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724552

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 68586, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the opportunities to increase off-road cycling as part of that Department's environment strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	72000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

694331

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Social Enterprises: Offenders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 10 January (HL Deb, col 1856), what steps they are taking to enable more private, local authority and charity investment in social enterprises which support or employ ex-prisoners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL5605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Charities and social enterprises play an important role in the government’s mission of building an economy that works for everyone. The government is building on its role as a world leader in soc`ial enterprise by championing procurement for social value, supporting social enterprise awareness campaigns, building the social investment market, using social enterprises to address issues at scale and expanding the social investment tax relief.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 16:00:56 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

693674

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	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	Social Investment Advisory Group
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government<i>, </i>further to the answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 10 January (HL Deb, col 1857), who is on the advisory group set up to open social investment products to individuals, how frequently will the group meet, when was the group’s first meeting, and what are its terms of reference.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL5578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The advisory group is chaired by Elizabeth Corley, VC Allianz Global Investors, and is made up of senior industry representatives from across the savings and investment sectors, with a balance of CEO’s, senior practitioners and product experts. A full list of organisations that are involved can be found at Annex A.</p><p>The group’s first meeting was on the 18th January and will meet four more times before July, when the group will announce their initial recommendations to government and industry. The three working groups, that have been set up to look at specific issues around Product, Distribution and Customer Engagement, will meet more frequently. Terms of reference can be found at Annex B</p><p>Annex A – List of organisations involved in the advisory group</p><p>The advisory group is split into:</p><p>(a) An advisory committee acting as a high-level sounding board</p><p>(b) A steering group which shapes the work</p><p>(c) Three working groups looking in-depth at specific issues around Product, Distribution and Customer Engagement</p><p>The Chair of the advisory group (which encompasses all of the above) is Elizabeth Corley, VC Allianz Global Investors, and it currently has representation from the following firms (subject to change/additions):</p><ul><li>Aberdeen Asset Management</li><li>Albion Ventures</li><li>Architas</li><li>Axa Investment Managers</li><li>Barclays</li><li>Big Issue Invest</li><li>Big Society Capital</li><li>Blackrock</li><li>Bridges Ventures</li><li>Centapse</li><li>CFA Society UK</li><li>City of London Social Investment Board</li><li>ClearlySo</li><li>Columbia Threadneedle</li><li>Esmee Fairbairn Foundation</li><li>FCA (Financial Conduct Authority)</li><li>FRC (Financial Reporting Council)</li><li>Grant Thornton</li><li>Hargreaves Lansdown</li><li>Henderson Global Investors</li><li>Hermes Investment Management</li><li>HSBC</li><li>Invesco</li><li>Investment Association</li><li>Legal &amp; General Investment Management</li><li>Lloyds Bank</li><li>M&amp;S Bank</li><li>Mercer</li><li>NEST (National Employment Savings Trust)</li><li>New Philanthropy Capital</li><li>Nutmeg</li><li>PLSA (Pensions &amp; Lifetime Savings Association)</li><li>Social Finance</li><li>St James Place</li><li>Standard Life</li><li>Squaremile</li><li>Triodos</li><li>Trust for London</li><li>UBS</li><li>UK National Advisory Board on Impact Investing</li><li>Virgin Money</li><li>Worthstone</li><li> </li></ul><p>Annex B: Terms of Reference</p><p>ADVISORY GROUP TO GOVERNMENT:</p><p>CREATING A CULTURE OF SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTMENT AND SAVINGS</p><p>ENHANCING INDIVIDUAL CHOICE</p><p>Summary:</p><p>How can the savings, pensions and investment industries, with the support of government, engage with individual investors to enable them to support more easily the things they care about through their savings and investment choices?</p><p>Detail:</p><p>The advisory group has been formed at the request of the Minister for Civil Society and the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.</p><p>It has been created to discuss how the savings, pensions and investment industries, with the support of government, can engage with individual investors to enable them to support more easily the things they care about through their savings and investment choices, whether through retail options or in collective schemes.</p><p>The aims of the advisory group are to:</p><p>1. Explore barriers to the development of products with social impact components</p><p>2. Explore barriers to the demand for and distribution of such products</p><p>3. Consider who is best placed to identify and implement solutions</p><p>4. Consider how existing best practice, regulatory incentives and further measures can reduce or remove barriers</p><p>5. Develop ideas for how best to explain social impact savings and investment choices to individuals and to provide feedback on impact to any fiduciaries and advisors involved</p><p>6. Discuss timescales for solutions, including possible next steps for any longer-term work to be taken forward beyond the advisory group.</p><p>Elizabeth Corley, Vice Chair of Allianz Global Investors (and previously CEO) has been asked to Chair the group. The group has been asked to make an initial report to the Minister for Civil Society and the Economic Secretary to the Treasury in Summer 2017.</p><p>Conclusions and recommendations are those of the group, but may not represent any individual member’s view. Any decisions on government policy rest with the ministers of the day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 15:52:51 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

693673

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	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	Social Enterprises
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people employed by social enterprises in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL5577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The attached “Social Enterprise: Market Trends 2014” report found that the social enterprise sector employed roughly 2.27 million people in 2014. Estimated employment had increased by approximately 300,000 since 2012, when data were last collected. Data for 2016 are being collated and reviewed and will be published later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 15:50:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name SOCIAL_ENTERPRISE-_MARKET_TRENDS_2015.pdf title Social Enterprise: Market Trends 2014 report
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

746840

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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	Gaming Machines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation, Review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	2053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>A review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures was launched in October 2016. Due to the cross government process required prior to publication, we do not anticipate any further announcements before October.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 14:18:00 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

732966

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	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	Lotteries
	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 bring forward proposals to require advertising of the National Gambling Helpline or BeGambleAware.org at the point of sale of lottery products, both in shops and online.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	1364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Camelot, the National Lottery operator, advertises GamCare (where details of the National Gambling Helpline can be found) through the following point of sale sources:</p><ul><li>On the back of scratchcards</li><li>On the back of lottery tickets</li><li>At the bottom of the title page and each 'play game' page of the National Lottery website</li><li>Within all player guides</li></ul><p>In addition, Camelot's licences contain various conditions that require them to ensure that both excessive and underage play are discouraged on lottery products</p><p> </p><p>Society lotteries are subject to the same regulations as gambling operators, as stipulated by The Gambling Commission's Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice and the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling. This includes the requirement to reference <a href="http://gambleaware.co.uk/" target="_blank">gambleaware.co.uk</a> in all print and broadcast advertisements.</p><p><br> At present there are no plans to change the requirements for National Lottery advertising or society lottery advertising.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 12:01:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

732507

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 68586, what discussions has she had with her counterpart in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on opportunities to increase off-road cycling as part of that Department's Environment Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	1228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to encouraging more people to engage in sport and physical activity, regardless of their background or level of ability.</p><p> </p><p>The 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. Cycling, including off-road cycling, is included as part of the strategy. Officials at DCMS are engaged with Defra officials as they develop their Environment Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 09:58:22 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

733134

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	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	Sports
	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 list the top 10 UK sports in terms of regular active participation.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	1335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Sport England measures 16+ adult participation in England through its Active Lives Survey, and details of participation rates broken down by sport and other physical activities can be found at the links contained in Sport England's first Active Lives Survey report: https://www.sportengland.org/media/11498/active-lives-survey-yr-1-report.pdf.</p><p> </p><p>Grassroots participation in sport is a devolved matter and the responsibility of Sport Scotland, Sport Wales and Sport Northern Ireland in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 09:56:21 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

732705

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	Lotteries: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish proposals to update the regulations governing society lotteries.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	1015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government's response to the CMS Select Committee's report on society lotteries advised that it intended to explore all the recommendations further, with advice from the Gambling Commission. We are carefully considering the issues raised by the Select Committee and expect to make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 09:52:54 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

746160

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	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	Olympic Games
	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 26 June 2017 to Question 229, whether anyone from her Department has had discussions with the British Olympic Association on a name change for the Olympic team from Team GB to Team UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	1652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has had no discussions with the British Olympic Association (BOA) , an independent organisation, ​about​ a name change for the Olympic team from TeamGB to Team UK.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/07/2017 16:47:46 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest