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1536275

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts Council England: Investment
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 Arts Council England on the potential impact of delaying the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme on arts organisations.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	72230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for arts and culture, I regularly meet with the Arts Council England (ACE), who are an arms-length body of my Department. After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p>Individual funding allocations to organisations in the Investment Programme are always a matter for ACE and all of these funding decisions are taken at arm’s-length from the government. The primary funding source for the ACE investment programme is non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid provided by DCMS. As set out on its website, and in the ‘Addendum to the Guidance for Applicants’, ACE’s average annual budget for this investment round is £428 million, and it will receive a 2% uplift to the total budget compared with the 2018-22 investment programme. However, it is important to note that ACE uses other funding sources for its investments, for example Lottery funding.</p><p>The total funding allocated to organisations in the 2023-26 Investment programme will be set out in the announcement on 4 November 2022.</p><p>I commit to update the House with further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 72231 72232 72233 question first answered 31/10/2022 15:30:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1536276

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts Council England: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, why her Department met with Arts Council England to discuss delaying the announcement of the 2023-26 investment programme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	72231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for arts and culture, I regularly meet with the Arts Council England (ACE), who are an arms-length body of my Department. After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p>Individual funding allocations to organisations in the Investment Programme are always a matter for ACE and all of these funding decisions are taken at arm’s-length from the government. The primary funding source for the ACE investment programme is non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid provided by DCMS. As set out on its website, and in the ‘Addendum to the Guidance for Applicants’, ACE’s average annual budget for this investment round is £428 million, and it will receive a 2% uplift to the total budget compared with the 2018-22 investment programme. However, it is important to note that ACE uses other funding sources for its investments, for example Lottery funding.</p><p>The total funding allocated to organisations in the 2023-26 Investment programme will be set out in the announcement on 4 November 2022.</p><p>I commit to update the House with further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 72230 72232 72233 question first answered 31/10/2022 15:30:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1536277

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts Council England: Investment
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 discussions with Arts Council England on announcing a new date for its 2023-26 investment programme.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	72232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for arts and culture, I regularly meet with the Arts Council England (ACE), who are an arms-length body of my Department. After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p>Individual funding allocations to organisations in the Investment Programme are always a matter for ACE and all of these funding decisions are taken at arm’s-length from the government. The primary funding source for the ACE investment programme is non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid provided by DCMS. As set out on its website, and in the ‘Addendum to the Guidance for Applicants’, ACE’s average annual budget for this investment round is £428 million, and it will receive a 2% uplift to the total budget compared with the 2018-22 investment programme. However, it is important to note that ACE uses other funding sources for its investments, for example Lottery funding.</p><p>The total funding allocated to organisations in the 2023-26 Investment programme will be set out in the announcement on 4 November 2022.</p><p>I commit to update the House with further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 72230 72231 72233 question first answered 31/10/2022 15:30:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1536278

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	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 funding she will allocate to National Portfolio Organisations through Arts Council England in (a) 2023-2024, (b) 2024-2025, (c) 2025-2026 and (d) 2026-2027.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	72233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for arts and culture, I regularly meet with the Arts Council England (ACE), who are an arms-length body of my Department. After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p>Individual funding allocations to organisations in the Investment Programme are always a matter for ACE and all of these funding decisions are taken at arm’s-length from the government. The primary funding source for the ACE investment programme is non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid provided by DCMS. As set out on its website, and in the ‘Addendum to the Guidance for Applicants’, ACE’s average annual budget for this investment round is £428 million, and it will receive a 2% uplift to the total budget compared with the 2018-22 investment programme. However, it is important to note that ACE uses other funding sources for its investments, for example Lottery funding.</p><p>The total funding allocated to organisations in the 2023-26 Investment programme will be set out in the announcement on 4 November 2022.</p><p>I commit to update the House with further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 72230 72231 72232 question first answered 31/10/2022 15:30:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1536279

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Gambling
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 Public Health England's Gambling-related harms evidence review: the economic and social cost of harms, whether her Department has received representation from the Gambling Commission on that review's findings, including on suicides associated with problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	72467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling. The Commission has given the Department no formal advice relating to the findings and estimates in Public Health England’s (PHE) evidence review on gambling related harm. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is reviewing the evidence published in the PHE’s review of the social and economic costs of gambling, and plans to publish an update.</p><p>Protecting people from gambling harms remains a priority for the government and the Gambling Commission, and we will be led by the best evidence to ensure the right protections are in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/11/2022 17:01:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1536280

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks and Gambling
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 Lancet article entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published in August 2022, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her polices of that article's findings that there should be a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol at land-based gambling venues, including bingo clubs, casinos and racecourses.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	72468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71289 71290 71291 71292 72469 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1536281

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks and Gambling
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 Lancet, entitled Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study, published in August 2022, what recent discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission on that article's proposals to introduce a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol at land-based gambling venues including bingo clubs, casinos and racecourses.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	72469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Public Health England commissioned the Delphi study in question alongside their independent review of the evidence on gambling-related harms. As is protocol for studies of this kind, the participants have been kept anonymous but the Commission has not provided any formal advice or notification to the Department on the report’s content or recommendations. DCMS officials have regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a range of issues relating to gambling regulation and the evidence on gambling.</p><p>Issues around the advertising and marketing of gambling and the rules governing land-based gambling form part of the broad scope of the government's Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are closely considering all evidence on these and other topics, and will set out our conclusions and proposals for reform in a white paper to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 71289 71290 71291 71292 72468 question first answered 02/11/2022 14:52:32 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1536426

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts Council England: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the announcement of the Arts Council England investment programme for 2023 to 2026 was delayed.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	72284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>After careful consideration of the potential impact, my Department agreed with ACE to delay the announcement of its 2023-26 investment programme. I can now confirm the new date for the announcement is Friday 4 November and that this has been agreed with ACE.</p><p>I recognise that this delay caused some uncertainty for organisations in the short term but I am confident that this will be minimal as the investment programme begins on 1 April 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/10/2022 15:32:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1536457

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Arts: Females
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 depiction of women in artworks exhibited in art galleries in receipt of funding from her Department.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	72455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28th October 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-25/71270" target="_blank">UIN 71270</a>.</p><p>Art galleries operate independently from the government. Decisions related to the content of exhibitions, such as curatorial decisions on the depiction of women in artworks, are operational matters for the galleries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/10/2022 15:27:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1536474

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Religious Buildings: VAT
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 make it her policy to ensure spending on repairs and renovations to listed places of worship are permanently exempt from VAT to enable conservation of heritage sites.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	72246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that listed places of worship represent some of the nation's finest heritage, and that there are particular burdens to the upkeep of such spiritual architecture. The Government funded Listed Place of Worship Grant Scheme aims to support the works by giving grants that cover the VAT incurred in making repairs to listed buildings in use as places of worship. This supports the effective conservation of these sites.</p><p>In 2012, my Department and the Treasury became joint funders, with annual funding increased up to £42 million per annum. I am pleased to confirm this amount of funding has been secured for the current spending period until 31st March 2025. Whilst the government cannot confirm this funding permanently, my officials remain in close contact with the sector and are aware of the ongoing need for support for this scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/10/2022 15:34:15 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz