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1283772

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
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	Events Industry: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on people working in the large entertainment events industry.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	911825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>We appreciate that the entertainment and events sector has been significantly affected by COVID19. That’s why the Government has maintained a regular dialogue with the sectors via various working groups since the outbreak of the pandemic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have undertaken assessments of the financial impact of the pandemic through the DCMS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Impact Business Survey, which is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2021 12:45:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1283773

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
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 and Leisure: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support businesses in the (a) hospitality, (b) entertainment and (c) arts and culture sectors.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	911826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>We know that businesses in arts, culture, entertainment and hospitality have been hit hard by this pandemic. That's why we secured an unprecedented £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund of which over £1 billion has so far been allocated so far to over 3000 organisations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This is along a world class package of broader economy measures worth hundreds of billions, including the furloughing scheme and the Self Employed Income Support Scheme</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2021 12:46:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1281635

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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: Visas
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 he has made of the implications for his policies of the EU legislation database and existing visa waiver agreements between the EU and other countries such as Colombia, UAE, Tonga, St Lucia which include a definition of paid activity to not cover artists performing an activity on an ad-hoc basis; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of that system to exempt UK musicians and other performers from entry requirements or restrictions on short-term work in the EU for 90-days.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	145005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>In the UK-EU trade negotiations, the EU tabled a proposal for a permanent visa waiver for short stays covering UK and EU citizens. This drew on bilateral agreements the EU has with some other third countries, such as Columbia, Peru and the UAE. Accepting a permanent short stay visa waiver for all current and future EU Member States was not, and is not, compatible with our manifesto commitment to take back control of our borders. The UK’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU confirms that both the UK and EU currently provide for visa-free travel for short-term visits for each other’s nationals in accordance with their respective laws. The UK’s points-based immigration system has been developed in the national interest.</p><p>The EU’s proposal was accompanied by a Joint Declaration intended to direct those Member States who currently require short stay visas for “paid activities” to waive that requirement for “artists performing an activity on an ad-hoc basis”. This offer would not have met the needs of touring musicians: it did not deal with work permits at all, and would not have allowed support staff to tour with artists. The proposal the UK put forward in negotiations would have reduced the additional administrative burdens on artists when touring and was based on input from the cultural sector – but this was repeatedly rejected by the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/02/2021 17:13:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1281824

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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	Platinum Jubilee 2022
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 plan for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>DCMS is leading the cross government support to the Royal Household as it plans to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Jubilee, along with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the Festival of the UK, will contribute to an outstanding year of national events in 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/02/2021 15:02:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1281287

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: 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 his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) Scotland and (v) Wales in each month from (A) August 2020 to (B) December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	144745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>DCMS spent the following on on communications, advertising and marketing:</p><p>August 2020:</p><p>Marketing and advertising:</p><p>England:</p><ul><li><p>£48,773</p></li></ul><p>Wales:</p><ul><li><p>£28,328</p></li></ul><p>UK:</p><ul><li><p>£80,528</p></li></ul><p>Communications:</p><ul><li><p>UK: £800</p></li></ul><p>September 2020:</p><p>Communications:</p><ul><li><p>UK: £1,368</p></li></ul><p>October 2020:</p><p>Communications:</p><ul><li><p>UK: £2,155</p></li></ul><p>November 2020:</p><p>Communications:</p><ul><li><p>UK: £222</p></li></ul><p>December 2020:</p><p>Marketing and advertising:</p><ul><li><p>UK: £15,291</p></li></ul><p>Communications:</p><ul><li><p>UK: £761</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/02/2021 15:12:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1280564

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
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	Social Media: Disinformation
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 is having with Cabinet colleagues on tackling the spread of disinformation on social media about the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	143923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>Ministers have regular meetings and discussions with their ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including tackling the spread of Covid-19 disinformation on social media. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/01/2021 15:45:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1280760

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
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: Wales
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 the Welsh Government on Central Libraries Funding.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	143880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>My department regularly discusses with the Welsh Government issues related to our respective library services. Public library policy and funding of libraries and their services is a devolved matter and is for each government to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/02/2021 15:22:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1280800

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
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	Broadband and Digital Technology
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 long-term plans his Department is making to tackle inequalities throughout the UK in access to (a) broadband, (b) digital devices and (c) digital skills training.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	143720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>Ofcom is reviewing affordability issues in the communications market, and intends to publish recommendations in the first half of this year. This will improve the evidence base of where households face difficulty, and inform any future Government interventions.</p><p>Public libraries are also a vital component in providing access to the internet. There are around 2,900 public libraries in England providing a trusted network of accessible locations offering free Wi-Fi, computers, and other technology. The library staff, supported by volunteers, have been trained on digital skills to enable them to provide library users with support in using digital. Their vital role has been recognised with the new regulations enabling libraries to continue some services during this lockdown period including access to public PCs for essential purposes.</p><p>The Government has introduced a new digital entitlement for adults with no or low digital skills to undertake specified digital qualifications, up to Level 1, free of charge. Essential Digital Skills qualifications (EDSQs) are funded under the digital entitlement and based on new national standards which set out the digital skills people need to get on in life and work. We also support the provision of basic digital skills training for adults in community settings through the Adult Education Budget.</p><p>In April 2020 we also introduced the Skills Toolkit, an online platform which is already providing free courses to help individuals build the skills that are most sought after by employers. We have recently expanded the platform so that people can now choose from over 70 courses, covering digital, adult numeracy, employability and work readiness skills, which have been identified as the skills employers need the most. These courses will help people stay in work, or take up new jobs and opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/02/2021 15:07:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1279841

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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	Cinemas: Culture Recovery Fund
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 15 December 2020 to Question 128274, what support allocated to the cinema sector remains unallocated as at 25 January 2021; and how his Department plans to distribute the remaining funding.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Nickie Aiken
uin	143108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises the significant cultural and economic value of cinemas, and has supported them through both sector-specific and economy-wide measures during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p>In the first round of the £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund, more than 200 independent cinemas have so far received funding. As of 25 January 2021, £16.6m has been awarded from the Culture Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas, managed by the British Film Institute on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. This is from the £30m pot allocated as part of the Fund’s first round.</p><p>We have agreed a thorough and robust assessment process for the Fund and are confident in the process established to support the sector. The BFI are continuing to process and assess a small number of outstanding applications, so we cannot confirm the final round one award total at this stage.</p><p>Further to this funding, we announced in December that cinemas will be able to apply to a pot of up to £14 million in grants as part of the second round of the Culture Recovery Fund in 2021. This will support cinemas as they transition back to a viable and sustainable operating model from April to June 2021.</p><p>In addition to the Culture Recovery Fund, cinemas have also benefited from economy-wide measures including the VAT cut on tickets and concessions, a business rates holiday, access to Bounce Back Loans, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Local Restrictions Support Grants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/01/2021 16:38:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4741 label Biography information for Nickie Aiken

1279959

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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: Visas
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 his Department has had with the Home Office on including creative professionals on the list of self-employed workers benefiting from visa-free travel for work purposes.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	143022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s thriving cultural industries, and that is why it pushed for ambitious arrangements to make it easier for performers and artists to perform across Europe as part of the negotiations on our future relationship with the EU.</p><p>This Government proposed to the EU that musicians, and their technical staff, be added to the list of permitted activities for short-term business visitors in the entry and temporary stay chapter of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This would have allowed musicians and their staff to travel and perform in the EU more easily, without needing work-permits. These proposals were rejected by the EU.</p><p>As with legal text shared in confidence with trading partners, elaborating on discussions between departments related to the development of legal text for trade agreements would not be appropriate as these discussions took place in confidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/02/2021 15:19:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor