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1688078

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Guide Dogs: Business Premises
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 tackle refusal of entry of guide dogs into business establishments.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	901449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010, businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs.</p><p>The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled customers are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers.</p><p>The Disability Action Plan published on 5th February 2024 includes an action to establish an assistance dogs and animals working group, which will consider issues including how to educate businesses on the rights of assistance dog owners and to help simplify reporting access refusals.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/02/2024 15:59:38 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1686038

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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: Equality
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 made an assessment of the adequacy of the Football Leadership Diversity Code.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	12142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government's aim is to increase diversity among sporting organisations and to help the sport sector be more inclusive and welcoming to its spectators, participants and people in its workforce.</p><p>It is for The Football Association (FA) to assess the impact of their Football Leadership Diversity Code. I recently met with The FA to discuss the Code, including changes to make the reporting of diversity data mandatory for all professional clubs in the English Leagues from the 2024/2025 football season - as well as new requirements for workforce data on LGBT+ and disability. I will continue to monitor the progress of the Code and hope it contributes to a positive impact on diversity in the sport.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/02/2024 08:55:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1686041

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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: Ethnic Groups
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 trends in the levels of racial bias in football; and what estimate she has made of the number of off-pitch roles for former black male footballers.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	12144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government's aim is to increase diversity among sporting organisations and to help the sport sector be more inclusive and welcoming to its spectators, participants and people in its workforce. In August 2023 we published our sport strategy “Get Active” which has diversity and inclusion embedded throughout.</p><p>It is for football organisations to assess levels of diversity in the sport and the number of off-pitch roles for former black footballers, and to decide on the appropriate initiatives to increase diversity in their organisations. The Football Association recently announced they will be evolving their Leadership Diversity Code to be mandatory for all professional clubs. I hope this will provide the data needed to assess any work that may need to be done to help football become as diverse as the community it represents.</p><p>I will continue to engage with football authorities on such issues.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/02/2024 11:34:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1685409

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on encouraging young women to play football in school.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting women and girls’ sport at every opportunity. 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 have had discussions with DfE at ministerial level on how we can continue to collectively make good progress on school sport. Our cross-government School Sport and Activity Action Plan provides the blueprint for how school sport should be delivered across the country. This includes over £600 million of investment and a clear ambition that all schools should deliver 2hrs of quality PE and equal access to sport for girls and boys, including football. The Department for Education is currently working to publish new non-statutory guidance on Physical Education before the end of March 2024 to help improve delivery.</p><p>In 2022, the Government commissioned Karen Carney to lead an independent Review of domestic women’s football. Her recommendations set out a bold vision for the women’s game. On 4 December 2023, the Government responded to the Review of Women’s Football, agreeing that all ten major recommendations should be implemented. The recommendations include a commitment to the delivery of equal access to school sport for girls and we will be convening an implementation group, which will be responsible for ensuring mutual accountability for the delivery of each recommendation.</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 football. 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.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/02/2024 15:15:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1685451

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is to respond to her Department's consultation on Measures relating to the land-based gambling sector.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	11815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s consultation on measures relating to the land-based gambling sector sought further views on a number of key policy proposals within the Gambling Act Review white paper. A response detailing the government’s position across each area will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/02/2024 15:17:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1685506

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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: Women
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 an assessment of the potential impact of Multi-Sports Grassroots Facilities programme projects 2023-24 on the (a) engagement and (b) participation of women and girls in sport.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	11779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>Sport and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health and this government is committed to ensuring that everyone is able to play sport and be active, including women and girls.</p><p>As part of our more than £300 million investment in multi-sport grassroots facilities, our delivery partners assess all potential projects against their ability to deliver increased participation of under-represented groups - including women and girls, ethnic minority communities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Any project receiving over £25,000 in England must also have an equal access women and girls plan in place.</p><p>The Government also recently announced £25 million for the Lionesses Futures Fund - topped up with £5 million additional investment from the FA - specifically to deliver up to 30 state of the art 3G artificial pitches across the country with gold-standard provision for women and girls. Reserved peak-time slots, women and girls only evenings and priority booking for women and girls’ teams will be used to drive up opportunities to get into sport. There will also be dedicated women’s changing rooms and shower facilities and accessible toilets.</p><p>We are conducting a programme wide impact evaluation. This will measure the extent to which the programme has delivered increases in participation among women and girls so that these interventions can be applied more widely if successful.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/02/2024 09:11:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1685625

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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: Governing Bodies
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 meet with the Shrimpers Trust to discuss the Football Governance Bill.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Anna Firth
uin	11914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State, the Minister for Sport and DCMS officials have undertaken extensive engagement with stakeholders across English football, during the Fan Led review of Football Governance and following the publication of the Football Governance White Paper last year.</p><p>This has included several meetings with the Shrimpers Trust, at Ministerial and official level, most recently in November 2023. We would like to thank the Trust for their engagement to date and would welcome their on-going engagement and support going forward.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/02/2024 14:09:57 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4936 label Biography information for Anna Firth

1685665

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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	Youth Centres: 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 youth centres have closed in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	11911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>DCMS does not hold the data requested. Local Authorities have a statutory duty to ‘secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people’. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which is almost £60 billion this year (FY 23/24). DCMS has worked with the youth sector and local authorities to update the statutory guidance that underpins the duty to support local authorities in delivering it.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/02/2024 14:07:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1685666

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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	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 each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	11912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is clear on 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. We have also confirmed an additional £60 million support package for swimming pools in 2023/24, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and helping make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>276 local authority swimming pools have closed since 2015. The breakdown per year is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>2015: 40</p></li><li><p>2016: 36</p></li><li><p>2017: 31</p></li><li><p>2018: 23</p></li><li><p>2019: 31</p></li><li><p>2020: 38</p></li><li><p>2021: 26</p></li><li><p>2022: 28</p></li><li><p>2023: 23</p></li></ul><p>These numbers should be considered in the context of facility provision within the local area. Facilities may close for a number of reasons: this can include the rationalisation of multiple older facilities into a modern, better located facility. In the same period from 2015-2023, 245 local authority swimming pools opened.</p><p>Data is stored by facility type (e.g. pool, health and fitness gym, or sports hall) rather than “leisure centre.” From 2015, approximately 261 local authority owned sites which had one or more pools, main halls, or health and fitness gyms, closed either fully or partially (where a facility within the site, including a pool or gym, may have closed). By region the figures are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>East Midlands: 26</p></li><li><p>Eastern: 21</p></li><li><p>London: 26</p></li><li><p>North East: 29</p></li><li><p>North West:41</p></li><li><p>South East: 43</p></li><li><p>South West: 21</p></li><li><p>West Midlands: 29</p></li><li><p>Yorkshire and the Humber: 25</p></li></ul><p>At the same time, new facilities were constructed at 242 comparable sites.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 11913 question first answered 01/02/2024 14:12:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1685667

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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	Leisure Centres: 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 leisure centres have closed by region in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	11913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is clear on 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. We have also confirmed an additional £60 million support package for swimming pools in 2023/24, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and helping make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>276 local authority swimming pools have closed since 2015. The breakdown per year is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>2015: 40</p></li><li><p>2016: 36</p></li><li><p>2017: 31</p></li><li><p>2018: 23</p></li><li><p>2019: 31</p></li><li><p>2020: 38</p></li><li><p>2021: 26</p></li><li><p>2022: 28</p></li><li><p>2023: 23</p></li></ul><p>These numbers should be considered in the context of facility provision within the local area. Facilities may close for a number of reasons: this can include the rationalisation of multiple older facilities into a modern, better located facility. In the same period from 2015-2023, 245 local authority swimming pools opened.</p><p>Data is stored by facility type (e.g. pool, health and fitness gym, or sports hall) rather than “leisure centre.” From 2015, approximately 261 local authority owned sites which had one or more pools, main halls, or health and fitness gyms, closed either fully or partially (where a facility within the site, including a pool or gym, may have closed). By region the figures are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>East Midlands: 26</p></li><li><p>Eastern: 21</p></li><li><p>London: 26</p></li><li><p>North East: 29</p></li><li><p>North West:41</p></li><li><p>South East: 43</p></li><li><p>South West: 21</p></li><li><p>West Midlands: 29</p></li><li><p>Yorkshire and the Humber: 25</p></li></ul><p>At the same time, new facilities were constructed at 242 comparable sites.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 11912 question first answered 01/02/2024 14:12:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan