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862045

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	Tourism
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 many domestic trips for the purpose of visiting friends and relatives were made in England in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	132464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Data held by VisitBritain shows that between January and November of 2017, domestic visits to friends and relatives accounted for 31.1m visits made in England and during these visits, £3.4bn was spent.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/03/2018 16:47:58 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

861038

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Cultural Heritage: 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 assessment the Government has made of the effect on the heritage sector of the reduction in the Heritage Lottery Fund distribution budget for 2017-18 from the previous year; and whether his Department plans to take steps to help the heritage sector replace that funding.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	132187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to implement the recommendations of the Government’s recent Tailored Review. The review considered the impact of reduced lottery income and made a series of recommendations to ensure that funding is spent to support the resilience of the heritage sector, to maximise the benefits of heritage for people across the UK, and to preserve the UK’s heritage for future generations.</p><p> </p><p>HLF is treating 2018/19 as a transitional year as they prepare for their next five-year funding framework, starting in 2019. They are currently consulting on their framework and are actively encouraging people to give their views. The consultation can be accessed via their website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/03/2018 11:05:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

861100

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Government Departments: Flags
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2018 to Question 118594, on Government Departments: Flags, whether any government buildings in (a) Whitehall and (b) central London routinely fly the EU flag.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	132249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>There is no specific government policy regarding the flying of flags and no guidance is issued to Government Departments to routinely fly the EU Flag. As flag flying is deregulated, DCMS does not hold records on the flying of flags by other government departments, other than on the designated days for flying the Union Flag.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/03/2018 11:09:01 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

860527

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
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 effect of the liquidation of Carillion on their facilities management contract at the British Museum; whether that contract included clauses to deal with potential liquidation; whether there are plans to bring that work back in-house; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	131884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Our assessment is that the liquidation of Carillion will require British Museum to replace their former facilities management (FM) contract with a revised strategy which continues to maintain uninterrupted and resilient operations. We have not seen, and would not expect to see, the terms of the museum's contract with Carillion, but it is likely that such clauses exist. At present services continue to be run by the Official Receiver post liquidation. The museum is currently exploring short-term outsourced solutions to transition itself away from Official Receiver reliance, and is separately planning its long-term response to ensure that it has a robust and resilience FM service.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/03/2018 16:08:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

860706

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	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, how much money has been spent on promoting British tourism in (a) Europe, (b) Asia, (c) North America and (d) in total in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	132063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 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>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 15/03/2018 14:53:43 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

860800

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (a) how many trips were made, (b) how many nights were stayed, (c) how much was spent, for the purpose of visiting friends and relatives in each of the regions of England in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	132157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Data held by VisitBritain shows that visits to friends and relatives accounted for 31.1m visits made in England and 35.5m in Great Britain in year to date figures up to November 2017. During these visits, £3.4bn was spent in England and visitors stayed for a total of 81.5m nights, while they spent £4.1bn and stayed a total of 95.3m nights in Great Britain as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/03/2018 11:19:53 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

855939

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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: Theft
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 estimate the number of books that are stolen each year from local authority-run libraries and illegally sold.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	131105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information about the number of books from local authority run libraries that are stolen and sold each year. Local library authorities are responsible for providing public library services including managing book stock available for library lending.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 14/03/2018 15:50:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

856227

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
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 his Department has made on the implementation of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of armed conflict.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	131393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Convention and its Protocols came into force for the UK on 12th December 2017. In November 2017, we announced and published measures to ensure the effective implementation of the Convention, including a list of cultural property in the UK which we consider to be protected by the Convention and measures to regulate the use of the cultural emblem and protect its integrity.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 12/03/2018 14:38:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

851573

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Hospitality Industry: Job Creation
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 support the UK hospitality industry’s job growth target of employing an additional 19,000 jobs in the sector by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
tabling member printed	James Duddridge
uin	130336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to supporting the continued growth of the Tourism and Hospitality industry. We continue to work closely with key stakeholders to ensure continued jobs creation - as well as meeting the ambitious employment growth targets.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/03/2018 16:18:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

851574

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Hospitality Industry: Employment
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 plans to support the hospitality industry’s upcoming campaign entitled Hospitality Works; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
tabling member printed	James Duddridge
uin	130337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Yes. Hospitality Works ran from the 7 February 2018 to 7 March 2018. This was a joint initiative between DWP and Trade Bodies (British Hospitality Association, Association of Licensed and Multiple Retailers and the British Beer &amp; Pub Association) and partners (SpringboardUK).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/03/2018 16:19:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge