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1337782

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	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

1337816

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	Sports: Transgender 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, when the Sports Council Equality Group guidance on trans inclusion in domestic competition, which was commissioned in March 2020, will be published.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	17805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion, as well as the safety and fairness across all levels of sport. This is at the heart of our strategy ‘Sporting Future’. However, sports governing bodies each have their own rules on transgender issues and it is appropriate that they can determine the right position for their own sport.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Sports Councils' Equality Group (SCEG) is in the process of reviewing Transgender Inclusion in Domestic Sport in the UK, commissioned in 2020. Subsequently a wide-ranging consultation has taken place. They are now processing the information they have collected as they work towards a carefully considered outcome in this complex environment. It is anticipated that the revised guidance on trans participation in sport will be released later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/06/2021 09:57:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1337843

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	Youth Investment Fund
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 representatives of the youth sector on ensuring that the Youth Investment Fund tackles local priorities.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	17843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>Ministers and officials are in regular contact with the youth sector during the development of the Youth Investment Fund. Officials are working with representatives from the youth sector and young people to shape the design and delivery of the fund. Feedback from the sector on previous funding programmes such as the Youth Covid Support Fund has also been key to development of the Youth Investment Fund. This will ensure a delivery model that is inherently placed based and locally led, achieving maximum impact for young people in left behind places.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 24/06/2021 16:04:19 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1337888

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	Streaming: Classification Schemes
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 his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of how many video-on-demand platforms apply the BBFC age ratings framework; and what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the proposed timeline for further platforms to adopt the BBFC classification system.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	17700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>As the designated body for age classification of film content, the Government has great trust in the British Board of Film Classification’s (BBFC) best practice age ratings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A number of video-on-demand services currently use BBFC ratings for some of their content, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Curzon Home Cinema and BFI Player. In December 2020, Netflix became the first video-on-demand service to achieve complete coverage of their content under the BBFC’s ratings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have not made an assessment of the number of services that use these ratings, though we have discussed with the BBFC and individual companies their current and potential future use of these ratings. We continue to engage with industry to encourage other platforms to adopt the BBFC’s ratings across all of their content, and will keep the evidence for legislation in this area under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/06/2021 11:53:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1337889

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	BBC: Disclosure of Information
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 he will have discussions with the BBC Director General to ascertain whether licence fee proceeds have been used in non disclosure agreements between the BBC and former BBC employees.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	17696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government and the government cannot intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The BBC Board is ultimately responsible for appropriate use of licence fee payers' money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 22/06/2021 11:44:34 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

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

1337920

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	Social Security Benefits: 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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of volunteering for people on universal credit and other legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	17780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>Government is always interested in understanding and maximising the benefits of volunteering for all individuals.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Increasingly, we know that volunteering can bring considerable benefits to the individual themselves, in addition to the social value they generate for the people and causes they support through their activity. The What Works Centre for Wellbeing’s Rapid Evidence Review of volunteering and wellbeing (October 2020) found that while the context of volunteering is an important factor, there is ‘high quality evidence that volunteering is positively linked to enhanced wellbeing, including improved life satisfaction, increased happiness and decreases in symptoms of depression’. (What Works Centre for Wellbeing, Institute for Volunteering Research Universities of Sheffield, Salford, UEA and Manchester, <a href="https://whatworkswellbeing.org/resources/volunteer-wellbeing-what-works-and-who-benefits/" target="_blank">The Impacts of Volunteering on the Subject Wellbeing of Volunteers: A Rapid Evidence Assessment</a>, 2020.)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Beyond wellbeing, other studies have examined the links between volunteering and employability, particularly for young people and though socioeconomic factors are thought to be key, these also demonstrate positive benefits. A study by the Behavioural Insights Team for the #iwill youth social action campaign in 2019 found that employers prefer employees who have undertaken social action, since they demonstrate better skills. Accordingly, 81% of young people who have participated in social action believe that this will help them develop new skills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 24/06/2021 16:07:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1337998

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	Reclaim Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 15 June (HL711), whether they will Place in the Library of the House a copy of the high level policy directions issued to The National Lottery Community Fund on the allocation of dormant assets funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL1189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The latest policy directions issued by the Secretary of State on the allocation of dormant assets funding are published by The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) as part of its annual report. These policy directions will be the most recent at the time of TNCLF reporting. The annual report for 2019-20 is in the House Library and the annual report for 2020-21 will be laid before Parliament shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 28/06/2021 14:41:50 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1338000

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	Broadband
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to implement the recommendations of the Final Report by the Gigabit Take-up Advisory Group, published in June.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Advisory Group’s June 2021 final report made a number of recommendations aimed at Government, Ofcom, industry and trade bodies to encourage the take-up of gigabit broadband services. The Government welcomes the Advisory Group’s report.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Action is already planned by the respective bodies to whom some of the recommendations were directed at. Ofcom plans to work with industry to improve the consistency of broadband terminology in the market, and to develop information to help consumers understand the benefits of gigabit broadband. BDUK plans to develop a 'Gigabit toolkit' to support local bodies in raising awareness and understanding of the benefits of gigabit connectivity among local residents and businesses. BDUK plans to work closely with local bodies and other key sector stakeholders.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are considering the wider recommendations in the report and will continue to look at what more can be done to best support take-up of gigabit services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/06/2021 14:52:32 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones