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1142455

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	World Anti-doping Agency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Athletes Commission's aim to seek increased athlete representation on the decision-making bodies of the World Anti-Doping Agency, including the Foundation Board and the Executive Committee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL17529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The athlete community is a pivotal stakeholder group in anti-doping and should be appropriately considered, in line with good governance practices.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes recent steps by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to improve its governance practices – notably the recommendations made by the WADA Governance Working Group – that were subsequently adopted by the WADA Foundation Board in November 2018, which provide for one seat as a minimum for athlete representation in all of WADA's Standing Committees. Furthermore, the Government welcomes the commitment made by WADA for there to be an open discussion to determine at which existing and/or new levels within WADA athlete representation could be strengthened.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 02/08/2019 12:12:20 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1142456

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Youth Sport Trust: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much (1) lottery, and (2) government funding, the Youth Sports Trust has received in each of the last ten years, broken down by the purpose to which that funding was awarded.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL17530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Youth Sport Trust has received both exchequer and lottery funding over the past ten years, from Sport England as well as a number of government departments. This information is published in the Youth Sport Trust’s Annual Reports and Accounts, which are publicly available through Companies House (company number 04180163) and the Charity Commission (charity number 1086915), including on their websites.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of all Sport England’s funding, including the project title, can be found on Sport England’s website here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/funding/what-have-we-funded/" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/funding/what-have-we-funded/</a> <strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 02/08/2019 12:12:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1142458

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Sports: Transgender People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to commission research as to whether male performance advantage in competitive sport is retained after gender transition; and if so, what options they recommend, in regard to the funding of men and women’s sport, to include the transgender community in competitive sport and ensure fairness for all competitors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL17532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>We have no plans to commission research into male performance advantage in competitive sport after gender transition. We consider this would be a matter for the respective International Federations and/or the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 02/08/2019 12:13:03 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1142459

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Sports Competitors: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what definition they use of (1) a woman, and (2) a man, when awarding funding to elite athletes; and whether that definition includes the level of testosterone of an athlete over a period of one year before competition.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL17533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>It is for sports to determine their own rules in terms of eligibility of athletes to compete. UK Sport funds athletes nominated to a World Class Programme by their respective sports. As long as athletes are eligible to compete, as determined by the sport’s governing body, UK Sport would not discriminate in respect of the investment based on gender.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 02/08/2019 12:13:18 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan