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1738689

registered interest
date	01/11/2024
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	Charity Commission: Correspondence
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 hold discussions with the Charity Commission on when the Commission plans to provide a substantive reply to the letter from the Conservative Party to the Commission of 14 June 2024, acknowledged by the Commission on 12 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	North Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	12252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2024 answer text <p>The Charity Commission responded to the Conservative Party’s Legal Officer on 15th August 2024, providing a full update on the case in question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 07/11/2024 14:50:18 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1738478

registered interest
date	31/10/2024
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	Edward Jenner
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 discussions she has had with UNESCO on the proposed application for Dr Edward Jenner's house in Berkeley to receive world heritage statue.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	12188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for nominating sites across the United Kingdom to UNESCO for World Heritage status. The Department last updated the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/seven-sites-confirmed-in-the-running-for-unesco-world-heritage-status" target="_blank">Tentative List</a> of prospective World Heritage nominations in 2022/23 and it is not due to be updated until at least 2033.</p><p>Following the conclusion of this exercise, guidance was published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/unesco-world-heritage-sites-uk-tentative-list-review/outcome/government-response-to-the-uk-tentative-list-review#future-uk-approach-to-world-heritage" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>, which sets out the process for sites seeking World Heritage status and emphasises that the UK is looking to reduce the amount of World Heritage nominations that we submit to UNESCO.</p><p>Recognising the important contribution that Dr Edward Jenner’s house makes to our country’s heritage, Historic England, as the body in England responsible for designating heritage assets, is best placed in the first instance, to advise on and explore the range of potentially suitable heritage designations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant question first answered 05/11/2024 17:02:04 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
tabling member	5030

1738486

registered interest
date	31/10/2024
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	Gaming: Retail Trade
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 estimate of the economic contribution of adult gaming centres to (a) high streets and (b) town centres.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	12031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2024 answer text <p>Official statistics from a range of sources provide the Government with insights into the economic contribution of the betting and gaming industry as a whole. The latest headline statistics show that the gambling sector contributed £4.9bn to Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2022, accounting for 0.2% of UK GVA. In the financial year 2023/24, the gambling sector employed around 94,000 people in Britain (provisional), accounting for 0.2% of UK jobs and paid approximately £3.4bn in betting and gaming duty.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/publication/industry-statistics-february-2024-correction" target="_blank">Gambling Commission’s industry statistics</a> show that between April 2022 and March 2023, gross gambling yield for adult gaming centres was £533m. This represented c. 11% of gross gambling yield generated by non-remote casinos, arcades, betting and bingo.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 07/11/2024 14:22:42 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1738502

registered interest
date	31/10/2024
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	Welsh National Opera
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 support the Welsh National Opera.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	12116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>I have held a series of very productive meetings with the Wales Office, Welsh Government, Arts Council England, and Welsh National Opera to understand the issue in more detail and to see how, within the parameters of the arm’s length principle, I can best help ensure a strong and secure future for the WNO.</p><p>The core point of commonality across all these meetings and across all partners was a recognition of the value of the Welsh National Opera and its work - for the people of England as well as for the people of Wales. It was clear that all partners are keen to achieve a positive long-term future for the organisation, and are working towards that goal.</p><p>I was pleased that this series of meetings was able to reassure everyone that all partners wanted to see a positive future for Welsh National Opera, that the funding bodies across the border will work more collaboratively in future and that the new leadership at the WNO have a clear idea of how to progress. Everyone wants to burnish and sustain the WNO so that as many people as possible in Wales and England have a chance to enjoy world class opera close to home. Funding decisions are for the Welsh Arts Council and Arts Council England, but I am confident that the WNO is in a strong place to succeed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant question first answered 08/11/2024 10:13:46 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1738583

registered interest
date	31/10/2024
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	Charities: Sheffield Central
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 her Department is taking to support charities in Sheffield Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	12230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2024 answer text <p>This Government recognises the vital role that charities play up and down the country, including in Sheffield, by providing crucial support to different groups and communities. This Government is committed to resetting the relationship with civil society and treating them as an equal, expert partner who are integral to delivery of the Government’s vision for national renewal.</p><p>DCMS is currently supporting charities in several ways. This includes delivery of a number of grant schemes, such as the £25.5m VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme, which is supporting frontline organisations across England to improve their sustainability. This scheme is part of a wider £101.5 million package to support organisations struggling with cost of living pressures, along with the £76 million <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-community-organisations-cost-of-living-fund" target="_blank">Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund; a </a>full list of recipients of that Fund is available <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f2e18e8cd0464135f12bdc/CCLF_Awards_-_full_list_FINAL__shared_11.7.24_+_24.9.24_.ods" target="_blank">online</a>, with recipients from Sheffield listed under Yorkshire and the Humber.</p><p>DCMS is supporting voluntary youth services in the Sheffield Central area through the <a href="https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/million-hours" target="_blank">Million Hours</a> and <a href="https://youthinvestmentfund.org.uk/" target="_blank">Youth Investment fund</a>. The Million Hours Fund is investing £22 million into youth organisations up to March 2026, to deliver more than a million extra hours of youth work in areas across England where young people may be at risk of anti-social behaviour. The Youth Investment Fund enables local, not for profit youth providers to invest in capital projects that expand the reach, number and range of services they currently offer. A list of recipients of this funding is available online for <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/phase-1-of-the-youth-investment-fund-successful-grantees" target="_blank">phase one</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-investment-fund-phase-2-first-allocation-of-awards-to-beneficiaries" target="_blank">phase two</a>, with a range of recipients based in Sheffield.</p><p>DCMS is also supporting organisations with other forms of funding, including through growing the social investment market (which provides access to grants, repayable finance and a blend of the two) and providing advice on competing for public sector contracts through the £900,000 Contract Readiness Fund.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock grouped question UIN 12232 question first answered 07/11/2024 14:56:05 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	5142

1738585

registered interest
date	31/10/2024
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	Charities: Finance
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing national funding for charities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Abtisam Mohamed
uin	12232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2024 answer text <p>This Government recognises the vital role that charities play up and down the country, including in Sheffield, by providing crucial support to different groups and communities. This Government is committed to resetting the relationship with civil society and treating them as an equal, expert partner who are integral to delivery of the Government’s vision for national renewal.</p><p>DCMS is currently supporting charities in several ways. This includes delivery of a number of grant schemes, such as the £25.5m VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme, which is supporting frontline organisations across England to improve their sustainability. This scheme is part of a wider £101.5 million package to support organisations struggling with cost of living pressures, along with the £76 million <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-community-organisations-cost-of-living-fund" target="_blank">Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund; a </a>full list of recipients of that Fund is available <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f2e18e8cd0464135f12bdc/CCLF_Awards_-_full_list_FINAL__shared_11.7.24_+_24.9.24_.ods" target="_blank">online</a>, with recipients from Sheffield listed under Yorkshire and the Humber.</p><p>DCMS is supporting voluntary youth services in the Sheffield Central area through the <a href="https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/million-hours" target="_blank">Million Hours</a> and <a href="https://youthinvestmentfund.org.uk/" target="_blank">Youth Investment fund</a>. The Million Hours Fund is investing £22 million into youth organisations up to March 2026, to deliver more than a million extra hours of youth work in areas across England where young people may be at risk of anti-social behaviour. The Youth Investment Fund enables local, not for profit youth providers to invest in capital projects that expand the reach, number and range of services they currently offer. A list of recipients of this funding is available online for <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/phase-1-of-the-youth-investment-fund-successful-grantees" target="_blank">phase one</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-investment-fund-phase-2-first-allocation-of-awards-to-beneficiaries" target="_blank">phase two</a>, with a range of recipients based in Sheffield.</p><p>DCMS is also supporting organisations with other forms of funding, including through growing the social investment market (which provides access to grants, repayable finance and a blend of the two) and providing advice on competing for public sector contracts through the £900,000 Contract Readiness Fund.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock grouped question UIN 12230 question first answered 07/11/2024 14:56:05 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	5142

1738092

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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 Services: Slough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of youth services in Slough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	11887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2024 answer text <p>As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, 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. At the Autumn Budget, we announced £1.3 billion of extra funding through the Local Government Finance Settlement for the next financial year.</p><p>This Government recognises the vital role that youth services play in improving young people’s life chances and wellbeing. That is why, on 17 October 2024, the Secretary of State committed to a new National Youth Strategy, co-produced with young people and the youth sector to support a generation to succeed.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 04/11/2024 17:47:05 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1738093

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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 Services: Slough
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 her Department is taking to improve the provision of youth services in Slough.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	11888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2024 answer text <p>As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, 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. At the Autumn Budget, we announced £1.3 billion of extra funding through the Local Government Finance Settlement for the next financial year.</p><p>This Government recognises the vital role that youth services play in improving young people’s life chances and wellbeing. That is why, on 17 October 2024, the Secretary of State committed to a new National Youth Strategy, co-produced with young people and the youth sector to support a generation to succeed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 07/11/2024 15:01:19 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1738101

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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	Parthenon Sculptures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has received representations from the Greek Government on (a) loaning and (b) donating the Elgin Marbles to Greece.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	11838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2024 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant question first answered 07/11/2024 10:17:36 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1738151

registered interest
date	30/10/2024
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: Rural Areas
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 her Department is taking to support sports development in rural communities.
tabling member constituency	South Shropshire
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	11906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving access to sport and physical activity for everybody. This is central to achieving the aims set out in the manifesto around the health and opportunity missions. Everyone, no matter who they are or where they are in the country, should have access to the best possible facilities and opportunities to get active.</p><p>The Government has committed to continued funding for grassroots facilities. £123 million will be invested UK-wide via the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme throughout 2024/25, working with our delivery partner the Football Foundation. Grassroots sport is also funded through the Government’s Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, who invest over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 06/11/2024 10:29:28 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson