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388137

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date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) high stakes gambling takes place only in (i) casinos and (ii) other highly supervised premises, (b) Fixed Odds Betting Terminals are not located in bookmakers and (c) casinos have more appropriate numbers of slot machines.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	5799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>High stakes gambling’ is a relative term and may be open to different interpretation. The Gambling Act 2005 and associated regulations establish the types and levels of gambling permitted in a range of licensed environments and the controls required to be put in place to keep that gambling fair and safe for all.</p><p> </p><p>Regardless of the level of stakes, the Gambling Commission requires all operators providing facilities for gambling to adhere to the licence conditions and codes of practice relevant to their activity designed to minimise harm generated by gambling.</p><p> </p><p>Under the 2005 Act fixed odds betting terminals are permitted in casinos and bookmakers. High street betting shops are limited to four machines per premises. The Act also set the current gaming machine entitlements for casinos.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently introduced new regulations in April which ended unsupervised stakes above £50 on FOBTs in betting shops. We will want to assess the impact of these measures before we consider any further legislative options.</p><p><br>Any discussion about changes to gaming machine entitlements in casinos would need to be accompanied by robust proposals from the industry for managing any additional risk of harm to players that may arise.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/07/2015 12:37:30 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

388141

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Governing Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of members of national sports governing bodies are women.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	5792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>Sport England does not hold the demographic data for national sports governing body members. However, the organisation Women in Sport collects data regarding the executive board members of national sports governing bodies and the proportion who are female in their regular report ‘Trophy Women’. When the first report was published in 2009, 20% of board members across NGBs were female and one quarter of NGBs had no women in their board positions. The most recent figures shown an improvement – in 2014 27% of board members across NGBs are female and the number of NGBs with no women in board positions has reduced to 3.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/07/2015 12:13:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

388147

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Lotteries: Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will introduce the Exempt Lotteries Legislative Reform Order in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	5789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>I intend to lay the LRO later this year.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/07/2015 12:38:35 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

388149

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the provision of local sporting facilities for (a) women and (b) general use.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	5943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Having safe and better sporting facilities can make a significant difference in getting more women active. Sport England invests to improve the quality and features of all types of facilities, from small local clubs to major projects. Between 2013 and 2017 its total investment in facilities will be over £300 million.</p><p>Sport England’s experience has shown that the quality of changing facilities has a significant impact on women and girls’ inclination to play sport. In the last round of its Inspired Facilities fund (Round 7) Sport England invested £2.7 million to help local sports clubs upgrade and improve their changing facilities.</p><p>Sport England has a statutory planning role which means it has to be consulted on all planning applications that affect playing fields.</p><p>In 2012/13, 94 per cent of the applications resulted in the places where people play sport being improved or safeguarded. (Published in December 2014, these are the most recent figures available, due to the length of time individual planning processes can take to complete.)</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/07/2015 12:36:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

388150

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tennis: Wimbledon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will request the Lawn Tennis Association to take steps to reduce queue waiting times at Wimbledon.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	5852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>Wimbledon is the world's most popular Tennis event, organised by the AELTC closely in conjunction with the LTA, who do all they can to minimise delays for spectators and to make the experience of this wonderful event as enjoyable as possible. DCMS holds regular meetings with NGBs and are assured that the LTA takes the spectator experience very seriously and continually explore what more can be done to improve spectator experience for future tournaments.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/08/2015 09:00:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

388151

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to publicise the ballot for 8,000 free tickets to the ceremony to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Following the Secretary of State's announcement on 1 July, which launched the ballot website to strong press interest, we are looking at a number of further opportunities to raise awareness of the ballot. Leaflets were handed to all those attending the 1 July event this year and are available at the Thiepval Visitor Centre. Our partner organisations, The Royal British Legion and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, are also promoting the information on their websites and through related social media channels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Communications activity will focus on key points in the period from now until the ballot closes on 18 November. It will involve press announcements and planned coverage in both media and broadcast outlets to highlight the relevance of the battle of the Somme, the upcoming centenary and the ballot arrangements. The communications campaign will be supported by a strong social media presence, under #Somme100, to promote engagement beyond traditional audiences and direct users to the dedicated event website. We will also work closely with our key stakeholders to amplify messaging around the ballot and look to use celebrity endorsement.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/07/2015 14:12:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

388154

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Departmental Coordination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings he has had with Ministers in other Departments to discuss the development of cross-departmental sport-based initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	6033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>DCMS will be consulting on a new strategy over the summer and will publish our new approach later this year. As sport extends across almost every area of government activity, this strategy needs to be cross-Government to be effective. With this in mind, DCMS ministers have already met with ministerial colleagues from a range of departments to build on the positive work already underway. We will continue to engage with them to develop the strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 14/07/2015 16:27:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie