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944710

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Rugby: Females
	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 help promote the sport of women's rugby.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	166176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The government’s sport strategy “Sporting Future” highlighted the importance of welfare and wellbeing for everyone participating in elite sport, regardless of age.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In March 2018 I published a mental health and elite sport action plan, based on discussions I held with sportspeople and key stakeholders from across the sport and mental health sectors. The plan sets out a range of actions to improve the support available to athletes, the sharing of best practice across the sport sector, and mental health education and training in sport.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As highlighted in the plan, UK Sport has worked with key agencies to develop a Mental Health Strategy, being implemented during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games cycle (2017-2021). The aim of the strategy is to deliver positive mental health for all people operating in the high performance system, for athletes as well as senior leaders, coaches, practitioners and administrators.</del></p><p> </p><ins class="ministerial">The government’s sport strategy “Sporting Future” highlighted the importance of focusing on groups that are particularly unlikely to take part in sport and physical activity, such as women and girls. It is vital we build on successes like the performance of England at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2017 to inspire more girls and women to get involved in sport.</ins> <ins class="ministerial">Sport England, government’s arm’s length body for community sport, is funding both the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Rugby Football League (RFL) to build capacity and encourage participation. Both of these national governing bodies have also partnered with Sport England’s “This Girl Can” campaign, to encourage more women and girls to get involved with their sports. Government is also supporting the staging and legacy of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, which will be hosted by England and will bring together the women’s, men’s and wheelchair tournaments for the first time. </ins><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 24/07/2018 10:31:28 question first ministerially corrected 24/07/2018 11:34:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch previous answer version 71640 answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

944711

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Sports: Mental Health
	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 promote the discussion of mental health concerns among young athletes.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	166177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The government’s sport strategy “Sporting Future” highlighted the importance of welfare and wellbeing for everyone participating in elite sport, regardless of age.</p><p>In March 2018 I published a mental health and elite sport action plan, based on discussions I held with sportspeople and key stakeholders from across the sport and mental health sectors. The plan sets out a range of actions to improve the support available to athletes, the sharing of best practice across the sport sector, and mental health education and training in sport.</p><p>As highlighted in the plan, UK Sport has worked with key agencies to develop a Mental Health Strategy, being implemented during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games cycle (2017-2021). The aim of the strategy is to deliver positive mental health for all people operating in the high performance system, for athletes as well as senior leaders, coaches, practitioners and administrators.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 24/07/2018 10:34:19 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

944651

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Gaming Machines
	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 technological changes needed for a reduction in maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	166245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text On 17 May, as part of its response to the Consultation on proposed changes for Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures, the Government announced that the maximum stake for B2 machines would be reduced to £2. Officials have made good progress on drafting the SI to implement the change and will continue to engage with stakeholders on the technological requirements. answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 25/07/2018 11:14:01 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

944671

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) local authority areas and (b) constituencies have an average download speed for fixed broadband services of less than 30 Mbps.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	166106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is available at the independent website, ‘Thinkbroadband’ (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/england).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/07/2018 10:40:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

944705

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Broadcasting: EU Countries
	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 his Department has made an estimate of the number of international broadcasting companies based in the UK that broadcast to the rest of the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	166209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>As the regulatory authority for broadcasting, Ofcom has the most up-to-date information on the number of broadcasters licensed in the UK.</p><p>The government is committed to continue engaging with individual companies and relevant industry bodies to understand their priorities and concerns.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/07/2018 10:44:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

944868

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Culture and Media
	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 potential merits of introducing ring-fenced funding for arts, culture and media projects to incentivise greater diversity.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	166165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>We have not assessed the specific merits of ring fencing funding for arts, culture and media projects. DCMS work closely with our arms length bodies to increase diversity in the cultural, arts and media sectors. Our Culture White Paper stated that publicly funded culture should reflect the diversity of our country and DCMS has asked Arts Council England, Historic England and the national museums and galleries to develop and share strategies for tackling the lack of diversity in leadership. The BFI is also amongst our ALBs who have developed and rolled out Diversity Standards, which applies to all of its public funding programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 166167 question first answered 25/07/2018 14:48:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

944870

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	BBC: Staff
	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 require the BBC to publish the proportion of people it employs working (a) on-screen and (b) off-screen who are BAME.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	166166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>As the BBC’s external regulator, Ofcom is responsible for ensuring the BBC reflects and represents the diversity of the UK nations and regions. The BBC must report to Ofcom annually on this matter, including on the diversity of all BBC staff employed in connection with the provision of BBC public services.</p><p> </p><p>Transparency is key and the government is clear that the BBC should be leading the way on both on- and off-screen diversity. The government expects all broadcasters, including the BBC, to publish data on all diversity characteristics - not just data they are legally obliged to disclose.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/07/2018 15:20:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

944874

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Culture and Media
	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 he has to introduce ring-fenced funding for arts, culture and media projects to incentivise greater diversity.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	166167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>We have not assessed the specific merits of ring fencing funding for arts, culture and media projects. DCMS work closely with our arms length bodies to increase diversity in the cultural, arts and media sectors. Our Culture White Paper stated that publicly funded culture should reflect the diversity of our country and DCMS has asked Arts Council England, Historic England and the national museums and galleries to develop and share strategies for tackling the lack of diversity in leadership. The BFI is also amongst our ALBs who have developed and rolled out Diversity Standards, which applies to all of its public funding programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 166165 question first answered 25/07/2018 14:48:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

944875

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Broadcasting: Equality
	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 discussions he has had with representatives at (a) the BBC, (b) Channel Four and (c) private sector broadcasters on promoting diversity in those organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	166296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to improving diversity in all its sectors - particularly in the media - which should reflect everyone in society, including those with visible differences. The department provides regular support and encouragement to media organisations and to initiatives like Project Diamond which work in support of this goal. This includes through discussion with BBC and Channel 4, private sector broadcasters and with Ofcom who have a duty to ensure broadcasters are fulfilling their obligations to promote equal opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/07/2018 14:51:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

944898

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Gambling: Credit Cards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of a ban on the use of credit cards for all forms of gambling, especially in regard to online gambling; and whether they have received any representations about such a ban.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL9681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has received representations on the use of credit cards in gambling. In March 2018, the Gambling Commission announced the conclusions from its attached review of online gambling which can be found at: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/Online-review-March-2018.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Among the changes proposed, the Gambling Commission announced that it would conduct further work to understand the risks of gambling on credit cards before consulting on options for change.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/07/2018 13:32:12 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird