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823062

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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 steps he is taking to assess the accuracy of rates of (a) access and (b) take-up for superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on the availability of superfast broadband are available from a number of published sources including Ofcom’s Connected Nations Report and International Communications Market Report, and the Thinkbroadband website. The government also tracks coverage based on data reported by suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>Coverage delivered through the government’s Superfast Broadband Programme is reported quarterly by suppliers at address level. For technologies such as Fibre to the Cabinet which do not provide fibre all the way to individual premises, the reported coverage data is based on modelled speeds, as the actual speeds that are attainable for a specific premises cannot be confirmed until an upgraded broadband service goes live. BT has undertaken three comparisons of actual against modelled speeds for its Fibre to the Cabinet coverage under the Superfast Broadband Programme, most recently with a dataset of 1.5 million lines, and the results show that in aggregate the number of premises that can obtain superfast speeds in practice is greater than the modelled figure.</p><p> </p><p>Take-up rates are published by suppliers in their quarterly and annual reports. Rates of take-up in areas which have gained coverage as a result of the Superfast Broadband Programme are reported to Local Bodies. This is disaggregated to local levels to allow Local Bodies to identify where take-up is either lower or higher than the average, to support targeting of local demand stimulation activities. Take-up rates from projects in the Phase 1 Superfast Broadband Programme now average over 40%, significantly higher than the level expected by suppliers at the start of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/01/2018 16:55:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823063

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Public Libraries
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 he has made of the number of people using public libraries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The detail requested is not collected by this Department. However, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) collect annually from the individual library authorities comprehensive information relating to library service provision in Great Britain. The following table outlines the number of physical library visits in each of the last five years in England.</p><p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Visits (million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>238.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>223.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>224.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>210.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>204.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p><p>The CIPFA library statistics can be accessed from the House library.</p><p><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/01/2018 13:55:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823064

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	BBC: Pay Television
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 the BBC on the introduction of subscription for non-core services provided by that corporation.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The government decided to retain the licence fee funding model for the duration of the current BBC Royal Charter. Alongside this the BBC has committed to consider and explore whether elements of subscription have a role to play alongside the core licence fee model in its future funding, to develop and test the scope for additional sources of commercial revenue.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/01/2018 16:53:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823065

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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 steps he is taking to support the arts sector to become self-funding and financially sustainable.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has promoted a number of initiatives alongside our Arm’s Length Body, Arts Council England (ACE) to support the arts sector to become more self-funding and financially sustainable. For example, the recent Catalyst Fund supported organisations with a limited track record in fundraising to enable them to attract more private giving, while ACE's Building Resilience programme helped arts and culture organisations build their financial and business resilience.</p><p> </p><p>'Boosting Resilience: Survival Skills for the New Normal' is currently one of four new flagship projects supported by ACE, which aims to enable senior staff from England-based arts and cultural organisations, music education hubs, museums and library services to develop new approaches to making the most of creative assets and intellectual property. In addition, the Arts Impact Fund encourages organisations to consider alternatives to grants for business development. The fund provides repayable finance to arts organisations with ambitions to grow, achieve great artistic quality and have a further positive impact on society.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/01/2018 14:02:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823066

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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
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 he has made of progress on the targets set out in Sporting Futures: a new strategy for an active nation, published in December 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>In line with the action set out in Sporting Future, Government has been working with Sport England to develop targets for the increases in activity levels that it expects to see by 2020, with a view to setting subsequent targets for 2025 in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Government will publish these targets in the second annual report to parliament on the Sporting Future strategy, which is due to be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/01/2018 16:21:37 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823068

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Public Participation
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 (a) men and (b) women regularly participated in sport in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Sport England collects data on the number of people aged 16+ who engage in sport and physical activity in England through the Active Lives Survey. The latest data is available online (covering the period May 2016 to May 2017): https://www.sportengland.org/media/12458/active-lives-adult-may-16-17-report.pdf</p><p>The Active Lives Survey replaced the Active People Survey which collected data from the period of October 2005 to September 2016. Data is available online: https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/. Owing to the different methodologies employed, the data sets from the two surveys are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Active Lives Survey does not currently capture data for children. Government’s Sporting Future strategy, published in 2015, extended the remit of Sport England to include children aged 5 years and up, outside of the school day. In line with this, Sport England has developed the Active Lives Children survey which is capturing data for children aged 5-15, both in and outside of school. The survey was launched in schools in September 2017 with the first set of results available in early 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 122752 question first answered 22/01/2018 16:19:17 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823069

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Public Participation
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 people aged (a) under 18 and (b) over 18 regularly participated in sport in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Sport England collects data on the number of people aged 16+ who engage in sport and physical activity in England through the Active Lives Survey. The latest data is available online (covering the period May 2016 to May 2017): https://www.sportengland.org/media/12458/active-lives-adult-may-16-17-report.pdf</p><p>The Active Lives Survey replaced the Active People Survey which collected data from the period of October 2005 to September 2016. Data is available online: https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/. Owing to the different methodologies employed, the data sets from the two surveys are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Active Lives Survey does not currently capture data for children. Government’s Sporting Future strategy, published in 2015, extended the remit of Sport England to include children aged 5 years and up, outside of the school day. In line with this, Sport England has developed the Active Lives Children survey which is capturing data for children aged 5-15, both in and outside of school. The survey was launched in schools in September 2017 with the first set of results available in early 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 122751 question first answered 22/01/2018 16:19:17 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823087

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Culture: Ellesmere Port and Neston
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 the level of Government investment there was for arts and culture in Ellesmere Port & Neston constituency in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	122770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Government and National Lottery Funding has been investing in arts and culture through Arts Council England. In Ellesmere Port &amp; Newton constituency in each of the last 10 years, this amounts to:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Grand Total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>£161,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>£193,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£170,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£189,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£188,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£176,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£138,446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£149,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,482,963</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/01/2018 10:40:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

823097

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 he has made of the economic effect of reducing the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) taking account of gains elsewhere in the economy from spending diverted from FOBTs.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	122780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon member to the answer to Parliamentary Questions 112694, 112719 and 112720 from 16th November.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/01/2018 13:41:23 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

823139

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Clubs
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 the financial viability of amateur sports clubs involved in (a) cycling, (b) rugby and (c) football.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	122822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>DCMS is not aware of recent assessments of the financial viability of amateur sports clubs involved in cycling, rugby or football.</p><p> </p><p>It would be within the remit of NGBs (National Governing Bodies) to assess the financial viability of their affiliated clubs.</p><p> </p><p>The NGBs for cycling, rugby and football all have sections on their websites on the Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) Scheme. The scheme was introduced in April 2002 and allows local amateur sports clubs to register with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and benefit from a range of tax reliefs, including Gift Aid, where they meet qualifying conditions.</p><p> </p><p>A Club Survey was commissioned last year by Sport England to explore a number of issues including whether finances and funding are a cause for concern among clubs. The results are due at the end of February this year and Sport England would be happy to share the results of this survey in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As recommended in the government sports strategy Sporting Future, The new Sports Business Council is looking into how to maximise income potential across sport particularly in light of falling lottery receipts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/01/2018 13:34:15 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens