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1684394

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Gambling: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) Gambling Commission and (b) Financial Conduct Authority on potential proposals to regulate companies like Football Index.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	11033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The collapse of BetIndex Ltd, the operators of the novel gambling product Football Index, had a significant impact on former customers, and we recognise the frustration and anger that this has caused. As a result, the Government announced an Independent Review, conducted by Malcom Sheehan KC, which looked at how the company had been regulated and identified lessons learned for various agencies. These recommendations have since been implemented.</p><p>Following the collapse of Football Index, the then-Minister held several meetings with the Gambling Commission, and officials have worked closely with their counterparts at His Majesty’s Treasury on the role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in this case. I also met representatives from the Football Index Action Group last year and officials from the department are discussing the issues raised by the group with the Gambling Commission.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/02/2024 15:04:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1684115

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Employment: Fertility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fertility treatment on workplace rights for LGBT families.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	10849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>It is crucial that we ensure everyone is treated fairly in the workplace, so that they can thrive and reach their full potential, including LGBT people undergoing - or seeking to undergo - fertility treatment.</p><p>While no specific assessment has been made, the Government has set out in the Women’s Health Strategy our commitment to remove the additional financial burdens of self-funding artificial insemination on female same-sex couples, so that they are able to access NHS-funded fertility services in a more equitable way. It is for Integrated Care Boards to implement the commitment to improve access to NHS-funded fertility treatment for female same sex couples, taking account of the relevant equality legislation. Media coverage of, and stakeholder interest in, these developments should help raise awareness, including amongst employers, about the importance of fertility treatment for LGBT family formation.</p><p>As part of our Inclusive Britain strategy, published in March 2022, we launched an Inclusion at Work Panel last year aimed at helping employers achieve fairness and inclusion in the workplace.</p><p>If an individual feels that they have been unlawfully discriminated against in the workplace, they may wish to contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas). They may also wish to contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service which provides free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination or equality concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 10850 question first answered 25/01/2024 17:36:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1684116

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Employment: Fertility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010 at supporting working LGBT families accessing fertility treatment.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	10850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>It is crucial that we ensure everyone is treated fairly in the workplace, so that they can thrive and reach their full potential, including LGBT people undergoing - or seeking to undergo - fertility treatment.</p><p>While no specific assessment has been made, the Government has set out in the Women’s Health Strategy our commitment to remove the additional financial burdens of self-funding artificial insemination on female same-sex couples, so that they are able to access NHS-funded fertility services in a more equitable way. It is for Integrated Care Boards to implement the commitment to improve access to NHS-funded fertility treatment for female same sex couples, taking account of the relevant equality legislation. Media coverage of, and stakeholder interest in, these developments should help raise awareness, including amongst employers, about the importance of fertility treatment for LGBT family formation.</p><p>As part of our Inclusive Britain strategy, published in March 2022, we launched an Inclusion at Work Panel last year aimed at helping employers achieve fairness and inclusion in the workplace.</p><p>If an individual feels that they have been unlawfully discriminated against in the workplace, they may wish to contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas). They may also wish to contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service which provides free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination or equality concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 10849 question first answered 25/01/2024 17:36:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1684117

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Employment: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of LGBT discrimination in the workplace; and what steps her Department is taking to mitigate such discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	10851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>It is crucial that we ensure people are treated fairly in the workplace, so that everyone can thrive and reach their full potential, whatever their background or characteristics, including LGBT people.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Equality Act 2010 provides one of the world’s strongest legislative frameworks to prevent and tackle discrimination and harassment in employment against those with particular protected characteristics, including sexual orientation and gender reassignment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of our Inclusive Britain strategy, published in March 2022, we launched an Inclusion at Work Panel last year aimed at helping employers achieve fairness and inclusion in the workplace.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/01/2024 11:48:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1684198

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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: Girls
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 she is taking to increase participation of young girls in competitive sports (a) at and (b) outside school.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	10955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting women and girls’ sport at every opportunity including pushing for greater participation across all sports, at every level. In our new Sport Strategy ‘Get Active’, we set an ambitious target of getting 1 million more active children and 1.25 million more active women by 2030.</p><p>We are determined to maximise the potential of women’s sport in the future so we can sustain that pipeline of talent and expand it. We are investing over £600 million in school sport across the next two academic years todrive up the quality of physical education and ensure girls have equal access to opportunities to play sport.</p><p>The School Games programme offers children the opportunity to take part in competitions in over 40 sports at local and regional level, including inclusive, modified versions of the sports. In the 2022/23 academic year, the country-wide network of 450 School Games Organisers provided over 2.2 million opportunities for children to take part. The introduction of new equality criteria to the School Games Mark encourages and recognises schools providing equal access to girls and boys.</p><p>Outside of school, we are investing over £300 million in grassroots football and multi-sport facilities across the UK by 2025 which will further support women and girls accessing sport. The new £30 million Lioness Futures fund will deliver approximately 30 new state of the art 3G pitches at sites supporting women’s and girls’ teams across England. Projects in England will need to have a clear women and girls plan to receive this funding and will be monitored regularly to ensure the objectives are met.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/01/2024 16:03:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1684207

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation
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 the transparency data entitled DCMS: Ministerial travel, 1 July to 30 September 2023, published on 15 December 2023, how much and what proportion of the £8,046 cost of the trip to Sydney by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society between 24 July and 2 August 2023 was spent on air travel.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
uin	10971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>I flew to Sydney to support the England team at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.</p><p>As well as attending the England vs. Denmark match, I promoted the Government’s ongoing commitment to women and girls sport and physical activity. I championed the UK’s leading reputation in equality and human rights by attending a Gender Equality Symposium, and met with LGBT+ organisations, such as Pride in Sport.</p><p>I also promoted the UK's expertise in hosting major sporting events ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics by meeting with representatives from Brisbane 2032, alongside members of Brisbane’s City Council.</p><p>The cost of my return flight from Manchester to Sydney was £6,777.97. As part of my ministerial duties during my trip, I also travelled to Brisbane from Sydney. The cost of the return internal flight from Sydney to Brisbane was £336.80.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/01/2024 16:53:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1684216

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Football: Sportsgrounds
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 responses her Department received to its letter of June 2023 to football league and competition organisers on guidance relating to the safety of barriers and fences in stadiums.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	10906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>Following serious incidents involving football players colliding with objects and barriers around the perimeter of the playing area, the Government and the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) wrote jointly to The Football Association (FA), Premier League, the English Football League (EFL) and the National League setting out our concerns. Of these, The FA, Premier League, and the EFL have responded.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/01/2024 16:17:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1683653

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
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	Girlguiding UK: 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 has provided to Girlguiding UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	10599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The table below sets out the breakdown of funding provided by my department for the last five years (2018 until present day). Please note that this table only includes direct government funding from DCMS and excludes funding from Other Government Departments, arms length bodies, local authorities and any other non-DCMS avenues of funding. Girlguiding may also indirectly benefit from other DCMS funding such as that delivered to other uniformed youth groups through the sharing of facilities with Scouts groups for instance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Name of DCMS fund:</p></td><td><p>Breakdown of date and total amount of funding provided in GBP from the past 5 years (broken down by financial years):</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uniformed Youth Fund 2018-19</p></td><td><p>£718,458 (2018/19)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tampon Tax Fund</p></td><td><p>£120,000 (2018/19) £30,000 (2019/20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Big Night In Fund</p></td><td><p>£4,865.26 (2020/21)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Youth Covid-19 Support Fund</p></td><td><p>£2,858,000 (2020/21)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adventures Away from Home Fund (Phase 1)</p></td><td><p>£20,560 (2022/23)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Youth Investment Fund (YIF), Phase 1</p></td><td><p>£167,658.00 (2021/22)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uniformed Youth New Groups Fund</p></td><td><p>£201,108 (2022/23)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uniformed Youth Fund 2022-25</p></td><td><p>£1,907,170 (2022-25) <br></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/01/2024 14:56:09 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1683656

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
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	Girlguiding UK: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the decision by Girlguiding UK to cease operations in British Overseas Territories; and whether her Department is providing support to those territories as a result of that decision.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	10602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to protecting the United Kingdom’s core national interests, ensuring the prosperity of the British people across the Overseas Territories.</p><p>As an independent organisation it is for Girlguiding to set its own organisational direction. However, Government recognises the importance of Girlguiding to many girls in Overseas Territories. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, alongside colleagues in the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office and Ministry of Defence, are discussing this with Girlguiding.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/01/2024 14:54:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

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