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date	12/03/2019
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	Technology: Females
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 the Government is taking to increase the number of women who work in the (a) tech and (b) ICT sectors.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	231549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>This is a critical issue and the government has set an ambition for 50% of students at Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, to be women by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The £1million Digital Skills Innovation Fund was launched in 2018, specifically aiming to help people from underrepresented groups (such as women) to take up digital roles.</p><p> </p><p>The Institute of Coding consortium will be looking to boost diversity in technology-related education and careers. Government has provided £20 million to help fund this consortium.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £84m of new funding over the next four years to deliver a comprehensive programme to improve the teaching of the computing curriculum. This includes a pilot of targeted activities to identify effective approaches to improve gender balance in computing and increase the number of girls who take up computer science.</p><p> </p><p>The Digital Skills Partnership, launched in the Digital Strategy, is also tackling diversity on a national and local level, such as in Coventry via the West Midlands Local Digital Skills Partnership, where PWC’s Tech She Can programme are piloting their new Tech We Can lesson plans to attract more girls to STEM subjects and tech careers.</p><p> </p><p>We also support the Tech Talent Charter (TTC) which has over 300 signatories, and gives organisations tangible actions they can adopt to become more gender-diverse and commits signatories to measuring the diversity profile of their UK employees in tech roles.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/03/2019 09:48:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

982850

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	D-Day Landings: Anniversaries
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 funds his Department plans to allocate to Portsmouth's commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	176626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable member to the response to PQ 176627 answered by Rt Hon Mark Lancaster, Minister of State for Defence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/10/2018 16:03:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

816727

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Civil Society: 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 steps her Department is taking to increase the number of funding sources available for charities and voluntary organisations.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	121154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Charities and voluntary organisations are receiving funding from Government through a number of programmes. This includes unlocking £360m for good causes from dormant bank accounts. Other examples include investing £32m so far in disadvantaged women and girls via the Tampon Tax Fund and £40m in youth organisations through the Youth Investment and #iwill Funds.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also taking steps to open up new opportunities for charities and voluntary organisations' to play a role in public services. Efforts include recruiting a Crown Representative for the sector and ongoing Commissioning Academy programmes.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 15/01/2018 17:06:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

816728

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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: Portsmouth
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 financial assistance her Department is providing to increase the number of visitors to Portsmouth.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	121155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland work with Destination Management Organisations to promote tourism across the UK. Government also provide funding for individual projects to improve their visitor offer, in particular through the Discover England Fund and the Coastal Communities Fund. Portsmouth has recently received £1.75m of Coastal Communities Funding to revitalise its Victorian Arches in the Heart Battery and £50,000 of Coastal Revival Funding for the repair and refurbishment of the South Parade Pier. Portsmouth Council also received £10,000 to set up a Coastal Communities Team to develop an economic plan for the area.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/01/2018 14:58:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan