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1546841

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date	30/11/2022
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	Guide Dogs: Licensed Premises and Shops
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will take steps to help ensure that guide dogs are allowed in all (a) shops and (b) venues.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	99818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>We are clear that no one should be refused access to businesses or services, including shops or venues, because they legitimately have an assistance dog.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), businesses that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against people who meet the Act’s definition of disability. The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services.</p><p>This duty could include allowing access to guide dogs or assistance dogs so that disabled customers have the same access to goods and services and are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers. Failure to comply with this duty could amount to unlawful disability discrimination.</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published guidance for all businesses, including service providers, on their duty towards disabled people who own assistance/guide dogs. The guidance explains that assistance dogs should be treated as auxiliary aids and not as pets. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/assistance-dogs-a-guide-for-all-businesses.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/assistance-dogs-a-guide-for-all-businesses.pdf</a> and makes clear that businesses and service providers should allow assistance dogs access to buildings where dogs would normally not be permitted whenever this is reasonable.</p><p>These duties and protections are ultimately enforceable through the courts, but as a first step, anybody who thinks they have been discriminated against in the services offered to them - including a failure to make reasonable adjustments - can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) which provides free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns via their website - <a href="http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com" target="_blank">http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com</a>, or by telephone on 0808 800 0082 or by text phone on 0808 800 0084.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2022 17:17:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1546859

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	English National Opera
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 she is taking to support the English National Opera.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	99938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Richmond Park to my previous answers on this matter, including <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97388" target="_blank">97388</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97389" target="_blank">97389</a> to the Rt Hon Member for Camberwell and Peckham.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 99939 question first answered 08/12/2022 10:44:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1546862

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Opera
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 work with Arts Council England to commission a strategic review of opera provision.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	99939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Richmond Park to my previous answers on this matter, including <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97388" target="_blank">97388</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97389" target="_blank">97389</a> to the Rt Hon Member for Camberwell and Peckham.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 99938 question first answered 08/12/2022 10:44:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1546569

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Islamic Human Rights Commission: Iran
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 assessment of potential links between the Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust and the Iranian Government.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	98753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has not made an assessment of potential links between the Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust and the Iranian Government. However, charities must be independent bodies and must not exist for the purpose of implementing the policies of a governmental authority or carrying out the directions of a governmental body. Further information on the independence of charities from the state can be found in the Charity Commission’s guidance: RR7 - The independence of Charities from the State on the GOV.UK website.</p><p>The Charity Commission is an independent registrar and regulator of charities in England and Wales, the Charity Commission performs a vital service on behalf of the public. The Commission is not subject to Ministerial or Government direction or control.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/12/2022 13:52:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1546571

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Islamic Centre of England and Islamic Human Rights Commission
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 take steps to support the Charity Commission with its investigation of Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust and the Islamic Centre of England.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	98754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The Charity Commission has opened a Statutory Inquiry into Islamic Centre of England. The Charity Commission does not have a statutory inquiry open into Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust.</p><p>By law, the Charity Commission carries out its functions independently of ministerial or government control. DCMS has no involvement in Charity Commission casework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/12/2022 13:54:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1546572

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Islamic Centre of England and Islamic Human Rights Commission: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any public funding has been allocated to the (a) Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust and (b) Islamic Centre of England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	98755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has provided no funding to the (a) Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust and (b) Islamic Centre of England in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS does not hold records of wider public funding to charities. Certain charities are required to submit a trustees annual report and annual accounts which are published by the Charity Commission. These may include information on government funding received by a charity. This information is publicly available in their entry on the register.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS has robust processes in place for the use of public money to ensure value for money to the taxpayer. Effective due diligence identifies risks that inform the department’s funding decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 98756 question first answered 02/12/2022 13:56:21 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1546573

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Islamic Centre of England and Islamic Human Rights Commission: Finance
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 it her policy to provide no public funds to the (a) Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust and (b) Islamic Centre of England.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	98756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has provided no funding to the (a) Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust and (b) Islamic Centre of England in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS does not hold records of wider public funding to charities. Certain charities are required to submit a trustees annual report and annual accounts which are published by the Charity Commission. These may include information on government funding received by a charity. This information is publicly available in their entry on the register.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS has robust processes in place for the use of public money to ensure value for money to the taxpayer. Effective due diligence identifies risks that inform the department’s funding decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 98755 question first answered 02/12/2022 13:56:21 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1545788

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Tourism: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has conducted economic impact assessments of the effect of covid-19 on the UK tourist industry (a) regionally and (b) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Brandon Lewis
uin	97514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has closely monitored the impact of the pandemic using a mix of external data sources, as well as commissioning <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987650/DCMS_-_tourism_scenario_forecasts_update-Final_for_TRP_May_2021_-_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">independent assessments and forecasts</a>. This includes analysis of regional-level differences as well as national impact.</p><p>VisitBritain calculated that, on a national level, the estimated combined loss to the UK economy in 2020 &amp; 2021 was £147 billion, of which inbound loss was £50 billion and UK-wide domestic loss was £97 billion.</p><p>Identifying that tourism was one of the sectors of the economy hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK was one of the first countries to set out a post-Covid <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tourism-recovery-plan" target="_blank">Tourism Recovery Plan</a> in summer 2021 and to remove the barriers to both domestic and international visitors. The Department will continue to monitor impact as part of assessing progress against its objectives set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/12/2022 09:33:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1545909

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Opera: Finance
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 she has made of the potential impact of the Art Council England National Portfolio Organisation funding between 2023 to 2026 on the opera industry.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	97388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>Decisions about which organisations to fund, and by how much, are taken by Arts Council England at arm’s length from the Government. Arts Council England made its decisions in line with its published guidance and its ten-year strategy, ‘Let’s Create’. Assessments were carried out by Arts Council England, and decisions were made by its Area and National Councils, which include both local representatives and people who work in the sector. Any questions about specific funding decisions should be directed to Arts Council England.</p><p>Arts Council England’s investment in opera, orchestras and other classical organisations represents around 80% of all investment in music in its 2023–26 Investment Programme. Through this programme, opera will continue to be well funded, with it remaining at around 40% of Arts Council England’s overall investment in music. Organisations such as the English Touring Opera and the Birmingham Opera Company will receive increased funding, and there are many new joiners such as Opera UpClose and Pegasus Opera Company, who are based in South London. It is worth noting that these statistics are likely to underestimate the level of opera activity being funded as some organisations in the 2023–26 Investment Programme will fall into combined arts or non-discipline-specific categories.</p><p>The Government will continue to work with Arts Council England to understand the impacts of its investment in arts and culture, including on opera.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 97389 question first answered 01/12/2022 16:51:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1545910

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Opera
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to conduct a review into opera provision in England.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	97389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>Decisions about which organisations to fund, and by how much, are taken by Arts Council England at arm’s length from the Government. Arts Council England made its decisions in line with its published guidance and its ten-year strategy, ‘Let’s Create’. Assessments were carried out by Arts Council England, and decisions were made by its Area and National Councils, which include both local representatives and people who work in the sector. Any questions about specific funding decisions should be directed to Arts Council England.</p><p>Arts Council England’s investment in opera, orchestras and other classical organisations represents around 80% of all investment in music in its 2023–26 Investment Programme. Through this programme, opera will continue to be well funded, with it remaining at around 40% of Arts Council England’s overall investment in music. Organisations such as the English Touring Opera and the Birmingham Opera Company will receive increased funding, and there are many new joiners such as Opera UpClose and Pegasus Opera Company, who are based in South London. It is worth noting that these statistics are likely to underestimate the level of opera activity being funded as some organisations in the 2023–26 Investment Programme will fall into combined arts or non-discipline-specific categories.</p><p>The Government will continue to work with Arts Council England to understand the impacts of its investment in arts and culture, including on opera.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 97388 question first answered 01/12/2022 16:51:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman