Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1180012

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Food: Tourism
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 support food tourism in (a) the UK and (b) Rutland and Melton constituency.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	19992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The £45m Discover England Fund supports the development of internationally marketed tourism products, including food tourism experiences. The Gourmet Garden Trails project, for example, promotes a range of regional culinary-themed itineraries.</p><p>VisitBritain has created a number of Food and Drink Tourism Hubs to showcase food and drink experiences available across the UK. VisitBritain also includes the Melton Mowbray pork pie in its guide to English food and drink in the East Midlands.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 03/03/2020 11:15:02 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1180176

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Catering and Hospitality Industry: Migrant Workers
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 he has made of the number of (a) EU and (b) overseas nationals employed in low-skilled jobs in the (i) catering and (ii) hospitality industries.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	19727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>My department has not made a direct estimate of the number of EU or overseas nationals employed in low-skilled jobs in the catering and hospitality industries.</p><p>In August 2019, research released by the Office for National Statistics estimated that 501,000 non-British nationals work in tourism in the UK. Of these, just under two thirds were EU nationals, just over a third non-EU nationals.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 03/03/2020 14:03:00 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1179004

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Tickets: Touting
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 tackle ticket-touting in sport.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	18646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to cracking down on unacceptable behaviour in the ticketing market and improving fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price. We have strengthened the existing ticketing information requirement in the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and have introduced a new criminal offence of using automated software to buy more tickets online than that allowed.</p><p>We support the work of enforcement agencies in this area, such as the Competition and Markets Authority, National Trading Standards, and the advertising industry's own regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority.</p><p>Recent announcements of enforcement action by these agencies demonstrate that we are prepared to go after those who flout the law or abuse the ticketing market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/02/2020 15:59:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1179090

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Tourism: West Midlands
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 steps his Department has taken to increase tourism in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	18443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>My Department has taken a number of steps to increase tourism in the West Midlands.</p><p>The £45m Discover England Fund supports the development of internationally marketed tourism products in the region. For example, the England’s Waterways project encourages visitors to explore the canals in and around Birmingham and the Midlands, while the England’s Originals project provides itineraries that include Worcester as a destination.</p><p>We are also working with regional partners to maximise the tourism benefits of hosting the UK City of Culture 2021 in Coventry and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/03/2020 16:58:58 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1178353

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Gambling: Internet
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 review into online stakes will be launched by the Gambling Commission.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	1944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission announced last October that it would be looking at the evidence regarding online stake limits as part of its ongoing work to reduce the risks of gambling related harm. This is in addition to their particular focus on VIP practices, advertising technology, and game design. The Gambling Commission has said that it will publish the assessment and next steps for online stakes and further protections later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to review the Gambling Act 2005 to make sure it is fit for the digital age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/02/2020 17:51:10 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1178716

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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	UK Anti-doping: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has allocated to to UK Anti-Doping in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	15064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has provided the following Grant-in-Aid funding to UK Anti-Doping over the past three years:</p><p> </p><p>FY2016/17: £6.096m</p><p>FY2017/18: £5.996m</p><p>FY2018/19: £7.998m</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/02/2020 09:58:33 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1178720

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of UK anti-doping procedures in preventing athletes who have failed drug tests from partaking in combat sports.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	15068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s national anti-doping organisation, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), an arm’s length body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, acts according to the remit laid out in the UK’s National Anti-Doping Policy, and implements the UK’s National Anti-Doping Rules: <a href="https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rules" target="_blank">https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rules</a>.</p><p>These Rules ensure the requirements of the World Anti-Doping Code are met in the UK. The Rules make no distinction between individual sports in terms of sanctions.</p><p>Decisions around any athlete ban from sport (if contested) are made by the independent National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP). This is independent of UKAD and is run on behalf of DCMS. The NADP’s procedural rules are available on their website: <a href="https://www.sportresolutions.co.uk/images/uploads/files/D_1_-_2019_NADP_Rules.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sportresolutions.co.uk/images/uploads/files/D_1_-_2019_NADP_Rules.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/02/2020 09:58:50 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston attachment 1 file name NADP 2019.pdf title 2019 Rules of the National Anti-Doping Panel
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1177826

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport : Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of his Department's work is dedicated to sport.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>At 31 December 2019 DCMS employed 1,264 Civil Servants, 50 of whom worked directly on projects relating to sport. A significant number of staff cannot be directly linked to digital, culture, media or sport as they are either part of the corporate centre (e.g Finance and HR), part of cross-cutting teams working across multiple policy areas (e.g the department’s Central Analytical Team) or part of teams which aren’t directly linked to any of these areas (e.g. the Office for Civil Society and the Gambling team).</p><p> </p><p>This information relates to Civil Servants on DCMS’ payroll. This includes permanent staff, those on fixed-term contracts, those on paid loan/secondment in/out of DCMS and those on paid maternity leave. DCMS also sponsors a number of Arms Length Bodies (ALBs) which work on projects related to sport, including Sport England, the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Sports Grounds Safety Authority, UK Anti-Doping, and UK Sport. Their total staff numbers are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sport England</strong></p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games</strong></p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sports Grounds Safety Authority</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK Anti-Doping</strong></p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK Sport</strong></p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/03/2020 12:05:35 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1177827

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of his Department's spending was allocated to grassroots sport in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Between April 2010 and March 2019, The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has provided over £870m in Exchequer funding to Sport England, the arms-length body of government responsible for investing in and supporting grassroots sport in England. The table below provides a year-by-year breakdown.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sport England Grant-In-Aid/Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn £'000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£121,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£97,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£99,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£88,634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£83,044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£93,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£105,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£81,343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£98,765</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details of DCMS's Exchequer funding to other policy areas can be found in the department's annual reports which are available online.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/02/2020 09:59:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West