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759559

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Commercial Broadcasting: Radio
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their response to the consultation on Commercial Radio Deregulation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
uin	HL1529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The commercial radio deregulation consultation closed on 8 May 2017. We intend to publish the government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL1530 question first answered 19/09/2017 13:01:09 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

759560

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Commercial Broadcasting: Radio
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to deregulate aspects of commercial radio, as identified in their consultation on Commercial Radio Deregulation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
uin	HL1530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The commercial radio deregulation consultation closed on 8 May 2017. We intend to publish the government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL1529 question first answered 19/09/2017 13:01:09 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

759644

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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: Wales
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 plans to extend the testing of full-fibre broadband to (a) Ceredigion and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	10178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Local Full Fibre Networks programme Challenge Fund, which all local bodies across the UK will be able to apply for, will open this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:47:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759646

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Commonwealth: Young 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, what steps the Government is taking to uphold its commitment in paragraph 19 of the final communiqué of the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers meeting on promoting youth work as a profession through education and training for sectors where youth engagement is important.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport conducted a series of regional workshops in March and April with youth sector organisations, local authorities, and other local agencies, including Police and Crime Commissioners and Clinical Commissioning Groups to gather views about the opportunities and challenges facing the youth sector.</p><p> </p><p>The evidence gathered at the regional workshops is being considered and used by the Office for Civil Society across its youth policy work and we continue to engage regularly with youth sector leaders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/09/2017 10:28:04 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759127

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	BBC: Video on Demand
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to take steps to ensure licence payers are able to access BBC iPlayer when outside the UK; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL1496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government's BBC White Paper published in May 2016, 'A BBC for the Future', made clear that the Government agrees that BBC content should be portable following the closure of the iPlayer loophole.</p><p> </p><p>The BBC is an independent body governed by the Royal Charter. Under the terms of the Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of Government and there is no provision for the Government to intervene in the Corporation's day-to-day operations. Therefore it will ultimately be up to the BBC to determine whether or not their content will be available abroad.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2017 13:02:00 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

759215

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Lotteries: Regulation
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 plans her Department has to bring forward proposals for regulatory reform of the Society Lottery sector.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Amanda Milling
uin	9896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the CMS Select Committee’s report on society lotteries advised that it intended to explore all the recommendations further, with advice from the Gambling Commission. We are carefully considering the issues raised by the Select Committee and continue to take advice from the Gambling Commission as we consider policy options.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that the Gambling Commission will publish their advice in due course, when Government has made an announcement on its conclusions.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission are currently consulting on on increasing provisions around transparency for society lotteries. The consultation closes on 30 September 2017 and can be found here:</p><p>http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/Consultations/Open-consultations/Have-your-say-on-changes-to-society-lottery-codes-of-practice.aspx</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 9897 question first answered 19/09/2017 10:52:14 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling

759216

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Swimming Pools: Closures
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 her Department has made of the number of public (a) indoor and (b) outdoor swimming pools that have closed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of publicly owned indoor and outdoor swimming pools that have closed and opened in each of the last 5 years is available via Sport England’s Active Places Power database which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.activeplacespower.com/" target="_blank">https://www.activeplacespower.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>Between 2017 and 2021 Sport England is investing £12.16 million in Swim England to get more people swimming, and £25 million through its Strategic Facilities Fund to construct 21 new state of the art leisure facilities which include swimming pools. We are also setting up an implementation group to explore the recommendations from the school swimming report, including how we can work with local authorities and private operators to make better use of facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/09/2017 11:36:47 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759217

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Commonwealth: Young 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, what steps the Government is taking to uphold the commitment it made at the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting outline in point 7 of the Final Communiqué to lead collaboration on improving young people's meaningful participation in national decision-making institutions and processes.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	9865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Government provides a grant to the British Youth Council to deliver a youth voice programme, which gives young people platforms to make their voices heard on local and national issues that are important to them. This includes the UK Youth Parliament and the Make Your Mark ballot and the Youth Select Committee.</p><p> </p><p>The National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust estimate that participants in the programme have given around 10 million volunteering hours. The Government also supports Step Up to Serve's #iwill campaign, which aims for 60% of young people to be involved in giving back to their communities through social action by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 9779 question first answered 19/09/2017 10:04:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759218

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Swimming Pools: Repairs and Maintenance
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 promote the restoration of (a) indoor swimming pools and (b) outdoor lidos.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Sport England is the body responsible for making investment decisions on grassroots sports facilities in England and, through its Strategic Facilities Fund, provides capital investment into a range of sport facilities.</p><p> </p><p>From 2011 to 2016 Sport England’s Improvement and Strategic Facilities Funds invested £73m in projects across England, incorporating 91 swimming facilities. Of these 91 facilities, 2 were outdoor lidos with the rest indoor pools. Sport England is currently investing £25m from the Strategic Facilities Fund to construct 21 new leisure facilities which include swimming pools. Sport England's Community Asset Fund – which provides grants that can also be used for facilities improvement – has made £400,000 worth of investment in 5 swimming pool projects since it was launched in February 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/09/2017 11:45:41 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759219

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Swimming
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 promote the uptake of outdoor swimming.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people to engage with sport and physical activity in whichever ways best suit their needs, lifestyles and habits.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2017 and 2021 Sport England is investing £12.16 million in Swim England which is responsible for promoting all types of swimming, including outdoor swimming, to both regular swimmers and those who are new to swimming. Government will also work with the sector to explore the recommendations of the recent school swimming report, which notes the importance of swimming and water safety for children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/09/2017 11:47:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West