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824473

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Mayflower: Anniversaries
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 appoint a special representative for the Mayflower 400 celebrations in 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	123274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister established the post of Special Envoy for the Mayflower commemorations in the Spring Budget of 2017 and invited Oliver Colvile to take up the position. Following the 2017 General Election, the Prime Minister invited Mr Colvile to continue in the role, which he accepted.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/01/2018 12:28:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

824582

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Carillion
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 discussions he has had with local authorities whose libraries were outsourced to Carillion plc on ensuring that they can continue to meet their statutory obligations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	123383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Carillion Integrated Services Ltd is responsible for the management of library service provision for three local authorities in England - Croydon, Harrow and Ealing. Officials have contacted these local authorities and I understand each has activated plans to ensure that library services continue to operate as normal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/01/2018 11:45:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

823652

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Tourism: Marketing
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 steps he has taken to promote tourism in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	123108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. VisitBritain receive grant-in-aid totalling £19.4m from DCMS and VisitEngland receive £7m. They also receive £22.8m of GREAT funding to support promotion activities. For every £1 the Government has invested in VisitBritain for international marketing, an overseas visitor spends £20 in Britain.</p><p> </p><p>These include the £40m Discover England Fund, which is targeted at developing high quality tourism products across England. The “Make Great Memories in England’s National Parks” that targets the Australian and German markets is one project from this fund.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in 2017 VisitBritain participated in travel trade missions across the world such as Destination Britain: China, the World Travel Market, World Routes and Destination Britain: North America. They also hold a variety of domestic promotion events throughout the country.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/01/2018 15:33:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

823711

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Tourism: Cornwall
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 financial support her Department provides to increase the number of visitors to Cornwall.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	123160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, which it does through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. One of the current projects in the £40m Discover England Fund is the South West Coast Path, which is promoting the path to the Dutch and German market. Cornwall is also featured in their new domestic campaign “Join the World”.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At of the end of the last financial year, the Heritage Lottery Fund has funded 639 projects totalling £104.3m in Cornwall. These projects range from the St Austell Townscape Heritage, the Tate St Ives and the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth. In addition, our colleagues in the Department of Cities and Local Growth have awarded over £11m of Coastal Communities Funding to 12 projects in Cornwall.</p><p><strong><p><p><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 123485 question first answered 23/01/2018 15:43:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

823063

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	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 estimate he has made of the number of people using public libraries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The detail requested is not collected by this Department. However, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) collect annually from the individual library authorities comprehensive information relating to library service provision in Great Britain. The following table outlines the number of physical library visits in each of the last five years in England.</p><p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Visits (million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>238.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>223.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>224.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>210.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>204.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p><p>The CIPFA library statistics can be accessed from the House library.</p><p><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/01/2018 13:55:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823065

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Arts: 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, what steps he is taking to support the arts sector to become self-funding and financially sustainable.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has promoted a number of initiatives alongside our Arm’s Length Body, Arts Council England (ACE) to support the arts sector to become more self-funding and financially sustainable. For example, the recent Catalyst Fund supported organisations with a limited track record in fundraising to enable them to attract more private giving, while ACE's Building Resilience programme helped arts and culture organisations build their financial and business resilience.</p><p> </p><p>'Boosting Resilience: Survival Skills for the New Normal' is currently one of four new flagship projects supported by ACE, which aims to enable senior staff from England-based arts and cultural organisations, music education hubs, museums and library services to develop new approaches to making the most of creative assets and intellectual property. In addition, the Arts Impact Fund encourages organisations to consider alternatives to grants for business development. The fund provides repayable finance to arts organisations with ambitions to grow, achieve great artistic quality and have a further positive impact on society.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/01/2018 14:02:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823087

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Culture: Ellesmere Port and Neston
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 level of Government investment there was for arts and culture in Ellesmere Port & Neston constituency in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	122770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Government and National Lottery Funding has been investing in arts and culture through Arts Council England. In Ellesmere Port &amp; Newton constituency in each of the last 10 years, this amounts to:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Grand Total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>£161,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>£193,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£170,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£189,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£188,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£176,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£138,446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£149,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,482,963</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/01/2018 10:40:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

820833

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	European Capital 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 discussions he or officials of his Department have had with the EU Commission on UK cities' eligibility for the 2023 European Capital of Culture competition since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	122251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>DCMS officials have been in regular contact with the European Commission throughout 2016 and 2017 about the European Capital of Culture competition. We are disappointed with the European Commission's actions in discontinuing the competition and will seek further dialogue on this issue. We are also continuing to work closely with the five UK cities who have submitted bids to help them realise their cultural ambitions.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/01/2018 09:54:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

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

819120

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	Art Works: Poland
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 the Government is taking to prevent the sale of Polish art which was looted during World War 2.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	121797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government provides guidance for the UK art market to assist them in determining the history of cultural objects in which they deal. Additionally, Arts Council England provides a Cultural Property Advice website which offers advice to the art trade, museums and private individuals on the buying and selling of art. The trade associations for the UK art market publish codes of ethics for their members which the Government expects to see enforced.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2017, DCMS hosted an international Conference, attended by the major auction houses, which explored ways of speeding up the identification and return of cultural objects lost during the Nazi era. The Government established the Spoliation Advisory Panel in 2000 to advise on claims for the return of items lost during the Nazi era (1933-1945). The Panel can consider claims for items that are privately owned at the joint request of the claimant and the current owner.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/01/2018 12:08:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski