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1714585

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Film and Television: Self-employed
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of figures showing that 68 per cent of freelancers in the television and film industry are no longer able to find employment; and of the impact on the UK creative industries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL4130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government has a clear plan to grow the creative industries by a further £50 billion and another 1 million jobs by 2030. This was set out in June 2023 in the Creative Industries Sector Vision, which was accompanied by £77 million of new funding to support the sector’s growth. This is in addition to the range of tax reliefs for the creative industries which have been introduced or expanded since 2010, including for film and television.</p><p>HM Government is already taking steps to ensure a strong, skilled and resilient workforce for the film and television sector – as well as the creative industries more broadly – across the UK. The Creative Industries Sector Vision set out that by 2030 we want to deliver on our creative careers promise to build a pipeline of talent into the sector, and to support the creation of a million extra jobs. The Sector Vision includes a long-term strategy to improve the quality of jobs and working practices in the sector, including supporting the high proportion of self-employed workers in the sector through the promotion of fair treatment, support networks, and resources (for example through Creative UK’s ‘Redesigning Freelancing’ initiative).</p><p>HM Government also welcomes the steps that our public service broadcasters have taken to support self-employed workers. This includes the support announced by Channel 4 and the BBC in August, in partnership with the National Film and Television School.</p><p>DCMS and the industry have also committed to produce an action plan in response to the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre’s Good Work Review; these actions include the recent launch of the British Film Institute’s £1.5 million Good Work Programme for screen. HM Government will continue to work with the BFI and the Screen Sector Skills Task Force to support a strong skills pipeline into the sector.</p><p>On pensions, the new State Pension supports self-employed freelancers as comprehensively as employed people. The new State Pension, introduced in 2016, means that self-employed people can receive a State Pension which is around £2,700 a year higher than it would have been in the previous system. The self-employed are a highly diverse group with varying incomes, assets, and employment experiences. The Department for Work &amp; Pensions has undertaken an initial research and trial programme to test different approaches aimed at increasing private pension-saving. It is currently working with research partners, including looking at international evidence, to explore the feasibility of building and testing retirement savings solutions in digital platforms used by self-employed people to manage their money.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay grouped question UIN HL4131 HL4132 HL4133 HL4134 question first answered 14/05/2024 10:52:55 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

1713994

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Charitable Trusts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the value to communities of a Football Community Trust operating locally.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The community arms of local football clubs are instrumental in fostering more active and resilient communities. By harnessing the power of the sport, these trusts promote social cohesion, improve public health, and make a positive impact on people’s lives.</p><p>HM Government recognises and supports the contributions of these trusts in helping to strengthen communities and get more people active, in line with the. Government’s own priorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/05/2024 13:46:42 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1713731

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps Historic England are taking to reduce the number of places of worship on the Heritage at Risk Register.
tabling member printed	Lord Redesdale
uin	HL4081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2009 Historic England has provided grants to enable churches and other religious denominations to employ support officers to advise, encourage and help local congregations to maintain and repair their places of worship and remove them from the Heritage at Risk Register. In 2022–23 the nine support officers in post directly supported 234 congregations and ran 22 training events, attended by 355 delegates, in addition to tailored training at individual places of worship.</p><p>Historic England architects, surveyors, engineers and technical advisers are also available to provide advice to help congregations address specific structural and repair problems across England. As a statutory consultee in both the national planning and ecclesiastical exemption processes, Historic England also provides formal advice on proposals for works to historic buildings, including informal advice pre-application and statutory responses in both legal frameworks. This expertise and assistance helps to remove places of worship from the Heritage at Risk Register.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/05/2024 13:47:53 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3271 label Biography information for Lord Redesdale

1713299

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what amount of financial support was provided to local church buildings, excluding cathedrals, for fabric repairs in 2022–2023 by the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport and arm’s length bodies, such as the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England.
tabling member printed	Lord Redesdale
uin	HL4040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has funded church buildings through the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, which makes available £42 million per annum. This scheme provides grants towards VAT paid on repairs and maintenance to the nation's listed places of worship.</p><p>In the period from 2022 to 2023 a total of £16,949,526 was provided to local churches, excluding cathedrals, for conservation and maintenance work from this scheme.</p><p>Additionally, the National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded £15,759,986 to places of worship in England over the same period.</p><p>Historic England also provided public funding in this period for local churches through different funding programmes. A total of £218,286 was granted for urgent emergency works to church buildings in England in use for worship. In addition, grants were made through Historic England to churches, chapels and one tabernacle which are no longer in use for worship to a total of £902,453.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/05/2024 13:42:36 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3271 label Biography information for Lord Redesdale

1713300

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many places of worship are currently on the Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register.
tabling member printed	Lord Redesdale
uin	HL4041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Of the 4,871 entries on the 2023 Historic England Heritage at Risk Register, 943 are places of worship. Two other entries are also assessed as buildings or structures which affect places of worship.</p><p>The Heritage at Risk Register aims to protect and manage the historic environment. Historic England works with owners, ‘friends of’ groups, developers, and others to find solutions for historic places and sites at risk across England, ensuring their survival for the benefit of present and future generations.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/05/2024 13:43:01 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3271 label Biography information for Lord Redesdale

1713301

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many places of worship have been on the Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register for five years or more.
tabling member printed	Lord Redesdale
uin	HL4042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>There are 644 entries assessed as places of worship which have been on the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register for at least five years. There are also two other entries assessed as buildings or structures which affect places of worship.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/05/2024 13:46:10 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3271 label Biography information for Lord Redesdale

1713302

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Lottery Heritage Fund: Religious Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for funding were received by the National Lottery Heritage Fund from local parish churches, chapels and meeting houses (excluding cathedrals) in total in each of the last five financial years in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Redesdale
uin	HL4043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund received 607 applications from England over the last 5 years.</p><ul><li><p>From 2019 to 2020, there were 187 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2020 to 2021, there were 86 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2021 to 2022 there were 115 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2022 to 2023 there were 123 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2023 to 2024 there were 96 applications.</p></li></ul><p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund received 25 applications from Scotland over the last 5 years.</p><ul><li><p>From 2019 to 2020, there were 6 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2020 to 2021, there were 4 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2021 to 2022 there were 5 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2022 to 2023 there were 3 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2023 to 2024 there were 7 applications.</p></li></ul><p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund received 94 applications from Wales over the last 5 years.</p><ul><li><p>From 2019 to 2020, there were 25 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2020 to 2021, there were 36 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2021 to 2022 there were 17 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2022 to 2023 there were 9 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2023 to 2024 there were 7 applications.</p></li></ul><p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund received 18 applications from Northern Ireland over the last 5 years.</p><ul><li><p>From 2019 to 2020, there were 4 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2020 to 2021, there were 3 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2021 to 2022 there were 6 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2022 to 2023 there were 4 applications.</p></li><li><p>From 2023 to 2024 there was 1 application.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/05/2024 13:45:56 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3271 label Biography information for Lord Redesdale

1713303

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism: Religious Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned any research into the tourism potential of local parish churches, chapels and meeting houses.
tabling member printed	Lord Redesdale
uin	HL4044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government has not commissioned any specific such research, but the International Passenger Survey (2019) found that 21% of inbound visits to the UK included visiting religious buildings, which are an important part of our national heritage.</p><p>Additionally, as part of the Discover England Fund, VisitEngland supported the National Churches Trust to create a number of new visitor experiences and to help them work more closely with destination management organisations to improve their visibility in the visitor economy. A number of these experiences and things to do, in and around the Trust’s churches, were held on the Explore Churches website (<a href="http://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/explore" target="_blank">www.nationalchurchestrust.org/explore</a>). Visit England continues to support and work closely with the National Churches Trust.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/05/2024 13:44:15 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3271 label Biography information for Lord Redesdale

1713304

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what forms of financial support are available from the Government, and arms-length bodies such as National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England, for fabric repairs to local church buildings, excluding cathedrals.
tabling member printed	Lord Redesdale
uin	HL4045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>HM Government makes available £42 million per annum through the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme. This reimburses VAT on eligible repair works over £1,000.</p><p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund invests Lottery players’ funding to sustain the UK’s heritage. The Fund runs open-access grant programmes, to which local churches can apply, providing their project meets its four principal investment themes: saving heritage, protecting the environment, inclusion access and participation, and organisational sustainability. Applicants must take all four principles into account in their application, although the strength of focus and emphasis on each principle is for them to decide and demonstrate.</p><p>Historic England provides grants for churches in specific circumstances: where the congregation has a long-standing moral objection to Lottery funding and can provide evidence of that; where the building is not eligible for any National Lottery Heritage Fund grant programme; where it relates to exceptional emergency funding to stabilise the condition of a place of worship; or to prevent further deterioration in the next two years and where the applicant can demonstrate that discussions have already begun with the National Lottery Heritage Fund. To be eligible for a grant, a place of worship must be a grade I or II* listed building, or a grade II listed or unlisted building within a Conservation Area or London Borough.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/05/2024 15:29:41 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3271 label Biography information for Lord Redesdale

1702573

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Information: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how information education, such as youth work, can complement formal education; and what discussions they have had with key stakeholders.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL3975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>HM Government recognises the vital role that informal education, such as youth work, can play in complementing formal education received by young people.</p><p>Recent Government research on this topic includes the ‘Youth provision and life outcomes’ study commissioned by DCMS and published in February, and a process evaluation of the Essential Life Skills programme published by the Department for Education in 2020. The Essential Life Skills Programme (2018-19) saw a £21 million investment to implement enhanced extra-curricular activities in primary and secondary schools across 12 Opportunity Areas. Evaluation of the programme revealed high engagement and attendance, particularly among disadvantaged pupils, with reported benefits in confidence, resilience, relationship-building, and social and emotional intelligence.</p><p>DCMS and DfE are building on what we learned from this programme to test a new approach to supporting secondary schools to deliver enrichment programmes through the Enrichment Partnership Pilot. This is funded by HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund, and is being delivered by the National Citizen Service Trust and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The pilot is being evaluated by the National Foundation for Educational Research.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 07/05/2024 12:29:06 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal