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1349043

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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	MV Empire Windrush: Monuments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an estimate of the cost of raising the anchor of HMT Empire Windrush.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has adopted as best practice the Rules set out in the Annex to the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. The Rules indicate that the protection of underwater cultural heritage through in situ preservation should be considered as the first option. Consequently, no estimate has been made of the cost of recovering the anchor of HMT Empire Windrush (the wreck of which is understood to lie at a depth of c. 8,500 ft, 23 nautical miles off the coast of Algeria).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 37440 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:39:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349044

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	MV Empire Windrush: War Graves
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether HMT Empire Windrush has been designated as a war grave.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>While the term ‘war grave’ is used in common parlance, there is no legal definition that applies at sea (or on land). Therefore, the wreck of the HMT Empire Windrush cannot be designated in this manner.</p><p>The wreck is not designated under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, nor the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.</p><p>This does not detract from the ship continuing to act as an extraordinary and enduring symbol of the contribution of the Windrush generation to the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 06/09/2021 15:58:29 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349045

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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	MV Empire Windrush
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 estimate he has made of the depth that HMT Empire Windrush lies at.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has adopted as best practice the Rules set out in the Annex to the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. The Rules indicate that the protection of underwater cultural heritage through in situ preservation should be considered as the first option. Consequently, no estimate has been made of the cost of recovering the anchor of HMT Empire Windrush (the wreck of which is understood to lie at a depth of c. 8,500 ft, 23 nautical miles off the coast of Algeria).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 37438 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:39:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349046

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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	Wrecks
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 wrecks in UK territorial waters have been designated as of (a) historical, (b) archaeological and (c) artistic importance under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The powers conferred by the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 relate to wreck sites located in UK territorial waters. They do not extend to those located in the territorial waters of other nations or in international waters.</p><p>Currently, 54 wreck sites located in UK territorial waters adjacent to England, and 1 wreck site located in UK territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland, are protected under the terms of section 1 of the 1973 Act (‘protection of sites of historic wrecks’).</p><p>Responsibility for the operation of section 1 of the 1973 Act in Scotland and Wales is a devolved matter. The number of wreck sites currently protected under the terms of section 1 of the 1973 Act in UK territorial waters adjacent to Scotland and Wales is understood to be 0 and 6, respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 37442 37443 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:42:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349047

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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	Wrecks
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 maritime wrecks in overseas waters of (a) historic, (b) archaeological and (c) artistic importance have been designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The powers conferred by the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 relate to wreck sites located in UK territorial waters. They do not extend to those located in the territorial waters of other nations or in international waters.</p><p>Currently, 54 wreck sites located in UK territorial waters adjacent to England, and 1 wreck site located in UK territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland, are protected under the terms of section 1 of the 1973 Act (‘protection of sites of historic wrecks’).</p><p>Responsibility for the operation of section 1 of the 1973 Act in Scotland and Wales is a devolved matter. The number of wreck sites currently protected under the terms of section 1 of the 1973 Act in UK territorial waters adjacent to Scotland and Wales is understood to be 0 and 6, respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 37441 37443 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:42:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349048

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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	Wrecks
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 his Department enforces the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 in foreign and international waters.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The powers conferred by the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 relate to wreck sites located in UK territorial waters. They do not extend to those located in the territorial waters of other nations or in international waters.</p><p>Currently, 54 wreck sites located in UK territorial waters adjacent to England, and 1 wreck site located in UK territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland, are protected under the terms of section 1 of the 1973 Act (‘protection of sites of historic wrecks’).</p><p>Responsibility for the operation of section 1 of the 1973 Act in Scotland and Wales is a devolved matter. The number of wreck sites currently protected under the terms of section 1 of the 1973 Act in UK territorial waters adjacent to Scotland and Wales is understood to be 0 and 6, respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 37441 37442 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:42:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349052

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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	Visual Impairment: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to increase the number of Eye Clinic Liaison Officers working within the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government appreciates the impact that sight loss can have on a person’s life and the important role that Eye Clinic Liaison Officers can play in supporting patients newly diagnosed with sight loss, including signposting patients to appropriate support and rehabilitation services.</p><p>Eye clinics and their staff, including Eye Clinic Liaison Officers, are commissioned, and funded by individual Clinical Commissioning Groups on the basis of local assessments of need, details of which are not routinely collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 06/09/2021 11:47:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349053

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how information is passed between police services on people who have been accused but not convicted of (a) sexual, (b) physical and (c) coercive behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>If a suspect has been accused but not convicted (pending a court appearance), then this information will be placed on the Police National Computer (PNC).</p><p>If the victim is not willing to pursue a prosecution, or if there is insufficient evidence to prosecute at this time, then the information will be retained within an intelligence log or crime report. Both are uploaded onto the Police National Database (PND) daily and kept for as long as it is needed for a policing purpose.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/09/2021 12:11:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1348813

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
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: Coronavirus
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 assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the (a) inbound tourism and (B) the tourism economy in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>COVID-19 has had a significant impact on inbound tourism and the wider tourism industry. From last March, inbound flight arrivals were down 90% for over a year compared to 2019 levels, hotel occupancy far lower than normal, and the sector was closed for at least six of the last 12 months - more so in some parts of the country subject to local lockdowns last autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We also know that tourism has been the sector most reliant on the government’s unprecedented package of support measures. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was crucial in saving tourism jobs, which at its peak supported 87% of hospitality and leisure businesses. In total, at least £25 billion has been provided to the leisure, tourism and hospitality sector so far over the course of the pandemic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In June, we published the Tourism Recovery Plan to help the sector recover back to pre-pandemic levels and build back better for the future. The plan aims to recover domestic tourism to pre pandemic levels by 2022 and international tourism by 2023; both at least a year faster than independent forecasts predict.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 28/07/2021 09:22:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1348818

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
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: Coronavirus
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 his Department is taking to support the inbound tourism industry as part of the UK's economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is taking a number of steps to support inbound tourism’s recovery from the pandemic. In total, at least £25 billion has been provided to the leisure, tourism and hospitality sector so far over the course of the pandemic - saving jobs and businesses across the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Tourism Recovery plan sets out the Government’s aim to recover domestic overnight trip volume and spend to 2019 levels by the end of 2022, and inbound visitor numbers and spend by the end of 2023 – both at least a year faster than independent forecasts predict. We will work with VisitBritain to welcome back international visitors as soon as it is safe to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are regularly engaging with travel industry bodies - such as UKInbound and the European Tour Operators Association - to monitor the pandemic’s impact and to further support the sector’s recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 28/07/2021 08:43:33 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord