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1169787

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date	09/01/2020
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	Museums and Galleries and Public Libraries: Crawley
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 support (a) local libraries and (b) regional museums in Crawley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	1721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>Local libraries<br>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. It is for individual local authorities to decide how best to provide a public library service that meets local needs within their available resources. The net expenditure on the library service by local authorities in England increased in 2018/19 from 2017/18.</p><p>In October 2019, DCMS announced the £250 million Cultural Investment Fund, of which over £125 million will be invested in regional museums and libraries over five years from 2020/21. The funds will be used to upgrade buildings and technology so public libraries across England are better placed to respond to the changing ways people are using them.</p><p>West Sussex Council received £178,830 from Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone Innovation Fund in 2018 to ensure more people had access to digital technology by establishing a collection of tablets and laptops that could be loaned out to the local community. The emphasis of the project was on meeting the needs of disadvantaged groups within the council’s communities – such as older people or adults with learning disabilities.</p><p>Arts Council England, funded by DCMS, is the development agency for libraries, and also provides support to public libraries in England. Arts Council England is providing £1.6 million per annum to seven libraries’ organisations through its National Portfolio 2018 to 2022, including Libraries Connected, which is funded as the Sector Support Organisation for public libraries.</p><p>Regional Museums <br>In 2018, Crawley Museum reopened after an extensive, publicly funded renovation project. The project received £1.15m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and £763,000 from Crawley Borough Council.</p><p>This independent local history museum puts community participation at its heart, including through its current exhibition in partnership with members of the Crawley Kashmiri community on the history, traditions and culture of Azad Kashmir.</p><p>Museums around the country are supported by Arts Council England as the development agency for the sector. Museums can contact area offices and Museum Development services to find out what support is available, such as National Lottery Project Grants which fund a range of activities such as developing collections, audiences, and skills. The South East Museum Development Programme is managed by a consortia of museums led by the Royal Pavilion &amp; Museums, Brighton and Hove, and will receive £2m of funding from the Arts Council 2018-22.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2020 15:05:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1169854

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	Lotteries: Charities
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 the timeframe is for the proposed increase in charity lottery limits announced on 16 July 2019 to come into force.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	1703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>New limits to the per draw sales, annual sales and maximum prize for society lotteries were announced on 16 July 2019. Affirmative secondary legislation is required to change the limits, and the Gambling Commission is also required to consult on changes to its Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP).</p><p>I hope to lay the draft Order in Parliament in January 2020, and the changes to come into force during 2020. The Order will include transitional arrangements for the first year, to enable operators to take advantage of the new limits as soon as possible.</p><p>The Gambling Commission has already launched its consultation in anticipation of the legislation, and this will help ensure the new limits can come into force as swiftly as possible. Their consultation also covers measures to improve transparency of society lotteries and will run until 12 March 2020. There will then be a further 3 month notice period before the changes can be implemented, which is likely to be in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2020 15:02:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1169443

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the 18 September 2019 report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, An Update on Rural Connectivity, Seventeenth Report of Session 2017-19, HC 2223.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	1362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The government has prepared a response to the EFRA committee, which will be submitted when the committee is reformed.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/01/2020 15:59:57 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1169463

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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: World Cup
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 recent discussions she has had with the Prime Minister on hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup in the North of England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The government will fully support the Football Associations in their plan to bid for the men's 2030 FIFA World Cup, including through investing an extra £550 million in grassroots football over the next 10 years. The government is committed to seeing the benefits of hosting the tournament spread across the country. The Prime Minister regularly engages with his ministers on all manifesto commitments.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:06:36 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1169478

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Social Media
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 she is taking to ensure the accuracy of content loader information on social media.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	1385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>We published the Online Harms White Paper in April last year, setting out plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online.</p><p>Our proposals would establish a new statutory duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. The duty of care will ensure companies have appropriate systems and processes in place to deal with harmful content on their services to keep their users safe</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/01/2020 15:52:39 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1169580

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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 Association: Bet365
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 recent discussions she has had with the Football Association on its partnership with Bet365.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>I have spoken with the Chief of the Executive of the Football Association to hear the background of the sale of rights to IMG, which in turn resulted in Bet365 and other betting companies providing live streaming of FA Cup fixtures to account holders. Betting and Gaming Council rights holders in this deal have relinquished any exclusivity over these rights, so that they may now be streamed outside of betting environments, and the FA are exploring how they can rescind these deals. I shall be meeting with the FA this week to discuss their next steps.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 16:49:50 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1169583

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Religion: National Lottery
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 she has made of the proportion of (a) all lottery funding support bids and (b) successful bids for lottery funding support, from religious organisations.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Good cause income raised by the National Lottery funds arts, heritage, sport and communities (covering health, education, environment and charitable causes). It is distributed at arms length of Government by twelve Lottery Distributing Bodies.</p><p>Religious and faith based organisations are eligible to apply for National Lottery funding and are typically required to demonstrate that projects will benefit the wider community and will not have any religious content.</p><p>Information about the religious status of organisations that apply for grants is not consistently collected, so it has not been possible to analyse the data on this basis.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/01/2020 17:49:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1169589

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	National Lottery: Tickets
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 recent discussions she has had with the National Lottery on releasing information on the geographical location of where tickets are purchased.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Following the discussion at the DCMS Select Committee on 24 October 2018, Ministers at the time wrote to Camelot who confirmed that they do not publish this information because it is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/01/2020 17:45:18 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1169593

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	S4C: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to announce the appointment of the Chair of S4C.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	1296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The appointment of the Chair of S4C is an ongoing priority for DCMS. An announcement regarding the preferred candidate will be made in due course prior to the candidate appearing before a Pre-Appointment hearing held by the Welsh Affairs and DCMS Select Committees. An interim Chair is currently in place.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:17:46 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1169115

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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: Civil Servants
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 civil servants in her Department work on projects relating to (a) digital, (b) culture, (c) media and (d) sport.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>At 31 December 2019 DCMS employed 1,264 Civil Servants, the majority of whom worked directly on projects relating to digital, culture, media and sport as set out in the table below. The staff not included in this table are either part of the corporate centre (e.g Finance and HR), part of cross-cutting teams working across multiple policy areas (e.g the department’s Central Analytical Team) or part of teams which aren’t directly linked to digital, culture, media or sport (e.g. the Office for Civil Society and the Gambling team).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Work area</p></td><td><p>Civil Servants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital</p></td><td><p>542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Culture</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Media</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sport</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information in the table above relates to Civil Servants on DCMS’ payroll. This includes permanent staff, those on fixed-term contracts, those on paid loan/secondment in/out of DCMS and those on paid maternity leave.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:14:03 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin