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1253228

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from youth arts companies on bringing into line with the covid-19 regulations for boarding schools out-of-school arts activities that are run as residential courses.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	117189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department has been in close communication with various stakeholders, including some with connections to youth arts, since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak with respect to residential trips. We will continue this communication over the coming months.</p><p>The guidance for full opening of schools and the guidance for holiday and after school clubs, and other out-of-school settings, set out the Department’s current position in relation to educational visits. They can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protective-measures-for-holiday-or-after-school-clubs-and-other-out-of-school-settings-for-children-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/protective-measures-for-out-of-school-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protective-measures-for-holiday-or-after-school-clubs-and-other-out-of-school-settings-for-children-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/protective-measures-for-out-of-school-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>At present, schools and out-of-school settings can undertake COVID-19 secure day visits within the UK but are advised against the resumption of domestic and overseas residential educational visits. This is because, unlike boarding schools, residential settings have a transient population with different groups rotating in and out of the centre on a weekly basis. This constant change of population serves to increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission.</p><p>This decision has not been taken lightly and is taken in the context of the Government announcing new national restrictions to address rising cases of COVID-19 in England. This position will be reviewed again before the end of November 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2020 16:06:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1252440

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	Sports: Drugs
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 he has made of trends in the level of domestic sports men and women being tested for the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	115496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) releases its testing figures on a quarterly basis. UKAD’s latest quarterly report covering July to September 2020 shows 1,406 tests were conducted. This represents an increase from the 126 tests conducted in the period before, covering April to June 2020. The drop in testing during this period was due to UKAD’s decision in March 2020 to significantly reduce its testing programme due to the pause in competitive sport caused by Covid-19.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>UKAD has been working closely with medical experts to ensure new testing processes comply with the highest standards of safety and sport-specific considerations in light of Covid-19. UKAD has developed a protocol for its Doping Control Personnel to follow to ensure the safety of its testers and those being tested. This procedure is in line with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidance for resuming testing, and is fully outlined on UKAD’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/11/2020 17:20:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1252442

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	British Athletes Commission: Finance
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 representations he has received on direct funding by his Department of the British Athletics Commission.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	115497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The issue of direct funding of the British Athletes Commission by DCMS has been raised with the department through correspondence. It was also one of the recommendations made by Baroness Grey-Thompson in her Duty of Care report (2017), commissioned by DCMS. Changing the source of funding for the BAC was not taken forward at the time, as the priority focus was to improve the resourcing of the organisation so that it could provide more effective support to athletes.</p><p>In light of this, UK Sport announced in May 2018 that it was increasing its investment in the British Athletes Commission to £1 million over the rest of the Tokyo 2020 cycle, which allowed the British Athletes Commission to increase its capacity threefold. In the current Tokyo cycle to date, the British Athletes Commission has received £1.19m from UK Sport.</p><p>My department will continue to work closely with the British Athletes Commission and UK Sport to keep the issue under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/11/2020 17:17:07 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1252445

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	Sports: Children
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 steps he has taken to improve the safeguarding of children and young people participating in sport.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	115498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>We are completely committed to doing all we can to ensure children and young people can participate in sport in safe and secure environments. DCMS works closely with Sport England and the NSPCC’s Child Protection in Sport Unit to review and strengthen safeguarding provision wherever necessary.</p><p>All organisations in receipt of public funding from Sport England and UK Sport have been required to meet the standards set out in the Code for Sports Governance since April 2017. The Code contains specific obligations around safeguarding, including a requirement for national governing bodies to adhere to the Standards for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport, which are issued by the Child Protection in Sport Unit. We have also taken steps to promote best practice in non-funded sports. The Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts was launched in March 2018 which sets consistent standards and provides parents with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about where to send their children for instruction.</p><p>We welcome the Ministry of Justice’s commitment to change the law around ‘positions of trust’ in the Sexual Offences Act 2003. We will continue working closely with the Ministry of Justice to ensure that sports coaches are included as part of these legislative changes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/11/2020 19:13:00 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1251868

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Cats: Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce regulations for the compulsory microchipping of cats by 31 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	91951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport on 29 October 2020, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-21/107106" target="_blank">PQ UIN 107106</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/11/2020 14:15:25 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1251933

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the 2015 Paris climate change agreement, what recent progress he has made on submitting the UK’s post-2020 Nationally Determined Contributions by the deadline of 31 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	91952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Under the Paris Agreement, all Parties have committed to communicating or updating Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by 2020 and every five years after that. We are considering the UK's NDC and will set this out by the Climate Ambition Summit on 12 December 2020.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 18/11/2020 17:04:59 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1229780

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometrics: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are being made for families of three or more to register their biometrics where (a) the closest UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services centres are no longer able to accommodate them due restrictions due to the covid-19 outbreak and (b) travelling a longer distance to an alternative centre is not viable.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	81589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>Following initial closures as a result of global Covid-19 restrictions, UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) service points in the UK began to reopen from the 1 June in locations where it is safe to do so and in accordance with public health guidance in each country.</p><p>The additional measures UKVCAS have put in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of customers and staff mean we are not currently able to offer the same number of locations or volume of appointments across all service points as they did before COVID-19. UKVI have been working closely with Sopra Steria Limited, who run the UKVCAS network on our behalf to tackle the significant demand for appointments in order to accelerate the application process.</p><p>In response to the impact of COVID-19 on UKVI services, we have also introduced a biometric reuse process which allows UKVI to reuse previously submitted biometrics in order to assess visa and citizenship applications which means eligible customers won’t have to visit a UKVCAS service point to enrol new biometrics. Provided all family members qualify, they will be eligible for biometric reuse and eligible customers are being contacted directly.</p><p>If anyone needs to attend a physical UKVCAS appointment but is unable to travel because of coronavirus or related restrictions, they should contact UKVI through the Coronavirus Immigration Hotline (CIH) which can be reached via email or on the phone, on 0800 678 1767. Further details can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents&amp;data=02%7C01%7CVeena.Pem-Ramoo%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C644154066ebf4d44a64308d8563e20e5%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637354172121176935&amp;sdata=kAeAo47mUGyqa9bJ8zWqOZmCO%2Bj28DSlqUlfZ3RtHKc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/09/2020 16:13:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1219885

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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	Music Venues
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 he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that Government proposals to reform planning regulations retain protections for grassroots music venues.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	67562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the value of grassroots music venues and understand that this sector is facing significant challenges due to the Coronavirus pandemic. During this period we are committed to finding the best ways to protect them so that they can continue to exist as a vital part of the music ecosystem, feeding this country’s love of a broad range of culture.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS officials have been in regular dialogue with their Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government counterparts and will continue to work together closely. Changes to planning processes to support the high street revival, announced by the Prime Minister on 30 June 2020, will also recognise the value of retaining cultural buildings such as grassroots music venues and theatres rather than encouraging their change of use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2020 16:46:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1219336

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	United Kingdom Security Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64088 on United Kingdom Security Vetting, what his most recent estimate is of the average time taken to process a routine application in the (a) Counter Terrorist Check, (b) Security Check and (c) Developed Vetting categories.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	66816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Further details relating to the questions asked will not be disclosed in order to safeguard national security. This is in line with the practice of successive administrations.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 66817 66818 question first answered 06/07/2020 14:02:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1219337

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	United Kingdom Security Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64088 on United Kingdom Security Vetting, how many applications have been received in the (a) Counter Terrorist Check, (b) Security Check and (c) Developed Vetting categories in 2020; and how many of those applications in each of those categories are designated by United Kingdom Security Vetting as non-routine.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	66817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Further details relating to the questions asked will not be disclosed in order to safeguard national security. This is in line with the practice of successive administrations.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 66816 66818 question first answered 06/07/2020 14:02:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan