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date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to promote mountain biking as a sport.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to encouraging more people to engage in sport and physical activity, regardless of their background or level of ability.</p><p> </p><p>Government's Sporting Future strategy published in December 2015 set out that, in future, public investment in sport and physical activity will be based on the contribution that organisations can make to five broad outcomes: Physical Wellbeing; Mental Wellbeing; Individual Development; Social and Community Development; and Economic Development.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 Sport England has invested over £4.7 million of National Lottery money in projects and facilities to get more people mountain biking. Sport England will continue to work with British Cycling to ensure that more people from all backgrounds are encouraged to take up Mountain Biking and to enjoy the benefits it brings.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/03/2017 16:34:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712381

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
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 UK Digital Strategy 2017, published on 1 March 2017 by her Department, if she will publish the evidential basis for the statement that superfast broadband is on track to reach 95 per cent of UK premises by December 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Independent sources such as thinkbroadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/) show UK superfast broadband coverage, defined as premises having access to speeds of more than 24Mbps, is now over 92%. The further contracted delivery from publicly-funded projects plus commercial plans from providers mean that the government is confident that 95% coverage can be reached by December 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/03/2017 16:37:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712382

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC Board: Wales
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 publish the correspondence between her Department and the Welsh Government on the issue of the appointment of a Welsh member to the BBC Board.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	68445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>It is not our practice to publish ministerial correspondence.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/03/2017 16:09:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

712383

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming: Greater London
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 the number of (a) children and (b) adults who swim regularly in (i) Greater London and (ii) the London Borough of Newham.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to supporting everyone to get active and participation in swimming has an important role to play.</p><p>Sport England has invested more than £40,000 of National Lottery funding in a Kirklees swimming programme and since 2010 has invested £1.5 million of Lottery funding in swimming in West Yorkshire.</p><p>Since 2010, Sport England has invested £35,407,363 of National Lottery money has been invested in a range of swimming projects across Greater London, including £34,442,800 in swimming in Newham and the London Aquatics Centre.</p><p>Sport England is also in discussion with the Amateur Swimming Association regarding the investment it will be making in swimming for the 2017-21 period.</p><p>Sporting Future set out the Government's commitment to ensuring that no child left school unable to swim and commissioned the Amateur Swimming Association's Swim Group to undertake a review. The Group is finalising its report and will be sharing its findings with government shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 68402 question first answered 23/03/2017 16:35:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

712387

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 68114, on public libraries: complaints, which 15 local authorities have been investigated since 2010; and what the outcomes were of those investigations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	68553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The local authorities that are being or have been investigated are Lancashire, Lambeth, Southampton, Harrow, Sheffield, Newcastle, Lincolnshire, Bolton, Brent, Isle of Wight, Lewisham, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Doncaster and Surrey. In respect of Lancashire, Lambeth and Southampton these investigations are on-going and no final decision has been made. With regard to Harrow, Sheffield, Newcastle, Lincolnshire, Bolton, London Borough of Brent, Isle of Wight, Lewisham the Secretary of State decided with each of these cases not to direct a local inquiry. In the case of Somerset and Gloucestershire no action was required as both local authorities reverted to their original library service provision following successful judicial review challenges and with respect to Doncaster and Surrey no action was taken.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 23/03/2017 14:36:20 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan