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693660

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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	Dormant Assets Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Dormant Assets Commission will publish its report.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL5566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The attached Dormant Assets Commission Report was published on Friday 3 March.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 12:04:18 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name Tackling_dormant_assets_-_recommendations_to_benefit_investors_and_society__1_.pdf title Dormant Assets Commission Report 3rd March 2017
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

693662

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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	Dormant Assets Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Dormant Assets Commission last met; when it is due to meet again; which stakeholders the Commission has consulted; and what is the scale and scope of the Commission’s investigation.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL5567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The independent Commission on Dormant Assets’ final meeting was held on 1st December 2016. The Commission published its report on 3 March 2017 and is not scheduled to meet again.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission met a wide range of stakeholders, convened industry working groups and ran a call for evidence sent to around 200 organisations.</p><p>The Commission worked to Government-agreed Terms of Reference, to provide expert, independent and impartial advice and evidence on:</p><ul><li>which dormant assets can be brought into an expanded dormant asset scheme, and how they can be identified by industry;</li><li>the projected size of the funding pot this could produce for good causes;</li><li>whether, with the potential increase of dormant assets being released by industry, the current system is able to manage the burden; and</li><li>whether any new legislation should include a requirement for improved transparency from industry on disclosing the level of assets within their sector</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 12:19:23 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

693663

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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	Dormant Assets Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial resources, including salaries, have been made available to establish and run the Dormant Assets Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL5568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Membership of the Dormant Assets Commission was an unpaid appointment with the Chair and the nine Commissioners not receiving salaries for their roles. Incidental travelling expenses were reimbursed to the Chair and the Commissioners if requested.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 12:18:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

693670

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the remarks by the Sports Minister to <i>Sports Management</i> in January that the <i>Sporting Future</i> strategy "effectively starts properly from April", whether they will provide additional funding for sports under the strategy; and if so, whether that additional funding will be sufficient to enable local authorities to reverse planned cuts to funding for sporting provision.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL5574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The remark made by the Sports Minister in Sports Management magazine is reference to the fact that the funding set out in Sporting Future and Sport England's strategy, Towards an Active Nation, comes in as of April 2017, when the new financial year begins. This is when a number of the new investment programmes set out in Towards an Active Nation will begin.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are the biggest investors in sport and physical activity. Good local authorities will recognise the value of investing in sport and physical activity for the long term benefits this brings to their residents' physical and mental wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England works with local authorities in England to provide advice and expertise on how sports facilities in their communities can be managed in a strategic, cost-effective and sustainable way.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 02/03/2017 15:19:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

693673

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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	Social Enterprises
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people employed by social enterprises in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The attached “Social Enterprise: Market Trends 2014” report found that the social enterprise sector employed roughly 2.27 million people in 2014. Estimated employment had increased by approximately 300,000 since 2012, when data were last collected. Data for 2016 are being collated and reviewed and will be published later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 09/03/2017 15:50:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name SOCIAL_ENTERPRISE-_MARKET_TRENDS_2015.pdf title Social Enterprise: Market Trends 2014 report
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

693058

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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	Channel Four Television: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration was given to the equality and diversity composition of the Channel 4 Board when the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport endorsed the appointment of four men to the Board and rejected the one female candidate who had also been recommended for appointment.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL5545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Non-executive members of the Channel 4 Corporation board are appointed by Ofcom with the approval of the Secretary of State. Ofcom advertised for four vacancies for candidates with specific sector skills and experience. The Secretary of State approved the four candidates on the basis that they met the skills and experience set out in the advertised job descriptions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 02/03/2017 16:39:51 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

693059

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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	Public Appointments: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what policies and practices they advocate to encourage boardroom diversity and equality; what advice and encouragement they have given on diversity and equality to Channel 4; and to what effect.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL5546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office Centre for Public Appointments, which works across Whitehall, as well as with the private sector and different stakeholder groups, has modernised recruitment practices and attracted a more diverse field of candidates from an ever-wider range of social and professional backgrounds by:</p><p> </p><p>· Placing an emphasis on ability, rather than prior experience, ensuring key roles in public bodies are open to those with skills required</p><p> </p><p>· Increasing awareness of public appointments through a central online advertising website, events and social media</p><p> </p><p>· Simplifying the application process to just require a CV and cover letter</p><p> </p><p>· Assessing every job advert to ensure they are fit for purpose and are open to a wider number of applicants to ensure a diverse pool of candidates.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013 the Government published its strategy for Increasing Diversity in Public Appointments. The Cabinet Office will be publishing an update to this strategy later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 08/03/2017 12:13:22 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

693060

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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	Public Appointments: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have to determine progress on the implementation of policies and practices to achieve diversity of representation on the boards of organisations supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, with particular reference to black and minority ethnic women and disabled people's membership.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL5547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring diversity within public appointments. The Cabinet Office aspiration is for 50% of new appointments made by each Government Department to go to female candidates, and 10% to candidates from a BAME background. This target is also contained within the DCMS Departmental Plan, and, in the first three quarters of 2016/17, 56% of new DCMS appointments went to women and 16% to BAME candidates.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 02/03/2017 16:55:45 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

693179

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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	Schools: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing the number of children participating in sport in schools.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	65121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to ensuring that all children and young people, particularly those who are currently least active or from under-represented groups, have the best opportunities to engage in sport and physical activity.</p><p><br> The Secretary of State regularly meets the Secretary of State for Education. Our Departments work closely together on school sport, including through the Ministerial School Sport Board which I attend along with the Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 02/03/2017 14:43:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

693180

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's timescale is for meeting each of the key performance indicators in her Department's report, Sporting Future: First Annual Report, published on 9 February 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	65209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set out in Sporting Future are measures that will track progress and trends over time, against the key outputs defined in the strategy. The KPIs are not set targets with a defined end date.</p><p> </p><p>The timeline for reporting on those KPIs in Sporting Future where data is not already available, is provided in the Sporting Future First Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of sources of data for the KPIs, and some of those sources, such as Active Lives Children, are still in development. Figures against these KPIs will be published in future annual reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 28/02/2017 16:59:46 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson