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896289

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of promoting the UK's visit economy by providing (a) financial and (b) other support to destination marketing organisations.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	140841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>DCMS are sponsors of VisitBritain(VB) and VisitEngland(VE) who provide a wide range of support for Destination Marketing Organisations or Destination Management Organisations (DMO) across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/05/2018 15:43:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

896570

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Treasure: Codes of Practice
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 he plans to publish details of the scheduled revision of the Treasure Act Code of Practice.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	140546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The scheduled revision of the Treasure Act Code of Practice will be published following a planned public consultation on the Code. The consultation will include proposals to reflect the expansion of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in England and Wales, and other measures intended to update and simplify the Treasure process. In addition, the consultation will include proposed measures to strengthen the capacity of the Act to preserve important treasure finds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We intend to publish the consultation in the next few months.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/05/2018 15:41:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

895456

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	World War I: 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 monies have been allocated from the public purse to commemorate the role of women in World War 1 at centenary events.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	140048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>We have committed more than £10 million in LIBOR funds to support the National Commemorative events delivered by my Department, which mark the key milestones of the First World War Centenary. These have commemorated the Gallipoli Campaign, the battles of Jutland, the Somme and Passchendaele, and a variety of events to be delivered in 2018. All of the events have included female voices, and have reflected the roles played by women and the impact of the war on women.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s wider programme is designed to support communities and organisations in telling stories of greatest relevance to them through commemorative events, exhibitions and other projects. Projects across the country supported by Government funding and other sources of public funding have commemorated the role of women in the First World War.</p><p> </p><p>The Imperial War Museums’ Centenary Partnership has delivered ‘WomensWork100’, which is specifically focusing on the role of women during the First World War, holding events at the IWM in Lambeth and around the country. 14-18 NOW, the Government’s Cultural delivery partner, has also commemorated the role played by women.</p><p> </p><p>There is also an extensive programme of events taking place in 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/05/2018 14:57:32 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

894869

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, if he will set out the timetable for extending the public lending right to e-book loans.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	139413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Act 2010 extended the Public Lending Right (PLR), with effect from 1 July 2014, to include the lending of audio-books and the lending of e-books where such lending takes place from library premises. The Government response to the consultation on extending the PLR to include public library loans of audio-books and ‘on-site’ e-book loans was published in May 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Section 31 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017), when commenced, will extend the PLR to include the remote lending of e-books and audiobooks, where such lending takes place away from library premises. The Department intends to shortly consult 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 commencing section 31 of the DEA 2017 and amending relevant secondary legislation as soon as is practicable, following consideration of the responses to consultation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 139414 question first answered 03/05/2018 13:55:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

894870

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 publish its response to the consultation on the extension of the public lending right to e-book loans.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	139414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Act 2010 extended the Public Lending Right (PLR), with effect from 1 July 2014, to include the lending of audio-books and the lending of e-books where such lending takes place from library premises. The Government response to the consultation on extending the PLR to include public library loans of audio-books and ‘on-site’ e-book loans was published in May 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Section 31 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017), when commenced, will extend the PLR to include the remote lending of e-books and audiobooks, where such lending takes place away from library premises. The Department intends to shortly consult 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 commencing section 31 of the DEA 2017 and amending relevant secondary legislation as soon as is practicable, following consideration of the responses to consultation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 139413 question first answered 03/05/2018 13:55:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

894915

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, if he will publish the timetable for for introducing Public Lending Right to e-book loans.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	139410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Act 2010 extended the Public Lending Right (PLR), with effect from 1 July 2014, to include the lending of audio-books and the lending of e-books where such lending takes place from library premises. Section 31 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017), when commenced, will extend the PLR to include the remote lending of e-books and audiobooks, where such lending takes place away from library premises.</p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to shortly consult with interested parties about amending relevant secondary legislation to ensure that it reflects section 31 of the DEA 2017. The Government intends to lay the necessary statutory instruments commencing section 31 of the DEA 2017 and amending 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 139411 question first answered 03/05/2018 13:53:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

894917

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 his policy is on bringing forward legislative proposals to extend public lending rights to e-book loans.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	139411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Act 2010 extended the Public Lending Right (PLR), with effect from 1 July 2014, to include the lending of audio-books and the lending of e-books where such lending takes place from library premises. Section 31 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017), when commenced, will extend the PLR to include the remote lending of e-books and audiobooks, where such lending takes place away from library premises.</p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to shortly consult with interested parties about amending relevant secondary legislation to ensure that it reflects section 31 of the DEA 2017. The Government intends to lay the necessary statutory instruments commencing section 31 of the DEA 2017 and amending 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 139410 question first answered 03/05/2018 13:53:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

894938

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	Museums and Galleries
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 funding was allocated from the public purse to museums in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	139454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>In terms of allocation, the fifteen museums and galleries directly funded by DCMS were allocated £327 million for Financial Year 2017-18 under the current Spending Review term.</p><p> </p><p>Other major public funders of museums include Local Government, the Heritage Lottery Fund, and Arts Council England. In addition, the Mendoza Review published last year identified twelve other sources of government investment in the museums sector, from universities and higher education, to grants and tax breaks. Together, these sixteen sources of public funding have on average invested £844 million a year into museums over the past decade.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/05/2018 15:38:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

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

893007

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
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	Parks: Regeneration
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 on local communities of the ending of the Parks for People conservation grant scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	139041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Parks for People programme was a joint scheme between the Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund, and therefore such decisions are made independently of Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/05/2018 12:57:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris