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1173154

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date	24/01/2020
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	Youth Centres: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to Answer of 21 January 2020 on Question 3229 on Children and Young People, where she plans to build the 60 new youth centres.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	7666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>We are still developing plans for the delivery of the Youth Investment Fund - including the building of new youth centres - and will announce more information in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 31/01/2020 15:41:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1173156

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
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	Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question 3229 on Children and Young People, what will be classified as harder to reach areas.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	7667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>My department is committed to ensuring this investment reaches young people who need it most, including those who currently have difficulty in accessing youth services. We are still developing plans for the delivery of the Youth Investment Fund and will announce more information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 31/01/2020 15:43:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1173161

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
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	Voluntary Work: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many young people participated in the National Citizen Service in each of the last 10 years, by classified ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	7668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>Please see a breakdown of participation in National Citizen Service Trust for the period 2015-2017, classified by ethnic group:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>75,605</p></td><td><p>92,996</p></td><td><p>98,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethnic Group</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td><td><p>67.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>13.5%</p></td><td><p>14.0%</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>27.9%</p></td><td><p>28.2%</p></td><td><p>30.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NCS attracts young people from a diverse range of backgrounds and participation by those who classify themselves as BAME has been consistent since 2015.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2017, more than a quarter (30.5%) of NCS participants classified themselves as BAME. This compares to 26% of the state secondary school population.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The NCS annual report for financial year 2018/19 has not yet been published and therefore the data for 2018 and 2019 has not been shared here.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NCS used a different data management system prior to 2015. As a result, the data is not consistent over the ten year period. I will write with further clarification once I have received further information from NCS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 31/01/2020 15:39:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1173163

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
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	Voluntary Work: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the National Citizen Service among young people from each of the classified ethnic groups.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	7669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>NCS Trust’s contracts with their local partners include a requirement that young people participating in NCS match, as closely as possible, to the local demographics. For example in areas where there are mixed ethnic groups our partners are required to reflect this in the makeup of NCS participants. This is tracked by the NCS Trust as part of their overall contract management of partners.</p><p> </p><p>In addition marketing campaigns and materials have been developed to appeal to a wide and diverse mix of young people with many featuring local participants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 31/01/2020 15:44:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1173202

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
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	Music Venues: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to support music venues in improving accessibility for disabled (a) audiences and (b) performers.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	7629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>We believe everyone should have equal access to music, arts and culture and that opportunities should be available to all. We work with venues and organisations representing disabled people to identify barriers to access and; to consider what more cultural venues need to do to be accessible to people with disabilities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are supportive of the work being undertaken by Attitude is Everything which aims to improve deaf and disabled people’s access to live events, working in partnership with audiences, artists, and the music industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 31/01/2020 15:25:16 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1172884

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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	BBC: Information Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the closure of the BBC Red Button Teletext service on people's access to information on sport.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	7293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for assessing the potential effect of the closure of the BBC Red Button service on people’s access to information on sport is for the BBC, which is editorially and operationally independent of the Government. The Government welcomes the BBC's decision to pause the closure of the Red Button service, ahead of its review of the impact of the closure on the most vulnerable including the elderly, and deaf and blind licence fee payers.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/02/2020 17:25:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley