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1434878

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Tourism: Disability
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 4 February 2022 to Question 113206 on Tourism: Disability, on what date the ministerial meeting with Cross-Government Accessibility Ambassadors went ahead; whether he plans to publish the minutes of that meeting; and when Ministers in his Department plan to meet with them again.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Cross-Government Accessibility Ambassadors meeting took place on 8th February. The minutes from the meeting have not been published. The attendees were Heather Smith - National Trust, Allan MacKilliop - BBC, Ross Calladine - VisitEngland, Hector Minto - Microsoft, Belinda Blank - CO, Tim Hollingsworth - Sport England and an official from DCMS.</p><p>The next meeting has not been scheduled and I plan to meet them regularly.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 03/03/2022 17:38:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1417261

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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: Disability
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 Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what progress she has made on the launching of a free, UK-wide arts access card by March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the development of an arts and cultural sector that is representative of modern society and in which there are no barriers to participation.</p><p>As announced in the new Government Disability Strategy, Arts Councils across the UK are working together with the British Film Institute to launch a free, UK-wide arts access card by March 2023. March 2022 will see these organisations start work on their soft launch and pilot. This access card will be usable across all arts and cultural venues, for seamless, barrier-free booking that is responsive to individual circumstances and needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/02/2022 11:48:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1417263

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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	Exercise: Disability
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 Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what progress her Department has made on developing a new training programme to better enable social workers to promote physical activity to disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>As part of the National Disability Strategy, Sport England, DCMS's arm’s length body for grassroots sport in England, made a commitment to develop and pilot a new training programme to better enable social workers to promote physical activity to disabled people in 2022. To deliver on this commitment, the <a href="http://www.getyourselfactive.org/resources/social-work/" target="_blank">Moving Social Work </a>programme has been established to create resources and co-design strategies for the education of social workers. It has four phases; scoping, content production, effectiveness testing and final production.</p><p>The programme is currently on track against its delivery plan. The next steps include running a number of ‘knowledge cafes’ as part of the co-production element of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/02/2022 11:55:14 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1417264

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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	Tourism: Disability
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 Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken to work with VisitBritain, VisitEngland and other stakeholders in the tourism sector to promote the importance of accessible tourism in the media and to businesses.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Tourism Recovery Plan, published in June 2021, included the government’s commitment to recruit a new Disability and Access Ambassador for Tourism. Following an open recruitment process in 2021, Ross Calladine (Head of Business Support for VisitEngland), was appointed as the Tourism Ambassador in January 2022. The Ambassador role will drive improvement in tourism accessibility and quality of services in facilities for disabled people in the tourism Industry, and help to ensure businesses are doing all they can to support disabled customers.</p><p>The Government introduced new building regulations in January 2021, which made ‘Changing Places’ toilets a requirement in all new hotels as well as other public buildings, such as zoos and theme parks with a capacity of over 2000 people and museums. This is a positive step to promote the importance of accessibility in businesses that serve tourists. The Government invited unitary and district local authorities to opt-in to its £30 million Changing Places Fund to increase the provision of Changing Places toilets in toilet buildings.</p><p>VisitEngland has developed a dedicated web portal providing tailored business advice to tourism businesses, including guidance on how to welcome guests with different access needs. It has also ensured that its promotional and marketing activities are inclusive. For example, its Escape the Everyday campaign worked in partnership with Channel 4 to launch the Mission: Accessible series, which showcases accessible places to visit across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/02/2022 16:06:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1417265

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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	Tourism: Disability
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 Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken to work with the Inclusive Tourism Action Group to promote the National Accessible Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>We have continued to engage with stakeholders to assess how we can support inclusive and accessible tourism as the sector recovers from Covid-19. This includes England’s Inclusive Tourism Action Group, organised by VisitEngland and comprising a range of leading accessible tourism stakeholders.</p><p>The Inclusive Tourism Action Group runs the National Accessible Scheme which rates tourist accommodation based on their suitability for guests with accessibility requirements. VisitEngland will shortly undertake a full strategic review of the National Accessible Scheme, which will be informed by new consumer research. Members of England’s Inclusive Tourism Action Group will be key consultees for the review.</p><p>The Government is committed to improving the lives of disabled people. In July 2021 the government announced the National Strategy for Disabled People, which includes our ambition to make the UK the most accessible tourism destination in Europe by 2025. The strategy takes into account the impacts of the pandemic on disabled people and focuses on the issues that disabled people say affect them the most in all aspects and phases of life.</p><p>I am hosting a meeting with Cross-Government Accessibility Ambassadors next week, including the Accessibility Ambassador for the Tourism sector, as we look to further progress the ambitions set out in the National Strategy for Disabled People.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/02/2022 16:09:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1417266

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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	Tourism: Disability
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 Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, how many roundtables the Minister for Sport and Tourism has held to date with stakeholders across the tourism industry to improve understanding of the barriers disabled people face as tourists.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	113207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>My department undertakes multiple discussions with stakeholders on an ongoing basis through forums such as the Tourism Industry Council. My department is currently in the process of establishing a Working Group of the Tourism Industry Council to support the government objectives on Accessibility, and is selecting stakeholders who will participate in that Working Group.</p><p>In addition, I am hosting a meeting with Cross-Government Accessibility Ambassadors next week, where the Tourism Accessibility Ambassador will also be in attendance, to gather further insight on how we can improve accessibility across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/02/2022 16:10:41 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1355759

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Sports: Disability
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 Prime Minister's speech at the National Lottery Paralympics GB Homecoming event on 12 September 2021, what the source is of the extra funding for disability sports.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	50101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>On 15th August, the Government publicly committed to providing £232 million to support Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The £232 million Grant In Aid funding will be invested into aspiring Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes as well as their coaches and support staff, in addition to funding from the National Lottery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK Sport, the strategic lead body for high performance sport in the UK, will be responsible for allocating the funding to athletes for the Paris cycle. Athletes will benefit through their World Class Programme and Progression Funding, which will provide vital support towards reaching the pinnacle of their sports as preparations begin for Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 50102 question first answered 27/09/2021 16:10:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1355760

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Sports: Disability
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 Prime Minister's speech at the National Lottery Paralympics GB Homecoming event on 12 September 2021, how the additional funding for disability sports will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	50102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>On 15th August, the Government publicly committed to providing £232 million to support Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The £232 million Grant In Aid funding will be invested into aspiring Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes as well as their coaches and support staff, in addition to funding from the National Lottery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK Sport, the strategic lead body for high performance sport in the UK, will be responsible for allocating the funding to athletes for the Paris cycle. Athletes will benefit through their World Class Programme and Progression Funding, which will provide vital support towards reaching the pinnacle of their sports as preparations begin for Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 50101 question first answered 27/09/2021 16:10:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft