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1524488

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	Service Industries: Cost of Living
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 recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the cost of living crisis on the live events and hospitality sectors.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Steven Bonnar
uin	901748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>Increasing costs of energy bills are undoubtedly impacting on many sectors, including live events and hospitality. These sectors are facing significant pressures, which is why the government has taken immediate action to support them over winter with the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.</p><p>This scheme, delivered by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy, will support businesses and other non-domestic customers with increased energy prices by providing a discount on gas and electricity unit prices. Discounts will be applied to energy usage initially between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023.</p><p>My Department will continue to engage constructively with DCMS sectors, from music venues to business event organisers to monitor the impact of rising costs, and will continue to work across government to support BEIS’ three-month review of the scheme, aimed at determining what further support is required.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/10/2022 11:08:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4748 label Biography information for Steven Bonnar

1524489

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	Broadband
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 deliver full-fibre and gigabit-capable broadband by 2025 in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) north Northamptonshire and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	901749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>88 percent of premises in the Kettering constituency and 83 percent of premises in North Northamptonshire are able to access gigabit-capable broadband.</p><p>The Government has now launched market engagement exercises in all Project Gigabit intervention areas in England and are making excellent progress on our Project Gigabit procurements covering premises in Kettering and North Northamptonshire, with contracts expected to be awarded next year.</p><p>More immediate support for premises in rural areas is also available through the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/10/2022 11:11:16 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1524490

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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 and Charities: Government Assistance
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 she is taking to support cultural and charitable organisations during the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	901751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>Charities are seeing increased demand for services, and both Civil Society and cultural organisations are facing higher energy prices.</p><p>That is why the government took action to support such organisations with their bills over the winter, as part of our Energy Bill Relief Scheme.</p><p>The department will continue to engage constructively across the cultural and charitable sectors to monitor the impact of rising energy costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/10/2022 10:53:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1524491

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	Football Governance Fan-led Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Fan Led Review of Football Governance.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	901753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the recommendations of the Fan Led Review of Football Governance in April 2022 and we recognise the need for football to be reformed to ensure the game’s sustainability in the long term.</p><p>We are now taking the time to consider the policy. We remain committed to publishing a White Paper setting out our detailed response to the Fan Led Review in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/10/2022 11:30:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1524593

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Bristol West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Bristol West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	67928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Bristol West.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 67929 question first answered 25/10/2022 14:58:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1524594

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Bristol West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Bristol West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	67929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Bristol West.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 67928 question first answered 25/10/2022 14:58:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1524598

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Streatham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Streatham constituency in (a) the last 12 months and (b) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	68012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested. In the 12 months to August 2022, there were 8.58 million general practice appointments in the South East London Integrated Care System area, excluding COVID-19 vaccinations. Of these, 53.8% were conducted face-to-face.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 68013 question first answered 25/10/2022 15:09:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1524599

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Streatham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments in Streatham conducted face-to-face in (a) the last 12 months and (b) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	68013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested. In the 12 months to August 2022, there were 8.58 million general practice appointments in the South East London Integrated Care System area, excluding COVID-19 vaccinations. Of these, 53.8% were conducted face-to-face.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 68012 question first answered 25/10/2022 15:09:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1524602

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to apprenticeships in the North.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	67887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The department is committed to supporting more employers in all sectors, in all areas of the country, including in the North, to use apprenticeships to develop the skilled workforces they need. We are also committed to supporting more people to benefit from the high-quality training that apprenticeships offer.</p><p>Since August 2018, there has been a total of 422,100 apprenticeship starts across the North East, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber.</p><p>To support more employers and learners to access apprenticeships the department is increasing funding for apprenticeships in England to £2.7 billion by 2024/25 financial year.</p><p>The department is also encouraging more flexible training models, such as front-loaded, accelerated and flexi-job apprenticeships, to make it easier for employers to access apprenticeship training in the way that works best for them.</p><p>The department continues to make improvements to the apprenticeship levy transfer system to make it easier for large employers to make full use of their levy funds and support starts in their supply chain, sector, or local area. This will also support more employers, including small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to meet local or sectoral skills needs.</p><p>We have launched a new SME pathfinder, that will support SMEs in the North East, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber, who face barriers in recruiting apprentices to access the skills training they need to grow.</p><p>The department is raising awareness of the benefits of apprenticeships for learners through our ‘Skills for Life’ and ‘Get the Jump’ campaigns. In addition, our new ‘Career Starter Apprenticeships’ campaign showcases apprenticeship standards which offer great opportunities for those looking for their first role after leaving full-time education.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 25/10/2022 08:28:17 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1524603

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of apprenticeship starts there have been with businesses in England since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	67888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of apprenticeship starts in England for the 2017/18 academic year through to the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22 Provisional</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apprenticeship Starts</p></td><td><p>375,760</p></td><td><p>393,380</p></td><td><p>322,530</p></td><td><p>321,440</p></td><td><p>347,920</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the data provided for the 2021/22 academic year remains provisional until the publication of our annual apprenticeships and traineeships statistical release in November 2022. When published, this data will be available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/apprenticeships-and-traineeships-november-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/apprenticeships-and-traineeships-november-2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s reforms to apprenticeships have empowered employers to develop more than 650 high-quality apprenticeship standards, helping them to build the skilled workforces they need to grow. Employers make the decision about which apprenticeships are right for them and choose when they take on apprentices to meet the needs of their business.</p><p> </p><p>The department wants to support employers of all sizes to offer more apprenticeship opportunities, so that even more individuals can benefit from high-quality opportunities to earn whilst learning. We are increasing the funding available for apprenticeships to £2.7 billion by the 2024/25 financial year and making apprenticeship training more flexible so that apprenticeships are accessible to employers in all sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 25/10/2022 10:36:19 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson