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420996

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Rugby: World Cup
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to promote the legacy of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	11690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Rugby World Cup is expected to attract 466,000 international visitors to England – more than any previous RWC. Research from Visit Britain tells us that sport tourists traditionally stay for longer, have a propensity to travel around the country and spend more money when doing so. International visitors are expected to contribute up to £869 million in direct expenditure to the UK economy. Last year, an economic impact study by EY estimated a boost of almost £1bn to the UK’s GDP (of £2.2bn total spend generated). This includes £85m of infrastructure projects and the support of 41,000 jobs.</p><p>There are strong plans to drive legacy benefits from the tournament. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is working to spread the game's popularity and there are also plans around the host cities to maximise economic and community benefits.</p><p>The RFU's plans to grow the game include:</p><br /><ul><li>improving facilities through £10m investment</li><li>investing in people, including by recruiting and training nearly 3,000 referees and over 3,000 new coaches, and recruiting 6,000 volunteers ('the Pack') to help run the tournament</li><li>increasing schools’ participation in rugby, especially state schools. 130,000 new state school pupils have played rugby, of whom a third are girls and of whom 3,000 are now playing regularly for a club</li><li>attracting 16-24 year old players back to clubs</li><li>promoting touch rugby to appeal to more people</li><li>the Unity Project to promote rugby in Europe’s developing rugby nations; and</li><li>cultural engagement through over 700 rugby themed events and celebrations.</li></ul><br /><p>DCMS and the Government continue to be fully supportive of these plans.UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) is coordinating a Rugby World Cup Business Festival programme of activity across 8 of 9 regions, aligned to the locations of fixtures. A Global Investment Conference (GIC), hosted by UKTI, launched the festival on 17 September 2015 at Lancaster House. This brought together government leaders and 150 senior potential and existing investors from 9 key Foreign Direct Investment target market countries with teams competing in the tournament.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 11925 question first answered 19/10/2015 15:16:57 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

420997

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Motor Sports: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to increase participation in motor sport for young people from families with lower incomes.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	11695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Around 25,000 adults already participate in motorsports each week in England and with support this number could increase further. Motor sports and motor cycling clubs and associations are eligible to apply to Sport England for funding and I would encourage them to consider this as an option to help increase participation.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/10/2015 16:52:48 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

423903

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Battle of Agincourt: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt; and what plans his Department has to ensure that similar anniversaries are appropriately commemorated in the future.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	13410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>In the March 2015 budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that £1millionmwould be allocated for the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt.The fund is administered by the Agincourt 600 charity,providing grants for events and Agincourt related educational projects. DCMS officials have been working closely with Agincourt 600 in the run up to this important anniversary.</p><p>TheGovernment and the Heritage Lottery Fundmade the decision towilldeliver a £10million mcontestable fund to ensure that similarhistoricanniversaries are appropriately commemorated.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 02/11/2015 18:21:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

443840

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the decline in the broadcast of free-to-air sport on the accessibility of sport to young people.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>Our 'Sporting Future' strategy, published in December, 2015 highlighted the importance of sport being available for the public to enjoy, whether live or on television, radio or online. We encourage National Governing Bodies and other rights holders to sign up to the accessibility principle of the Sport and Recreation Alliance's Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Broadcasting of Major Sporting Events, which ensures as wide access as possible to free to air sport.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/01/2016 16:05:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

677954

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which public body provides approval for the list of mandatory flag flying days in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	61460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The designated days for flying the Union Flag on Government buildings in the United Kingdom have been set to mark special occasions by command of Her Majesty the Queen and on the advice of Government.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 01/02/2017 15:37:12 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

677955

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the process is for approving additional mandatory days for flying the national flag to the list published by her Department on the gov.uk website.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	61461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The designated days for flying the Union Flag on UK Government buildings have been set to mark special occasions by command of Her Majesty the Queen and on the advice of Government. Any additions or changes must be discussed with Government and the Lord Chamberlain's Office.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 01/02/2017 15:38:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

682258

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Fencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote interest in fencing.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	62635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>At grassroots level, government is investing funding of £1.7 m between 2017 and 2021 in British Fencing. The recently published Active Lives survey shows that 25,000 people in England regularly take part in fencing. On Friday 3 February Sport England announced that it will be investing a further £500,000 in British Fencing to support talented fencers with a potential further £500,000 to be invested in the future.</p><p> </p><p>At elite level, Wheelchair Fencing will receive £668,000 during the 2017-21 Tokyo Paralympic Cycle, increased from £194,886 during the 2013-17 Rio cycle.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 06/02/2017 13:38:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

710519

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Greyhound Racing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to reform the model of funding for greyhound racing.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	67697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The government supports the existing system of funding and encourages all bookmakers to pay the voluntary levy. There are no plans to reform the current system.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 21/03/2017 12:09:22 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712379

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	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 Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to tackle doping in amateur competitive sports.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	68575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>Doping is unacceptable in any level of sport. It is important that all involved in sport play their part in educating participants about the dangers of doping, both in terms of the damage it does to sport's integrity but also the health risks to individuals as well. There is still more that sports governing bodies can do on this front, working alongside UK Anti-Doping, to help promote clean and fair sport at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 27/03/2017 11:21:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712380

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to promote mountain biking as a sport.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	68586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to encouraging more people to engage in sport and physical activity, regardless of their background or level of ability.</p><p> </p><p>Government's Sporting Future strategy published in December 2015 set out that, in future, public investment in sport and physical activity will be based on the contribution that organisations can make to five broad outcomes: Physical Wellbeing; Mental Wellbeing; Individual Development; Social and Community Development; and Economic Development.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 Sport England has invested over £4.7 million of National Lottery money in projects and facilities to get more people mountain biking. Sport England will continue to work with British Cycling to ensure that more people from all backgrounds are encouraged to take up Mountain Biking and to enjoy the benefits it brings.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/03/2017 16:34:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell