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943906

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date	18/07/2018
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	Performing Arts: 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, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people from poor backgrounds have access to (a) opera and (b) other such live performances.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	165577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that all art forms should be accessible to as many people as possible regardless of their background.</p><p>Both the Royal Opera House (ROH) and the ROH Bridge Delivery Organisation, who receive Arts Council England (ACE) grants for 2018 - 22, have funding conditions linked to increasing participation in the arts through outreach work with schools and local communities. . <strong>T</strong>he ROH’s excellent ‘Welcome Performance’ initiative aims to further increase family participation in the opera. Further details on the scheme can be found here: <a href="http://www.roh.org.uk/welcome-performances" target="_blank">http://www.roh.org.uk/welcome-performances</a>.</p><p>The ROH also works with BP to produce Big Screen live relays of opera and ballet direct from Covent Garden to sites across the country. This enables ROH to reach as many people as possible with exhilarating live performances, allowing them to experience the very best of opera and ballet in their hometown for free.</p><p>ACE support a broad range of opera activity via their Project Grants (formerly Grants for the arts) programme including Blackheath Community opera; Erratica opera (experimental practice); the Classical Opera Company; Mid-Wales opera; Garsington Opera’s education and engagement programme in East Lindsey, and many others.</p><p>In addition, the ACE funded London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment both have extensive community and education programmes that make a significant contribution to local music education delivery.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2018 15:32:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

932278

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
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	Tourism: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 his Department estimates the Welcome to Yorkshire brand has generated for the UK economy in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017 and (f) 2018 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	158757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the economic impact of individual destination management organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Please find below details of visitor numbers and spend from both the inbound and domestic markets to Yorkshire and Humberside for 2013-2017 in the table below. Please note inbound data is only up to quarter 3 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Inbound</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Domestic</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Volume (m)</p></td><td><p>Spend (£bn)</p></td><td><p>Volume (m)</p></td><td><p>Spend (£bn)</p></td><td><p>Volume (m)</p></td><td><p>Spend (£bn)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>165.21</p></td><td><p>£7.28</p></td><td><p>1.213</p></td><td><p>£0.58</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>£6.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>162.77</p></td><td><p>£7.07</p></td><td><p>1.367</p></td><td><p>£0.57</p></td><td><p>161.4</p></td><td><p>£6.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>150.59</p></td><td><p>£6.72</p></td><td><p>1.29</p></td><td><p>£0.52</p></td><td><p>149.3</p></td><td><p>£6.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>159.66</p></td><td><p>£6.52</p></td><td><p>1.362</p></td><td><p>£0.52</p></td><td><p>158.3</p></td><td><p>£6.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>160.75</p></td><td><p>£7.13</p></td><td><p>1.054</p></td><td><p>£0.43</p></td><td><p>159.7</p></td><td><p>£6.70</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/07/2018 12:49:02 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

902146

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
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 City of Culture
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 the timetable is for bids to be received for the UK City of Culture 2025.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	143154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>We will publish details of the next UK City of Culture competition, including updated guidance for bidding cities, on Gov.uk in due course.​</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/05/2018 09:38:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

867563

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Public Libraries
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 assist local authorities in keeping public libraries open.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	133538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (1964 Act) to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. Under the 1964 Act, the Secretary of State has a duty to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities in England, and to secure the proper discharge by local authorities of their library authority functions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport provides funding to Arts Council England which supports public libraries in England including through the Arts Council’s Grants for the Arts programme. Funding for seven libraries organisations are in the Arts Council’s National Portfolio for 2018 to 2022, including the Society of Chief Librarians as a sector support organisation for libraries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Local Government Association established the Libraries Taskforce. In December 2016, the Taskforce published ‘Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021’, which sets out a vision for library services in England. The Government is working with the Taskforce to promote good practice and innovation to assist library services and enable them to be sustainable for the long term.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 26/03/2018 14:43:04 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis