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1536744

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre
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 plans her Department has for the future (a) use and (b) expansion of Lilleshall Hall National Sports Centre; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	72971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>Lilleshall National Sports Centre provides opportunities for elite and talent pathway athletes as part of National Governing Body (NGB) programmes. The centre is part of the national Elite Training Centre network of facilities which also provide support through the English Institute of Sport (EIS) athlete rehabilitation programmes. These activities are provided alongside opportunities for local people and community organisations/clubs to take part in a range of activities.</p><p>UK Sport, Sport England, EIS and stakeholders including British Gymnastics, GB Archery and the Royal British Legion Battleback programme collaborate and combine to provide a range of activities on site.</p><p>An element of commercial activity such as conferences take place at Lilleshall and this helps to underpin the financial viability of the site and enables the provision of sporting activity. There are no plans for this to change.</p><p>The centre has benefitted from investment over recent years, including state of the art gymnastics facilities, renovation of the Lilleshall Main House listed building, new hockey pitches and office accommodation for NGB’s. Future plans for investment include improved archery facilities and the expansion of the Royal British Legion Battleback programme which include the hosting of the Invictus Games programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/11/2022 10:37:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1536806

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes: Public Consultation
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 his Department's consultation on second homes and holiday lets will be complete.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	72974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has not yet carried out a consultation on developing a tourist accommodation registration scheme in England.</p><p>In June, DCMS issued a Call for Evidence with the aim to develop a fuller understanding of the current market, and the benefits and challenges presented by the rise in short-term and holiday letting seen in England over the last 10 to 15 years.</p><p>The Call for Evidence closed in September 2022, and DCMS are now carefully analysing the 4000 responses that were received. This will help inform our next steps on potential evidence-based and proportionate policy responses.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 03/11/2022 11:36:50 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1536827

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Television Licences: Non-payment
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 his Department collected in TV licensing fines in the last year; and what proportion of that money was from over 75s.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	73099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee, not the government. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is responsible for collecting and enforcing financial penalties imposed by the courts which includes fines imposed for the non-payment of a TV licence.</p><p>In 2021, 49,126 people were proceeded against by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service for non-payment of the licence fee, and 44,364 were fined. The BBC has recently confirmed that no enforcement or prosecution action has been taken against over-75s who previously held a free licence and therefore no over-75s have been fined. The Department does not hold data on the amount collected from TV licensing fines and will engage with relevant departments to follow up with this information.</p><p>The Government is independent from the BBC, and any decision to suspend enforcement action by TV Licensing, or assessment of the impact of this decision, would be a matter for the BBC. Given the BBC’s independence it would not be appropriate for the government to seek to intervene in operational decisions on enforcement action. Nonetheless, the government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, and to treat all vulnerable people with sensitivity in doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 72945 73100 question first answered 03/11/2022 11:40:33 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1536828

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Television Licences: Non-payment
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 potential lost revenue in TV licensing fines if non-payment prosecutions were paused during the cost-of-living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	73100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee, not the government. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is responsible for collecting and enforcing financial penalties imposed by the courts which includes fines imposed for the non-payment of a TV licence.</p><p>In 2021, 49,126 people were proceeded against by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service for non-payment of the licence fee, and 44,364 were fined. The BBC has recently confirmed that no enforcement or prosecution action has been taken against over-75s who previously held a free licence and therefore no over-75s have been fined. The Department does not hold data on the amount collected from TV licensing fines and will engage with relevant departments to follow up with this information.</p><p>The Government is independent from the BBC, and any decision to suspend enforcement action by TV Licensing, or assessment of the impact of this decision, would be a matter for the BBC. Given the BBC’s independence it would not be appropriate for the government to seek to intervene in operational decisions on enforcement action. Nonetheless, the government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, and to treat all vulnerable people with sensitivity in doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 72945 73099 question first answered 03/11/2022 11:40:33 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1536931

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventing TV Licensing from prosecuting people who are unable to pay their TV licences during the period of increased cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	72945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee, not the government. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is responsible for collecting and enforcing financial penalties imposed by the courts which includes fines imposed for the non-payment of a TV licence.</p><p>In 2021, 49,126 people were proceeded against by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service for non-payment of the licence fee, and 44,364 were fined. The BBC has recently confirmed that no enforcement or prosecution action has been taken against over-75s who previously held a free licence and therefore no over-75s have been fined. The Department does not hold data on the amount collected from TV licensing fines and will engage with relevant departments to follow up with this information.</p><p>The Government is independent from the BBC, and any decision to suspend enforcement action by TV Licensing, or assessment of the impact of this decision, would be a matter for the BBC. Given the BBC’s independence it would not be appropriate for the government to seek to intervene in operational decisions on enforcement action. Nonetheless, the government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, and to treat all vulnerable people with sensitivity in doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 73099 73100 question first answered 03/11/2022 11:40:33 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1536275

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts Council England: Investment
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 discussions she has had with Arts Council England on the potential impact of delaying the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme on arts organisations.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	72230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for arts and culture, I regularly meet with the Arts Council England (ACE), who are an arms-length body of my Department. After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p>Individual funding allocations to organisations in the Investment Programme are always a matter for ACE and all of these funding decisions are taken at arm’s-length from the government. The primary funding source for the ACE investment programme is non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid provided by DCMS. As set out on its website, and in the ‘Addendum to the Guidance for Applicants’, ACE’s average annual budget for this investment round is £428 million, and it will receive a 2% uplift to the total budget compared with the 2018-22 investment programme. However, it is important to note that ACE uses other funding sources for its investments, for example Lottery funding.</p><p>The total funding allocated to organisations in the 2023-26 Investment programme will be set out in the announcement on 4 November 2022.</p><p>I commit to update the House with further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 72231 72232 72233 question first answered 31/10/2022 15:30:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1536276

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts Council England: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, why her Department met with Arts Council England to discuss delaying the announcement of the 2023-26 investment programme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	72231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for arts and culture, I regularly meet with the Arts Council England (ACE), who are an arms-length body of my Department. After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p>Individual funding allocations to organisations in the Investment Programme are always a matter for ACE and all of these funding decisions are taken at arm’s-length from the government. The primary funding source for the ACE investment programme is non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid provided by DCMS. As set out on its website, and in the ‘Addendum to the Guidance for Applicants’, ACE’s average annual budget for this investment round is £428 million, and it will receive a 2% uplift to the total budget compared with the 2018-22 investment programme. However, it is important to note that ACE uses other funding sources for its investments, for example Lottery funding.</p><p>The total funding allocated to organisations in the 2023-26 Investment programme will be set out in the announcement on 4 November 2022.</p><p>I commit to update the House with further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 72230 72232 72233 question first answered 31/10/2022 15:30:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1536277

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts Council England: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Arts Council England on announcing a new date for its 2023-26 investment programme.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	72232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for arts and culture, I regularly meet with the Arts Council England (ACE), who are an arms-length body of my Department. After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p>Individual funding allocations to organisations in the Investment Programme are always a matter for ACE and all of these funding decisions are taken at arm’s-length from the government. The primary funding source for the ACE investment programme is non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid provided by DCMS. As set out on its website, and in the ‘Addendum to the Guidance for Applicants’, ACE’s average annual budget for this investment round is £428 million, and it will receive a 2% uplift to the total budget compared with the 2018-22 investment programme. However, it is important to note that ACE uses other funding sources for its investments, for example Lottery funding.</p><p>The total funding allocated to organisations in the 2023-26 Investment programme will be set out in the announcement on 4 November 2022.</p><p>I commit to update the House with further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 72230 72231 72233 question first answered 31/10/2022 15:30:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1536278

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts: Finance
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 funding she will allocate to National Portfolio Organisations through Arts Council England in (a) 2023-2024, (b) 2024-2025, (c) 2025-2026 and (d) 2026-2027.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	72233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for arts and culture, I regularly meet with the Arts Council England (ACE), who are an arms-length body of my Department. After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p>Individual funding allocations to organisations in the Investment Programme are always a matter for ACE and all of these funding decisions are taken at arm’s-length from the government. The primary funding source for the ACE investment programme is non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid provided by DCMS. As set out on its website, and in the ‘Addendum to the Guidance for Applicants’, ACE’s average annual budget for this investment round is £428 million, and it will receive a 2% uplift to the total budget compared with the 2018-22 investment programme. However, it is important to note that ACE uses other funding sources for its investments, for example Lottery funding.</p><p>The total funding allocated to organisations in the 2023-26 Investment programme will be set out in the announcement on 4 November 2022.</p><p>I commit to update the House with further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 72230 72231 72232 question first answered 31/10/2022 15:30:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1536426

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts Council England: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the announcement of the Arts Council England investment programme for 2023 to 2026 was delayed.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	72284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/10/2022 15:32:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell