websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/11/2023 15:37:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1674349

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2023
	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	Gambling: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what systems the Gambling Commission has in place to (a) monitor, (b) close down and (c) take other action against illegal gambling sites.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the response to WPQ 2835, the best available estimates suggest the black market accounts for less than 2.5% of bets in this country. The Gambling Commission takes a risk-based approach to the illegal provision of gambling facilities. The 2021 fees uplift increased investment in how the Commission monitors and tackles the black market. It operates on a system of escalating interventions where it identifies unlicensed operators interacting with British customers, from initial cease and desist letters up to more robust disruption. This includes working with internet search and service providers to delist illegal operators and restrict access, working with payment providers and financial institutions to cut illegal operators off from payments, and working with software providers to prevent access to popular products and games.</p><p>As we committed to in the white paper, we are also legislating through the Criminal Justice Bill to give stronger powers to the Gambling Commission to take down criminal gambling websites, and plan to reform the Commission's fee structure to give it greater flexibility to respond to emerging risks, such as black market gambling.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/12/2023 14:21:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1684394

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	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	Gambling: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) Gambling Commission and (b) Financial Conduct Authority on potential proposals to regulate companies like Football Index.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	11033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The collapse of BetIndex Ltd, the operators of the novel gambling product Football Index, had a significant impact on former customers, and we recognise the frustration and anger that this has caused. As a result, the Government announced an Independent Review, conducted by Malcom Sheehan KC, which looked at how the company had been regulated and identified lessons learned for various agencies. These recommendations have since been implemented.</p><p>Following the collapse of Football Index, the then-Minister held several meetings with the Gambling Commission, and officials have worked closely with their counterparts at His Majesty’s Treasury on the role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in this case. I also met representatives from the Football Index Action Group last year and officials from the department are discussing the issues raised by the group with the Gambling Commission.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/02/2024 15:04:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671432

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	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	Gambling: Advertising
	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 assessment of the impact of the whistle-to-whistle ban on gambling advertising in football on the number of gambling messages displayed throughout televised football matches.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	2613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the voluntary whistle-to-whistle ban on TV betting ads during live sports programmes, agreed by industry. According to figures from the Betting and Gaming Council, the ban reduced gambling advertisement views by children (age 4-17) by 70% over the full duration of live sporting programmes, with a 96% reduction in gambling TV advertising specifically during the restricted period.</p><p>As part of the Gambling review, consideration was given to a range of restrictions on gambling advertising. As set out in the white paper we have struck a balanced and evidence-led approach which tackles aggressive advertising and that which is most likely to appeal to children, while still allowing sports bodies to benefit commercially from deals with responsible gambling firms.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 2614 question first answered 27/11/2023 15:33:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1671433

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	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	Gambling: Advertising
	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 has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of implementing a ban on gambling advertising on all parts of football kits.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	2614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the voluntary whistle-to-whistle ban on TV betting ads during live sports programmes, agreed by industry. According to figures from the Betting and Gaming Council, the ban reduced gambling advertisement views by children (age 4-17) by 70% over the full duration of live sporting programmes, with a 96% reduction in gambling TV advertising specifically during the restricted period.</p><p>As part of the Gambling review, consideration was given to a range of restrictions on gambling advertising. As set out in the white paper we have struck a balanced and evidence-led approach which tackles aggressive advertising and that which is most likely to appeal to children, while still allowing sports bodies to benefit commercially from deals with responsible gambling firms.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 2613 question first answered 27/11/2023 15:33:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1671554

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	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	Swimming: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the availability of swimming (a) pools and (b) lessons for children.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	2619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Responsibility for public access to and maintenance of swimming pools lies at local authority level.</p><p>In recognition of the benefits of physical activity, including swimming, and the challenges facing the sector, we are providing over £60 million of support for swimming pools. This will help ease cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and help make facilities sustainable in the long-term through investment in energy efficiency measures. The funding is being delivered in partnership with Sport England and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, following extensive consultation with local authorities and the sector.</p><p>Swimming and water safety is a vital life skill, which is why it is a mandatory part of the primary PE National Curriculum. The Department for Education also administers schemes to ensure the provision of lessons and sports facilities for children, such as through the PE and Sport Premium and the Opening School Facilities (OSF) programme.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/11/2023 15:31:44 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1672014

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	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: Hearing Impairment
	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 assessment of the potential merits of allowing deaf athletes to access funding allocated to Olympic and Paralympic sport through UK Sport.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	uin	3065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>UK Sport uses funding provided by the Government to support athletes with potential to achieve success in Olympic and Paralympic sports. As the Deaflympics falls outside of Olympic and Paralympic sport, UK Sport are therefore unable to fund athletes targeting this event.</p><p>This is in line with the Government’s approach to other Paralympic sports where competition is not offered in an athlete's particular classification or discipline.</p><p>Sport England has committed £1.2 million between 2022 and 2027 to UK Deaf Sport to boost deaf sport at the grassroots level and build wider participation. They have also agreed to explore a series of small-scale talent pilots for d/Deaf athletes. These pilots will see Sport England, National Governing Bodies, and UK Deaf Sport working together to explore these issues and suggest potential solutions.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/11/2023 15:36:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1672195

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	Arts and Sports: Folkestone and Hythe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been provided by (a) Sport England and (b) the Arts Council for projects in the Folkestone and Hythe district in each year since 2010; and which projects in the district have received such funding.
	tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
	tabling member printed	Damian Collins
	uin	3189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The table below provides a summary of the investments made by Sport England and Arts Council England (“ACE”) in the Folkestone and Hythe Constituency since 2010.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>YEAR</p></td><td><p>SPORT ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>ACE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£19,980</p></td><td><p>£642,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£174,060</p></td><td><p>£98,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£185,448</p></td><td><p>£111,071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£70,513</p></td><td><p>£912,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£37,949</p></td><td><p>£229,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£154,039</p></td><td><p>£880,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£36,187</p></td><td><p>£1,365,762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£108,966</p></td><td><p>£1,934,965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£140,065</p></td><td><p>£851,837</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>£382,364</p></td><td><p>£459,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£239,443</p></td><td><p>£1,252,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£53,428</p></td><td><p>£1,616,286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£106,155</p></td><td><p>£987,956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>£48,601</p></td><td><p>£819,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL 2010-23:</p></td><td><p>£1,757,198</p></td><td><p>£12,161,716</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For a breakdown of the projects funded across this period, Sport England publishes an <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/about-us" target="_blank">updated register of grant awards </a>on a quarterly basis, with awards dating back to 2009 listed in full.</p><p>Due to a change in Arts Council England's (ACE) grant management system in 2016, data from before that date is not as high quality and not reliably comparable with more recent data. Noting this caveat we have provided the figures nonetheless for completeness.</p><p>Grants awarded from ACE's main funding streams within the last 5 financial years (2023/2024 inclusive) are published online and provide details of all organisations that receive funding.They are available in the following locations:</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ProjectGrants/project-grants-data" target="_blank">National Lottery Project Grants</a></p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp/dycp-successful-applicants" target="_blank">Developing Your Creative Practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/npo/data-2018-22" target="_blank">Investment Programme</a> (2018-2022 NPO)</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/how-we-invest-public-money/2023-26-Investment-Programme/2023-26-investment-programme-data" target="_blank">Investment Programme</a> (2023-2026 NPO)</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/research-and-data/culture-recovery-fund-data" target="_blank">Cultural Recovery Fund</a></p><p><a href="https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNWQyODRiYzMtYTA4YS00N2ZlLThkZjEtYjQxZGZiOGRhYjc0IiwidCI6ImM3YTZmYzMyLTc1MzgtNGIwZS1hOTZhLTA1Zjg1NTAwN2MxMSJ9" target="_blank">Emergency Response Fund</a></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/11/2023 15:27:18 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

1672325

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	Charities: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the impact of energy costs on the charity sector.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	3197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>DCMS Ministers and senior officials meet regularly with civil society representatives to discuss a wide range of issues including challenges faced by the sector.</p><p>We also recognise that charities are seeing higher levels of demand for their services. That is why in the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a package of over £100 million for charities and community organisations in England. This funding is split into two strands and is supporting organisations in need right now. The £76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund has closed for applications, and is awarding funding to frontline organisations supporting vulnerable individuals and households. The second strand, the £25 million VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme, will support longer-term sustainability, and will launch later this year for applications.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 3198 3199 question first answered 27/11/2023 15:30:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1672326

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	Charities
	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 has had recent discussions with representatives of charities on (a) capacity and (b) trends in the level of demand for their services.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	3198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>DCMS Ministers and senior officials meet regularly with civil society representatives to discuss a wide range of issues including challenges faced by the sector.</p><p>We also recognise that charities are seeing higher levels of demand for their services. That is why in the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a package of over £100 million for charities and community organisations in England. This funding is split into two strands and is supporting organisations in need right now. The £76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund has closed for applications, and is awarding funding to frontline organisations supporting vulnerable individuals and households. The second strand, the £25 million VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme, will support longer-term sustainability, and will launch later this year for applications.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 3197 3199 question first answered 27/11/2023 15:30:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood