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757406

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	BBC: Equal Pay
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 her Department is taking to help reduce the gender pay gap at the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to eliminating the gender pay gap. As a public service broadcaster funded by the licence fee, the BBC has a responsibility to set an example for others and lead the way in promoting equality in the workplace. It is for the BBC to determine how to close its gender pay gap and we expect to see improvement in next year's disclosure.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2017 14:55:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757407

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Gaming Machines: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45539 from the right hon. Member for East Ham, on gaming machines, when the Triennial Review of Stakes and Prizes will be published.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	8643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>An announcement will be made in October.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2017 14:36:01 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

757408

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Gaming Machines
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 her Department has made of the proportion of funds staked on fixed-odds betting terminals that is staked by (a) problem gamblers and (b) people who are in receipt of benefits.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	8553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>On 24 August the Gambling Commission published a report that draws together evidence on gambling behaviour, including that on fixed odds betting terminals, in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The report can be found here:<br></p><p>http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 8554 question first answered 13/09/2017 14:39:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

757409

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Gaming Machines
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 her Department has made of the total number of people in receipt of benefits who regularly use fixed-odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	8554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>On 24 August the Gambling Commission published a report that draws together evidence on gambling behaviour, including that on fixed odds betting terminals, in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The report can be found here:<br></p><p>http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 8553 question first answered 13/09/2017 14:39:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

757503

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Drugs: Sports Competitors
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 people have been found guilty of illegal drug-taking in sport in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>UK Anti-Doping issued the following number of sanctions to athletes with Adverse Analytical Findings;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (1 January to 31 December)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of athletes sanctioned by UKAD following an Adverse Analytical Finding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 to date</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures refer to the date that the athlete’s sanction was made public, in some cases the date that the athlete provided the positive sample may have been in an earlier year.</p><p>The figures relate to “Presence” cases only (i.e. the athlete provided an Adverse Analytical Finding). ‘Non-Analytical Findings’ (refusing a test, trafficking banned substances etc) are not included in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>UK Anti-Doping is a world leading National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) with a strong testing programme, this is evidenced by the World Anti-Doping Agency asking UKAD to manage the testing programme in Russia as part of the work to make the Russian NADO compliant once again with the World Ant-Doping Code.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is fully committed to eradicating the use of performance enhancing substances and methods in sport. Performance enhancing drugs remain a threat to the integrity of sport and the health and wellbeing of all our athletes.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2017 14:49:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

757571

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Procurement
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 procurements undertaken by her Department have taken more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) one year and (d) two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 8733 8771 question first answered 13/09/2017 16:41:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757572

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Sub-letting
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 much her Department has received from sub-lets on its estate in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 8752 8771 question first answered 13/09/2017 16:41:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757573

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Digital Technology: Skilled Workers
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 initiatives are being sponsored by her Department to support and grow the UK digital skills base.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	8905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>DCMS has sponsored many programs that have helped support and grow the UK digital skills base. Some of them include the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Through grant funding, we have supported Ada, the National College for Digital Skills to build and pilot an innovative, online platform that will teach coding skills using elements of peer-to-peer and gamified learning. The first school-age students started using the platform in June 2017 in a pilot that was rolled out to 30 schools across the UK. Over 1,000 students – more than double the initial target of 500 – benefited from this learning<p><p> <br></li><li>DCMS is leading on a new digital skills partnership programme which will convene stakeholders across the public, private and charity sector to tackle the digital skills gap in a co-ordinated and coherent way. The DSP will also deliver on the 4 million training places announced in the Digital Strategy<p><p> <br></li><li>DCMS is also leading on a number of short and long-term government interventions to address the cyber security skills gap, funded through the National Cyber Security Programme including a programme targeted at 14-18 year olds and a range of activity in further and higher education.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2017 14:59:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

757574

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the voluntary levy on the betting industry to support greyhound welfare, what progress the Government has made on encouraging bookmakers to join the scheme and secure contributions for revenue generated in (a) the UK and (b) offshore; and what further steps the Government plans to take to encourage more bookmakers to join that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	8903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>With regard to those based in Great Britain, the Association of British Bookmakers has estimated that over 90% of all Licenced Betting Offices in Britain contribute to the voluntary levy.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year I wrote to trade bodies representing the betting industry to ask that they take part in discussions to improve the current funding position in the greyhound industry, to be chaired by Lord Lipsey.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Lipsey’s work is ongoing and Ladbrokes Coral have followed Bet 365 and recently announced that they will begin making voluntary contributions to the greyhound racing industry based on their offshore business from the start of 2018. This is a welcome boost to the sport which will strengthen the industry's ability to meet and exceed their commitments in relation to welfare and integrity and I would urge all betting operators who do not currently contribute to the voluntary levy to reconsider their position.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2017 16:50:11 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

757577

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Employment: Exercise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2017 to Question 64237, what steps she has taken since March 2017 to establish a network of employers which will bring together organisations keen to support and encourage their staff to be more physically active.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	8847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Government remains committed to establishing a network of employers in line with the recommendation set out in Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation. We are working with Department of Health and Department for Work and Pensions to move this forward and hope to be able to make an announcement on this shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2017 14:43:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson