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1172608

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the potential effect on BBC revenues of decriminalising non-payment of the licence fee.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	6613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The potential effect on BBC revenues of decriminalising licence fee evasion was considered as part of David Perry QC’s TV Licence Fee Enforcement Review in 2015.</p><p>The government believes that it is right to look again at whether the criminal sanction remains appropriate for TV licence fee evasion, given ongoing concerns about whether the criminal sanction is unfair and disproportionate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/01/2020 17:24:50 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1172613

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Musicians: Travel Requirements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on the creation of a musicians passport to help enable freedom of movement for touring musicians after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	6614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>DCMS has engaged extensively with union bodies, orchestras, individual musical practitioners and cultural organisations. We understand the importance of being able to tour. We recognise that this depends on musicians and crew being able to move quickly and easily between countries, taking necessary equipment with them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Home Office has been closely involved in our conversations. They are well informed of the needs of the cultural sector as they look to develop the UK’s future points based immigration system and as we seek to negotiate our future relationship with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the depth of the UK-EU relationship, the Government has proposed that we seek to agree reciprocal mobility arrangements with the EU. These will support businesses to provide services and to move their talented people. This is reflected in the Political Declaration on our future relationship. The details will be discussed in the next phase of negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/01/2020 17:09:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1172614

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of computers in public libraries to enable access to public services.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	6615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. They are responsible for determining the delivery of a modern and efficient library service that meets the requirements of their communities, including the provision of access to computers with internet access. No assessment has been made by DCMS; however public libraries are continuing to provide opportunities for people to get online and to access public services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/01/2020 17:08:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1172616

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobcentres: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many computers are available for public use in Jobcentres in (a) each region of England and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	6616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is detailed below and is from internal DWP data which is correct at the time of this response.</p><p> </p><p>a) English regions</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of devices</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern England</p></td><td><p>1380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London &amp; Home Counties</p></td><td><p>1128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>1214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern England</p></td><td><p>2096</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>b) UK</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region (total)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of devices</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>5818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ul><li>The project that led on delivering our new PCs instructed offices to place the number of devices they have for replacement. However, some offices ordered a reduced number of devices based on capacity in the office and the need of customers at that time.</li><li>We closed a number of offices between 2017 and 2019. In the past twelve months, we have closed a further 9 sites and completed 7 co-locations and where those offices were co-located, DWP devices were not installed because PCs for public use were provided by the Local Authority or Third Party.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We also have improved access to our Wi-Fi services in all jobcentres, allowing customers to use their own personal devices to access internet services.</p><p> </p><p>We also constantly review the number of PC’s available for customers and have capacity to increase the number of devices quickly, if the need arises.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/01/2020 17:44:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1172618

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Art and Design: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many art and design teachers there were in (a) England and (b) each Local Education Authority in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	6617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The information requested for (a) is shown in the table below.</p><p><strong>Number (headcount) of teachers in state funded secondary schools in England teaching art and design – November 2010 to 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Headcount of teachers of art and design</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>13,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>13,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>12,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>11,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>11,957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>11,874</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on subjects taught by teachers in state funded secondary schools in England is collected from around 85% of state funded secondary schools through the School Workforce Census. This is then grossed up to provide national estimates.</p><p> </p><p>The published information shows the proportion of teaching hours spent teaching art and design has remained broadly stable between 2010 and 2018. National level estimates show that in 2010, 4.1% of all teaching hours were spent teaching art and design. In 2018, this was 3.8%. All editions of the publication can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for individual local authorities is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/01/2020 16:59:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1171849

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	List of Ministerial Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an updated list of Ministerial responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial responsibilities can be found on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers</a>).</p><p><br>The List of Ministerial Responsibilities was last updated in October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/01/2020 17:56:52 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1171935

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Listed Events
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will add the Six Nations rugby union championship to the category A list of events not permitted to be broadcast solely on paid television services.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Events on Group B of the list, including the Six Nations, can have live coverage on subscription television provided that secondary coverage is offered to the eligible free-to-air broadcasters.</p><p>The Government is clear that the existing list works well with the inclusion of the Paralympic Games and women’s equivalents of men’s events currently on the list, on which the Government is consulting, and strikes the right balance between retaining free-to-air sports events for the public, and allowing rights holders to negotiate agreements in the best interests of their sport. The Government therefore has no intention of undertaking a review of the list, or of moving the Six Nations from the category B list to the category A list.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 23/01/2020 08:56:58 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1169593

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	S4C: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to announce the appointment of the Chair of S4C.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	1296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The appointment of the Chair of S4C is an ongoing priority for DCMS. An announcement regarding the preferred candidate will be made in due course prior to the candidate appearing before a Pre-Appointment hearing held by the Welsh Affairs and DCMS Select Committees. An interim Chair is currently in place.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:17:46 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1151354

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Treasure: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish her response to her Department's consultation entitled Revising the definition of treasure in the Treasure Act 1996 and revising the related codes of practice.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	3595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s responses to these consultations have been delayed owing to conflicting work pressures. However, they remain a departmental priority and good progress has been made in analysing the responses to the consultations.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 3596 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:30:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1151359

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Treasure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation entitled Strengthening the Process for Retaining National Treasures.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	3596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s responses to these consultations have been delayed owing to conflicting work pressures. However, they remain a departmental priority and good progress has been made in analysing the responses to the consultations.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 3595 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:30:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan