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1545788

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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: 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, whether her Department has conducted economic impact assessments of the effect of covid-19 on the UK tourist industry (a) regionally and (b) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Brandon Lewis
uin	97514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has closely monitored the impact of the pandemic using a mix of external data sources, as well as commissioning <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987650/DCMS_-_tourism_scenario_forecasts_update-Final_for_TRP_May_2021_-_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">independent assessments and forecasts</a>. This includes analysis of regional-level differences as well as national impact.</p><p>VisitBritain calculated that, on a national level, the estimated combined loss to the UK economy in 2020 &amp; 2021 was £147 billion, of which inbound loss was £50 billion and UK-wide domestic loss was £97 billion.</p><p>Identifying that tourism was one of the sectors of the economy hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK was one of the first countries to set out a post-Covid <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tourism-recovery-plan" target="_blank">Tourism Recovery Plan</a> in summer 2021 and to remove the barriers to both domestic and international visitors. The Department will continue to monitor impact as part of assessing progress against its objectives set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/12/2022 09:33:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1545790

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Building Digital UK: Cornwall
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 she has had with Building Digital UK on Type A procurements for Cornwall; and what the timetable is for announcing a decision on those procurements.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	97516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>As part of Project Gigabit, we are delivering two local supplier procurements (Type A) for Central Cornwall and South West Cornwall. Combined, the two procurements are estimated to cover up to 19,000 premises, with a total value of £18 million. We expect to award contracts in January 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 06/12/2022 14:35:29 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1545860

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Lotteries: Prizes
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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on What next for the National Lottery?, published on 22 November 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of that report's recommendation that individual society lotteries should be able to set their own prizes, up to a limit of £500,000.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	97652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The maximum prize for a society lottery draw was increased in July 2020 from £400,000 to £500,000 as part of a wider package of changes to society lottery limits. <ins class="ministerial">We are carefully considering the Committee's recommendations and will respond in due course.</ins> <del class="ministerial">We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendation that the maximum allowable sizable prize per draw should be £25,000 or 10% of the draw’s proceeds and will respond in due course. </del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/12/2022 15:42:01 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2022 15:58:42 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 38878 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1545578

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 her Department is taking to expand broadband coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	902511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is investing £5 billion through Project Gigabit to deliver lightning-fast, reliable broadband to hard-to-reach areas across the UK. By the end of March 2022, we had delivered gigabit-capable broadband to over 740,000 premises, ahead of our target of 720,000 premises. Combined with commercial gigabit delivery, we are on track to hit our target of 85 per cent UK gigabit coverage in 2025.</p><p>We have launched procurements with a value of over £700 million to bring gigabit connections to hundreds of thousands more rural and hard-to-reach homes and businesses, and we recently signed our first contracts in North Dorset, Teesdale and North Northumberland.</p><p>As part of Project Gigabit the Government is investing up to £210 million in the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme to support rural homes and businesses with the cost of installing new gigabit-capable connections. To date, we have issued over 106,000 vouchers to homes and businesses through the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme and previous iterations. Further information is available on the gigabit voucher <a href="https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/" target="_blank">website</a> including eligibility criteria and how to apply for the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 01/12/2022 09:22:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1545593

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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	Football: Concussion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the International Football Association Board on the potential merits of introducing temporary concussion substitution protocols.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	96646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>The laws of the game of football are a matter for The International Football Association Board (IFAB), as the independent body authorised to decide and agree changes to such laws within the sport. It is for the IFAB to consider the potential merits of introducing new laws for discussion in conjunction with The Football Association and other members of the IFAB as appropriate.</p><p>The safety and wellbeing of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount and the Government expects sports to do all they can to protect their players. Our Command Paper on Concussion in Sport published in December 2021 outlines the steps the Government is taking to help reduce risks associated with head injuries by improving understanding, awareness, prevention and treatment of concussion in sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/12/2022 12:36:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1545605

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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	Musicians: Bulgaria
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 any bilateral arrangements are in place for UK musicians seeking to tour in Bulgaria.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	96525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting the UK’s creative industries, including musicians, to adapt to new arrangements with the EU.</p><p>EU Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in each Member State. We have engaged bilaterally with all EU Member States, and nearly all (24 out of 27) have confirmed they offer visa and work permit free routes for UK performers for short-term touring.</p><p>This includes the UK’s biggest touring markets such as France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Following engagement by the UK Government and the sector, this also includes Spain, which introduced 90-day visa- and work permit- free touring in November 2021; and Greece, which announced a visa and work permit free route for UK creatives in June 2022, currently due to be in place until 31 December 2022. The UK Government is continuing to engage with Greece on extending this arrangement beyond the end of this year, however this is ultimately a decision for the Greek Government to take.</p><p>The Government is engaged with the remaining Member States - Cyprus, Malta and Portugal - on allowing creative professionals to tour more easily. However, ultimately it is up to these countries to align their requirements more closely with the UK’s generous rules.</p><p>The UK’s domestic rules allow musicians, entertainers and artists (and their technical staff) from EU Member States, to perform in the UK without requiring a visa, and the UK does not have work-permits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 96526 96527 96528 96529 96530 96531 96532 96533 96534 96535 96536 96537 96538 96539 96540 96541 96542 96543 96544 97391 97392 97393 97394 97395 97396 97397 97398 97399 97400 97403 97404 97405 question first answered 05/12/2022 09:53:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1545607

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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	Musicians: Bulgaria
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 she has had recent discussions with her Bulgarian counterpart on the agreement of bilateral arrangements for UK musicians seeking to tour in Bulgaria without restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	96526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting the UK’s creative industries, including musicians, to adapt to new arrangements with the EU.</p><p>EU Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in each Member State. We have engaged bilaterally with all EU Member States, and nearly all (24 out of 27) have confirmed they offer visa and work permit free routes for UK performers for short-term touring.</p><p>This includes the UK’s biggest touring markets such as France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Following engagement by the UK Government and the sector, this also includes Spain, which introduced 90-day visa- and work permit- free touring in November 2021; and Greece, which announced a visa and work permit free route for UK creatives in June 2022, currently due to be in place until 31 December 2022. The UK Government is continuing to engage with Greece on extending this arrangement beyond the end of this year, however this is ultimately a decision for the Greek Government to take.</p><p>The Government is engaged with the remaining Member States - Cyprus, Malta and Portugal - on allowing creative professionals to tour more easily. However, ultimately it is up to these countries to align their requirements more closely with the UK’s generous rules.</p><p>The UK’s domestic rules allow musicians, entertainers and artists (and their technical staff) from EU Member States, to perform in the UK without requiring a visa, and the UK does not have work-permits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 96525 96527 96528 96529 96530 96531 96532 96533 96534 96535 96536 96537 96538 96539 96540 96541 96542 96543 96544 97391 97392 97393 97394 97395 97396 97397 97398 97399 97400 97403 97404 97405 question first answered 05/12/2022 09:53:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1545608

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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	Musicians: Croatia
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 any bilateral arrangements are in place for UK musicians seeking to tour in Croatia.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	96527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting the UK’s creative industries, including musicians, to adapt to new arrangements with the EU.</p><p>EU Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in each Member State. We have engaged bilaterally with all EU Member States, and nearly all (24 out of 27) have confirmed they offer visa and work permit free routes for UK performers for short-term touring.</p><p>This includes the UK’s biggest touring markets such as France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Following engagement by the UK Government and the sector, this also includes Spain, which introduced 90-day visa- and work permit- free touring in November 2021; and Greece, which announced a visa and work permit free route for UK creatives in June 2022, currently due to be in place until 31 December 2022. The UK Government is continuing to engage with Greece on extending this arrangement beyond the end of this year, however this is ultimately a decision for the Greek Government to take.</p><p>The Government is engaged with the remaining Member States - Cyprus, Malta and Portugal - on allowing creative professionals to tour more easily. However, ultimately it is up to these countries to align their requirements more closely with the UK’s generous rules.</p><p>The UK’s domestic rules allow musicians, entertainers and artists (and their technical staff) from EU Member States, to perform in the UK without requiring a visa, and the UK does not have work-permits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 96525 96526 96528 96529 96530 96531 96532 96533 96534 96535 96536 96537 96538 96539 96540 96541 96542 96543 96544 97391 97392 97393 97394 97395 97396 97397 97398 97399 97400 97403 97404 97405 question first answered 05/12/2022 09:53:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1545609

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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	Musicians: Croatia
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 she has had with the Croatian Government to agree bespoke bilateral arrangements for UK musicians seeking to tour in Croatia without restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	96528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting the UK’s creative industries, including musicians, to adapt to new arrangements with the EU.</p><p>EU Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in each Member State. We have engaged bilaterally with all EU Member States, and nearly all (24 out of 27) have confirmed they offer visa and work permit free routes for UK performers for short-term touring.</p><p>This includes the UK’s biggest touring markets such as France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Following engagement by the UK Government and the sector, this also includes Spain, which introduced 90-day visa- and work permit- free touring in November 2021; and Greece, which announced a visa and work permit free route for UK creatives in June 2022, currently due to be in place until 31 December 2022. The UK Government is continuing to engage with Greece on extending this arrangement beyond the end of this year, however this is ultimately a decision for the Greek Government to take.</p><p>The Government is engaged with the remaining Member States - Cyprus, Malta and Portugal - on allowing creative professionals to tour more easily. However, ultimately it is up to these countries to align their requirements more closely with the UK’s generous rules.</p><p>The UK’s domestic rules allow musicians, entertainers and artists (and their technical staff) from EU Member States, to perform in the UK without requiring a visa, and the UK does not have work-permits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 96525 96526 96527 96529 96530 96531 96532 96533 96534 96535 96536 96537 96538 96539 96540 96541 96542 96543 96544 97391 97392 97393 97394 97395 97396 97397 97398 97399 97400 97403 97404 97405 question first answered 05/12/2022 09:53:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1545610

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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	Musicians: Cyprus
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 any bilateral arrangements are in place for UK musicians seeking to tour in the Republic of Cyprus.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	96529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting the UK’s creative industries, including musicians, to adapt to new arrangements with the EU.</p><p>EU Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in each Member State. We have engaged bilaterally with all EU Member States, and nearly all (24 out of 27) have confirmed they offer visa and work permit free routes for UK performers for short-term touring.</p><p>This includes the UK’s biggest touring markets such as France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Following engagement by the UK Government and the sector, this also includes Spain, which introduced 90-day visa- and work permit- free touring in November 2021; and Greece, which announced a visa and work permit free route for UK creatives in June 2022, currently due to be in place until 31 December 2022. The UK Government is continuing to engage with Greece on extending this arrangement beyond the end of this year, however this is ultimately a decision for the Greek Government to take.</p><p>The Government is engaged with the remaining Member States - Cyprus, Malta and Portugal - on allowing creative professionals to tour more easily. However, ultimately it is up to these countries to align their requirements more closely with the UK’s generous rules.</p><p>The UK’s domestic rules allow musicians, entertainers and artists (and their technical staff) from EU Member States, to perform in the UK without requiring a visa, and the UK does not have work-permits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 96525 96526 96527 96528 96530 96531 96532 96533 96534 96535 96536 96537 96538 96539 96540 96541 96542 96543 96544 97391 97392 97393 97394 97395 97396 97397 97398 97399 97400 97403 97404 97405 question first answered 05/12/2022 09:53:47 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman