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1063560

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date	18/02/2019
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: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many mobile phone gambling apps were registered in the UK in each year between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Hindhead
uin	HL13798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission does not track the year to year growth in this area.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 1,375 active websites and apps on the Gambling Commission’s public register. The Gambling Commission’s data does not differentiate between websites and mobile phone apps and the full register can be found at: <a href="https://secure.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PublicRegister/Search?Search=&amp;Sector=Remote" target="_blank">https://secure.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PublicRegister/Search?Search=&amp;Sector=Remote</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 04/03/2019 14:39:37 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4542 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Hindhead

1063635

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Finance
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 meetings he has had with the Premier League in the last six months to discuss future funding for grassroots football.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	222622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>I met with the Premier League on 31 January 2019. The Secretary of State met with them on 30 October 2018. The funding of grassroots football was discussed, and on both occasions the Premier League reaffirmed their commitment to invest over £100million in each of the next three years towards improving community football programmes and facilities across the whole of the country in partnership with the Football Association (FA) and Government.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2019 14:52:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1063636

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Sportsgrounds
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 his Department is taking to improve access to all-weather football pitches at grassroots level.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	222623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Sport England invests £18million each year into football facilities on behalf of the DCMS through ring-fenced exchequer contributions to the Football Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>This funding, matched in partnership with the FA and the Premier League, sees more money than ever before going towards priorities identified in the National Football Facilities Strategy. The Strategy sets new challenging targets to significantly improve the nation’s facilities stock over the next 10 years with an increase in 3G pitches is a key strategic priority. This will be delivered through initiatives like the “Parklike Hubs” programme that predominantly aims to deliver multi pitch 3G hubs for community use at strategic locations across the country.</p><p>Local authorities are important stakeholders in the implementation of the National Football Facilities Strategy as so much of the stock of facilities are in public ownership. Sport England is working closely with the FA to develop Local Football Facility Plans for every Local Authority in England. The plans will be in place by 2020 and will identify local priorities where investment in grassroots facilities is needed the most.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 222624 question first answered 26/02/2019 14:55:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1063637

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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
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 received recent representations on the role of local authorities in the future of grassroots football; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	222624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Sport England invests £18million each year into football facilities on behalf of the DCMS through ring-fenced exchequer contributions to the Football Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>This funding, matched in partnership with the FA and the Premier League, sees more money than ever before going towards priorities identified in the National Football Facilities Strategy. The Strategy sets new challenging targets to significantly improve the nation’s facilities stock over the next 10 years with an increase in 3G pitches is a key strategic priority. This will be delivered through initiatives like the “Parklike Hubs” programme that predominantly aims to deliver multi pitch 3G hubs for community use at strategic locations across the country.</p><p>Local authorities are important stakeholders in the implementation of the National Football Facilities Strategy as so much of the stock of facilities are in public ownership. Sport England is working closely with the FA to develop Local Football Facility Plans for every Local Authority in England. The plans will be in place by 2020 and will identify local priorities where investment in grassroots facilities is needed the most.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 222623 question first answered 26/02/2019 14:55:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1063639

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Schools
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 his Department is taking to improve public access to school football facilities to increase participation in grassroots football.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	222626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>We want all schools to maximise the use of their facilities – for the mutual benefit of schools and their communities. This is an ambition set out in the Government's Sporting Future strategy and the Department for Education’s Governance Handbook for schools.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England’s 'Use Our School' resource has been designed to support schools to open up their facilities for community use and to help those that are already open to stay open.</p><p> </p><p>The new cross-departmental School Sport and Physical Activity Action Plan, which will be published in the spring, will also consider how school facilities can best be used to encourage all children to play more sports, including football, and to be more active.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/02/2019 14:56:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1063691

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Festival of Britain: Finance
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 5 November 2018 to Questions 186397 and 186398 on Festival of Britain: Finance, in which year the Festival of Britain funding allocations will be made.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	222676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Festival will showcase the UK's unique strengths in creativity and innovation and will be held in 2022. The Festival programme is at its early stages of planning, and funding arrangements will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/02/2019 11:22:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1063764

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Horse Racing: Equine Flu
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 support his Department has provided to the horseracing industry following the recent equine influenza outbreak and suspension of racing.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
uin	222699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) is an arms-length body of DCMS which is responsible for collecting a statutory Levy from betting operators which it distributes in line with its statutory duties to support British horse racing. In April 2017, the Government implemented significant reforms to the Levy, resulting in a £45m increase in statutory Levy income in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The HBLB provides over £200,000 annually for the Equine Influenza Programme, and a further £150,000 towards the Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance Programme, provides British racing with expert information and provisions to minimise the impact of equine diseases and respond quickly to outbreaks.</p><p> </p><p>HBLB has committed to pay a contribution to owners or trainers for the costs incurred where the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) recently required test samples to be taken for equine influenza, including the cost of the swabs and the veterinary fees involved. In addition, HBLB has committed £321,500 to support the rescheduling of replacement races and fixtures following the recent suspension, and will continue discussions with the BHA regarding funding for further races and fixtures as required. The BHA have now scheduled a number of additional fixtures from February 20th onwards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 221822 question first answered 21/02/2019 11:24:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

1063832

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Public Libraries: Learning Disability
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 he is taking to ensure that people with learning disabilities are able to access resources in unstaffed libraries.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	222767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. It is for each local authority to decide how best to provide their library service ensuring that it meets local needs, including for those library users with a learning disability, or with autism or dementia.</p><p> </p><p>Many library services in England train staff to meet these needs and provide library spaces, resources and support designed for people with these and other disabilities or conditions. For example, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council received around £100,000 from DCMS through the Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone fund, to develop innovative new spaces in its central libraries, including in Thornaby Library. This Imagination Station opened in May 2018 and provides sensory and immersive experiences designed for people with a variety of health needs, including those living with dementia, autism, or learning disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 222768 question first answered 21/02/2019 11:20:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1063833

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Public Libraries: Autism and Dementia
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 he has taken to ensure that public libraries are autism and dementia friendly spaces.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	222768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. It is for each local authority to decide how best to provide their library service ensuring that it meets local needs, including for those library users with a learning disability, or with autism or dementia.</p><p> </p><p>Many library services in England train staff to meet these needs and provide library spaces, resources and support designed for people with these and other disabilities or conditions. For example, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council received around £100,000 from DCMS through the Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone fund, to develop innovative new spaces in its central libraries, including in Thornaby Library. This Imagination Station opened in May 2018 and provides sensory and immersive experiences designed for people with a variety of health needs, including those living with dementia, autism, or learning disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 222767 question first answered 21/02/2019 11:20:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan