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907128

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
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	Voluntary Work: Young People
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 recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of participation in the National Citizen Service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	145521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department has set ambitious targets for participation in the National Citizen Service to drive growth. Although the 2017 target was narrowly missed, the NCS Trust have achieved year on year growth and a record 99,179 participants in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/05/2018 12:02:56 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

907129

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
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: West Midlands
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 recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of tourism in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	145522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain data shows that between 2014-2016, the West Midlands received 3.4 million domestic visits, spending £561 million. In the same period, Coventry received 534,000 visits with with £74 million spent.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, the West Midlands received 2.2 million inbound overnight visits with Coventry receiving 177,000. Spending by overnight visitors accounted for £855m in the West Midlands and £135m in Coventry.</p><p> </p><p>From January to September 2017, growth in visits to the West Midlands was up 10%. We do not yet have data for Coventry for 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/05/2018 11:58:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

906378

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Sports: Ombudsman
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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the establishment of an independent Sports Ombudsman to improve the welfare of elite athletes.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	145346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>I have been carefully considering the recommendation in Baroness Grey-Thompson’s Duty of Care in Sport review for the establishment of an independent sports ombudsman. As I stated during my appearance before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in November 2017, I would like to consider the Committee’s report of their inquiry into sports governance before making any decisions about whether or how to take this recommendation forward.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that elite sports’ systems for dealing with concerns about athlete welfare are as effective as possible, regardless of whether any new service - be that an ombudsman or a different model - is developed. UK Sport have been proactive on this issue and are working to strengthen the existing systems, structures and responsibilities for dispute resolution within the high performance system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/05/2018 12:54:37 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

906385

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Sexting
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 the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to make it a criminal offence to send an explicit unsolicited picture via electronic means.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	145308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>It is already illegal to send communications which are grossly offensive, obscene, indecent or false under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 or section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/05/2018 12:48:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

906422

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Football: Sportsgrounds
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 a mechanism is in place to allow a football club that has introduced a safe standing area to retain that area if it is promoted to the top two tiers of English football.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	145400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The government’s all-seater stadium policy precludes the use of standing accommodation at clubs in the top two tiers of English football.</p><p> </p><p>Spectator safety at sports grounds remains the priority for Government. The Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) is the regulatory body responsible for overseeing and advising on safety at sports grounds.</p><p> </p><p>The government will continue to learn from the latest data, research, and advances in technology to improve the safety of spectators, but we have yet to see robust evidence of a safer approach to protecting spectators at football matches than the existing all-seater arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 24/05/2018 09:23:46 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

905454

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Boxing
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 he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a recognised governing body for white collar boxing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	144978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not determine whether sports should introduce a national governing body, this is for the sport to decide.</p><p> </p><p>The process for National Governing Body recognition is a joint policy operated by the four home country sports councils (Sport England, Sport Northern Ireland, Sport Scotland, Sport Wales) and UK Sport. The aim of the recognition process is to identify a single lead NGB structure which governs a sport at UK, GB or home country level.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 144979 question first answered 24/05/2018 09:26:28 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

905455

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Boxing
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 adequacy of the regulatory and statutory framework relating to white collar boxing events.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	144979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not determine whether sports should introduce a national governing body, this is for the sport to decide.</p><p> </p><p>The process for National Governing Body recognition is a joint policy operated by the four home country sports councils (Sport England, Sport Northern Ireland, Sport Scotland, Sport Wales) and UK Sport. The aim of the recognition process is to identify a single lead NGB structure which governs a sport at UK, GB or home country level.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 144978 question first answered 24/05/2018 09:26:28 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

905531

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Football: Sportsgrounds
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 the Government plans to amend its policy on safe standing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	144825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>This Government believe that all-seater stadia are currently the best means to ensure the safety and security of fans at designated football matches in England and Wales, but we continue to work closely with the Sports Grounds Safety Authority and football authorities to consider relevant advances in technology and data.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 24/05/2018 09:24:54 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

905578

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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
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 value to the UK economy of the outbound tourism industry.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	144830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text UK residents made 72.3m visits abroad in the 12 months to December 2017 and spent £44.7bn. Both figures were up 2% on the same period last year. answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2018 10:29:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

905689

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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
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 recent assessment he has made of the economic value of tourism to (a) the UK and (b) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	144835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Tourism is a vitally important aspect of the UK’s economy, worth over £66 billion to the UK’s GVA in 2016, which is over 14% of the UK’s total GVA. Tourism also supports over 1.5m jobs across the country.</p><p> </p><p>In the Yorkshire and Humber area, VisitEngland’s Tourism survey of domestic overnight visitors shows that 10.7m visits were made over the same period, accounting for spend of £1.75 billion.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:33:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight