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1545578

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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: Rural Areas
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 her Department is taking to expand broadband coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	902511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is investing £5 billion through Project Gigabit to deliver lightning-fast, reliable broadband to hard-to-reach areas across the UK. By the end of March 2022, we had delivered gigabit-capable broadband to over 740,000 premises, ahead of our target of 720,000 premises. Combined with commercial gigabit delivery, we are on track to hit our target of 85 per cent UK gigabit coverage in 2025.</p><p>We have launched procurements with a value of over £700 million to bring gigabit connections to hundreds of thousands more rural and hard-to-reach homes and businesses, and we recently signed our first contracts in North Dorset, Teesdale and North Northumberland.</p><p>As part of Project Gigabit the Government is investing up to £210 million in the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme to support rural homes and businesses with the cost of installing new gigabit-capable connections. To date, we have issued over 106,000 vouchers to homes and businesses through the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme and previous iterations. Further information is available on the gigabit voucher <a href="https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/" target="_blank">website</a> including eligibility criteria and how to apply for the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 01/12/2022 09:22:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1545734

registered interest
date	25/11/2022
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	Social Enterprises: Expenditure
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 the Government has provided to Social Enterprises in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	96623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government supports the social enterprise sector in a number of ways. This includes;</p><ul><li><p>targeted support for social enterprises in disadvantaged places through the £4.1million Social Enterprise Boost Fund, that will provide support such as training, networking and peer learning and includes £1.5million of grants for entrepreneurs to kickstart their social enterprises;</p></li><li><p>access to finance, including £485 million of dormant assets funding that has been allocated to social investment, supporting thousands of charities and social enterprises across England;</p></li><li><p>increasing participation in delivering public services through the £900,000 VCSE Contract Readiness Fund announced in September;</p></li><li><p>support for start-ups including the government backed Start Up Loans Company that provides loans of up to £25,000 per director to support entrepreneurs to start and grow a business.</p></li></ul><p>The Government recognises the social enterprise sector’s contribution to society and the economy and welcomes collaboration between social enterprises and other forms of socially oriented business who are working to achieve positive societal benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 96624 96625 96626 question first answered 30/11/2022 14:12:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1544867

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
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	Swimming Pools: Costs
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 discussions she has had with representatives of public swimming pools on the cost of running swimming pools in the context of the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	94827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to indoor and outdoor pools and that swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing this access lies at Local Authority level, and the government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities.</p><p>We appreciate the impact rising energy prices will have on organisations of all sizes, including on leisure operators. In September the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which businesses and other non-domestic energy users (including swimming pools) will be offered support. The EBRS is currently under review to ensure support is targeted to the most vulnerable sectors.</p><p>Officials in my department are in regular contact with representatives from the sector to assess the impact of rising energy costs, and how operators such as Greenwich Leisure and local authorities are responding to them.</p><p>Sport England has invested £12,775,274 in swimming and diving projects since April 2019, which includes £9,360,002 to Swim England. This is in addition to the £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund, which supported the reopening of local authority swimming pools throughout the country after the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 94828 question first answered 01/12/2022 15:53:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1544917

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
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: Internet
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 her Department is taking to help ensure that fans can watch major sporting events online.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	94910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government believes that certain sporting events of national interest should be shown on free-to-air television so that they can be enjoyed by as wide an audience as possible.</p><p>We want to ensure that as viewing habits change and technology evolves the regulatory framework remains fit for purpose.</p><p>Our Broadcasting White Paper confirmed our intention to undertake a review to look at whether the scope of the listed events regime should be extended to include digital rights. The Government is speaking to stakeholders to look at whether in the face of technological change, the objectives of the existing regime are still being met and whether digital rights should be included in the regime. The review will need to balance the ability for audiences to watch national sporting events at no additional cost with the ability for sporting organisations to generate revenues from sports rights to re-invest in their sports at all levels.</p><p>The Terms of Reference for the review can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/listed-events-digital-rights-review" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 28/11/2022 17:02:37 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1544596

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Social Enterprises
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 she has a target for the proportion of her Departmental budget that will be used to fund social enterprises by the end of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	93574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the social enterprise sector’s positive contribution to society and the economy and supports the sector in a number of ways.</p><p>This includes;</p><ul><li><p>access to finance, including £485 million of dormant assets funding that has been allocated to social investment, supporting thousands of charities and social enterprises across England;</p></li><li><p>increasing participation in delivering public services through the £900,000 VCSE Contract Readiness Fund announced in September;</p></li><li><p>encouraging social enterprises and entrepreneurs to flourish in left-behind places and building the evidence of what works to encourage the next generation of entrepreneurs, as committed to in the Levelling Up White Paper.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/11/2022 14:32:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1544062

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
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	English National Opera: 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, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential impact of the Arts Council England funding decision to reduce the English National Opera’s grant on levelling up.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	92068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet their counterparts across His Majesty’s Government to discuss shared priorities, including how cultural investment and policy can support levelling up. There have been no recent discussions between the Secretaries of State on this issue specifically.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/11/2022 16:24:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1544099

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
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	Cultural Heritage: Conservation
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 her Department has made of the adequacy of funding and sponsorship opportunities for the private sector to enable works to be undertaken to properties on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk list; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	92171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Heritage at Risk programme helps the Government to understand the overall state of England's historic sites by identifying places which are most at risk of being lost as a result of neglect, decay or inappropriate development.</p><p>There are several organisations which offer funding to private and commercial owners of sites on the Heritage at Risk Register, including Natural England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Historic England is also able to fund Heritage at Risk projects, including to fund private owners, where a project meets the eligibility and assessment criteria of its grant schemes.</p><p>Historically, approximately 7–10% of Historic England’s grants for Heritage at Risk have been given to private owners, helping with emergency repairs to historic buildings and protecting the livelihoods of skilled craft workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2022 13:26:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1544122

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
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	Holiday Accommodation: Regulation
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 she plans to take to review regulation of the short term holiday let sector.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	92257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government supports the sharing economy and the benefits it can bring. However, it is also aware of concerns about the uneven regulatory requirements in the guest accommodation sector, and possible negative impacts on some local communities compared to other types of accommodation.</p><p>In June, DCMS issued a Call for Evidence on the benefits and challenges presented by the rise in short-term and holiday letting seen in England over the last 10 to 15 years.</p><p>The Call for Evidence closed on 21 September and we are now carefully analysing the 4,000 responses we received. The analysis of the responses will inform the next steps, and we will look to provide updates to the sector in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 92260 92261 question first answered 24/11/2022 17:56:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1544126

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
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	Holiday Accommodation: Licensing
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 comparative assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) licensing or (b) creating a register for short term holiday lets in the context of monitoring local housing availability.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	92260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government supports the sharing economy and the benefits it can bring. However, it is also aware of concerns about the uneven regulatory requirements in the guest accommodation sector, and possible negative impacts on some local communities compared to other types of accommodation.</p><p>In June, DCMS issued a Call for Evidence on the benefits and challenges presented by the rise in short-term and holiday letting seen in England over the last 10 to 15 years.</p><p>The Call for Evidence closed on 21 September and we are now carefully analysing the 4,000 responses we received. The analysis of the responses will inform the next steps, and we will look to provide updates to the sector in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 92257 92261 question first answered 24/11/2022 17:56:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1544127

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
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	Holiday Accommodation: Licensing
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 she has made of the potential merits of introducing a licensing regime for short term holiday lets in communities which are popular as holiday destinations.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	92261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government supports the sharing economy and the benefits it can bring. However, it is also aware of concerns about the uneven regulatory requirements in the guest accommodation sector, and possible negative impacts on some local communities compared to other types of accommodation.</p><p>In June, DCMS issued a Call for Evidence on the benefits and challenges presented by the rise in short-term and holiday letting seen in England over the last 10 to 15 years.</p><p>The Call for Evidence closed on 21 September and we are now carefully analysing the 4,000 responses we received. The analysis of the responses will inform the next steps, and we will look to provide updates to the sector in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 92257 92260 question first answered 24/11/2022 17:56:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell