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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

1002663

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Arts: Wales
	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 Government allocated to the arts sector in Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	188899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold this information. As Arts funding is a devolved matter, questions regarding funding decisions made in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales should be directed to the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/11/2018 11:48:41 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1003799

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Public Libraries: Barnet
	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 whether Barnet is meeting its statutory requirements under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	189599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>In December 2017, the then Secretary of State indicated that she was not minded to intervene by ordering a local inquiry under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to determine whether the changes in library provision in Barnet offer a comprehensive and efficient library service. The further representations received are being carefully considered by the current Secretary of State.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/11/2018 11:41:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1003800

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Public Libraries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's document entitled: Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016 to 2021, published in September 2016, if he will publish the criteria by which his Department assesses whether communities are being provided with safe, welcoming and accessible physical and virtual environments freely open to all.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	189600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service that meets local needs. There is no specific criteria that requires public libraries to provide safe, welcoming and accessible physical and virtual environments freely open to all, although we would hope and expect them to do as much as can reasonably be done in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/11/2018 11:44:43 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1003802

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Public Libraries: Children
	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 the number of children accessing library services in (a) Barnet and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	189601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>DCMS works with the Libraries Taskforce and local and central government to promote good practice and innovation to sustain and improve library services provided by local authorities in England, including in Barnet. Library services in England can help transform lives, communities and society as a whole, including in relation to children by supporting them to develop and enjoy their reading; to learn and study; and to take part in events and activities. For instance, the annual Summer Reading Challenge, run by The Reading Agency, promotes reading for children at their local libraries and has resulted in many thousands of children aged 4 – 11 joining a library and accessing library services.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DCMS provided £3.9 million to the Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone innovation fund to enable library services to trial innovative projects that would benefit disadvantaged people and places in England. These included a number of projects which promoted children’s access to library services.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/11/2018 11:46:52 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1005787

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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	Museums and Galleries
	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 proportion of people on boards of museums sponsored by his Department are (a) BAME and (b) female.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	190375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of women on boards of museums sponsored by DCMS is 38%.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of BAME boards members of museums sponsored by DCMS is 11%.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/11/2018 12:40:10 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1005871

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Bodies
	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 proportion of people on the boards of bodies sponsored by his Department are (a) BAME and (b) female.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	190379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of people on the bodies sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is (a) 10% BAME and (b) 40% female.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/11/2018 10:50:25 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

806565

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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	Orchestras: 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, whether her Department has made an assessment of whether orchestras in Northern Ireland will remain eligible for Creative Europe funding for EO-Lab ii after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	119641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>We are considering future options with regards to Creative Europe and the terms of future participation would be subject to negotiation with the EU. The Prime Minister made clear in her speech in Florence that, where possible, we want to continue to take part in specific policies and programmes which are of joint advantage to both the UK and the EU. The UK Treasury has provided further reassurance that it will underwrite the payments of multi-annual projects selected for support while the UK is still a member of the EU even if the projects continue beyond the UK’s exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/01/2018 10:23:23 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

816728

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Tourism: Portsmouth
	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 financial assistance her Department is providing to increase the number of visitors to Portsmouth.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	121155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland work with Destination Management Organisations to promote tourism across the UK. Government also provide funding for individual projects to improve their visitor offer, in particular through the Discover England Fund and the Coastal Communities Fund. Portsmouth has recently received £1.75m of Coastal Communities Funding to revitalise its Victorian Arches in the Heart Battery and £50,000 of Coastal Revival Funding for the repair and refurbishment of the South Parade Pier. Portsmouth Council also received £10,000 to set up a Coastal Communities Team to develop an economic plan for the area.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/01/2018 14:58:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

816853

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Mayflower: 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 and what proportion of the money committed to the East Midlands by his Department for the 2020 Mayflower Pilgrims 400th anniversary has been allocated to date.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	121280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain has allocated £500,000 of funding to the Mayflower 400 team to assist in the delivery of the Mayflower commemorations. The national Mayflower Trail is a part of this project and includes Scrooby and Austerfield as Nottinghamshire sites of interest.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/01/2018 13:21:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann