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386543

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had to discuss the role of local authorities in the future of grassroots football.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	5006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>On 7<sup>th</sup> July I met with Councillor Stephens from the Local Government Association and I am always open to engaging with local authority representatives on this important subject. Local authorities have a very important role in ensuring people from all backgrounds are able to participate in sport. They own or manage a large amount of sporting infrastructure in the country and have a responsibility to make sure that facilities and infrastructure are available and accessible. The Government, through Sport England, works closely with a wide range of local authorities, providing expert advice and funding to sustain and increase the number of people playing sport regularly.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 28/07/2015 14:12:18 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

386566

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	4961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies April 2012, Government Departments are required to publicise successful appointments.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2015 08:50:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

386568

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Sports: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department or its agencies have provided for facilities for (a) wheelchair basketball, (b) blind cricket, (c) deaf cricket, (d) wheelchair tennis, (e) wheelchair rugby and (f) wheelchair football since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Worcester
tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
uin	4829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Government remains committed to supporting disabled people to realise their potential in sport. Since 2012 Sport England has made disability sport a key focus of its strategy and the National Governing Bodies of Sport have specific targets for increasing the number of people with disabilities who play their sport. Sport England is currently investing over £171 million to make sport a practical and attractive lifestyle choice for disabled people and to get more disabled people playing sport.</p><p><strong>Table A:</strong> Investment in disability sport-specific facilities</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sport</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sport England investment in disability sport-specific facilities since 2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair basketball</p></td><td><p>£79,314*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blind cricket and deaf cricket</p></td><td><p>£241,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair tennis</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair rugby</p></td><td><p>£228,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair football</p></td><td><p>£179,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Includes £30,000 award to GB Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA) in 2013 for new wheelchairs</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the figures in Table A only includes awards for projects which have a stated disability sport focus. Facilities like sports halls can be used for disability sports like the ones listed in Table A. Since 2012, Sport England has invested £39.8 million in 58 such sports hall projects.</p><p> </p><p>As part of GBWBA’s Whole Sport Plan investment for 2013-17, Sport England invested £154,833 in the University of Worcester Disabled Athlete Accommodation project. Across Sport England’s National Centres for Sport, at least 20 per cent of accommodation provided has been designed specifically with disability access requirements in mind.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sport England is also investing £26,000 in a research project in partnership with GBWBA to look at ways to increase the quality of surfaces used for wheelchair sports.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/07/2015 16:58:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

386569

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Boxing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to encourage take-up of amateur boxing.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	4740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government through Sport England is investing £5.8 million in England Boxing between 2013-17 to get more people boxing regularly and to support talented young boxers.</p><p>In addition, since 2010, Sport England has invested around £7.8 million of National Lottery money in 142 boxing projects across the country.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/07/2015 14:40:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

386571

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of the Premier League to discuss that body's financial commitment to grassroots football.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	5007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>I met with the Chief Executive of the Premier League to discuss this, and other topics on the 20th May. Further discussions are planned, and together we will work in partnership to ensure that funding for grassroots football remains strong.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/07/2015 14:42:56 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

386572

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Sports: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with local authority representatives to discuss the funding of sporting facilities.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	4952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>While there have been no recent meetings, I am always open to engaging with local authority representatives on this important subject. Local authorities have a very important role in ensuring people from all backgrounds are able to participate in sport. They own or manage a large amount of sporting infrastructure in the country and have a responsibility to make sure that facilities and infrastructure are available and accessible. The Government, through Sport England, works closely with a wide range of local authorities, providing expert advice and funding to sustain and increase the number of people playing sport regularly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/07/2015 14:35:19 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

386574

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226447, if he will provide an update on delivery under the Future Fifty programme in line with each of the performance indicators established by the Government and Tech City UK to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	4981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>Tech City UK’s performance against the agreed Key Performance Indicators for the Future Fifty programme to date is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Key performance indicator</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1 2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of firms provided with intensive one-to-one support from the Future Fifty team</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Future Fifty events delivered</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of individuals from Future Fifty firms participating in events delivered as part of the programme</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net promoter score of companies who respond positively versus negatively about the</p><p>impact of the programme</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Volume of positive media coverage in target media, and key message delivery</p></td><td><p>90% of media coverage positive; all coverage contributes towards TCUK’s organisational objectives</p></td><td><p>87.5% of media coverage positive; all coverage contributes towards TCUK’s organisational objective</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/07/2015 16:02:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

385944

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which women's (a) rugby, (b) cricket and (c) football matches (i) he and (ii) Ministers of his Department have attended in an official capacity since taking office.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <blockquote><blockquote>Since the new Government has been formed, both I, the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, and the Secretary of State have yet to attend any women’s rugby, cricket and football matches in an official capacity. The Minister for Sport and Tourism has attended the Kent Girls and Ladies League Final and she is scheduled to attend the Ladies Ashes in August.</blockquote></blockquote> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 13:08:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385946

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Digital Technology
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 he is taking to ensure that digital resources and services provided by his Department are accessible to people with sensory losses.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	4486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Government recognises the importance of Digital Inclusion. The Government Digital Service launched the Government’s Digital Inclusion Strategy in April 2014. The Strategy sets out actions that Government and partners from the public, private and voluntary sector will take to reduce digital exclusion.</p><p> </p><p>All departments will undertake end-to-end service redesign of all transactional services with over 100,000 transactions each year. All new or redesigned transactional services will meet a new Digital by Default Service Standard. It is important Government does not leave anyone behind in this move to a digital by default approach. We will provide appropriate support for people to use digital services, as well as other ways to access services for people who need them.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2015 14:16:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson