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1359385

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help protect environmental defenders in Colombia who are being threatened by international companies as a result of their lawful and legitimate protest against illicit activities on their land.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	56331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>UK ministers and senior officials regularly raise human rights issues, as well as specific cases of concern, with the Colombian Government. The UK's Minister for the Environment, Lord Goldsmith, raised our concerns around violence and threats toward environmental defenders on a visit to Colombia from 5-8 October.</p><p>Colombia is a UK 'Human Rights Priority Country' and we consistently raise our concerns regarding violence against human rights defenders and social leaders at the UN Security Council, as we did at meetings in July and on 14 October. We will continue to raise our concerns with the relevant state actors in Colombia.</p><p>Through our Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund (CSSF) programme, which has provided £63 million in support of peace agreement implementation, security, and stability in Colombia since 2015, we will continue to prioritise funding interventions to protect human rights defenders, including environmental activists, and social leaders.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 57070 question first answered 25/10/2021 10:03:21 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1360409

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made for the implications of her policies of companies domiciled or listed in the UK threatening environmental defenders in Colombia with legal action, following lawful or legitimate protests on their land.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	57069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the FCDO Annual Human Rights Report, we expect British businesses to respect local and international law wherever they operate.</p><p>The UK was the first country to create a National Action Plan to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This plan sets out what is expected of the conduct of UK businesses, including compliance with relevant laws and respect for human rights; treating the risk of causing human rights abuses as a legal compliance issue; adopting appropriate due diligence policies; and consulting those who could potentially be affected.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/10/2021 09:03:18 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1360410

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help protect environmental defenders in Colombia who face potential threats and attacks for protecting their lands from corporate activity.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	57070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>UK ministers and senior officials regularly raise human rights issues, as well as specific cases of concern, with the Colombian Government. The UK's Minister for the Environment, Lord Goldsmith, raised our concerns around violence and threats toward environmental defenders on a visit to Colombia from 5-8 October.</p><p>Colombia is a UK 'Human Rights Priority Country' and we consistently raise our concerns regarding violence against human rights defenders and social leaders at the UN Security Council, as we did at meetings in July and on 14 October. We will continue to raise our concerns with the relevant state actors in Colombia.</p><p>Through our Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund (CSSF) programme, which has provided £63 million in support of peace agreement implementation, security, and stability in Colombia since 2015, we will continue to prioritise funding interventions to protect human rights defenders, including environmental activists, and social leaders.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 56331 question first answered 25/10/2021 10:03:22 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1346794

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Ofcom: 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, if he will list the members of the interview panel for the first selection process for the Chair of Ofcom.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	33248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>The first process to appoint the permanent Chair of Ofcom was run in line with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code for Public Appointments, and regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. In line with the requirements of the Governance Code, the members of the interview panel were published in March 2021 on the Cabinet Office’s Public Appointments Website. The panel consisted of Susannah Storey (Director General, DCMS), Paul Potts (Senior Independent Panel Member), Melanie Richards and Lord Livingston of Parkhead.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 21/07/2021 15:41:36 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1346795

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Ofcom: 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, how many applicants in the first process for the appointment of Chair of Ofcom had their applications carried forward automatically to the second process.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	33249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>A second process to appoint a permanent Chair of Ofcom has not yet been launched but announcements will be made in due course. The process will be a fair and open competition, and run in line with the Governance Code for Public appointments and regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 21/07/2021 15:38:36 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1346796

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	BBC: Recruitment
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 discussions his Department has had with representatives of the BBC about internal staff appointments at the BBC.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	33250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government, and the government has no role in internal or executive recruitment at the BBC.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Meetings with external organisations and individuals undertaken in a ministerial capacity are published on GOV.UK on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 33251 question first answered 21/07/2021 15:44:15 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1346797

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	BBC: Recruitment
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 discussions (a) he, (b) his officials and (c) advisors have had with representatives of the BBC about internal staff appointments at the BBC.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	33251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government, and the government has no role in internal or executive recruitment at the BBC.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Meetings with external organisations and individuals undertaken in a ministerial capacity are published on GOV.UK on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 33250 question first answered 21/07/2021 15:44:15 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1343075

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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	Culture Recovery Fund
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 has taken to ensure that the payment of the Cultural Recovery Fund for phase three is made in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	25851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>Our Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) is worth £2 billion in total and is the largest investment in culture, art &amp; heritage in UK history.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our delivery bodies are working hard to ensure payments from the first two rounds reach organisations quickly, and so far over 83% of all awarded CRF funding has been paid. Payments through the Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) are typically made in multiple tranches. Final payment is typically made at the very end of the grant period, once activities and costs have been reported.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the design process for the third round of the CRF, the Department has conducted various lessons learnt exercises to help us determine where to make design and delivery changes. Details on the third round of funding were published on 25 June, including a specific ‘emergency resource support’ strand that will provide funding quickly to those who are at imminent risk of failure. As with all large and complex funding packages, we will ensure that key lessons learned from the whole process are captured, and used to help improve grant delivery in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/07/2021 14:19:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1342369

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Culture Recovery Fund
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 of the successful applicants in Phase 2 of the Culture Recovery Fund have received all of the funds awarded to them.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	25003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The attached table provides figures addressing the questions asked.</p><p> </p><p>Payments through the Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) are typically made in multiple tranches. Final payment is typically made at the very end of the grant period, once activities and costs have been reported.</p><p>In both rounds of the CRF revenue grants programme, DCMS has been able to give recipients the flexibility to extend the grant period. For CRF1 awardees, they have been able to extend until 30 June 2021, and for CRF2 awardees until 31 December 2021.</p><p> </p><p>As such, a significant number of CRF 1 awardees have only very recently concluded the grant period, and many CRF 2 awardees have not concluded the grant period yet.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, final payment requests are still outstanding from both CRF1 and CRF 2 recipients. Only when final payment requests have been made will DCMS Arms Length Bodies make final payments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, payment schedules can be impacted by a number of factors, such as the provision of bank details and activity reports from applicants, as well as assurance processes undertaken by distributing arms-length bodies, in order to ensure best use of tax-payers’ money.</p><p> </p><p>As the numbers show, over 83% of all awarded CRF funding has been paid.</p><p> </p><p>Figures include revenue grants, capital grants, and loans from within the Culture Recovery Fund.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 25004 25005 25025 25026 25027 25028 25029 question first answered 05/07/2021 14:59:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name Culture Recovery Fund.pdf title Culture Recovery Fund
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1342372

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Culture Recovery Fund
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 of the successful applicants in Phase 2 of the Culture Recovery Fund are awaiting the receipt of funds; and how much funding remains to be paid.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	25004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The attached table provides figures addressing the questions asked.</p><p> </p><p>Payments through the Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) are typically made in multiple tranches. Final payment is typically made at the very end of the grant period, once activities and costs have been reported.</p><p>In both rounds of the CRF revenue grants programme, DCMS has been able to give recipients the flexibility to extend the grant period. For CRF1 awardees, they have been able to extend until 30 June 2021, and for CRF2 awardees until 31 December 2021.</p><p> </p><p>As such, a significant number of CRF 1 awardees have only very recently concluded the grant period, and many CRF 2 awardees have not concluded the grant period yet.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, final payment requests are still outstanding from both CRF1 and CRF 2 recipients. Only when final payment requests have been made will DCMS Arms Length Bodies make final payments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, payment schedules can be impacted by a number of factors, such as the provision of bank details and activity reports from applicants, as well as assurance processes undertaken by distributing arms-length bodies, in order to ensure best use of tax-payers’ money.</p><p> </p><p>As the numbers show, over 83% of all awarded CRF funding has been paid.</p><p> </p><p>Figures include revenue grants, capital grants, and loans from within the Culture Recovery Fund.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 25003 25005 25025 25026 25027 25028 25029 question first answered 05/07/2021 14:59:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name Culture Recovery Fund.pdf title Culture Recovery Fund
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson