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1019268

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Gambling: Video Games
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to conduct an investigation into the impact loot boxes in video games have on (1) underage gambling, and (2) instances of gambling related harm.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL11957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Where gambling facilities are offered, operators must have a licence from the Gambling Commission and have controls in place to prevent underage gambling.</p><p> </p><p>Loot boxes do not fall under gambling law where the in-game items acquired are confined for use within the game and cannot be cashed out. However, the Government is aware of concerns that loot boxes and other entertainment products, such as some video games, could encourage gambling-like behaviour and longer term lead to gambling related harm, and will continue to look closely at any evidence around this issue. We welcome the recent introduction by the VSC Ratings Board and PEGI of a new label for video games to warn parents where they include the opportunity to make in-game purchases.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2018, the Gambling Commission, along with 16 other regulators from Europe and the USA signed a declaration which outlined common concerns around gaming and gambling. The regulators agreed to work together to monitor the characteristics of video games and social gaming and where there is potential cross-over into gambling.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/12/2018 17:58:31 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

819120

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Art Works: Poland
	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 prevent the sale of Polish art which was looted during World War 2.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	121797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government provides guidance for the UK art market to assist them in determining the history of cultural objects in which they deal. Additionally, Arts Council England provides a Cultural Property Advice website which offers advice to the art trade, museums and private individuals on the buying and selling of art. The trade associations for the UK art market publish codes of ethics for their members which the Government expects to see enforced.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2017, DCMS hosted an international Conference, attended by the major auction houses, which explored ways of speeding up the identification and return of cultural objects lost during the Nazi era. The Government established the Spoliation Advisory Panel in 2000 to advise on claims for the return of items lost during the Nazi era (1933-1945). The Panel can consider claims for items that are privately owned at the joint request of the claimant and the current owner.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/01/2018 12:08:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

860800

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	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, (a) how many trips were made, (b) how many nights were stayed, (c) how much was spent, for the purpose of visiting friends and relatives in each of the regions of England in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	132157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Data held by VisitBritain shows that visits to friends and relatives accounted for 31.1m visits made in England and 35.5m in Great Britain in year to date figures up to November 2017. During these visits, £3.4bn was spent in England and visitors stayed for a total of 81.5m nights, while they spent £4.1bn and stayed a total of 95.3m nights in Great Britain as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/03/2018 11:19:53 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

910164

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	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	Treasure Act 1996
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons there has been no review of the Treasure Act 1998 for thirteen years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	147293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Treasure Act 1996 (the Act) and the accompanying Codes of Practice were last fully reviewed in 2001. Many of the recommendations in that review, such as the creation of a Treasure Registry at the British Museum were implemented, and have contributed to the continuing success of the treasure process. The process is under constant review and this, along with outstanding recommendations from 2001, will be reflected in proposals to be set out in the forthcoming public consultation on the Act and the Codes of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/06/2018 13:34:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

837775

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Brass Bands: 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, how many brass bands in each English region received funding from Arts Council England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	126806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>A list of the eligible applications to the Arts Council in each year since 2010 in the sub-art form “Brass and Silver bands” by region, are outlined in the attached tables. Some activity, for which brass bands play a constituent part, may not be included as the wider activity has not been classified specifically as such. Ineligible applications are not recorded by sub-art form.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2016, Brass bands have also benefited from the Orchestra tax relief.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/02/2018 10:44:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name Brass Bands since 2010 inc. Regions 126806.pdf title applications to the Arts Council since 2010.
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

850138

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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	Arts Council England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many candidates deemed appointable by the most recent appointment panel for the National Council of Arts Council England were not subsequently appointed.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	129706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The most recent Arts Council appointments campaign was to appoint four Area Chairs (South East Area, South West Area, Midlands Area and North Area) and additional general Council Members to its non-executive Board. Of those who applied for these roles, sixteen candidates were deemed appointable by the Advisory Assessment Panel and from these, ten appointments were subsequently made by Ministers. Six candidates deemed appointable were not appointed to the Arts Council board.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/03/2018 13:33:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

862045

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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, how many domestic trips for the purpose of visiting friends and relatives were made in England in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	132464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Data held by VisitBritain shows that between January and November of 2017, domestic visits to friends and relatives accounted for 31.1m visits made in England and during these visits, £3.4bn was spent.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/03/2018 16:47:58 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

865195

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	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, how many jobs have been generated by the tourism industry in England in each of the last five years; and what the value of tourism was to the economy in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	133062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Jobs created due to direct tourism and tourism’s economic contribution through GVA are presented below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Jobs (000s)</p></td><td><p>Percentage change from previous year</p></td><td><p>GVA (£bn)</p></td><td><p>Percentage change from previous year</p></td><td><p>Percentage of UK GVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,457</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>53,947</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,532</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>57,344</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,604</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>58,997</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,432</p></td><td><p>-11%</p></td><td><p>60,438</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,531</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>64,642</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016(p)</p></td><td><p>1,504</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td><td><p>66,065</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data can be sourced at the Office of National Statistics and the DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates for 2017.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/03/2018 17:15:54 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

971745

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	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	Public Libraries: Merseyside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have closed in (a) Merseyside and (b) Wirral in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	173522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport monitors proposed changes to library service provision throughout England, but does not hold complete figures on the number of public libraries closed in each local authority in each of the last 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 09/10/2018 16:03:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

872807

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	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	Public Libraries: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have closed in each constituency since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	134620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport monitors proposed changes to library service provision throughout England, but does not hold complete figures on the number of public libraries closed in each constituency since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/04/2018 15:18:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman