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1301296

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
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: 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 spectators will be permitted to attend non-elite sport from 17 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	166325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the roadmap announced by the Prime Minister on Monday 22 February, spectators at some large events will return subject to capacity caps from step 3 (expected to take place no earlier than 17 May). Government is working to produce both overarching guidance for all outdoor events and guidance for different spectator environments such as non-elite sports which will be available as we progress along the roadmap.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/03/2021 13:22:50 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1301300

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
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	National League: 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 all meeting minutes from all meetings between his Department and the National League, in relation to funding support for National League football clubs.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	166326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>I am content to share copies of all my written correspondence with the National League with the Hon Member’s office which detail my discussions with them on this issue.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 19 November 2020 I gave a statement to the House on the principles of the Sports Winter Survival Package, which was open to National League clubs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/03/2021 17:32:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1283401

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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: 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, which (a) sports and (b) institutions have received funding from Sport England's £50 million covid-19 grassroots sport support funding issued as part of Sport England's 10 year plan announced on 26 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	148693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus.</p><p>The Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support. On 22 October 2020, the Government also announced a £100million support fund for local authority leisure centres.</p><p>Sport England has also provided £220million directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres through this pandemic, via a range of funds including their £35million Community Emergency Fund. This sector support was recently boosted by an extra £50million to help grassroots sports clubs and organisations as part of Sport England’s new strategy Uniting the Movement. This funding is yet to be allocated and Sport England will provide further information in due course.</p><p>We are continuing to work with organisations to understand what they need and how we may be able to support them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/02/2021 15:56:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1283402

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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: 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, how much each sport has received from the £50 million fund as part of Sport England's 10 year plan announced on 26 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	148694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus.</p><p>The Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support. On 22 October 2020, the Government also announced a £100million support fund for local authority leisure centres.</p><p>Sport England has also provided £220million directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres through this pandemic, via a range of funds including their £35million Community Emergency Fund. This sector support was recently boosted by an extra £50million to help grassroots sports clubs and organisations as part of Sport England’s new strategy Uniting the Movement. This funding is yet to be allocated and Sport England will provide further information in due course.</p><p>We are continuing to work with organisations to understand what they need and how we may be able to support them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/02/2021 15:57:53 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1282364

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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: 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, which (a) sports and (b) institutions have received funding from Sport England's £220 million Covid-19 grassroots sport support fund; and how much each (i) sport and (ii) institution has received.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	146787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus.</p><p>The Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support. The Treasury estimates that around £1.5 billion of public money has gone into sports.</p><p>As part of this, Sport England has committed £220m of National Lottery and Exchequer funding since March 2020 to support community sport clubs and exercise centres through this pandemic. Up to 27 January 2021, £162m of this funding has been distributed to a range of sports activities. This sector support was recently boosted by an extra £50million to help grassroots sports clubs and organisations as part of Sport England’s new strategy Uniting the Movement. Further details of Sport England funding including the organisations that have benefited can be found at: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/why-were-here" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/why-were-here</a>.</p><p>The £300m Sports Winter Survival Package also aims to protect the immediate futures of major spectator sports in England over the winter period. On 22 October 2020, the Government also announced a £100m support fund for local authority leisure centres.</p><p>We are continuing to work with organisations to understand what they need and how we may be able to support them. We will also continue to promote exercise throughout the pandemic and encourage the usage of sports facilities when they are able to open again.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/02/2021 16:22:59 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1274681

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
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 Centres: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many youth centres there were in the Yorkshire and the Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	134344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>Youth services are provided by local authorities and the data concerning the number of youth centres there were in the Yorkshire and Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020 is not held by my department.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 13/01/2021 16:46:49 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1273738

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
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	Football: Dementia
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 he has provided to investigate the link between football and the risk of dementia.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>My department has not provided funding to football for the specific purpose of investigating the link between football and dementia. Sports have a responsibility to understand the potential risks to the health and wellbeing of their participants, and put in place measures to ensure their safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 14/01/2021 15:55:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1274017

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
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	Public Libraries: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries there were in the Yorkshire and the Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The Libraries Taskforce published the public libraries in England extended dataset on 11 January 2018 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-libraries-in-england-basic-dataset#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-libraries-in-england-basic-dataset#history</a> This provides details of static libraries (statutory and non-statutory) in England as at 1 April 2010 and 1 July 2016. Data on mobile libraries was inconsistent and incomplete, and therefore was not included in this dataset.</p><p>Details of the number of libraries as at 31 December 2019 has been collected by Arts Council England and will be published shortly.</p><p>The following table lists the number of static libraries in each local authority within the Yorkshire and Humber region.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>1 April 2010</p></td><td><p>1 July 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><p><p><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/01/2021 14:55:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1258108

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Broadband: Hemsworth
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 the average broadband speed is in the Hemsworth constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	124671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>Officials have checked the Ofcom Connected Nations performance data at constituency level, and it reports that as at May 2019, the average download speed in Hemsworth is 37.7 Mbit/s. This is the most recent performance data available - unlike coverage data it's only published once a year.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 15/12/2020 17:21:54 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1257632

registered interest
date	02/12/2020
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	Football: Dementia
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 his policy is on the role of (a) Government and (b) professional football governing bodies in examining the potential link between football and risk of dementia.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	124132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount. National Governing Bodies are responsible for the regulation of their sports and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants from harm, including serious injuries. With that in mind, we expect sports to do all they can to protect their players.</p><p>It is clear that further examination of the links between health, dementia and football is needed to better understand this issue. I welcome the Professional Footballers' Association’s recent move to set up a dedicated task force to further investigate the issue of brain injury diseases in football.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/12/2020 15:29:17 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett