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1139692

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Gambling: Young People
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 bring forward legislative proposals to prevent UK sports teams engaging in promotional work with the gambling industry aimed at young people under 18 years-old in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	278590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no Current plans to legislate on this issue. The Government is proud of our sports teams global appeal and we want this to continue to grow. At the same time our clubs and sporting organisations must ensure that they are responsible when it comes to their relationship with gambling partners both in the UK and abroad.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government expects operators which are licensed by the Gambling Commission to obey the law in other jurisdictions in which they operate. It is first and foremost for the relevant authorities in other jurisdictions to investigate any alleged breaches of their laws.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Operators licensed by the Gambling Commission are required to report any regulatory investigation or finding into their activities in any other jurisdiction. This lets the Commission assess their suitability to hold a licence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/07/2019 15:02:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1139932

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Cricket: Sportsgrounds
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 cricket pitches that have been sold for (a) housing development and (b) other commercial development since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	278596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is completely committed to playing our part in strengthening grassroots cricket in this country, and are working with Sport England and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to help improve the prospects for the game at all levels. Since 2009, Sport England has invested £100,070,150 of Government and National Lottery funding into the game of cricket including investing in new and existing cricket facilities, boosting participation in the game and attracting people of all ages from diverse backgrounds to start or continue playing cricket.</p><p>DCMS does not hold figures for the number of cricket pitches sold for housing or commercial development. Sport England records show there are currently 7,106 pitches in England which are operational at present, whether that be local authority, school, club owned, free to play or otherwise.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2019 09:29:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1139943

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Football Association and Premier League
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 times he has met with the (a) Premier League and (b) Football Association to discuss improving (i) financial transparency and (ii) football regulation in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	278488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministers meet regularly with stakeholders in football to discuss a range of issues including financial transparency and regulation, and will continue to do so in support of their governance of the game.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2019 09:31:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

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

1139385

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	Loneliness: Scotland and Wales
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 discussions his Department has had with devolved Administrations in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland on policies to tackle loneliness.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	277735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Government Officials from the tackling loneliness team have conducted regular discussions with the devolved administrations of Scotland and Wales every 6 weeks throughout the course of 2018 and 2019. The last meeting took place on 19 June 2019, the next meeting is scheduled for 1 August 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/07/2019 15:04:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1139420

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	Rugby: Disability
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 funding his Department has allocated from the public purse to wheelchair rugby in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	277844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>At the grassroots level, Sport England has invested a total of £3,387,319 Lottery and Exchequer funding to support Wheelchair Rugby since 2014/15.</p><p>For the 2013-17 Rio Paralympic cycle, UK Sport invested £3,037,607 into Wheelchair Rugby, and £57,000 into the 2015 BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge. In the current 2017-21 Tokyo cycle, UK Sport awarded £50,000 for the GB Wheelchair Rugby team to compete at the 2018 World Championships in Australia, £500,000 from UK Sport's Aspiration Fund, and £50,000 to support their International Relations strategy.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2019 14:22:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1139421

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	Hockey: 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 plans he has to increase funding for hockey at grassroots level across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	277845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>DCMS arm’s length body, Sport England’s core market investment into England Hockey for 2017/21 is £9.83 million. £7m is targeted on interventions including developing a more flexible format, protecting key facilities and improving governance and the use of data in driving up participation. £2.83 m is for developing talent at grassroots level.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in the last 10 years, Sport England have invested £4.8m in Hockey facilities, clubs and projects (3.8m Lottery, £1m Exchequer)</p><p> </p><p>Future funding will depend on the strength of incoming bids and to what extent they meet the aims of the Government sport strategy, Sporting Future.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2019 14:39:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1138684

registered interest
date	12/07/2019
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: Coventry
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 funding his Department allocated to projects to support grassroots sports facilities in Coventry in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	276550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Sport and physical activity facilities in Coventry have benefited from over £1.2m Exchequer and Lottery funding through Sport England over the last five years. This is on top of Sport England’s total spend on community sport and physical activity in Coventry over the same period, more than £6.5m.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2019 09:29:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

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

1138061

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to A connected society: A Strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations for change, published 15 October 2018, what progress has been made on the commitment to collaborate with (a) the LGA, (b) digital experts, (c) local authorities, (d) Ministry for Housing and (e) the voluntary sector to pilot in four areas how better use of data can help make it easier for people to find local activities, services and support.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	275809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>As announced in last year’s loneliness strategy, ‘A connected society - A strategy for tackling loneliness’, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, has partnered with the Local Government Association to run a series of pilots to explore how local authorities and their partners can capture and share information on local activities and support that might help to tackle loneliness.</p><p>Partners across local government, digital experts and representatives from the voluntary sector have helped to shape the scope of the pilots. Building on existing work carried out with local authorities to provide quality assured categorised place-wide service data, these pilots will seek to test and refine data standards and taxonomies, investigate ways of collecting information to make them more efficient, accurate and sustainable, and explore how stakeholders from a range of sectors can be motivated to capture this data and keep it up to date. Data and learning will be published in order to encourage wider take-up by other local authorities by the end of March 2020.</p><p>Local authority areas in England have now been selected through an expression of interest process, details of which will be announced later this year.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/07/2019 14:47:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan