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769238

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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	European Parliament: Government Art Collection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the British Art Collection in the European Parliament will be repatriated when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Rawlings
uin	HL1972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government Art Collection has not yet made a decision on the return of works; however it will consider these matters carefully in the context of preparations and negotiations for the UK's Exit from the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 26/10/2017 11:00:08 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3278 label Biography information for Baroness Rawlings

769653

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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	Food: Advertising
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 her Department plans to strengthen existing regulations on the marketing of foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar to children before the 9pm watershed.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	107444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August we announced £5 million investment to fund a national institute for obesity research policy unit to provide a robust evidence base and deeper understanding of the causes of childhood obesity, including marketing to children and families. The unit’s findings will be fed into the department's future policy development and engagement.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 107438 108086 question first answered 19/10/2017 12:10:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

769654

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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: 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, what assessment she has made of the compliance by Premier League football clubs with regulations to facilitate access to their grounds for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	107324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>I expect all sports and all clubs to take the necessary action to fulfil their legal obligations under the Equality Act of 2010 so that disabled people are not placed at a substantial disadvantage when accessing sports venues. We are expecting a final report from the Premier League this autumn on whether clubs have met their pledge to meet a number of agreed measures to improve accessibility for disabled spectators. The measures include all clubs to achieve compliance with the Accessible Stadia guide by August 2017, and for all clubs to ensure the appropriate number of wheelchair bays are located in their away sections (10% of their home provision).</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is the body responsible for enforcing the Equality Act 2010. Following the EHRC's call for evidence from Premier League clubs to assess their adherence to the terms of the Equality Act, if the EHRC suspect or believe that individual clubs are in breach of the 2010 Act, they will consider the use of their statutory powers in order to achieve compliance. All clubs failing to meet the minimum requirements were given a deadline of September to publish their plan of action and timetable for improvement or face an investigation. I support the EHRC's work to enforce the legislation and improve access for disabled people to sports grounds.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 17/10/2017 12:46:57 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

768528

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ratify the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL1884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>It is necessary to carefully prioritise resources towards those Conventions that will have the most impact on the safeguarding of our heritage, such as recent ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property. However, the Government fully recognises the contribution that the UK's oral traditions, social practices and festive events make to the country's cultural fabric, and continues to encourage communities to celebrate these practices and to continue them for future generations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 25/10/2017 13:33:50 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

768892

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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: 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 discussions she has had with (a) campaigners and (b) sports governance bodies on making sports governance bodies that (i) are or (ii) recently have been in receipt of public funds subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	107218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has had no such discussions. National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) are not public bodies, and as such are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. NGBs are typically independent, self-appointed organisations that govern their sports through the common consent of their sport. Transparency is an important principal of good governance, and is reflected in our Code for Sport Governance, with which all bodies in receipt of UK Sport or Sport England funding must now demonstrate compliance. </ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The cross-Government sport strategy ‘Sporting Future’ set out our intention to encourage as many people and groups to enjoy sport as participants, spectators and in the workforce, including the LGBT community. It also includes a number of other actions to ensure that all under-represented groups can take part in sport and wider physical activity through a focus on local delivery, and working with people through volunteering, coaching and the sporting workforce. Our aim is to increase diversity among sporting organisations and help the sport sector to be more inclusive and welcoming to all.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Government continues to work with Sport England and National Governing Bodies of sport, alongside organisations including Pride Sports, Stonewall, and Kick it Out on a number of anti-homophobia initiatives aimed at encouraging inclusion. In March, Sport England commissioned Pride Sports to produce a second in depth report on barriers to LGBT participation. This research on volunteering, provision and attitudes and behaviours has been completed, and Sport England is currently considering what actions they will take based on the findings.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/10/2017 15:53:50 question first ministerially corrected 16/10/2017 21:11:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch previous answer version 14960 answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

768893

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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: Expenditure
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 funding from the public purse has been allocated to non-Olympic sport in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	107219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Between 2012 and 2017 the government, through Sport England has invested £1,062,857,035 from Lottery funding and £431,228,823 from Exchequer funding in non-olympic sport.</p><p> </p><p>For further information on this and the processes by which funding and allocation decisions are taken please refer to both Sport England’s website: https://www.sportengland.org/funding/our-investments-explained/investments-weve-made/</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 17/10/2017 12:39:41 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

768894

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Local Press
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 she has made of trends in local and regional news provision across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	107220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring there are sustainable business models for high quality news media as set out in the manifesto, and this includes the local and regional press. In particular, government recognises that local and regional news outlets have been hit particularly hard by falling print circulations and the shift of advertising online.</p><p> </p><p>We have been holding meetings with industry representatives to explore these issues which form one aspect of the work underway to develop the Digital Charter.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/10/2017 12:08:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

768895

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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 recent assessment her Department has made of progress towards the implementation of the Universal Service Obligation for broadband by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	107195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government took a power In the Digital Economy Act 2017 enabling the introduction of a new broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO), which would give people the right to request a connection, at a minimum speed, from a designated provider, up to a reasonable cost threshold. On 30 July, a consultation on the proposed design of the broadband USO was published, and the Government also announced that BT had volunteered a proposal to deliver universal broadband. The BT proposal, if accepted, would be legally binding, and deliver a minimum speed of at least 10Mbps, with many premises receiving substantially faster speeds. BT's offer has the potential to deliver better connectivity to people more quickly than under a regulatory USO so we are considering it carefully. A decision will be taken on the best route to deliver universal broadband, once we have considered the responses to the regulatory USO consultation which closed on 9 October, and worked through BT's offer in detail with them.</p><p> </p><p>Once a specification for a broadband USO is set in secondary legislation, it would fall to Ofcom to implement the USO, by designating one or more universal service providers and imposing regulatory conditions on them. Ofcom would also be responsible for enforcement of these conditions.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 107199 question first answered 16/10/2017 13:06:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

768896

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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, whether British Telecoms is liable to pay penalties in the event that the Universal Service Obligation for broadband is not fully implemented by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	107199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government took a power In the Digital Economy Act 2017 enabling the introduction of a new broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO), which would give people the right to request a connection, at a minimum speed, from a designated provider, up to a reasonable cost threshold. On 30 July, a consultation on the proposed design of the broadband USO was published, and the Government also announced that BT had volunteered a proposal to deliver universal broadband. The BT proposal, if accepted, would be legally binding, and deliver a minimum speed of at least 10Mbps, with many premises receiving substantially faster speeds. BT's offer has the potential to deliver better connectivity to people more quickly than under a regulatory USO so we are considering it carefully. A decision will be taken on the best route to deliver universal broadband, once we have considered the responses to the regulatory USO consultation which closed on 9 October, and worked through BT's offer in detail with them.</p><p> </p><p>Once a specification for a broadband USO is set in secondary legislation, it would fall to Ofcom to implement the USO, by designating one or more universal service providers and imposing regulatory conditions on them. Ofcom would also be responsible for enforcement of these conditions.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 107195 question first answered 16/10/2017 13:06:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

768897

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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: Discrimination
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 information her Department holds on cases of discrimination on the basis of (a) race, (b) gender and (c) sexual orientation in elite sport.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	107230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not hold any information on cases of discrimination in elite sport. Although UK Sport does not hold disaggregated data on discrimination, since 2013, UK Sport has received two complaints on the basis of race discrimination (one of which was related to grassroots sport), one gymnastics-related complaint on the basis of gender, and multiple cycling-related complaints on the basis of gender against a cycling coach's alleged comments to a female rider. UK Sport has received no complaints regarding sexual orientation.</p><p>There is no place for racism, sexism, homophobia or any other kind of discrimination in sport. Tackling discrimination lies at the heart of the cross-government sport strategy &quot;Sporting Future&quot; and we want sport to be at the forefront of equality. Government continues to work with National Governing Bodies and organisations such as Kick It Out, Stonewall and Women in Football to tackle discrimination in local, national and international sport. Our aim is to increase diversity among sporting organisations and to help the sport sector be more inclusive and welcoming to its spectators, participants and people in its workforce. Our Code for Sport Governance stipulates that funded sporting organisations should publish information about their work to foster all aspects of diversity within their leadership and decision-making.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/10/2017 11:38:48 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens