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1337782

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date	17/06/2021
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	Children's Play: Facilities
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 Government's announcement of 14 June 2021 not to move ahead with Step 4 of the Government's roadmap for the easing of covid-19 restrictions from the 21 June 2021, whether his Department has made an estimate of the value of business that will be lost by the indoor play sector as a result of continued limits on capacity for that sector.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	17733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the challenging times facing all sectors currently, and continue to support in line the prime minister's roadmap to the full reopening of the economy. The Department has been working closely with stakeholders across the indoor play sector throughout the pandemic to understand both the nature and scale of the impact that this sector has faced.</p><p> </p><p>Since 17 May, indoor play sectors have been able to reopen, with COVID safety guidance in place. We are committed to helping the Indoor play sector reopen fully, and while we know that the loss of some business that may occur as a result of the delay to step 4, public health must remain the top priority. The roadmap sets out a cautious and gradual approach, led by data, not dates.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, businesses have had access to an unprecedented £350 billion package of support including cash grants, government-backed loans, the extended furlough scheme and £5 billion for new Restart Grants.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that people and businesses have time to plan as the economy reopens in line with the easing of restrictions, schemes such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will continue until September 2021. Support for businesses through grants and loans, business rates and VAT relief is also still available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 25/06/2021 13:39:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1337917

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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	Voluntary Work
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 assessment has he made of the effectiveness of local volunteer centres.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	17778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>Local Volunteer Centres play an important role in many areas, providing support and expertise on volunteering within the local community.</p><p><br>DCMS has not conducted a specific assessment of local volunteer centres but the MoVE project, a collaboration between the Universities of Sheffield, Hull and Leeds (Lessons from Lockdown, October 2020) found that ‘existing local infrastructure and community support networks have underpinned successful community responses.’</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 25/06/2021 13:37:50 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1337918

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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	Voluntary Work
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 assessment he has of the comparative effectiveness of volunteering opportunities organised through (a) local and (b) national schemes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	17779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>Volunteering opportunities organised both nationally and locally have been an integral part of the community response to COVID-19.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Out of the various ways that people stepped up to respond to the pandemic, the Talk Together report Our Chance to Reconnect (March 2020) estimates that 12.4 million people across the UK volunteered to support their communities (<a href="https://www.britishfuture.org/our-chance-to-reconnect-the-new-talk-together-report/" target="_blank">Talk/Together: Our Chance to Reconnect</a>, February 2021), with up to 4.6 million volunteering for the first time. Of these first time volunteers, 75% say they wish to continue volunteering. With reference to volunteering opportunities organised nationally, it is worth noting that NHS Volunteer Responders have now completed more than 1.9 million tasks to support over 171,000 people at risk from Covid-19. (<a href="https://future.nhs.uk/NHSVolunteerRespondersCOVID/view?objectId=21037008" target="_blank">NHS Volunteer Responder Success Measures</a> (12 June 2020 - 16 May 2021)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition to volunteer responses organised through formal channels locally and nationally, the pandemic saw huge growth in informal volunteering. The DCMS Community Life Recontact Survey (December 2020) found that the proportion of the population offering informal help on a regular basis (at least once a month) increased from 28% to 47% (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-life-covid-19-re-contact-survey-2020-main-report" target="_blank">DCMS, Community Life COVID-19 Recontact Survey</a>, December 2020). We saw communities rapidly mobilising to help local people, who were particularly at risk or hardest hit by the effects of isolation. Pro Bono Economics’ Civil Action report (December 2020) estimated that over 2.5 million people volunteered with over 4,000 mutual aid groups (<a href="https://www.probonoeconomics.com/civil-action-exploring-civil-societys-potential-in-the-2020s#:~:text=This%20research%20is%20a%20part,Family%20Commission%20on%20Civil%20Society.&amp;text=Civil%20society%20is%20somewhere%20we,better%20country%20and%20better%20world." target="_blank">Pro Bono Economics, ‘Civil Action: Exploring Civil Societies Potential in the 2020s’</a>, December 2020), a unique grassroots movement which has seen communities demonstrate their strength, resourcefulness and adaptability.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 25/06/2021 13:35:57 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1337310

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	Cultural Heritage: Coronavirus
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support provided to the culture and arts sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	17015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>I know the cultural and arts sectors have been hugely impacted by Covid, with the effects felt across individual business and organisations, as well as staff, freelancers and supply chains. That is why last year the government announced the unprecedented £1.57 billion support package for the culture sector. To date, over £1.2 billion has been allocated from this fund, reaching over 5000 individual organisations and sites.</p><p>In the 2021 Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £300 million to support theatres, museums and other cultural organisations in England through the Culture Recovery Fund. This extra funding, together with other cultural support such as funding for our national museums, means that our total support package for culture during the pandemic is now approaching £2 billion. These are unprecedented sums and this is the largest one-off investment in UK culture.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The arts and culture sector has also been eligible to access pan economic Government COVID-19 support throughout the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes various Government-backed loans, business grants, reduction in VAT and the extended furlough and self-employed support schemes. Organisations in this sector were also able to access the discretionary Local Restrictions Support Grant and Additional Restrictions Grant which provided Local Authorities with funds to support businesses who met the eligibility criteria. And, earlier this year the Chancellor also announced one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring and eviction protection has been extended for businesses most in need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/06/2021 15:33:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1337396

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	Broadband
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 he has had with local authorities to raise awareness of the benefits of gigabit broadband.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	John Nicolson
uin	16874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities play a critical role in the deployment of gigabit broadband and my Department regularly engages with local stakeholders on the benefits that this infrastructure brings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition to an online portal that we have already created to assist local authorities in rolling out gigabit broadband, DCMS is developing a 'Gigabit toolkit' to support local bodies in raising awareness and understanding of the benefits of gigabit connectivity among local residents and businesses. We will work closely with local bodies and other key sector stakeholders to help inform and shape the content.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>My Department is also running several specialist programmes with local authorities on key issues, such as land access, planning and the Electronic Communications Code, and we continue to work closely with councils on issues relating to street works, 5G roll out and consumer take-up.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This engagement includes not only individual and combined authorities themselves, but also wider bodies such as the Local Government Association, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Joint Authorities Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 25/06/2021 13:32:53 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4415 label Biography information for John Nicolson

1337600

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	World Heritage Sites: Liverpool
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Liverpool’s UNESCO World Heritage status following the decision by the Secretary of State not to call in the planning application for the Everton Stadium.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in cultural heritage protection and Liverpool's World Heritage Status reflects the important role the city has played in our nation's history. We are working closely with UNESCO, Liverpool City Council and Historic England to ensure that Liverpool retains its World Heritage status.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 25/06/2021 13:41:37 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1337601

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	World Heritage Sites: Liverpool
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to UNESCO to ensure that Liverpool does not lose its UNESCO World Heritage status.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in cultural heritage protection and Liverpool's World Heritage Status reflects the important role the city has played in our nation's history. DCMS continues to work closely with UNESCO, Liverpool City Council and Historic England to ensure that Liverpool does not lose its UNESCO World Heritage status. Most recently, the Minister for Digital and Culture met senior UNESCO representatives on 10th June.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 25/06/2021 13:42:21 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1336774

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Travel Agents: Coronavirus
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 the Government plans to have with representatives of travel agencies on the steps that the Government plans to take to help assist and accelerate the recovery of the travel agencies sector as part of its implementation of the Tourism Recovery Plan.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	16230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the severe impact of COVID-19 on tourism, and have published the Tourism Recovery Plan to help the sector recover back to pre-pandemic levels and build back better for the future. The plan aims to recover domestic tourism to pre pandemic levels by 2022 and international tourism by 2023 - both at least a year faster than independent forecasts predict. The government will continue to engage with industry bodies, consumer groups, and businesses in the travel sector regularly – such as the Association of British Travel Agents, the Association of Independent Tour Operators and UKInbound – to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the sector and support the sector's recovery from the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 25/06/2021 15:56:16 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey