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1149483

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Age: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to tackle ageism in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010, provides strong protection against direct and indirect age discrimination in employment and makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee or a job applicant because of their age, unless the employer can justify it as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.</p><p> </p><p>To tackle ageism in the workplace, Business in the Community have produced a toolkit which provides guidance and support to employers in getting started with age inclusion in the workplace and includes a three-step process based on Look, Listen, Act. <a href="https://age.bitc.org.uk/all-resources/toolkits/getting-started-age-look-listen-act-toolkit-will-guide-and-support-getting" target="_blank">https://age.bitc.org.uk/all-resources/toolkits/getting-started-age-look-listen-act-toolkit-will-guide-and-support-getting</a></p><p> </p><p>More widely, Government is taking steps to ensure that older workers are supported to remain in or return to the labour market, the Government has removed the Default Retirement Age meaning most people can choose when to retire, and extended the right to request flexible working to all employees with 26 weeks’ continuous service with their employer.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2017, the UK Government published “Fuller Working Lives: a partnership approach” to set out the role employers, individuals and Government can play in supporting fuller working lives.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587654/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587654/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also appointed Andy Briggs as Business Champion for Older Workers to spearhead the Government’s work to support employers to retain, retrain and recruit older workers. Andy Briggs and the Business In The Community Age at Work leadership team actively promote the benefits of older workers to employers across England.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/10/2019 09:10:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1131243

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	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	American Football
	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 UK American Football teams are based outside of Greater London.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	263075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>According to numbers provided by the British American Football Association (BAFA), there are currently 258 clubs currently active with the BAFA, 177 in national leagues and 81 in university football. Of those clubs, 22 are within Greater London (within M25), 13 in national leagues and 9 in university football.</p><p>Therefore, 236 of the 258 clubs (91.5%) active with the BAFA are based outside of Greater London.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/06/2019 15:38:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1167460

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Average Earnings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of year-on-year trends in the level of average weekly earnings in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	7644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on average weekly earnings growth are published by the independent Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2010, real (total) pay fell by 0.5%. In August 2019 the real (total) pay growth was 1.9% - an increase in the rate of real wage growth of 2.4 percentage points.</p><p> </p><p>The highest real (total) pay growth, between Aug 10 – Aug 19, was in Aug 15 (2.6%).</p><p> </p><p>Under the Triple Lock the basic State Pension and the full rate of the new State Pension will be raised the highest of: the rise in prices, the rise in earnings or 2.5%. The relevant measure for earnings is the year-on-year change in Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) from May to July published by the ONS in October, standing at 3.9%</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Growth in nominal average weekly total pay</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2010</p></td><td><p>1.8 %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2011</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2012</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2019</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/11/2019 16:45:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1082349

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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	Big Lottery Fund
	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 Big Lottery funding (a) per capita and (b) in total was allocated to (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley, (iii) South Yorkshire, (iv) Yorkshire and the Humber, (v) the South East, (vi) the South West, (vii) London and (viii) England in each of the last five years for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	228757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Applicants for funding from The National Lottery Community Fund (formally the Big Lottery Fund) often name their main office as their project delivery location. A high proportion of charities are based in cities and towns, or have their main office in London, but deliver activity and services to a much wider area. Figures often don’t reflect the spread of activity and the overall offer of services and projects funded by The National Lottery Community Fund within a particular constituency. Therefore, when applying population figures to project delivery locations, amounts tend to be skewed towards larger towns and cities.</p><p> </p><p>i) Barnsley East Constituency</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Constituency</p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ Per Capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley East</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>£103,532.41</p></td><td><p>£1.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>£66,685.00</p></td><td><p>£0.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>£188,314.72</p></td><td><p>£1.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>£143,532.50</p></td><td><p>£1.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>£197,890.20</p></td><td><p>£2.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley East Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£699,954.83</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>ii) Barnsley Local Authority</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ Per Capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>£1,427,860.09</p></td><td><p>£5.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>£854,103.18</p></td><td><p>£3.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>£1,800,625.72</p></td><td><p>£7.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>£1,145,185.16</p></td><td><p>£4.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>£1,288,699.20</p></td><td><p>£5.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£6,516,473.35</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>iii) South Yorkshire (comprised of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Local Authorities)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ per capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>£16,356,416.99</p></td><td><p>£11.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>£14,023,168.00</p></td><td><p>£10.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>£14,933,490.26</p></td><td><p>£10.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>£16,873,418.36</p></td><td><p>£12.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>£9,491,199.45</p></td><td><p>£6.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£71,677,693.06</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>iv) Yorkshire and the Humber Region</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ per capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>£38,640,009.70</p></td><td><p>£7.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>£89,322,096.07</p></td><td><p>£16.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>£51,711,416.59</p></td><td><p>£9.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>£80,553,098.99</p></td><td><p>£14.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>£31,267,188.48</p></td><td><p>£5.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£291,493,809.83</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>v) South East Region</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ per capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>£37,060,019.68</p></td><td><p>£4.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>£34,724,352.31</p></td><td><p>£3.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>£41,166,563.97</p></td><td><p>£4.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>£48,919,524.49</p></td><td><p>£5.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>£24,649,532.94</p></td><td><p>£2.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£186,519,993.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>vi) South West Region</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ per capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>£35,180,841.47</p></td><td><p>£6.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>£34,843,244.52</p></td><td><p>£6.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>£42,123,433.56</p></td><td><p>£7.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>£97,600,009.84</p></td><td><p>£17.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>£30,344,170.27</p></td><td><p>£5.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£240,091,699.66</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>vii) London Region</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ per capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>£153,317,246.00</p></td><td><p>£17.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>£406,815,258.96</p></td><td><p>£46.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>£94,147,899.19</p></td><td><p>£10.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>£131,555,802.60</p></td><td><p>£14.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>£90,812,805.80</p></td><td><p>£10.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£876,649,012.55</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>viii) England</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ per capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>£452,990,065.85</p></td><td><p>£8.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>£871,215,276.72</p></td><td><p>£15.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>£439,585,108.33</p></td><td><p>£7.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>£704,445,923.22</p></td><td><p>£12.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>£328,890,895.33</p></td><td><p>£5.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,797,127,269.45</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Per capita funding for the last five full financial year for projects delivered in England.</p><p>Based upon:</p><p>· Mid-2017 constituency population estimates - released 30 June</p><p>2018 [1]</p><p>· Mid-2017 population estimates - released 28 June 2018 [2]</p><p>· FMS data.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/03/2019 18:47:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1136554

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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	Big Lottery Fund: Mansfield
	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 Big Lottery funding was allocated to Mansfield constituency in each of the last two years for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	272931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Applicants for funding from The National Lottery Community Fund (formerly the Big Lottery Fund) often name their main office as their project delivery location. A high proportion of charities are based in cities and towns, in this instance Nottingham or Sheffield, or have their main office in London, but deliver activity and services to a much wider area. This means figures often don’t reflect the spread of activity and the overall offer of services and projects funded by The National Lottery Community Fund within a particular area.</p><p> </p><p>We have included figures for the last five years as this better reflects the investment in the area over this time frame.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mansfield Constituency</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total funding allocated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£447,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£2,332,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£4,794,236*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£160,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£446,709</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>*2016-17 also includes £4,524,800 from Building Better Opportunities which is a matched fund between the National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/07/2019 13:51:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1122165

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Big Lottery Fund: North of 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 much Big Lottery funding (a) per capita and (b) in total was allocated to the (i) North East and (ii) North West in each of the last five years for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	245936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Applicants for funding from The National Lottery Community Fund (formally the Big Lottery Fund) often name their main office as their project delivery location. A high proportion of charities are based in cities and towns, or have their main office in London, but deliver activity and services to a much wider area. Figures often don’t reflect the spread of activity and the overall offer of services and projects funded by The National Lottery Community Fund within a particular area. Therefore, when applying population figures to project delivery locations, amounts tend to be skewed towards larger towns and cities.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Region <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding Value</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Per Capita</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£34,164,457</p></td><td><p>£12.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£29,925,534</p></td><td><p>£11.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£35,683,578</p></td><td><p>£13.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£13,015,745</p></td><td><p>£4.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£21,704,346</p></td><td><p>£8.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£134,493,660</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£50.86</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Region <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding Value</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Per Capita</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£108,859,409</p></td><td><p>£15.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£56,324,292</p></td><td><p>£7.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£77,765,696</p></td><td><p>£10.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£46,957,812</p></td><td><p>£6.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£52,413,410</p></td><td><p>£7.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£342,320,619</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£47.16</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>The Community Fund’s North West and North East regional offices’ remit differs from government office regions in that our North East office also serves Cumbria. To avoid confusion, we have provided a Government Office Region breakdown here.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/04/2019 12:02:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1139338

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Bookmakers: 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 steps he is taking to limit job losses as a result of (a) further William Hill (b) other bookmakers branch closures.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	277775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The government reduced the maximum stake on B2 gaming machines from £100 to £2, to help stop extreme losses by those who were least able to afford them. We engaged with the gambling industry to understand the potential impact on jobs, both as proposals were developed and following the announcement.</p><p> </p><p>The government will engage with William Hill and other bookmakers, as well as the Association of British Bookmakers, to establish the level of employee support that may be required. Jobcentre Plus’s Rapid Response Service is also ready to support any worker who may be affected by job losses associated with this announcement.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2019 09:28:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1109479

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Boxing: 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 estimate he has made of changes in the number of women participating in female boxing since that sport was introduced into the Olympic programme in 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	240503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The figures for women who report having taken part in boxing since 2015 are detailed in the table below (data from the Active Lives Survey). I welcome the growth in women taking part in the sport, we are determined to get more girls and women playing sport, something we set out in our sport strategy, <em>Sporting Future</em>.</p><p> </p><p>The predecessor to the Active Lives Survey, the Active People Survey, collected data from October 2005 to September 2016 - data is available online:<a href="https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/" target="_blank"> https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/</a>. Owing to the different methodologies employed, the data sets from the two surveys are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 15/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 17/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Boxing (includes boxing fitness classes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>356,500</p></td><td><p>380,200</p></td><td><p>401,400</p></td><td><p>410,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Boxing (traditional)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>119,900</p></td><td><p>109,900</p></td><td><p>121,700</p></td><td><p>122,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/04/2019 11:26:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1143303

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Breastfeeding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of (a) bringing forward legislative proposals to protect breastfeeding mothers at work and (b) reducing the promotion of breast-milk substitutes in order to improve infant feeding in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	284678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>In response to bringing forward legislative proposals to protect breastfeeding mothers at work, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is not proposing to introduce legislative changes to protect breastfeeding mothers in the workplace. Breastfeeding mothers are already protected under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (the Workplace Regulations)</p><p> </p><p>The Workplace Regulations require employers to provide suitable rest facilities for breastfeeding mothers. Employers are also recommended to provide a private, healthy and safe environment for nursing mothers to express and store milk. Comprehensive online guidance on how employers can meet their legal requirements can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hse.gov.uk%2Fmothers%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cparlybranch.pqs%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd6523640efd34bf2d8b408d730890091%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637031237282951465&amp;sdata=cXmk3wvgYbAn72K18nJzCp2gVC%2BeKxtuVzyxlCXCEYM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/mothers/</a></p><p> </p><p>Research commissioned and published in 2016 by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy found that almost all employers said they understood their legal responsibility to ensure a safe working environment for mothers returning from maternity leave. Often where difficulties arose in terms of health and safety, it was due to poor communication and a lack of ongoing discussion between managers and new and expectant mothers. HSE has published guidance which emphasises the importance of this to help address any issues or concerns. It can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hse.gov.uk%2Fpubns%2Findg373.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cparlybranch.pqs%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd6523640efd34bf2d8b408d730890091%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637031237282951465&amp;sdata=D063NUU8RU2o6UPt9j8P6j2%2ByaRGSuXeqLa%2F6faxvwE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg373.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On reducing the promotion of breast-milk substitutes, there is strict legislation currently in place in the form of the EU Directive (2006/141/EC) which regulates the composition, labelling and marketing of infant formulae and follow-on formulae. The Directive reflects scientific advice on the essential composition of infant formulae and follow-on formulae and discussions at an international level in the Codex Alimentarius forum. This Directive is implemented in England by the Infant Formula and Follow on Formula (England) Regulations 2007 and similar legislation applies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Directive also gives effect to the principles and aims of the 1981 World Health Organisation (WHO) Code on the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes by regulating labelling and restricting advertising and presentation of infant so as not to discourage breastfeeding.</p><p> </p><p>The new Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 will apply from 22nd February 2020; as a member state, the UK Government was fully involved and committed to the introduction of the new regime within the EU. In the event of EU Exit prior to 22 February 2020, the intention is therefore to make UK-wide legislation to mirror the delegated legislation as closely as possible, and to progress with implementation of the provisions.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/09/2019 12:55:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1127467

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Bridges
	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 plans to remove the construction and maintenance of bridges from the list of allowed charitable purposes for registered charities.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	256318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the legal test for charitable status as set out in the Charities Act 2011.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2019 14:43:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed