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1694291

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
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	Sports: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her letter to the hon. Member for Warrington North dated 5 March 2024, reference INT2024/01623/DC, what funding her Department has invested in grassroots sport facilities in each parliamentary constituency since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	17463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that every child, no matter their background or ability, has the opportunity to play sport and be active.</p><p>Between 2021 and 2025, the UK Government is delivering a historic level of direct investment of over £400 million to build or upgrade thousands of grassroots facilities across the UK.</p><p>This includes £327 million across the whole of the UK between 2021 and 2025, including £25 million for the Lionesses Futures Fund. All projects are publicly available and can be found by financial year <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/multi-sport-grassroots-facilities-programme-projects-2021-to-2025" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>We are also investing £21.9 million to renovate over 3,000 tennis courts across Scotland, England and Wales between 2022 and 2024. Completed projects are publicly available to see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/park-tennis-court-programme-completed-projects" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>In England, we have provided £60 million via the Swimming Pool Support Fund in 2023/24 to support public swimming pool providers with immediate cost pressures, and investment to make facilities sustainable in the longer-term. Phase one projects can be viewed <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/news/swimming-pool-support-fund-keeps-leisure-centres-afloat" target="_blank">here</a>, with phase two projects to be announced in due course.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport also wrote to all MPs in early March, detailing the amount of funding and the different projects supported by the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, the Park Tennis Court Renovation Programme, and the Swimming Pool Support Fund, in their constituency.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/03/2024 11:48:09 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1683679

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
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	Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to allow transgender people who are deceased to be legally remembered by the gender they lived by.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	10680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>We recognise the sensitivity of these situations, particularly when family and friends are dealing with the loss of a loved one. The Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004 provides for people to change their legal gender. Those who have undergone this process and acquired a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) before the time of their death will, of course, be recognised in their new gender.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Without undergoing the process of legal gender recognition and acquiring a GRC under the provisions laid out in the GRA 2004, a person has not legally changed gender. Therefore they would not be recognised in their new gender upon the unfortunate event of their death. That said, where a person was using their new gender with an organisation prior to their death, and that was on their personal records, then we anticipate that the organisation would engage with their family members using the new gender. These organisations could include the NHS, their place of work or community groups.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We recognise that everyone who decides to undergo a change in how their legal sex is recorded deserves our respect, support and compassion throughout the process. The process does not currently allow for third party applications, such as posthumous applications on behalf of a deceased friend or relative, as any application will be a deeply personal undertaking and choice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Following the GRA consultation and the subsequent changes we made to the application process, we have no plans to further amend the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/01/2024 17:51:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1656486

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her timeline is for bringing forward the proposed draft Bill on conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	197041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 200427 200488 200489 200490 200494 200797 201327 201578 201589 question first answered 25/10/2023 16:16:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1623305

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
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	Football: Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ban all gambling sponsorships in association football.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	182449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>On 27 April we published our white paper setting out our conclusions and next steps on gambling advertising and sponsorship, as well as other issues in the broad scope of our Gambling Act Review.</p><p>The Gambling Commission requires all marketing activities by gambling operators, including sport sponsorships, to be undertaken in a socially responsible fashion. To ensure high standards for gambling sponsorship across the sport sector, the government will continue to support the sector’s efforts to implement standards for social responsibility through a cross-sport Code of Conduct.</p><p>We also welcome the Premier League’s recent announcement that it will ban gambling sponsors from the front of shirts, bringing sponsorship in line with recent rule changes from the Advertising Standards Authority preventing Premier League players from appearing in gambling adverts.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/05/2023 16:00:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1588707

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Football: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the proposed independent regulator for football to be established.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	151428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the need for urgent action to safeguard the future of football clubs throughout the English football pyramid, so will legislate to put the regulator on a statutory footing as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p><p>As the White Paper makes clear, the Government is actively exploring establishing a shadow regulator ahead of legislation, to ensure that both the statutory regulator and regulated clubs can hit the ground running.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2023 10:50:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1582810

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Restaurants: Braille
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to make it mandatory for all restaurants to provide braille menus.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	137992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010, businesses and service providers, including restaurants, already have an anticipatory duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people.</p><p>The anticipatory duty requires them to consider the disadvantage(s) that may be experienced by a group of disabled people - for example, those who are blind - rather than an individual disabled person and ensure that relevant adjustments are put in place before they might actually be needed, so that people with such disabilities would not be put at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled service users when using facilities or services.</p><p>Such adjustments should address the communication needs of deaf and blind customers and could include the provision of auxiliary aids, such as menus made available in Braille. We believe that a reasonableness test is appropriate, as individual circumstances will differ.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/02/2023 17:57:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1543042

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Leisure Centres: Energy
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 her Department will take to help prevent leisure centres closing due to energy price rises during winter 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	89051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising energy prices will have on organisations of all sizes, including on providers of indoor leisure facilities. In September the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which businesses and other non-domestic energy users (including leisure facilities) are being supported.</p><p>After an initial 6 months of the scheme, the government will provide focused support for vulnerable industries. A review is currently underway to determine where this should be targeted to make sure those most in need get support.</p><p>The Government invested £100 million in the National Leisure Recovery Fund, which supported the reopening of local authority leisure centres and facilities throughout the country after the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/11/2022 14:11:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1540174

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Leisure Centres
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 she will make an estimate of how many leisure centres may close (a) temporarily and (b) permanently due to rising costs in winter 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	80940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising energy prices will have on organisations of all sizes, including on providers of indoor leisure facilities. In September the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which businesses and other non-domestic energy users (including leisure facilities) will be offered support. We are working with Sport England and sector partners including ukactive to closely monitor the impact of this on public leisure centres.</p><p>The Government invested £100 million in the National Leisure Recovery Fund, which supported the reopening of local authority leisure centres and facilities throughout the country after the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/11/2022 11:21:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1537383

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what work has been undertaken by her Department on transgender conversion practices since the Government set out its plans on this topic in its background briefing to the Queen’s Speech in May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	74945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>Since May 2022, the Government has launched a support service open to all victims or those at risk of conversion practices regardless of their background or circumstances. The Government has committed up to £360,000 over three years to this service. The service includes a helpline, instant messaging service, and website to enable people to get the support they need.</p><p>More widely, the Government remains committed to protecting everyone from these practices. We are carefully considering the responses to the public consultation which closed earlier this year and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 74493 74504 74794 74865 74877 74884 74965 question first answered 03/11/2022 14:40:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1537384

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has consulted (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Wales, (c) the Royal College of GPs, (d) the Royal College of Psychiatrists, (e) the British Psychological Society and (f) the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy as part of its work to explore the issue of transgender conversion practices further.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	74946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Equality Hub Ministers and officials have met with healthcare professionals in developing the policy approach to protecting all individuals from conversion practices. Many such organisations responded to the public consultation that closed in February 2022.</p><p>We will continue to meet with healthcare professionals to inform our approach and will respond to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 74494 74495 74505 74866 74867 74878 74879 74885 74886 74947 74966 74967 question first answered 03/11/2022 14:20:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols