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1227376

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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 Archives
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 the Government has to increase accessibility to files held by the National Archives for people living outside London.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	78650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Like many archives within the sector, The National Archives has adapted its services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and for the remainder of 2020, anticipate limited on-site access to their physical collections. Therefore, The National Archives remains committed to expanding remote access to its collections, with a focus on making content discoverable and, where possible, available online.</p><p>In response to its temporary closure in the spring, The National Archives provided free online access to a wide range of digital and digitised records through its Digital Downloads Service, for which demand has increased more than 2,000%. While The National Archives reopened to the public on 21 July 2020, it has continued to provide this free online access alongside its present onsite service offer.</p><p>Since 2003 The National Archives has captured, preserved, and made freely accessible the UK Government Web Archive, which includes billions of webpages, videos, tweets and images from government dating from 1996 to the present day. Throughout the pandemic, the UK Government Web Archive has been critical in capturing the comprehensive record of fast paced coronavirus information published by the UK Government, through high-intensity web archiving.</p><p>Finally, as the Queen's Printer and the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO), The National Archives aids legal certainty through legislation.gov.uk, with the registration and publication of legislation which is freely accessible to anyone regardless of locality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/09/2020 13:25:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1229317

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Events Industry: Coronavirus
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 provide targeted support to the events sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	81839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>DCMS appreciates the important role that the events sector plays in the UK’s economy, and that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to many businesses operating in these sectors.</p><p>The Secretary of State provided a major £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of cultural and creative sectors. This support package will benefit cultural sector services by providing support to cultural venues and many other organisations in the Creative Industries that host live events, to stay open and continue operating.</p><p>From 15th August, and as part of the Government’s 5 stage roadmap to get performing arts and live entertainment sectors back up and running as soon as possible, organisations can now put on live indoor performances in front of a socially-distanced audience. This is in addition to the earlier announcement that from 11 July we can all enjoy performances outdoors with social distancing.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with the events sector to understand the difficulties they face and help them access support through these challenging times and through recovery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 82652 82680 question first answered 08/09/2020 12:53:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1229318

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Business: Coronavirus
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 provide targeted support to (a) the events sector and (b) other sectors that remain closed as a result of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	81840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>DCMS appreciates the important role that the events sector plays in the UK’s economy, and that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to many businesses operating in these sectors.</p><p>The Secretary of State announced an unprecedented £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of cultural and creative sectors. This package aims to support sectors across the Arts, Culture, and Heritage to reopen or ensure they do not permanently close their doors.</p><p>From 15th August and as part of the Government’s 5 stage roadmap to get performing arts and live entertainment sectors back up and running as soon as possible, venues and organisations have been able to put on live indoor performances in front of a socially-distanced audience. This is in addition to the earlier announcement that from 11 July we can all enjoy performances outdoors with social distanced audiencesing.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with the events sector to understand the difficulties they face and help them access support through these challenging times and through recovery.<strong><br></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/09/2020 12:59:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1229319

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Business: Coronavirus
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 providing targeted support to (a) the events sector and (b) other sectors that remain closed as a result of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	81841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>DCMS appreciates the important role that the events sector plays in the UK’s economy, and that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to many businesses operating in these sectors.</p><p>The Secretary of State announced an unprecedented £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of cultural and creative sectors which will benefit self-employed and freelance workers by helping music venues and many other organisations in the Creative Industries that host live events, to stay open and continue operating.</p><p>From 15th August and as part of the Government’s 5 stage roadmap to get performing arts and live entertainment sectors back up and running as soon as possible, venues and organisations have been able to put on live indoor performances in front of a socially-distanced audience. This is in addition to the earlier announcement that from 11 July we can all enjoy performances outdoors with social distanced audiences.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with the events sector to understand the difficulties they face and help them access support through these challenging times and through recovery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/09/2020 12:38:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1229859

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Events Industry: Coronavirus
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 his Department has made of the adequacy of the Government support to the events sector during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps his Department is taking to increase its support for that sector.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	82680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>DCMS appreciates the important role that the events sector plays in the UK’s economy, and that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to many businesses operating in these sectors.</p><p>The Secretary of State provided a major £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of cultural and creative sectors. This support package will benefit cultural sector services by providing support to cultural venues and many other organisations in the Creative Industries that host live events, to stay open and continue operating.</p><p>From 15th August, and as part of the Government’s 5 stage roadmap to get performing arts and live entertainment sectors back up and running as soon as possible, organisations can now put on live indoor performances in front of a socially-distanced audience. This is in addition to the earlier announcement that from 11 July we can all enjoy performances outdoors with social distancing.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with the events sector to understand the difficulties they face and help them access support through these challenging times and through recovery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 81839 82652 question first answered 08/09/2020 12:53:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1229860

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Events Industry: Coronavirus
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 his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) jobs and (b) revenues in the events sector; and what steps the Government is taking to mitigate that effect.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	82652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>DCMS appreciates the important role that the events sector plays in the UK’s economy, and that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to many businesses operating in these sectors.</p><p>The Secretary of State provided a major £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of cultural and creative sectors. This support package will benefit cultural sector services by providing support to cultural venues and many other organisations in the Creative Industries that host live events, to stay open and continue operating.</p><p>From 15th August, and as part of the Government’s 5 stage roadmap to get performing arts and live entertainment sectors back up and running as soon as possible, organisations can now put on live indoor performances in front of a socially-distanced audience. This is in addition to the earlier announcement that from 11 July we can all enjoy performances outdoors with social distancing.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with the events sector to understand the difficulties they face and help them access support through these challenging times and through recovery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 81839 82680 question first answered 08/09/2020 12:53:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1327871

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
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	Choirs: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the Government decided not to include indoor amateur choir practice for more than six persons in the Step 3 easing of covid-19 restrictions that came into effect on 17 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>Decisions on Step 3 were taken collectively across Government before 17th May. The updated Performing Arts guidance sets out how venues and organisers should operate in Step 3.</p><p> </p><p>I know that the restrictions on singing are frustrating to large numbers of amateur choirs and performance groups across the country and that many people have made sacrifices in order to drive down infections and protect the NHS over the last year. I want to assure you that everyone across the government wants to ease these restrictions as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, it is important that we take a cautious approach in easing restrictions. We have followed the views of public health experts on singing. We are aware, through the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905062/S0628_NERVTAG_Assessment_of_transmission_of_COVID-19_through_musical_events.pdf" target="_blank">NERVTAG</a> and <a href="https://chemrxiv.org/articles/preprint/Comparing_the_Respirable_Aerosol_Concentrations_and_Particle_Size_Distributions_Generated_by_Singing_Speaking_and_Breathing/12789221" target="_blank">PERFORM studies</a> that singing can increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission through the spread of aerosol droplets. This was backed up by a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pheemg-aerosol-and-droplet-generation-from-singing-wind-instruments-and-performance-activities-13-august-2020" target="_blank">consensus statement from SAGE</a>, resulting in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing" target="_blank">suggested principles of safer singing</a> being published.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to keep guidance and restrictions under review, in line with the changing situation. Further detail on step 4 will be set out as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 7168 7169 question first answered 03/06/2021 15:28:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1327875

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
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	Choirs: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason there was a 24 to 36 hours delay from (a) the Step 3 easing of covid-19 restrictions coming into effect to (b) the covid-19 guidance for indoor amateur choirs being updated; and whether Ministers received any new covid-19 guidance or data within that time period.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>Decisions on Step 3 were taken collectively across Government before 17th May. The updated Performing Arts guidance sets out how venues and organisers should operate in Step 3.</p><p> </p><p>I know that the restrictions on singing are frustrating to large numbers of amateur choirs and performance groups across the country and that many people have made sacrifices in order to drive down infections and protect the NHS over the last year. I want to assure you that everyone across the government wants to ease these restrictions as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, it is important that we take a cautious approach in easing restrictions. We have followed the views of public health experts on singing. We are aware, through the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905062/S0628_NERVTAG_Assessment_of_transmission_of_COVID-19_through_musical_events.pdf" target="_blank">NERVTAG</a> and <a href="https://chemrxiv.org/articles/preprint/Comparing_the_Respirable_Aerosol_Concentrations_and_Particle_Size_Distributions_Generated_by_Singing_Speaking_and_Breathing/12789221" target="_blank">PERFORM studies</a> that singing can increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission through the spread of aerosol droplets. This was backed up by a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pheemg-aerosol-and-droplet-generation-from-singing-wind-instruments-and-performance-activities-13-august-2020" target="_blank">consensus statement from SAGE</a>, resulting in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing" target="_blank">suggested principles of safer singing</a> being published.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to keep guidance and restrictions under review, in line with the changing situation. Further detail on step 4 will be set out as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 7167 7169 question first answered 03/06/2021 15:28:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1327878

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
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	Choirs: Coronavirus
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 evidence, research or data the Government has assessed on the effectiveness of (a) limiting numbers based on the venue size, (b) maintaining social distancing and (c) other covid-19 safety measures on helping to limit transmission of the covid-19 virus within an amateur choir setting.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>Decisions on Step 3 were taken collectively across Government before 17th May. The updated Performing Arts guidance sets out how venues and organisers should operate in Step 3.</p><p> </p><p>I know that the restrictions on singing are frustrating to large numbers of amateur choirs and performance groups across the country and that many people have made sacrifices in order to drive down infections and protect the NHS over the last year. I want to assure you that everyone across the government wants to ease these restrictions as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, it is important that we take a cautious approach in easing restrictions. We have followed the views of public health experts on singing. We are aware, through the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905062/S0628_NERVTAG_Assessment_of_transmission_of_COVID-19_through_musical_events.pdf" target="_blank">NERVTAG</a> and <a href="https://chemrxiv.org/articles/preprint/Comparing_the_Respirable_Aerosol_Concentrations_and_Particle_Size_Distributions_Generated_by_Singing_Speaking_and_Breathing/12789221" target="_blank">PERFORM studies</a> that singing can increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission through the spread of aerosol droplets. This was backed up by a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pheemg-aerosol-and-droplet-generation-from-singing-wind-instruments-and-performance-activities-13-august-2020" target="_blank">consensus statement from SAGE</a>, resulting in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing" target="_blank">suggested principles of safer singing</a> being published.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to keep guidance and restrictions under review, in line with the changing situation. Further detail on step 4 will be set out as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 7167 7168 question first answered 03/06/2021 15:28:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1178696

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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 Council England: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations in (a) York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber have received funding from Arts Council England in each year since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	15044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Funding awarded to arts organisations and individuals in (a) York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber from Arts Council England since 2015-16 is as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) York</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>2015/16 - 26</p></li><li><p>2016/17 - 25</p></li><li><p>2017/18 - 24</p></li><li><p>2018/19 - 29</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(b) Yorkshire and the Humber</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>2015/16 - 448</p></li><li><p>2016/17 - 462</p></li><li><p>2017/18 - 405</p></li><li><p>2018/19 - 476</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note that some organisations may receive funding under different names - for example, they may be part of a larger consortium or local council. These figures could therefore include duplicates, and may be slightly inflated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/02/2020 12:11:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell