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1315107

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish the online media literacy strategy.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	2301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper confirmed our commitment to publishing a Media Literacy Strategy. The Strategy will review the existing UK media literacy landscape and set out plans to ensure a strategic and coordinated approach to online media literacy education.The Strategy will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2021 13:23:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1315110

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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: Music
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 the Arts Council spent on (a) opera and (b) brass bands in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The figures for Arts Council England funding for opera and brass bands in financial years 2019/20, 2020/21 are given below.</p><p> </p><p>The figures for each year are broken down into primary and secondary funding and then a total. Primary classification indicates that, in this case, opera or brass bands, was a major focus of the activity funded with the assumption most of this amount went to funding this activity. Secondary classification indicates this was a minor focus of the activity and so it cannot be assumed this full amount of funding went towards this activity.</p><p> </p><p>A small number of projects are classified under both opera and brass bands, so these figures cannot be added together, as these projects would be double counted.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">ACE Opera Funding:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Primary</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Secondary</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019/20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£59,230,322</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£26,335,477</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£85,565,799</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020/21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£61,920,159</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£37,675,988</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£99,596,147</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>ACE Brass Bands Funding:</strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Primary</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Secondary</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019/20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£375,339</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£765,573</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£1,140,912</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020/21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£392,670</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£5,132,587</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£5,525,257</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /> <br /><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2021 14:18:23 question first ministerially corrected 21/05/2021 10:00:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 1290 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1314822

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	UK Safer Internet Centre
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 support the Government plans to provide to the UK Safer Internet Centre.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	1288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK Safer Internet Centre plays an important role in improving online safety in the UK, particularly for children.</p><p>The Centre has been successful in its bid for further funding from the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility programme for the calendar year of 2021, for which the government provided a letter of support. Officials are in regular engagement with the Centre on its future funding position.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2021 14:07:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1314913

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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, with reference to the events indemnity sprint team recently created in his Department, what the remit of that team is; what form the recommendations of that team will take; and when that team plans to report its conclusions.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	1424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live events sector and has provided significant financial support including an additional £300M to the Culture Recovery Fund.</p><p>As the Secretary of State made clear at the DCMS Select Committee on Thursday 13th May, the government is aware of the wider concerns around securing indemnity for live events and we continue to assess options to provide further support to the sector within the public health context, engaging with relevant stakeholders as necessary.</p><p>We need to be confident that any intervention would lead to an increase in activity, and that insurance represents the last barrier to events reopening. The government’s first priority is to remove remaining barriers (such as social distancing) by reaching Stage 4 of the Roadmap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1427 question first answered 20/05/2021 14:12:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1314916

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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 the Events Indemnity Sprint Team will consider a Government-backed scheme for live events; and what plans that team has to engage directly with the insurance industry.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	1427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live events sector and has provided significant financial support including an additional £300M to the Culture Recovery Fund.</p><p>As the Secretary of State made clear at the DCMS Select Committee on Thursday 13th May, the government is aware of the wider concerns around securing indemnity for live events and we continue to assess options to provide further support to the sector within the public health context, engaging with relevant stakeholders as necessary.</p><p>We need to be confident that any intervention would lead to an increase in activity, and that insurance represents the last barrier to events reopening. The government’s first priority is to remove remaining barriers (such as social distancing) by reaching Stage 4 of the Roadmap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1424 question first answered 20/05/2021 14:12:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1314428

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	Wrecks
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 the Government's policy on the management of heritage assets located beyond UK Territorial Waters but within the UK Marine Area includes the collation of detailed archaeological information derived from site surveys in addition to the monitoring of vessel movements in those waters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government monitors vessel movements in relation to selected heritage assets in the UK Marine Area if there is good reason for doing so. In addition, Historic England - Government's statutory adviser on the historic environment - maintains a National Record of the Historic Environment. Through the implementation of its Heritage Information Access Strategy, Historic England is in the process of building on this by creating a National Marine Heritage Record that will collate details of heritage assets located in the region between Mean High Water and the 200 nautical mile sea limit.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/05/2021 13:45:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1314501

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	Food: Advertising
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 potential effect on (a) businesses and (b) employment of the proposed advertising restrictions on products high in fat, sugar and salt.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	1038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made it clear that tackling obesity is a priority for this Government. In July 2020 the Government outlined it’s Tackling Obesity strategy which details a host of measures aimed at empowering people to live the healthier lives they want to live.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government proposed various options for restricting HFSS advertising in the 2019 and 2020 consultations targeted at protecting children from being exposed to advertising of unhealthy food products.</p><p>Balanced against the priority of protecting children and tackling obesity, we have carefully considered the impact that any restrictions will have on industry and in particular the potential for market distortion or disproportionate effects on key business sectors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The final policy will be set out in our consultation response due to be published shortly. This will be accompanied by a final impact assessment. We will support businesses, individuals and organisations to prepare for changes to the rules around HFSS advertising.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/05/2021 11:13:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1313999

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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, what steps his Department is taking to introduce Government-backed covid-19 cancellation insurance for the live events sector.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s live events sector and has provided significant financial support including an additional £300M to the Culture Recovery Fund. The Culture Recovery Fund as a whole also included £188 million for the devolved administrations via the Barnett formula including £97 million for Scotland.</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. We also need to be confident that any investment or intervention would lead to an increase in activity: for instance we understand the constraints imposed by social distancing remain a further barrier for many live events restarting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/05/2021 11:31:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1314048

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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	Wrecks
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 the same principles of heritage management will be applied to significant heritage assets located beyond UK Territorial Waters but within the UK Marine Area as are applied to such assets located within UK Territorial Waters.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The policies relating to heritage assets that are set out in the UK Marine Policy Statement apply equally to those located in UK Territorial Waters and those located beyond UK Territorial Waters but within the UK Marine Area. These policies inform delivery of the Marine Management Organisation’s responsibilities - including the development of Marine Plans and the determination of applications for marine licences. The Marine Management Organisation routinely consults Historic England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/05/2021 10:22:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1314049

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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	Wrecks
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 (a) to sustain and enhance the significance of heritage assets located beyond UK Territorial Waters but within the UK Marine Area and in particular the sites of (i) the Galloper wreck, (ii) HMS Victory of 1744 and (iii) HMS Gloucester of 1654 and (b) to provide ongoing funding for that purpose; and what evidence his Department is using to monitor for any substantial loss or harm to those sites.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Under customary international law, naval warships, state vessels, aircraft and associated artefacts enjoy protection through Sovereign Immunity wherever in the world they lie. This means that they are not subject to the jurisdiction of any other State. Sovereign Immune vessels cannot have salvage services conferred upon them without the consent of the Flag State. The UK is of the view that Sovereign Immune wrecks should be left in situ and undisturbed.</p><p>Where applicable, some wrecks are afforded additional protection through the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986</p><p>In order to sustain these particular wrecks, the Government is monitoring all three sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/05/2021 10:24:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton