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1303447

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Mark Roberts
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 he last had discussions with Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts on football matters.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	170532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The department is in regular contact with the Home Office, the National Police Chiefs’ Council Football Lead, and the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) across a range of issues including tackling discrimination.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I understand the Premier League and English Football League also meet frequently with the UKFPU, including recently with social media companies to focus on tackling online abuse, and hope they will continue to do so as we work together to rid this abhorrent behaviour from the game and society.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 170535 question first answered 22/03/2021 08:27:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1303448

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Football: Racial Discrimination
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 he last requested a report from the football authorities on the steps they are taking to eradicate racism from the game.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	170533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to liaise closely and regularly with all the football authorities about their work to tackle discrimination. This includes actions targeted at and around football grounds, such as improving reporting systems, providing better training and support for referees and stewards, and improving the quality of CCTV around stadia.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We also welcomed the launch of The FA’s ‘Football Leadership Diversity Code’ last year which is a step in the right direction to ensure English football better represents our modern and diverse society, on and off the pitch.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In January, the Government convened a roundtable with footballers, alongside the Chair of The FA’s Inclusion Advisory Board and the Professional Footballers’ Association, to discuss social media abuse and the upcoming Online Safety Bill.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, there is still progress to be made and the Government will continue to press the football authorities to build on their work to date to tackle discrimination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 170534 question first answered 22/03/2021 08:29:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1303449

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Football: Racial Discrimination
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 reports he has received from the football authorities on the steps they were taking to eradicate racial abuse from the game.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	170534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to liaise closely and regularly with all the football authorities about their work to tackle discrimination. This includes actions targeted at and around football grounds, such as improving reporting systems, providing better training and support for referees and stewards, and improving the quality of CCTV around stadia.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We also welcomed the launch of The FA’s ‘Football Leadership Diversity Code’ last year which is a step in the right direction to ensure English football better represents our modern and diverse society, on and off the pitch.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In January, the Government convened a roundtable with footballers, alongside the Chair of The FA’s Inclusion Advisory Board and the Professional Footballers’ Association, to discuss social media abuse and the upcoming Online Safety Bill.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, there is still progress to be made and the Government will continue to press the football authorities to build on their work to date to tackle discrimination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 170533 question first answered 22/03/2021 08:29:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1303450

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Football: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he was made aware that Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts wrote in January 2021 to the (a) Premier League and (b) English Football League requesting that they work together to tackle racist abuse against players; and will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	170535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The department is in regular contact with the Home Office, the National Police Chiefs’ Council Football Lead, and the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) across a range of issues including tackling discrimination.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I understand the Premier League and English Football League also meet frequently with the UKFPU, including recently with social media companies to focus on tackling online abuse, and hope they will continue to do so as we work together to rid this abhorrent behaviour from the game and society.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 170532 question first answered 22/03/2021 08:27:40 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1303451

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Football Banning Orders
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 list all the Football Banning Orders that are in operation by (a) football club, (b) time served and (c) offence committed.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	170536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is the lead department for Football Banning Orders and has published football-related arrests and banning orders statistics, in England and Wales, for the 2019/20 season on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/football-related-arrests-and-banning-orders-england-and-wales-2019-to-2020-season/football-related-arrests-and-banning-orders-england-and-wales-2019-to-2020-season" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/03/2021 16:34:50 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1271856

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Theatres: 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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing theatres to open in socially distanced conditions in tier 3 areas.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	130633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the disruptive impact that Coronavirus and restrictions has on the performing arts and particularly for theatres which have had to close to public performance. The Government continues to work with all its sectors to assess the impact of the tiers and to develop proposals for how venues can reopen when it is safe to do so.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the impact that closures across the country will have on our vital cultural sector and remain committed to supporting it as it suffers the impact of this virus. The remaining £400m of Culture Recovery Fund grants and loans announced on Friday 11th December will support significant cultural organisations who now face financial distress as a result of closure, as well as helping them transition back to fuller opening in the spring.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>More than 440 theatres across the country have received more than £183 million from the Culture Recovery Fund, which is nearly 30% of the funding awarded by Arts Council England so far.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/01/2021 11:16:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1258115

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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2020 to Question 120773 on Ice Skating: Coronavirus, what sports he classifies as having elite athletes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	124662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Elite and professional athletes may continue to use facilities to train and to compete. It is set out in regulation and in guidance that an ‘elite athlete’ is defined as a person who is:</p><ul><li><p>an individual who derives a living from competing in a sport</p></li><li><p>a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body</p></li><li><p>a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body</p></li><li><p>on an elite development pathway.</p></li></ul><p>It is for the relevant governing body to set their own guidance and define the threshold at which these criteria are met in their sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 08/12/2020 15:26:40 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1258195

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	Bowling: 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, what additional steps his Department is taking to support operators of bowling centres during their extended period of closure due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	124667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>My Department is taking a number of steps to support bowling centres impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. Bowling centre operators can access the Government’s comprehensive support package - including the extended furlough and self-employed support schemes, new grant schemes, as well as various government-backed loans. We have also provided business rates relief and grants for many in the retail, leisure and hospitality sector.</p><p>We are listening to stakeholders’ concerns, and will continue to closely monitor the ongoing impact of Government restrictions on bowling alleys.</p><p>Since 2 December, as set out in the COVID Winter Plan, we have returned to a tiered approach to COVID-19 restrictions in England. Relevant venues in the entertainment, leisure and tourism sectors - including bowling alleys - will be permitted to reopen in tiers 1 and 2, subject to curfew restrictions and in line with COVID-19 Secure guidance. In tier 3 areas, indoor venues and attractions - including bowling alleys - must close.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 08/12/2020 16:40:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1256859

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
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	Ice Skating and Ice Hockey: 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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the English Ice Hockey Association and British Ice Skating’s joint campaign to reopen ice rinks in tier 3 covid-19 local alert level areas for (a) elite sport, (b) under-18 sport, (c) disability sport, (d) educational programmes and (e) organised sport.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	122561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus. That’s why we made sure that people could exercise at least once a day even during the height of the first period of enhanced national restrictions and why we opened up grassroots sport and leisure facilities as soon as it was safe to do so.</p><p>Under Tier 3, Ice Rinks are able to open for disability sport, sports as part of the curriculum in education and supervised sport and physical activity for under-18s (including those who were under 18 on 31 August 2020). Elite and professional athletes may continue to use facilities including ice rinks to train and to compete Behind Closed Doors.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 03/12/2020 16:29:36 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1255496

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Ice Skating: 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, for what reasons indoor skating rinks, including those used for Olympic training, will be required to close under tier 3 covid-19 restrictions while other indoor sports facilities can stay open.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	120773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus. That’s why we made sure that people could exercise at least once a day even during the height of the first period of enhanced national restrictions and why we opened up grassroots sport and leisure facilities as soon as it was safe to do so.</p><p>As the Prime Minister said on 23 November national restrictions will end on Wednesday 2 December, and gyms and sport facilities will reopen across all tiers. Outdoor skating rinks can stay open across all tiers and indoor skating rinks can open in Tiers 1 and 2. Unfortunately in Tier 3 areas indoor skating rinks will remain closed, because these areas have a very high or rapidly rising level of infections, so tighter restrictions will be in place. However, elite athletes will still be able to access relevant facilities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/11/2020 14:18:16 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts