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1311489

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Events Industry: Insurance
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 he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the absence of a Government-backed insurance scheme for the festivals sector on that sector.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	185982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live music sector, and in particular Music Festivals known around the world.</p><p>More than £21 million from our unprecedented Culture Recovery Fund has supported over 100 festivals to continue trading including Boomtown, Shambala, Glastonbury and Deer Shed Festival.</p><p>Our science-led Events Research Programme (ERP) is also exploring ways in which we can bring larger audiences back safely to the arts this summer if public health conditions allow and we recently announced an outdoor music pilot event at Sefton Park in Liverpool on 2nd May which will provide some valuable data for outdoor events settings featuring unstructured movement of people.</p><p>We are aware of the wider concerns about securing indemnity for live events and we continue to assess all available options to provide further support to the sector within the public health context.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2021 13:30:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1311492

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Arts Council England: 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, whether he plans to (a) expand the eligibility criteria and (b) increase the funding available for Arts Council England grants.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	185997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change the eligibility criteria or increase funding for Arts Council England grants.</p><p>Alongside regular Arts Council England funding, such as National Portfolio and Project Grants funding, last year the government announced the unprecedented £1.57 billion support package for the culture sector. Over £1.2 billion worth of funding from the Culture Recovery Fund has already been allocated across all four nations of the UK. A further £300 million of support was announced by HM Treasury at the Spring Budget and criteria for applicants will be announced shortly.</p><p>Rigorous criteria have rightly been applied to all applicants to the first and second rounds of the Culture Recovery Fund, to ensure support is provided to organisations that have national and local importance. Our Arms Length Bodies, including Arts Council England, have the delegated authority to take decisions on grant applications due to their long established grant delivery role, their expertise and understanding of the sectors in which they operate.</p><p>DCMS works closely with the sector, Arm’s Length Bodies, the Culture Recovery Board, HM Treasury and the National Audit Office to keep the progress of fund allocations and the level of need in the sector under close review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2021 13:28:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1311549

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Choirs: Coronavirus
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 assessment he has made of the timescale for allowing choirs to sing (a) indoors and (b) outdoors as covid-19 restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
uin	185798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Non-professional performing arts activities such as choirs are currently permitted outdoors, within the legal gathering limits. People should only take part in non-professional performing arts activities outdoors in groups of up to 6 people, or as a group of 2 households. A group made up of 2 households can include more than 6 people, but only where all members of the group are from the same 2 households (each household can include an existing support bubble, if eligible). Social distancing should be maintained between people who do not live together or share a bubble.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Non-professional activity indoors is not permitted indoors at this time. The intention is that this will be permitted from Step 3 of the Roadmap (no earlier than 17 May). This is subject to review and further guidance will be provided in advance of step 3.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Rules on outdoor singing for non-professionals will be relaxed at Step 3 of the roadmap and no earlier than 17 May, in line with the changes to social contact limits and wider performing arts activity restarting. Amateur singing indoors, is expected to return at Step 4 of the Roadmap and no earlier than 21 June.</del></p><p> </p><p>COVID-19 spreads from person to person through small droplets, aerosols and through direct contact. Singing, playing some musical instruments, shouting and physical activity increases the risk of transmission through small droplets and aerosols. The cumulative effect of aerosol transmission means the more people involved, the higher the risk of transmission. This means that it is currently important to limit the total number of individuals involved in singing as far as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2021 13:27:02 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2021 12:48:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 99799 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1310942

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Museums and Galleries: Coronavirus
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 galleries that are both a retail gallery and have an accredited museum status can open at stage 2 of the Government's lockdown roadmap.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	185396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>In Step 2 non-essential retail is allowed to reopen. Schedule 2, 13(5)(m) of <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/364" target="_blank">The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021</a> sets out clearly that in Step 2 indoor attractions at museums and galleries must remain closed, but this does not include retail galleries where the majority of the art on display is for sale.</p><p>Indoor attractions at museums and galleries will be able to reopen in Step 3, no earlier than 17 May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/04/2021 11:36:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1310946

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Culture Recovery 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, if he will take steps to ensure that the criteria for the next allocations of the Cultural Recovery Fund will allow applications from organisations which exist within a wider commercial group structure.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	185399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>Last year the government announced the unprecedented £1.57 billion support package for the culture sector. To date, over £1.2 billion has been allocated from the Culture Recovery Fund, reaching over 5000 individual organisations and sites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the 2021 Budget the Chancellor announced a further £300 million for the CRF. This funding will continue to support key cultural organisations; to bridge the sector as audiences begin to return; and continue to ensure a vibrant future for the culture sector as the nation recovers from the pandemic. Further details on this funding and its criteria will be announced in due course and we will continue to work closely with the sector to ensure it remains supported.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/04/2021 11:07:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1310947

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Culture Recovery 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, what steps he is taking to direct more of the next allocation of the Culture Recovery Fund to smaller local cultural organisations and programmes.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	185400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The government has put in place one of the most comprehensive packages of business support in the world, including for the cultural sector, an announcement of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The CRF has seen over £1.2 billion awarded to nearly 5,000 organisations and sites since October last year, with 70% of grant funding going outside of London. A wide range of organisations from independent cinemas to heritage sites, nightclubs, local theatres, grassroot music venues and many others have been saved that otherwise would have been lost forever.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the 2021 Budget the Chancellor announced a further £300 million for the CRF. This funding will continue to support key cultural organisations; to bridge the sector as audiences begin to return; and continue to ensure a vibrant future for the culture sector as the nation recovers from the pandemic. Further details will be announced in due course and we will continue to work closely with the sector to ensure it remains supported.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2021 13:31:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1311150

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Internet: Disinformation
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 tackle conspiracy groups that share misinformation online.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	185286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of disinformation very seriously and DCMS is leading work across Government to tackle it. In response to the harmful disinformation and misinformation relating to Covid-19 we stood up the Cross-Whitehall Counter Disinformation Unit on 5 March 2020, which brings together cross-Government monitoring and analysis capabilities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are working closely with social media platforms to help them to quickly identify and respond to potentially harmful content on their platforms, including unfounded conspiracy theories, in line with their terms and conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also working with industry to support the introduction of systems and processes that promote authoritative sources of information. We have seen positive steps taken by social media platforms to curtail the spread of harmful and misleading narratives. Platforms have updated their terms of service and made technical changes to their products, including the addition of labels and warning messages which provide additional context and information on content containing disputed or misleading information related to Covid-19. We welcome those moves, but more action is needed to further limit the spread of misinformation on their platforms - particularly where this could result in real-world harm.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/04/2021 14:19:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1311151

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Internet: Disinformation
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 assessment he has made of the extent of QAnon's influence in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	185287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is focused on addressing disinformation or misinformation by any group. In response to the harmful disinformation and misinformation relating to Covid-19 we stood up the Cross-Whitehall Counter Disinformation Unit on 5 March 2020, which brings together cross-Government monitoring and analysis capabilities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Unit’s primary function is to provide a comprehensive picture of the extent, scope and impact of disinformation and misinformation regarding Covid-19 and to work with partners to ensure appropriate action is taken.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There has been no recent assessment of the extent of QAnon’s influence in the UK. However, we have been working closely with social media platforms to quickly identify and help them respond to potentially harmful content on their platforms, including removing harmful content in line with their terms and conditions, and promoting authoritative sources of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2021 09:36:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1309772

registered interest
date	16/04/2021
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	Music: Exports
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 progress has been made on the development of a music export office.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	182004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting our world-leading creative industries and to help them to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are working urgently across government and with the industry, including through the DCMS-led working group, on plans to support the creative sectors to work and tour in Europe and further afield. This includes looking carefully, in partnership with the Department for International Trade, at proposals for a new Cultural Export Office that could provide practical help and advice. We will provide further information in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/04/2021 13:39:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1309323

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	Museums and Galleries: Coronavirus
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 the Government has to publish guidelines on the ventilation of galleries, museums and other cultural venues open to the public ahead of their reopening as covid-19 restrictions ease.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	181321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England has published guidance on the ventilation of indoor spaces which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-ventilation-of-indoor-spaces-to-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus/ventilation-of-indoor-spaces-to-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-ventilation-of-indoor-spaces-to-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus/ventilation-of-indoor-spaces-to-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p><p>The Health and Safety Executive has published guidance on ventilation and air conditioning here:</p><p><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/equipment-and-machinery/air-conditioning-and-ventilation/index.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/equipment-and-machinery/air-conditioning-and-ventilation/index.htm</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are no plans for the Government to publish separate guidelines on ventilation of galleries and museums and other cultural venues; however, such venues are advised to have due regard to the the published guidance together with the Art Council England’s Government Indemnity Scheme advice, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/protecting-cultural-objects/government-indemnity-scheme#section-1" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/protecting-cultural-objects/government-indemnity-scheme#section-1</a></p><p>Good practice guidance for reopening museums published by the National Museum Directors’ Council with support from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/coronavirus-update/nmdc-good-practice-guidelines-opening-museums/" target="_blank">https://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/coronavirus-update/nmdc-good-practice-guidelines-opening-museums/ </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/04/2021 12:50:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire