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1255920

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Public Houses: 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 reason pubs cannot also be allowed to host rehearsals and streaming of events, with no audience, alongside theatres and arts venues whilst under covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	121350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Health Protection Coronavirus Restrictions Regulations 2020, passed by Parliament on 1st December, allows theatres and concert halls to host rehearsals or performances without an audience for broadcast or recording purposes. This regulation does not extend to pubs or other hospitality settings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/12/2020 15:35:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1255921

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Broadband: Norfolk
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 estimate Building Digital UK has made of the proportion of premises in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council area which are not considered as commercially viable for gigabit-capable broadband rollout.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	121371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>We estimate that over 35% of the premises in King's Lynn and West Norfolk are not commercially viable for gigabit-capable broadband rollout (as shown in the map of page 32 in the<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938539/NIS_Report_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank"> National Infrastructure Strategy</a>) This is an indicative estimate, and likely to change over time.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 01/12/2020 08:37:52 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1255923

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Broadband
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 proportion of premises in (a) England, (b) East of England and (c) North West Norfolk constituency have access to superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	121372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>According to Thinkbroadband, currently 97.3% of premises in England now have access to superfast broadband (&gt;24 Mbps) - up from 61% from 2012 (<a href="http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/england" target="_blank">http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/england</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The East of England region currently has 97% of premises with the ability to connect to superfast speeds (&gt;24 Mbps) (<a href="http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/east-england" target="_blank">http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/east-england</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>95% of premises in the North West Norfolk constituency currently can access Superfast broadband (&gt;24 Mbps). This is up from 7% in 2012 (<a href="http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000859" target="_blank">http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000859</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 01/12/2020 17:31:47 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1255926

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Sports: Facilities
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 increase the number of accessible sports facilities in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	121275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support, which many sports clubs have benefited from. Sport England has also made available over £220 million to support the sport and physical activity sector. This includes £35m for a Community Emergency Fund (CEF) directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres through this pandemic.</p><p>Sport England is investing £16.5 million of National Lottery funding to support community sports organisations return to play using small grants, facilities funding and crowdfund matching that will help to support groups and organisations who help people needing the most help to stay active.</p><p>In the last 5 years, Sport England has invested over £111m in National Lottery and Exchequer funding to improve or build sports facilities through its Community Asset and Strategic Facilities Funds in England including £17.58 million in the West Midlands.</p><p>£6 million of funding from Sport England has been invested to support community sports clubs and programmes in Coventry since 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/12/2020 15:24:08 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1255986

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Credit Unions
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 plans to require his Department and its agencies to provide a payroll deduction service to allow staff to save more easily with a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	121124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>We don't currently offer a general payroll deduction service, but we keep our employee offer under review to ensure it continues to meet the needs of staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 03/12/2020 15:43:24 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1256071

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	National Railway Museum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department allocated to the National Railway Museum in the financial year (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	121293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The National Railway Museum (NRM) is part of the Science Museum Group (SMG). DCMS allocates Grant-in-Aid (GIA) to the SMG who distribute the funding across all their sites.</p><p>GIA funding information for 2018/19 and 2019/20 is published in SMG’s Annual Report and Accounts. Estimates for this financial year are published in Central Government Supply Estimates 2020/21. SMG is allowed to access additional resource GIA funding over the financial year 2020/21 in order to mitigate possible deficits as a result of the impacts of COVID-19 over the financial year. Funding is not yet fully confirmed for 2021/22.</p><p>In addition NRM has been awarded £18.5m over three years, from 2020/21 to 2022/23, from the Culture Investment Fund to support NRM’s Vision 2025 transformation project.</p><p>Search Engine, which launched in 2008, has dramatically opened up access to the museum’s archive collection and library. Since opening, 400,000 people have used the facility, which now includes more than 1,000 paintings, 2,350 prints and drawings and 1.75m photographs. DCMS does not hold information on the funding allocated to Search Engine stock purchases but the SMG has confirmed that it is adequate to meet all current and anticipated needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 121294 121295 121296 question first answered 03/12/2020 15:38:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1256072

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	National Railway Museum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department allocated to the National Railway Museum for stock purchases by its library Search Engine in the financial year (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	121294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The National Railway Museum (NRM) is part of the Science Museum Group (SMG). DCMS allocates Grant-in-Aid (GIA) to the SMG who distribute the funding across all their sites.</p><p>GIA funding information for 2018/19 and 2019/20 is published in SMG’s Annual Report and Accounts. Estimates for this financial year are published in Central Government Supply Estimates 2020/21. SMG is allowed to access additional resource GIA funding over the financial year 2020/21 in order to mitigate possible deficits as a result of the impacts of COVID-19 over the financial year. Funding is not yet fully confirmed for 2021/22.</p><p>In addition NRM has been awarded £18.5m over three years, from 2020/21 to 2022/23, from the Culture Investment Fund to support NRM’s Vision 2025 transformation project.</p><p>Search Engine, which launched in 2008, has dramatically opened up access to the museum’s archive collection and library. Since opening, 400,000 people have used the facility, which now includes more than 1,000 paintings, 2,350 prints and drawings and 1.75m photographs. DCMS does not hold information on the funding allocated to Search Engine stock purchases but the SMG has confirmed that it is adequate to meet all current and anticipated needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 121293 121295 121296 question first answered 03/12/2020 15:38:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1256073

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	National Railway Museum
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 the projected funding allocation is from his Department to the National Railway Museum for the financial year (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	121295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The National Railway Museum (NRM) is part of the Science Museum Group (SMG). DCMS allocates Grant-in-Aid (GIA) to the SMG who distribute the funding across all their sites.</p><p>GIA funding information for 2018/19 and 2019/20 is published in SMG’s Annual Report and Accounts. Estimates for this financial year are published in Central Government Supply Estimates 2020/21. SMG is allowed to access additional resource GIA funding over the financial year 2020/21 in order to mitigate possible deficits as a result of the impacts of COVID-19 over the financial year. Funding is not yet fully confirmed for 2021/22.</p><p>In addition NRM has been awarded £18.5m over three years, from 2020/21 to 2022/23, from the Culture Investment Fund to support NRM’s Vision 2025 transformation project.</p><p>Search Engine, which launched in 2008, has dramatically opened up access to the museum’s archive collection and library. Since opening, 400,000 people have used the facility, which now includes more than 1,000 paintings, 2,350 prints and drawings and 1.75m photographs. DCMS does not hold information on the funding allocated to Search Engine stock purchases but the SMG has confirmed that it is adequate to meet all current and anticipated needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 121293 121294 121296 question first answered 03/12/2020 15:38:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1256074

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	National Railway Museum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding he plans to allocate to the National Railway Museum for stock purchases by the library Search Engine in the financial year (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	121296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The National Railway Museum (NRM) is part of the Science Museum Group (SMG). DCMS allocates Grant-in-Aid (GIA) to the SMG who distribute the funding across all their sites.</p><p>GIA funding information for 2018/19 and 2019/20 is published in SMG’s Annual Report and Accounts. Estimates for this financial year are published in Central Government Supply Estimates 2020/21. SMG is allowed to access additional resource GIA funding over the financial year 2020/21 in order to mitigate possible deficits as a result of the impacts of COVID-19 over the financial year. Funding is not yet fully confirmed for 2021/22.</p><p>In addition NRM has been awarded £18.5m over three years, from 2020/21 to 2022/23, from the Culture Investment Fund to support NRM’s Vision 2025 transformation project.</p><p>Search Engine, which launched in 2008, has dramatically opened up access to the museum’s archive collection and library. Since opening, 400,000 people have used the facility, which now includes more than 1,000 paintings, 2,350 prints and drawings and 1.75m photographs. DCMS does not hold information on the funding allocated to Search Engine stock purchases but the SMG has confirmed that it is adequate to meet all current and anticipated needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 121293 121294 121295 question first answered 03/12/2020 15:38:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell