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1138426

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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	Sports: Public Participation
	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 role of free to air sport on public participation in sport.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	276222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text Government’s Sporting Future strategy set out the importance of people accessing and experiencing major sporting events and the important outcomes that this can contribute to. It was also clear that Government wants to see sport’s inspirational impact have as broad a reach as possible.<p /><p>UK Sport studies show the motivational power of sport, with two thirds of the British public saying they have been inspired by the success of our Olympic and Paralympic teams and 40% of these people being motivated to do more sport or active recreation than normal.</p><p>Government welcomes the BBC's announcement that it will stream over 1000 hours of extra sport a year. Along with the BBC Connected Sport app, this will allow greater access for fans across the country to view sport. Government also welcomes the decision by Sky to show the final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup on free-to-air television (Channel 4 and More 4), giving millions of viewers the opportunity to unite behind the England team.</p><p />Sport England is investing over £1.2bn in grassroots sport over 2016-21 to ensure that there are opportunities for people from all backgrounds and levels of ability to get active. answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/07/2019 16:49:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1086641

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Youth Services: Finance
	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 total reduction in central Government funding for youth services provided by local authorities in England since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	230801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for allocating public funding to youth services in their area in line with local need. We believe they are best placed to know what is required in their communities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made over £200bn available to local authorities to spend on local services over this Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:08:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1091055

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	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	Sports Competitors: 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 has taken to assess the effect of concussion on athletes’ mental health.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	233632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The 2015 government sport strategy, Sporting Future highlighted the importance of welfare and well-being in sport. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thomson’s subsequent Duty of Care report, published in April 2017 made recommendations around the treatment of concussion and the duties that national governing bodies have regarding athletes’ physical and mental health.</p><p> </p><p>Sport National Governing Bodies (NGBs) are responsible for the regulation of their sport and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants from harm, including serious injuries.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018 DCMS published a mental health and elite sport action plan which sets out some key areas for further work around the clarity of support available, sharing of best practice across the sport sector and improved mental health education and training in sport.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/03/2019 11:47:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1012448

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Athletics
	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 his Department plans to track progress on athlete welfare within UK Sport-affiliated organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	194772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport reports annually on the Sporting Future strategy, which includes a range of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Athlete welfare is captured by KPI 25, which tracks the percentage of UK Sport-funded athletes who feel cared about as a person in their World Class Performance Programme, as measured by UK Sport’s Culture Health Check survey. The latest report can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sporting-future-second-annual-report.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/11/2018 14:15:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1110309

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Lotteries: Reform
	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 the timeframe is for the announcement of plans to reform the regulation of society lotteries.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	242169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The consultation on society lottery reform closed on 7 September 2018 and received over 1,600 responses. I have also met with key stakeholders in the lotteries sector to hear their views on the reform options. I am carefully considering the evidence and I hope to respond to the consultation before the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/04/2019 11:17:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1091054

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	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	Sports: 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 has taken to encourage female participation in team sports at (a) amateur and (b) professional level.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	233631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The fantastic performances at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, the UEFA Women’s Euros, World Athletics Championships, Women’s Rugby World Cup and the Commonwealth Games among others, have been truly inspirational. It is vital we build on these successes at the grassroots and elite levels.</p><p> </p><p>This government supports some fantastic initiatives that encourage women to take up sport and physical activity at the grassroots level. For example Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign which promotes team sports such as rugby, basketball and goalball. Sport England have also committed around £85 million into the England talent system and currently fund England Talent Pathways in 43 sports (including team sports). In August 2018 Sport England published their Talent Plan in which they committed to working with new partners to identify and develop talent from under-represented groups in other environments or locations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/03/2019 11:45:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1134590

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	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	Pupils: Sports
	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 schoolgirls aged between 11 and 18 participated in at least 30 minutes of sport at least once a week in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	269076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The first set of data from Sport England’s world-leading Active Lives: Children and Young People survey was released in December 2018. It shows that 33.6% of girls in years 7-8 and 27.7% of girls in years 9-11 do 30 minutes or more of physical activity per day. Activity is measured in daily levels, to align with the Chief Medical Officers’ guidance for children and young people.</p><p>Levels of activity for girls aged over 16 are captured by the Active Lives (adult) survey, which has a slightly different methodology and so cannot be directly compared. Both surveys are available on Sport England’s website.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to addressing the gender gap in physical activity levels for boys and girls, including the drop-off in engagement from primary to secondary school. It is important that girls have access to the right sporting opportunities, both in and out of school.</p><p> </p><p>This is something government committed to tackle in the Sporting Future strategy, and which will be addressed as part of the new School Sport and Activity Action Plan which will be published before the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/07/2019 15:28:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1086636

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Youth Centres: Closures
	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 number of youth centres that have closed in England since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	230800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally, and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2019 14:06:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1123609

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Sports Competitors: Racial Discrimination
	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 assess the level of racism directed at sports players by spectators.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	248711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>There is absolutely no place for racism and race related crime in sport or anywhere in society. We have seen some worrying instances of discriminatory behaviour recently, most notably in football. Following the summit I chaired with football leaders on 25th February 2019, Government is working with key groups to deliver clear, tangible actions to tackle racism at all levels of football. The intention is to announce these interventions, in partnership with football, later in the year.</p><p>It is vital that the atmosphere and environment in which sport and physical activity takes place in our communities - be it grassroots or at the elite level - is safe, supportive and free of discrimination. Sport clubs and fans must continue to embrace diversity and tackle racism whenever they encounter it.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 248712 question first answered 02/05/2019 12:17:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1123610

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Sports: Racial Discrimination
	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 prevent race-related crime at sports fixtures.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	248712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>There is absolutely no place for racism and race related crime in sport or anywhere in society. We have seen some worrying instances of discriminatory behaviour recently, most notably in football. Following the summit I chaired with football leaders on 25th February 2019, Government is working with key groups to deliver clear, tangible actions to tackle racism at all levels of football. The intention is to announce these interventions, in partnership with football, later in the year.</p><p>It is vital that the atmosphere and environment in which sport and physical activity takes place in our communities - be it grassroots or at the elite level - is safe, supportive and free of discrimination. Sport clubs and fans must continue to embrace diversity and tackle racism whenever they encounter it.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 248711 question first answered 02/05/2019 12:17:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens