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969143

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Football: Females
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 is taking to support women's football in (a) Kent and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	171356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The government’s sport strategy “Sporting Future” highlighted the importance of focusing on groups that are less likely to take part in sport and physical activity, including women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England, government’s arm’s length body for community sport, funds the Football Association (FA) to encourage participation in the women’s game, both in developing talented women and girls as well as supporting participation at the grassroots. For 2017-2021 Sport England awarded The FA £14.6m. This investment includes funding for programmes like ‘Grow the Game’ aimed at supporting new women’s and disability teams.</p><p> </p><p>The FA has partnered with Sport England’s “This Girl Can” campaign, to encourage more women and girls to get involved with the sport across the country. In Kent, Sport England funding has helped Kent FA start the Player Development Centre which has seen many girls receive extra coaching opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Government supports the FA’s bid to host the UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 finals in England which will hopefully inspire the next generation of young female players.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 171357 question first answered 12/09/2018 15:35:42 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

969238

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Football: Females
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 is taking to promote women's football in (a) Kent and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	171357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The government’s sport strategy “Sporting Future” highlighted the importance of focusing on groups that are less likely to take part in sport and physical activity, including women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England, government’s arm’s length body for community sport, funds the Football Association (FA) to encourage participation in the women’s game, both in developing talented women and girls as well as supporting participation at the grassroots. For 2017-2021 Sport England awarded The FA £14.6m. This investment includes funding for programmes like ‘Grow the Game’ aimed at supporting new women’s and disability teams.</p><p> </p><p>The FA has partnered with Sport England’s “This Girl Can” campaign, to encourage more women and girls to get involved with the sport across the country. In Kent, Sport England funding has helped Kent FA start the Player Development Centre which has seen many girls receive extra coaching opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Government supports the FA’s bid to host the UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 finals in England which will hopefully inspire the next generation of young female players.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 171356 question first answered 12/09/2018 15:35:42 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

947533

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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: Kent
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 is taking to support sports facilities in (a) Medway and (b) Kent.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	168021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Making sure that good quality and affordable sports facilities are available and accessible to people from all backgrounds and ability levels is a central element of the government Sport Strategy 'Sporting Future'. In the Medway area we have invested over £1m of exchequer and lottery funding through Sport England, into 46 projects since 2010 and since 2011 more than £540,000 in 22 projects in Gillingham and Rainham.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/09/2018 11:02:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

934848

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Big Lottery Fund: Grants
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 applications for Big Lottery funding that were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful were received from (i) the Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (ii) Medway and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	160734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of applications and awards made in (i) Gillingham and Rainham, (ii) Medway and (iii) the UK over each of the last five financial years were as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Gillingham and Rainham</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Awards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Medway</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Awards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>169</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>UK-wide</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Awards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>23,178</p></td><td><p>13,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>21,264</p></td><td><p>13,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>21,250</p></td><td><p>11,822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>13,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>20,550</p></td><td><p>11,037</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110,242</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62,770</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Big Lottery Fund assigns applications and awards by primary project location - where the project is delivered from, rather than beneficiary location or where their beneficiaries live. As such, it is likely that people living in (i) Gillingham and Rainham and (ii) Medway have also benefited from awards assigned to other locations over the past five financial years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2018 13:01:49 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

909431

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Tourism
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 estimate he has made of the economic value of tourism to the (a) UK and (b) South East in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	146820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain’s data for economic value of tourism in UK and South East are as follows-</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Inbound Tourism</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£18.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.9 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21.3 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.1 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.5 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.2 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.3 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.68 billion (January-September)</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Domestic Tourism</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong> <strong>(day) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong> <strong>(overnight visits)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong> <strong>(day)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South East</strong> <strong>(overnight visits)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£65.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£62 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.2 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.1 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.4 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£61.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£22.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.7 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£61.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£24.8 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.6 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£63.9 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1.5 billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£62.4 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23.6 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7 billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.7 billion</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/06/2018 13:39:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti