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1054680

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date	04/02/2019
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	Commonwealth Games 2022
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 211336 on Commonwealth Games 2022, what discussions he held with the Prime Minister prior to the appointment of Non-Executive Directors to the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	216387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>All shortlisted candidates applied by open competition, were assessed and interviewed against the published criteria as set in the role specification. Appointments were made in line with the process for public appointments and the Governance Code for Public Appointments. As I stated in my previous answer, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is the appointing minister. The Prime Minister was notified about all five successful candidates for the Non-Executive Directors roles by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2019 16:48:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1054710

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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: East Midlands
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 tackle loneliness in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	216399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Government’s strategy on tackling loneliness in England was launched last October and included a range of new policies that will benefit people across England, including the East Midlands. This includes improving and expanding social prescribing and a new campaign on social wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>Successful applicants to the £11.5m Building Connections Fund were announced in December with seven in the East Midlands area, providing up to £1.5m funding to connect individuals and communities better. These included The (Re:)Generation Factory, delivering befriending services to older residents in Bilborough, Greater Nottingham; and Campus Community Hub, which brings young and older people from the local community together at a YMCA café and allotment site in Derbyshire. In addition £1m new funding has been devoted across England to help communities make better use of their spaces to tackle youth loneliness.; East Midlands projects include City Arts in Nottingham, Right Resolution in Northampton, and Reach Learning Disability.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/02/2019 16:18:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1054731

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Civil Society
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 page 15 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, whether his Department has established a responsible business Leadership Group.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	216301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department, together with BEIS, has consulted with key stakeholders from business and civil society as a first phase of establishing the Responsible Business Leadership Group. We are carefully considering input on the specific questions to be posed to the Group, on its Chair and membership, and on its relationship to other business councils. Both Departments are committed to ensuring that the Leadership Group is established in a way that reflects a balance of business interests in the UK, and that it makes meaningful progress on issues of business responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2019 15:57:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1054732

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Civil Society
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 page 15 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, what plans his Department has to invite social enterprise representatives to the responsible business Leadership Group.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	216302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to the Responsible Business Leaders Group reflecting a balance of business interests in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2019 15:58:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1054733

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Third Sector
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 page 77 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, what steps his Department has taken to convene key civil society stakeholders to explore the potential for a common vision and mission for strengthening the leadership of social sector organisations and the potential for specific government interventions.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	216303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Since the Strategy was published we have established a stakeholder task and finish group to work with us to design a series of events with social leaders and sector representative groups. These events will explore the enablers and barriers to good social leadership, and agree a strategic vision to inform the development of social leadership in the future. The task and finish group has met twice and will finalise its plans in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2019 15:59:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1054734

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Civil Society
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 page 78 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, what steps his Department has taken to convene key stakeholders to explore how they can collectively help to develop strong local support systems for social sector organisations.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	216304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Since the Strategy was published we have been holding exploratory conversations with stakeholders at national and local level. These conversations are helping to improve our understanding of the complexity and diverse nature of support systems, particularly in the local context. We intend to continue these conversations over the coming months as we work to finalise plans for the future.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2019 16:00:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1054739

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Civil Society
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 page 84 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, what steps his Department has taken to work through the Digital Skills Partnership to help civil society organisations to build their skills, boosting collaboration between the government, civil society, and business to tackle the digital skills gap.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	216305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Through the Digital Skills Partnership, my department is helping civil society organisations to build their skills. Since publishing the Civil Society Strategy, the Office for Civil Society established the Charity Digital Skills Partnership for this purpose. The group consists of wide ranging organisations, such as Tech Trust, CAST (Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology), and Lloyds Banking Group amongst others. The group meets quarterly and helped to design the Digital Leadership Fund, launched in November, which is investing up to £1m into upskilling civil society leaders so they can confidently embed digital into their organisations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2019 16:02:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1052457

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
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	Hakeem al-Araibi
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 he has had with representatives of (a) FIFA and (b) IOC on the unlawful detainment of footballer Hakeem al-Araibi in Thailand.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The detention of Hakeem al-Araibi in Thailand was recently raised at the debate on Sport in the UK and in questions to FCO colleagues. This is a matter for the Governments of Thailand, Bahrain and Australia.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/02/2019 14:33:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1051299

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	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 recent discussions his Department has had with the representatives from the betting industry on the implementation of a £2 maximum unit stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	214598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a range of subjects, including the implementation of the stake reduction on B2 machines. Details of Ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2019 16:19:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1050490

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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: Antisemitism
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 with football clubs to help identify perpetrators of antisemitic hate crimes on match days.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	214080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>All forms of hate crime are completely unacceptable, and government fully supports a zero tolerance approach by clubs, the football authorities and the police to dealing with anti-Semitic or other types of abuse when it occurs in our stadiums or sporting fields.</p><p> </p><p>There are examples of good work happening at clubs like Chelsea to tackle the issue of anti-Semitism, and by Kick It Out and the Community Security Trust, with government's support, to monitor anti-Semitic hate crimes in the UK and highlight the concern. Together, those bodies released an anti-Semitism guide for match day stewards to help improve awareness of anti-Semitic behaviour and offering information on the current laws around it, as well as advice on what action to take. As part of the Hate Crime Action Plan (2016) and its refresh (2018), the government have also been supporting Show Racism the Red Card to educate young people and adults on the dangers of holding discriminatory/prejudice sentiments and prevent the development of harmful opinions into hate crimes.</p><p> </p><p>The government is however alive to a rise in the numbers of reported incidents of discrimination at all levels of the sport, and I will be inviting together the FA, English Football League, Premier League, players’ representatives, and groups such as Stonewall and Kick It Out to discuss what more football can do to stamp out racist, homophobic and anti-semitic abuse at matches.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 214081 214082 question first answered 06/02/2019 16:13:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield