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1655822

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	International Game Technology: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Gambling Commission made an assessment of the implications of its policies in 2017 when International Game Technology reported that 27% of its suppliers had a high or medium exposure to modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	195935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Commission does not have a specific responsibility in relation to scrutinising subcontractors of the National Lottery Operator, and as such, was not previously aware of IGT’s report.</p><p>The National Lottery is run by Camelot under licence by the Gambling Commission, and as such it is for the operator to ensure compliance with a range of reporting requirements, including under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.</p><p>The Section 5 National Lottery Licence requires the Operator to comply with all relevant laws to the extent they impose obligations or restrictions on it. It also requires any subcontractors to operate with due propriety.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 195936 question first answered 11/09/2023 16:17:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1655823

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	International Game Technology: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Gambling Commission made an assessment for the implication of its policies in 2017 when International Game Technology (IGT) reported that 27% of its suppliers had a high or medium exposure to modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	195936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Commission does not have a specific responsibility in relation to scrutinising subcontractors of the National Lottery Operator, and as such, was not previously aware of IGT’s report.</p><p>The National Lottery is run by Camelot under licence by the Gambling Commission, and as such it is for the operator to ensure compliance with a range of reporting requirements, including under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.</p><p>The Section 5 National Lottery Licence requires the Operator to comply with all relevant laws to the extent they impose obligations or restrictions on it. It also requires any subcontractors to operate with due propriety.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 195935 question first answered 11/09/2023 16:17:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1655832

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Gambling: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing the statutory gambling operator levy as a smart levy.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	195944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The government’s recent white paper set out a range of proportionate measures to tackle practices and products which can drive harm and ensure that people who are at risk of gambling harm and addiction are protected. This includes a statutory levy on operators that will help fund research, education and treatment for those struggling with gambling addiction.</p><p>We will shortly consult on the details of how the levy will be designed, including proposals on the total amount to be raised by the levy and how it will be constructed, ensuring that a rate is fair and proportionate for different gambling sectors, including the land-based gambling industry. This approach will account for the varying association of different sectors with harm and their financial position.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 196561 question first answered 11/09/2023 16:13:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1655896

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Commonwealth Games: Australia
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 plans to take steps to encourage UK regions to bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games; and if she will make a statement on Victoria withdrawing as the host of the games.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	195773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The announcement by the Victorian Government was disappointing for fans and athletes. The government is keen that the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Australia will now work together to find a viable solution to hosting the event in 2026 so that athletes have the chance to compete and fans have the opportunity to enjoy this incredible event.</p><p>The UK is proud to have hosted the Games twice in the past decade, including in Birmingham last year: coming in under budget and adding at least £870 million GVA to the UK economy. We are committed to working with the CGF and Commonwealth countries to support a sustainable future for the Games.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:12:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1655963

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Swimming Pools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority swimming pools have closed in last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing this access lies at Local Authority level, and the government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities.</p><p>At the Spring Budget, the government announced a package of over £60 million to support swimming pools, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers. It will also help provide investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>Between September 2013 and September 2023, 294 swimming pools closed (across 162 sites owned by Local Authorities). Over a similar period from 2014 to 2023, 256 swimming pools were built by Local Authorities (across 144 sites). Facilities can close for a number of reasons, including being replaced by a new site or to align with the strategic objectives of the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:11:18 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1656073

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Sports: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the ALB-Sport England-Children and Young People Fund.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The department agrees objectives and KPIs for Sport England’s grant funding and their board allocates funding in accordance with those objectives. The department and its public bodies deliver all grant funding in line with the Government Functional Standard GovS 015: Grants.</p><p>The ‘Children and Young People Fund’ has been used to categorise several Sport England funding streams and investment categories that Sport England have delivered on. As a result, we have identified investment and funding streams within this category that best reflect the impact of said category: the School Games programme and the Opening School Facilities fund.</p><p> </p><p><strong>School Games Organisers</strong></p><p>Since the programme started, investment into SGOs totals £134,766,000 – across the period September 2011 to 31 March 2024. Since 2017/18 13,439,699 participation opportunities have been created. 19,483 schools are registered and engaged in the School Games. This equates to 75% of all primary schools nationally and 82% of all secondary schools nationally. 38,105 teachers have engaged since the School Games website was refreshed in 2017.</p><p>The 2021 evaluation for the School Games programme can be accessed in section 3 of the webpage on Sport England’s children and young people research <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/children-and-young-people?section=research" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Opening School Facilities</strong></p><p>In March 2021, Sport England received £10.1 million on behalf of the Department of Education (DfE) which was distributed across all 43 Active Partnerships to Open School Facilities.</p><p>Phase 2 work was to be targeted at those who have experienced the greatest negative impact on physical activity levels due to Covid-19, by working with schools with high levels of pupils eligible for free school meals. 1,406 schools benefited, with 284,183 children and young beneficiaries and just over 100,000 community users (including children and young people) in the short period of delivery, with many more to benefit in the 2021-22 academic year and beyond. 78% of schools focused on pupils eligible for Free School Meals, 60% on pupils with special educational needs or inclusion, 52% targeted girls and 28% focused on children and young people from culturally diverse communities.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:16:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1656074

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Sports: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the ALB-Sport England-Facilities Fund.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The department agrees objectives and KPIs for Sport England’s grant funding and their board allocates funding in accordance with those objectives. The department and its public bodies deliver all grant funding in line with the Government Functional Standard GovS 015: Grants.</p><p>The ‘Facilities Fund’ has been used to categorise several Sport England funding streams and investment categories that Sport England have delivered on. As a result, we have identified investment and funding streams within this category that best reflect the impact of said category: namely, the National Leisure Recovery Fund.</p><p>Between January and March 2021, the NLRF was successfully administered by Sport England alongside DCMS and MHCLG (as was) providing much needed support to 266 Local Authorities with facilities able to re-open from 12 April 2021 and all Covid-19 restrictions lifted from 19 July 2021.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:16:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1656075

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Sports: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the ALB-Sport England-Core Market Fund.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The department agrees objectives and KPIs for Sport England’s grant funding and their board allocates funding in accordance with those objectives. The department and its public bodies deliver all grant funding in line with the Government Functional Standard GovS 015: Grants.</p><p>The ‘Core Market Fund’ has been used to categorise several Sport England funding streams and investment categories that Sport England have delivered on. As a result, we have identified investment and funding streams within this category that best reflect the impact of said category: namely, the Sport Survival Package.</p><p>The Sport Survival Package (SSP) was a time limited government response programme addressing the impact of spectator restrictions on sport organisations during the covid pandemic. The programme operated until March 2022, but the majority of funding was distributed in the period Dec 2020 – March 2021. Over 1400 grant awards were made totalling over £60.7 million. Alongside grant funding, the SSP distributed over £218 million loan funding into the sector to commercial sport organisations. The evaluation for the Sport Survival Package will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:16:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1656087

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Coronavirus: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Big Night In Fund.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The department sets objectives for grant funding when designing the grant scheme and allocates funding in accordance with those objectives. The department also conducts post-event assurance and evaluation of the outcomes achieved. The evaluation for the Big Night Infund can be accessed <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-voluntary-community-and-social-enterprise-covid-19-emergency-funding-package" target="_blank">here</a>. This grant was evaluated as part of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise COVID-19 Emergency Funding Package.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:17:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1656107

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Sports: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the ALB - UK Sport- World Class Programme Funding.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The department agrees objectives and KPIs for UK Sport’s grant funding and their board allocates funding in accordance with those objectives. The department and its public bodies deliver all grant funding in line with the Government Functional Standard GovS 015: Grants.</p><p>UK Sport World Class Programme funding supports the delivery of success at the world's most significant sporting events. It invests in world leading coaching, medical support and training facilities so that British athletes with potential to succeed on the world stage can arrive at an Olympic and Paralympic Games as one of the best prepared teams in the world. This funding helped to ensure that at the Tokyo 2020 Games, Great Britain and Northern Ireland won 64 medals at the Olympics and 124 medals at the Paralympics.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:17:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight