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943906

registered interest
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

894981

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
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 Lending Right: Electronic Publishing
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 lay statutory instruments before Parliament to extend the Public Lending Right to e-book loans.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	139446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Section 31 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017), when commenced, will extend the Public Lending Right (PLR) to include the remote lending of e-books and audiobooks, where such lending takes place away from library premises. The Department intends to consult shortly with interested parties about amending relevant secondary legislation to ensure that it reflects section 31 of the DEA 2017. We intend to lay the necessary statutory instruments to amend relevant secondary legislation as soon as is practicable, following consideration of the responses to consultation.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 139447 question first answered 09/05/2018 15:44:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

894982

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
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 Lending Right: Electronic Publishing
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 ensure that the Public Lending Right will be extended to e-book loans in time for the planned implementation date of 1 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	139447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Section 31 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017), when commenced, will extend the Public Lending Right (PLR) to include the remote lending of e-books and audiobooks, where such lending takes place away from library premises. The Department intends to consult shortly with interested parties about amending relevant secondary legislation to ensure that it reflects section 31 of the DEA 2017. We intend to lay the necessary statutory instruments to amend relevant secondary legislation as soon as is practicable, following consideration of the responses to consultation.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 139446 question first answered 09/05/2018 15:44:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

819108

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	British Museum: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the approval of the British Museum’s 2017 pay remit for staff had been delayed and what assessment he has been made of the effect of that delay on staff morale.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	121785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The British Museum 2017 pay remit is subject to the usual discussions the government has with its Arm's Length Bodies regarding pay and I hope they can be concluded soon. Negotiations about terms and conditions are always unsettling for staff; the aim of government and the British Museum is to reach agreement as quickly as possible to minimise this uncertainty.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 17/01/2018 10:35:49 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens