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1604979

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hillsborough Stadium: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with (a) Sheffield Wednesday FC, (b) Newcastle United FC, (c) Sheffield City Council, (d) the FSA, and (e) the SGSA on the implementation of safety review recommendations at Hillsborough Stadium.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	167102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>DCMS has remained in contact with the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA) in relation to the concerns that were raised by Newcastle United supporters who attended the FA Cup third round tie at Hillsborough Stadium on 7th January 2023.</p><p>Local authorities issue safety certificates for relevant football stadia within their boundaries, and are responsible for local engagement and assessment. Sheffield City Council convened a Safety Advisory Group meeting following the concerns raised by Newcastle United supporters.</p><p>The minutes from the Safety Advisory Group meeting have been published and Sheffield City Council have taken action and significantly reduced the capacity in the upper and lower West Stands to address the safety concerns that were raised.</p><p>The SGSA were engaged throughout this process and have reported this appropriate response back to DCMS.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/03/2023 17:09:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1604158

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 903996 on Equality Act 2010, if he will outline the policies and practical actions that the Government plans to implement.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	165351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is ensuring that all young people get every opportunity to go as far as their talents will take them. Social mobility initiatives include:</p><ul><li>Increasing the number of good school places, 87% of schools are now rated good or outstanding, up from 68% in 2010 and;</li><li>Ensuring people of all ages get the education and skills they need by investing in careers education, transforming technical education, and making apprenticeships and the higher education system more accessible.</li></ul><p>On 1 April 2023, the Government will increase the National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 23 years and over by 9.7% to £10.42. This keeps the Government on track to achieve its manifesto commitment for the NLW to equal two-thirds of median earnings by 2024 (if economic conditions allow).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/03/2023 16:14:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1603428

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Games and Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has a process for designating an activity as either a sport or a game.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	163887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s arm’s length body (ALB) for grassroots sport, Sport England, has a process for recognising activities. The objective of the recognition process is to identify sports that Sport England may wish to work with and the national bodies that govern them. The process is run jointly with the other three Home Country Sports Councils and UK Sport.</p><p>When deciding if an activity can be recognised, the Sports Councils refer to the definition of sport contained within the Council of Europe’s European Sports Charter. This states that:</p><p>“Sport means all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels.”</p><p>As an example of this process, the English Chess Federation made an application for recognition in 2008, but this was turned down as the Sports Councils did not consider chess to be a physical activity. Therefore, it did not meet the Council of Europe’s definition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/03/2023 17:08:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1603507

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Loneliness and Voluntary Work: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department is allocating to tackle (a) loneliness and (b) support volunteering.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	163797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Volunteering is vital for society and Government recognises this. It benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities. Government aims to remove barriers to getting people involved.</p><p>We are supporting efforts to tackle loneliness and in the current financial year (2022/23), DCMS has invested almost £800,000, including for our national loneliness campaign, building the loneliness evidence base, and supporting the Tackling Loneliness Hub.</p><p>We have invested £7.4 million to support people to overcome barriers to volunteering since 2021. DCMS’ Volunteering Futures Fund opened up volunteering opportunities for thousands of young people, people with disabilities, those experiencing loneliness and other barriers. DCMS is also supporting the Vision for Volunteering, a ten-year initiative that aims to make volunteering more equitable, diverse and inclusive. In March 2023, DCMS launched the Know Your Neighbourhood Fund of up to £30 million, with £19 million of funding from Government, to widen participation in volunteering and tackle loneliness in 27 disadvantaged areas across England. The fund will run until 2025.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/03/2023 17:06:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1603766

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women and Equalities: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she will respond to Question 161400 tabled on 8 March 2023 by the hon. Member for Oxford East.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	164053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>A <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-08/161400" target="_blank">response</a> was issued on Thursday 16 March.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/03/2023 16:01:38 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1603767

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women and Equalities: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she will respond to Question 147306 tabled on 17 February 2023 by the hon. Member for Oxford East.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	164054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>A <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-17/147306" target="_blank">response</a> was issued on Tuesday 14 March.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 16/03/2023 14:51:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1602652

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Eurovision Song Contest: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the Eurovision Song Contest celebrates Ukrainian culture.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	903950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK is hosting Eurovision on behalf of Ukraine and we are committed to hosting a competition that celebrates both the UK and Ukraine.</p><p>I have announced £10 million in support of a collaborative show celebrating music and how it unites people from around the world.</p><p>This funding will be used by Liverpool and the BBC to collaborate with the Ukrainian national broadcaster, and artists and performers from Ukraine, and for security and other operational aspects of the competition.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/03/2023 12:18:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1602655

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla: Community Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help ensure community participation in the celebration of the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	903955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The Coronation will be a historic moment to celebrate and strengthen our national identity and showcase the best of the UK to the world.</p><p>DCMS is leading a programme of events and projects enabling local communities across the UK to celebrate the Coronation.</p><p>This includes a national Coronation Big Lunch, street parties, and The Big Help Out - a day of community volunteering.</p><p>And Lottery distributors are making funds available for community events.</p><p>You can visit Coronation.gov.uk for information about the Coronation and ways to get involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/03/2023 12:20:15 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1602238

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Customers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure companies make reasonable adjustments for customers with a disability.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Richard Foord
uin	903994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 places a duty on businesses and service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve disabled people’s access to goods and services, so they are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people. This reasonable adjustment duty is an anticipatory duty, meaning that those who provide goods, facilities and services to members of the public are expected to anticipate the reasonable adjustments that disabled customers may require, including auxiliary aids. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced guidance for service providers on reasonable adjustments and its Statutory Codes of Practice provide more detailed information on the legal responsibilities of service providers and employers to make such adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2023 12:56:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1602240

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to implement section 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	903996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to commence Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 in England. As merely a “due regard” duty, it requires no specific action from the public body concerned, and risks becoming a tick-box exercise, complied with to minimise the risk of litigation rather than to promote real change in society. The duty is also wrongly focussed on equalising socio-economic outcomes rather than opportunities. The Government’s preferred approach is to progress specific policies and practical actions that will deliver real change.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2023 12:53:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern