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896341

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	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	Air Displays
	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 airshows throughout the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
	uin	140840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>DCMS is a sponsor of VisitBritain and VisitEngland - who provide support for all types of hospitality and tourism stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland make available a comprehensive library of guidance for tourism businesses - ranging from step by step marketing guides to advice on how to implement tourism related regulation.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, VisitEngland supports tourism businesses through the £40 million Discover England Fund. There are no airshows included in the current projects.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/05/2018 12:27:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty

909213

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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	Air Passenger Duty
	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 on the effect of Air Passenger Duty on tourism in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	146300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 141355 on 18th May.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 30/05/2018 09:34:22 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1104793

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Airbnb: North East
	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 the effect of AirB&B on tourism in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	236410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has made no assessment as to the effect of AirBnB on tourism in the North East. AirBnB publish an insights document every year, which looks at the platform’s impact on the tourism sector. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.airbnbcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AirbnbUKInsightsReport_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.airbnbcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AirbnbUKInsightsReport_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Government supports tourism through initiatives such as the Discover England Fund which aims to develop quality, innovative tourism products across the country. Products such as the East of England Touring Route will take visitors from London up to Northumberland, developing their own individual itineraries for their journey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/03/2019 17:00:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1107798

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2019
	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	Art Works
	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 publish a list of the art, cultural and folk artefacts that overseas Governments have requested be returned to their country of origin and which are currently held in (a) public institutions and (b) private collections in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	238596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested. Decisions about items in collections are a matter for institutions themselves - and in the case of national museums, statutory duty lies with the board of trustees who operate independently from government at arm’s length. In addition, the government has no locus over private collections.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/04/2019 11:02:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

819120

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Art Works: Poland
	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 prevent the sale of Polish art which was looted during World War 2.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	121797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government provides guidance for the UK art market to assist them in determining the history of cultural objects in which they deal. Additionally, Arts Council England provides a Cultural Property Advice website which offers advice to the art trade, museums and private individuals on the buying and selling of art. The trade associations for the UK art market publish codes of ethics for their members which the Government expects to see enforced.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2017, DCMS hosted an international Conference, attended by the major auction houses, which explored ways of speeding up the identification and return of cultural objects lost during the Nazi era. The Government established the Spoliation Advisory Panel in 2000 to advise on claims for the return of items lost during the Nazi era (1933-1945). The Panel can consider claims for items that are privately owned at the joint request of the claimant and the current owner.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/01/2018 12:08:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

964606

	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	Arts
	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 (a) financial and (b) other support his Department provides to the creative arts industry.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	169579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The government strongly believes in the benefits that the arts and creative industries can bring to the UK, both in terms of their social and economic impact. The main way the government supports the sector is through it’s continued investment into the Arts Council England who between 2018 and 2022, will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also introduced the theatre and orchestra tax reliefs, among others, to support productions, especially through touring.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/09/2018 14:18:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

964607

	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	Arts
	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 estimate his Department has made of the contribution of the creative arts industry to the economy of (a) London and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	169580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The arts and creative industries sectors continue to be of vital importance to the UK economy. In the latest estimates published by the department, the creative industries contributed £47 billion to the economy of London and £92 billion to the UK economy in 2016. All published economic estimates for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/09/2018 14:20:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

850138

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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 Council England
	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 many candidates deemed appointable by the most recent appointment panel for the National Council of Arts Council England were not subsequently appointed.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	129706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The most recent Arts Council appointments campaign was to appoint four Area Chairs (South East Area, South West Area, Midlands Area and North Area) and additional general Council Members to its non-executive Board. Of those who applied for these roles, sixteen candidates were deemed appointable by the Advisory Assessment Panel and from these, ten appointments were subsequently made by Ministers. Six candidates deemed appointable were not appointed to the Arts Council board.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/03/2018 13:33:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

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

928680

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote UK arts and culture.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	156506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The arts help individuals and communities by bringing people together, encouraging creativity and removing social barriers. This government is committed to supporting and promoting our world class arts and culture to ensure that everyone can engage and participate in them, make places better for people to live,work and visit, and boost the economy.</p><p> </p><p>Government support for arts and culture is primarily provided via the Arts Council England. Government also promotes art and culture through direct support such as the recently launched £20 million Cultural Development Fund, which aims to support towns and cities to grow their local economy through investment in arts, heritage and the creative industries; and the Great Exhibition of the North, a three month event that will will celebrate the great art, culture and design of the North of England, which government has invested over £6 million in.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/06/2018 09:10:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling