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1378978

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date	16/11/2021
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	Swimming Pools: Access
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 she is taking to increase public access to swimming pools.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	75946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to indoor and outdoor pools and that swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy.</p><p>The government has provided a range of support for swimming pools during the pandemic. The £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund supported the reopening of local authority swimming pools throughout the country. In addition, Sport England have made 139 Covid support awards to the Swimming &amp; Diving community (totalling £1,178,198).</p><p>Beyond Covid, Sport England have awarded £24,190,440 to swimming and diving projects since January 2017, which includes £15,724,500 of funding directly to Swim England.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/11/2021 09:03:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1271395

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Leisure and Theme Parks: Disability
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 help improve disabled access at theme parks and leisure venues.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	130166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>My Department and VisitEngland, the national tourist board, have taken a number of steps to improve accessibility within the tourism sector.</p><p>VisitEngland has a dedicated web portal providing tailored business advice to tourism businesses, including guidance on how to welcome guests with different access needs.</p><p>VisitEngland has also made sure that its promotional and marketing activities are inclusive. For example, its Escape the Everyday campaign worked in partnership with Channel 4 to launch the Mission: Accessible series, which highlights the perspective of visitors with access needs enjoying the tourism landscape.</p><p>And at the Budget last year, the Chancellor announced a £30m Changing Places Fund to increase the provision of Changing Places toilets in public buildings, including leisure buildings and theme parks.</p><p>The Tourism Sector Deal, published in June 2019, set out an ambition to make the UK the most accessible destination in Europe by 2025.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 11/01/2021 13:41:14 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1247847

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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: 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, if he will publish the scientific advice on which the decision to extend the latest covid-19 restrictions to outdoor swimming facilities is based.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	110199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of opening our indoor and outdoor pools and we agree that swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy.</p><p>Nobody wanted to be in the position of having to introduce further National Restrictions. However as the Prime Minister said, with the virus spreading faster than expected we cannot allow our health system to be overwhelmed. Therefore, from Thursday 5 November until Wednesday 2 December indoor and outdoor leisure will need to close. The national restrictions are designed to get the R rate under control through limiting social contact and reducing transmissions.</p><p>In order for these measures to have the greatest impact, we will all need to sacrifice doing some things that we would otherwise like to do, for a short period of time. As soon as we're in a position to start lifting restrictions, grassroots sports will be one of the first to return.</p><p>People are still allowed to leave their homes for exercise and recreation outdoors, with your household or on your own, or with one person from another household or support bubble.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 05/11/2020 17:16:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1247848

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of sports facility closures during the latest covid-19 restrictions on the (a) physical and (b) mental health of the population.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	110200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Sport and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus.</p><p>Nobody wanted to be in the position of having to introduce further national restrictions. However as the Prime Minister said, with the virus spreading faster than expected we cannot allow our health system to be overwhelmed. Therefore, from Thursday 5 November until Wednesday 2 December indoor and outdoor leisure will need to close. The national restrictions are designed to get the R rate under control through limiting social contact and reducing transmissions.</p><p>In order for these measures to have the greatest impact, we will all need to sacrifice doing some things that we would otherwise like to do, for a short period of time. As soon as we're in a position to start lifting restrictions, grassroots sports will be one of the first to return.</p><p>During this period, people are still allowed to leave their homes for exercise and recreation outdoors, with their household, on their own, or with one person from another household or support bubble.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 05/11/2020 17:30:53 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1225968

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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: 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 soft play centres will be allowed to re-open from 25 July 2020 as part of the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	76081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>No. As the Prime Minister stated last week, indoor soft play and indoor play centres unfortunately remain closed. We are, however, in discussions about a timeline for reopening the sector. We have also been working with BALPPA, the trade body that represents the industry.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/07/2020 16:28:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq