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535113

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports Competitors: Transgender People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to allow transgender athletes to compete at the Olympic Games; what consultation they have had with the British Olympic Association about that issue; what rules apply in the UK regarding transgender athletes competing in sport; and whether they consider the IOC's ruling to be a disadvantage to non-transgender female athletes.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL1109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions with the British Olympic Association. Sports competition regulations are a matter for the governing body.</p><p> </p><p>Home Nation Sports Councils published the attached guidance in 2013 for national governing bodies of sport entitled &quot;Transsexual people and competitive sport”.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 22/07/2016 13:16:38 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name TranssexualPeopleandCompetitiveSportGuidanceforNationalGoverningBodies.pdf title Transsexual People and Competitive Sport
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

535125

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Sportsgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have yet received a report from the Premier League on progress towards the implementation of accessible stadia guidelines by August 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL1121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Ministers expect to receive the report from the Premier League on progress by their clubs to implement the Accessible Stadia guidelines shortly. Ministers meet the football authorities regularly to discuss a variety of matters, including accessibility.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 22/07/2016 13:17:02 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

535126

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Sportsgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Premier League and the Football League about meeting disabled access guidelines at football grounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL1122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Both the Minister for Disabled People and the Minister for Sport have had discussions and corresponded with both the Premier League and the Football League about improving accessibility at football stadia. The Minister for Sport is meeting the Premier League soon to discuss a range of topics including accessibility and progress with their work plan.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 22/07/2016 13:17:29 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

535127

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sportsgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the governing bodies of sports other than football about meeting disabled access guidelines at sports stadia.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL1123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Ministerial meetings have taken place with the Rugby Football Union and at official level with the Rugby Union Premier League on accessibility. Ministers are aware that there is both good and bad practice on stadium accessibility across a range of other sports. Ministers expect all sports, and all clubs, whose grounds do not make the reasonable adjustments to accommodate disabled spectators as set out in the Equality Act 2010 to take action to fulfil this legal obligation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 22/07/2016 13:17:52 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

535128

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sportsgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for revising the terms of reference for the Sports Grounds Safety Authority to ensure that they encompass disabled access requirements at licensed sports stadia.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL1124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>As set out in our Sports Strategy, we will enable the Sports Grounds Safety Authority to take on a more formal role in helping sports grounds reach the required standards for accessibility. We are currently in discussions with the SGSA on what role they will play in delivering accessible sports grounds.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 22/07/2016 13:18:05 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

533687

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 April (HL7422), how many of the 60 foreign unlicensed online gambling websites to which the Gambling Commission has written have (1) obtained a licence, (2) ceased offering facilities for gambling in Britain, and (3) been subject to payment blocking by payment providers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL1055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Of the 60 foreign unlicensed online gambling websites which the Gambling Commission wrote to, 3 obtained a licence; 41 ceased offering facilities for gambling; and 11 were subject to payment blocking by payment providers. The remainder are the subject of ongoing enforcement activity by the Gambling Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/07/2016 15:11:13 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

533690

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to encourage young people to serve in their community through supporting full-time, long-term volunteering.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL1058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Government is committed to ensuring young people, from all backgrounds, have the opportunity to engage in meaningful social action, creating a lifelong habit and developing skills for work. We support Step Up to Serve’s #iwill campaign which is backed by a wide coalition of organisations offering a range of opportunities including full-time volunteering. We have also committed to expanding National Citizen Service (NCS) to reach 360,000 places per year by 2020. Since 2011, over 200,000 have participated in NCS and delivered an estimated eight million volunteer hours. The Government’s pledge to the #iwill campaign is to continue to invest in youth social action and share evidence and best practice.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 21/07/2016 14:53:11 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

533450

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding (1) the National Youth Theatre, (2) the National Youth Orchestra, (3) the National Youth Dance Company, and (4) the Youth Music Theatre UK, receive from (a) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and (b) the Department for Education.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Government funding between 2014/15 and 2015/16 to the National Youth Theatre Great Britain, the National Youth Orchestra, the National Youth Dance Company, and the Youth Music Theatre UK is set out in the table. Youth Music Theatre UK and the National Youth Orchestra receive funding as National Youth Music Organisations, which is jointly funded through the Department for Education and Arts Council England lottery money.</p><p> </p><p>These figures include total funding provided through Grant in Aid and Lottery funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DFE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DCMS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant in Aid 2014/15 – 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant in Aid 2014/15 – 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lottery Funding 2014/15 – 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*Grants for the Arts</strong> <strong>2014/15 – 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Youth Theatre of Great Britain</p></td><td><p>£611,538</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Youth Orchestra**</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£44,441</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd. (National Youth Dance Company specific)***</p></td><td><p>£650,000</p></td><td><p>£200,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Youth Music Theatre UK**</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£37,250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Grants for the arts is the Arts Council's Lottery-funded grant programme for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. Grants are available for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work</p><p>**National Youth Music Organisation funding</p><p>*** The funding is paid to Sadler’s Wells as the grant recipient for use specifically for National Youth Dance Company activities</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/07/2016 15:09:28 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

533027

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Falkland Islands: Aviation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the progress of broadcasters towards increasing the provision of access services to video-on-demand content for viewers with hearing loss, and what steps they plan to take to ensure an increase of such provision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>In recent years the provision of access services on video on demand content has increased according to the attached 2015 Authority for Television on Demand report.</p><p>The evidence in this report is supported by dialogue with broadcasters, content providers and platform operators, who fed back to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in autumn 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom, the regulator for video on demand services, is reviewing how to improve the provision of access services on video on demand services.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 18/07/2016 15:21:53 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde attachment 1 file name AS_survey_report_2015.pdf title Provision of Video on Demand Access Services 2015
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

532374

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Railway Line: Fares
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Inter-Ministerial Group last met, and what conclusions were made about establishing the Tourism Industry Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, the membership of the Tourism Industry Council was refreshed and the meeting format revised, so that the Council's discussions inform those of the newly established inter-Ministerial group on Tourism. The last meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group took place in February.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 18/07/2016 15:05:27 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry