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1064903

registered interest
date	22/02/2019
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	D-Day Landings: Anniversaries
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 his Department has to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings this year.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	224817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to the answer to written question 224816, answered on 28th February.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/03/2019 09:28:58 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

1064329

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Young People
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 teenagers have (a) commenced and (b) graduated a National Citizenship Service programme in each of the last four years; and what the Government's target was for participation in that programme since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	223803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Govt target</strong><sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>30,000</p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>66,433</p></td><td><p>90,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>101,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Annual participants</strong></p></td><td><p>8,434</p></td><td><p>26,003</p></td><td><p>39,566</p></td><td><p>57,789</p></td><td><p>75,605</p></td><td><p>92,996</p></td><td><p>99,179</p></td><td><p>TBC<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>7,140</p></td><td><p>22,245</p></td><td><p>37,266</p></td><td><p>51,512</p></td><td><p>68,762</p></td><td><p>87,266</p></td><td><p>90,010</p></td><td><p>TBC<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Government targets are for participation, not completion.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Final participation figures for 2018 will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/02/2019 16:12:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1063975

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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: Young People
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 Answer of 18 February 2019 to Question 220945 on Voluntary Work: Young People, (a) how much and (b) what proportion of the total budget of the National Citizen Service the Department estimates it will spend on advertising and marketing in the financial year (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	223147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>Budgets are set annually for the NCS Programme in collaboration with the NCS Trust Board. We are in the process of setting the NCS budget for 2019/20. As per the NCS Act and Royal Charter, the NCS Annual Accounts, Business Plan and Annual Report are laid in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/02/2019 16:14:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1063984

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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 Work: Standards
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 progress the Government has made on the renewal of the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work which expire in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	223181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of good youth work, this was underlined in the Civil Society Strategy published in August last year. We are aware that the National Occupational Standards are set to expire in 2020 and are discussing this with youth sector organisations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/02/2019 16:16:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1063994

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Commonwealth Games 2022
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 guidance his Department has issued to (a) organisations and (b) businesses working for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on becoming accredited by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage employer; and in what format that guidance was issued.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	223191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Guidance for the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games (known as the OC) on accreditation as a Living Wage Employer, will be considered as part of work to agree appropriate contractor policies and pay for the Organising Committee and other Games delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/02/2019 12:04:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1064033

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Facebook and Twitter: Standards
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 he has had with representatives from (a) Facebook and (b) Twitter on the removal of abusive and harmful content from their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	223231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with social media companies on a range of issues including the removal of harmful or abusive content.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/02/2019 12:34:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1064057

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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: Apprentices
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 proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	223255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has 15 apprentices, which is equivalent to 1.3% of the department’s headcount.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/02/2019 16:16:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1063635

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: 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 meetings he has had with the Premier League in the last six months to discuss future funding for grassroots football.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	222622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>I met with the Premier League on 31 January 2019. The Secretary of State met with them on 30 October 2018. The funding of grassroots football was discussed, and on both occasions the Premier League reaffirmed their commitment to invest over £100million in each of the next three years towards improving community football programmes and facilities across the whole of the country in partnership with the Football Association (FA) and Government.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2019 14:52:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1063636

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Sportsgrounds
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 his Department is taking to improve access to all-weather football pitches at grassroots level.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	222623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Sport England invests £18million each year into football facilities on behalf of the DCMS through ring-fenced exchequer contributions to the Football Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>This funding, matched in partnership with the FA and the Premier League, sees more money than ever before going towards priorities identified in the National Football Facilities Strategy. The Strategy sets new challenging targets to significantly improve the nation’s facilities stock over the next 10 years with an increase in 3G pitches is a key strategic priority. This will be delivered through initiatives like the “Parklike Hubs” programme that predominantly aims to deliver multi pitch 3G hubs for community use at strategic locations across the country.</p><p>Local authorities are important stakeholders in the implementation of the National Football Facilities Strategy as so much of the stock of facilities are in public ownership. Sport England is working closely with the FA to develop Local Football Facility Plans for every Local Authority in England. The plans will be in place by 2020 and will identify local priorities where investment in grassroots facilities is needed the most.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 222624 question first answered 26/02/2019 14:55:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1063637

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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
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 he has received recent representations on the role of local authorities in the future of grassroots football; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	222624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Sport England invests £18million each year into football facilities on behalf of the DCMS through ring-fenced exchequer contributions to the Football Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>This funding, matched in partnership with the FA and the Premier League, sees more money than ever before going towards priorities identified in the National Football Facilities Strategy. The Strategy sets new challenging targets to significantly improve the nation’s facilities stock over the next 10 years with an increase in 3G pitches is a key strategic priority. This will be delivered through initiatives like the “Parklike Hubs” programme that predominantly aims to deliver multi pitch 3G hubs for community use at strategic locations across the country.</p><p>Local authorities are important stakeholders in the implementation of the National Football Facilities Strategy as so much of the stock of facilities are in public ownership. Sport England is working closely with the FA to develop Local Football Facility Plans for every Local Authority in England. The plans will be in place by 2020 and will identify local priorities where investment in grassroots facilities is needed the most.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 222623 question first answered 26/02/2019 14:55:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby