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1002122

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Since April 2016, Arts Council England (ACE) has invested more than £85,470,000 in theatre in the Midlands, including regular funding to their National Portfolio Organisations, National Lottery Grants for the Arts and Project Grants and Strategic funding. From the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, to the National Student Drama Festival in Leicester, ACE support a diverse range of work which has international appeal, is accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and plays a key role as part of England’s vibrant arts and cultural ecology.</p><p> </p><p>Between June 2016 and March 2018, Arts Council invested £2,737,902 in Strategic Touring in the Midlands region. This programme funded touring work focusing specifically on areas of low engagement with the arts and those that rely on touring for much of their arts provision. It also extended the reach of high-quality work by broadening the range of venues presenting it, as well as forging stronger relationships between audiences, promoters, venues, artists and producers.</p> question first answered 14/11/2018 11:50:18
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1002663

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We do not hold this information. As Arts funding is a devolved matter, questions regarding funding decisions made in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales should be directed to the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/11/2018 11:48:41
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1003799

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In December 2017, the then Secretary of State indicated that she was not minded to intervene by ordering a local inquiry under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to determine whether the changes in library provision in Barnet offer a comprehensive and efficient library service. The further representations received are being carefully considered by the current Secretary of State.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/11/2018 11:41:18
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1003800

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service that meets local needs. There is no specific criteria that requires public libraries to provide safe, welcoming and accessible physical and virtual environments freely open to all, although we would hope and expect them to do as much as can reasonably be done in this regard.</p> question first answered 14/11/2018 11:44:43
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1003802

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>DCMS works with the Libraries Taskforce and local and central government to promote good practice and innovation to sustain and improve library services provided by local authorities in England, including in Barnet. Library services in England can help transform lives, communities and society as a whole, including in relation to children by supporting them to develop and enjoy their reading; to learn and study; and to take part in events and activities. For instance, the annual Summer Reading Challenge, run by The Reading Agency, promotes reading for children at their local libraries and has resulted in many thousands of children aged 4 – 11 joining a library and accessing library services.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DCMS provided £3.9 million to the Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone innovation fund to enable library services to trial innovative projects that would benefit disadvantaged people and places in England. These included a number of projects which promoted children’s access to library services.</p> question first answered 14/11/2018 11:46:52
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1005787

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The proportion of women on boards of museums sponsored by DCMS is 38%.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of BAME boards members of museums sponsored by DCMS is 11%.</p> question first answered 15/11/2018 12:40:10
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1005871

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The proportion of people on the bodies sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is (a) 10% BAME and (b) 40% female.</p> question first answered 15/11/2018 10:50:25
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1006045

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place at this time.</p> question first answered 19/11/2018 16:11:29
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1006096

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>My Department has not made an assessment of the impact on Kent’s tourism industry of different scenarios related to leaving the EU. My officials are however in regular dialogue with the tourism sector to understand potential implications. This includes recently meeting with Visit Kent.</p><p>We have agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. We have also agreed the broad terms of our future relationship as set out in the outline Political Declaration. We do not want or expect a no deal scenario, however we continue to prepare for a range of potential outcomes.</p> question first answered 21/11/2018 12:04:46
	tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

1007008

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In Merseyside, Arts Council England (ACE) has increased their National portfolio funding by 14% for the 2018-22 funding period. This includes investment in a number of theatre organisations, such as Liverpool Everyman, the Unity Theatre, the Royal Court, Collective Encounters and 20 Stories High.</p><p> </p><p>A new addition to ACE’s National portfolio for this period is Culture Liverpool, who have built on the legacy of European Capital of Culture 2008 to play a leading role in large scale outdoor and public art commissions. Culture Liverpool recently delivered the theatre production ‘Giant Spectacular’ which took place across Liverpool and the Wirral for a weekend, attracting over 1 million visitors.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to ACE’s National portfolio investment, they have made 81 awards from the Lottery-funded Grants for the Arts and Project Grants schemes to support theatre projects across Merseyside since April 2015, with investment totalling more than £1 million. ACE will also administer a Treasury award of £5 million for the capital development of the Shakespeare North theatre in Knowsley.</p> question first answered 19/11/2018 15:49:47
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle