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1467149

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Household Surveys: Voucher Schemes
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 HM Government's household participation survey offers £10 shopping vouchers to those who complete the survey; and what is the estimated annual cost to the taxpayer of such incentives.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	11546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The use of incentives is in line with best practice for public surveys and is common practice across Government. Incentives improve survey response rates, which is important for ensuring we have enough representative data. Low response rates carry a number of risks including insufficient data to analyse, bias in survey results and reduced stakeholder confidence.</p><p>We keep abreast of relevant research (such as a <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/methodologies/howfacetofaceinterviewerattitudesandbeliefsmoderatetheeffectofmonetaryincentiveonuklabourforcesurveyresponserates" target="_blank">2020 ONS study</a>) and review our incentive strategy regularly to ensure it continues to represent good value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>In 2021/22, Kantar Public issued, on behalf of DCMS, 33,841 vouchers (22,202 e-vouchers and 5,639 by post) as an incentive for completion of the 2021/22 Participation Survey. This equates to £338,410.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 08/06/2022 12:57:31 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1467250

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Voluntary Work
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 tackle potential barriers to volunteering; and whether she plans to make funding available to tackle those barriers.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	11864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that volunteering is critical to a vibrant and resilient civil society; it benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities.</p><p>As a department, we are focused on simplifying routes into volunteering and seeking to make volunteering more inclusive.</p><p>Through the £7.4 million Volunteering Futures Fund, volunteering opportunities are being created to remove barriers to volunteering in arts, culture, sports, civil society, youth and heritage sectors. Young people, people with disabilities and those experiencing loneliness will be given the opportunity to volunteer and help others. DCMS is investing £6.25 million in the fund, together with £1.17 million provided by matched funders.</p><p>Our delivery partners for this programme are the Arts Council England, NHS Charities Together and Pears Foundation. The 19 Arts Council England funded projects will work with over 160 partners across heritage, arts, libraries, festival, community and sport organisations to increase accessibility to volunteering.</p><p>We are also supporting the development of the sector-led Vision for Volunteering, through which an ambitious ten year action plan is being developed to improve the volunteer experience. One of the five themes of the Vision is ‘Equity and Inclusion’, in recognition of the barriers that some people face to participating in volunteering.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/06/2022 11:29:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1467253

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Gambling Commission: Visits
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 many visits the Chief Executive of the Gambling Commission has made since his appointment to (a) casinos, (b) betting shops, (c) online gambling companies, (d) bingo halls, (e) adult gaming centres and (f) family entertainment centres.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	11615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The total number of visits made to each type of premise requested since the Chief Executive’s appointment in June 2021 is detailed below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Number of visits made by the Chief Executive of the Gambling Commission since appointment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type of premises</p></td><td><p>Casinos</p></td><td><p>Betting shops</p></td><td><p>Online gambling companies</p></td><td><p>Bingo halls</p></td><td><p>Adult gaming centres</p></td><td><p>Family entertainment centres</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of visits</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Visits to premises are only one form of engagement with licensees that the Chief Executive undertakes. He has focussed stakeholder plans each year to reach a broad range of stakeholders, including regular meetings with CEOs and trade bodies, speaking at events and attending industry conferences. Since his appointment the Chief Executive has had 9 meetings with online operators and 13 with representatives of trade bodies, as well as speaking at events such as trade shows and trade body AGMs, to reach more operators. There is a further programme of engagement for the year ahead which includes more premises visits following disruptions caused by Covid in 2021 and 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2022 12:08:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1467295

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Retail Trade: Technology
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 assessment her Department has made of the role of technology in creating a more accessible retail experience for British consumers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	11912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Our forthcoming Digital Strategy will set out our ambitions for harnessing the power of digital technologies to the benefit of our economy and society as a whole. The strategy will highlight that digital technologies, through innovation, can drive better services across various sectors.</p><p>The Government believes that there are great gains to be made through the adoption of digital technologies across all sectors. According to ONS data, SMEs which use two or more business management technologies demonstrate productivity gains of up to 25%. That is why last year we announced our Help to Grow scheme which provides financial incentives for increased digital adoption by SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2022 12:14:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1467303

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Film & TV Production Restart Scheme
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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme that was available during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	11899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Film and TV Production Restart Scheme was introduced as part of Her Majesty’s Government’s commitment to provide support during the Covid-19 pandemic and enable productions to proceed in the absence of insurance for Covid-19 related risks.</p><p>The Scheme has supported a production boom during the pandemic, protecting over 100,000 jobs and £3bn of production spend, ensuring the continued production of content for our screens. Thanks to the Government’s Living with Covid plan, the success of the vaccination programme and effective risk management by productions during the pandemic, the risk to productions posed by coronavirus has diminished, with no civil authority restrictions in place that require production shutdowns. As a result, the Government is confident it no longer needs to intervene in the market and has closed the scheme to new applications.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/06/2022 14:19:29 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1467330

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which national sporting bodies are working on the pilot of the Sports Council Equality Group's guidance on transgender inclusion in domestic sport.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	11820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>There are currently eight England/UK sports governing bodies that are part of the pilot sports programme. Because sports are incredibly diverse, there can be no ‘one-size fits all’ approach and the Sports Councils Equality Group are focusing on providing space, time and support to help sports define the best options and determine whether it may be possible to offer more than one version of their sport to achieve their particular aims.</p><p>Due to the fluid nature of the process as the organisations go through their thinking and the potential for this work to come to fruition at different stages, the Sports Councils Equality Group are respecting and protecting this space and not disclosing the detail of these sports at this time.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 08/06/2022 15:02:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1467421

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Horse Racing: Gambling
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 impact of a ban on gambling advertising and sponsorship on the international competitiveness of the horse racing industry.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	11632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the contribution that horse racing makes to our sporting culture and in particular to the rural economy.</p><p>The Gambling Act Review is wide-ranging and aims to ensure that the regulation of gambling is fit for the digital age. We will publish a White Paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming weeks, with appropriate consideration of impacts being made at all stages.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2022 12:12:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1467490

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Arts: Artificial Intelligence
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 assessment she has made regarding the impact of artificial intelligence developments on employment opportunities for performers and creative workers.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	11862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the global trends which will transform our future, changing jobs across the economy, including those working in the arts and creative industries.</p><p>The creative industries’ growing interdependence with the digital sector is inspiring business growth, invention and investment. The sector already makes ingenious use of AI in many ways: to recommend content on streaming platforms, to create Luke Skywalker’s voice in The Mandalorian, and to govern the behaviour of non-playable characters in video games. However adoption of AI is not uniform across the sub sectors, which risks us missing prime opportunities to improve productivity and growth.</p><p>We want our creative workers to be able to build further on these technological opportunities, which will play an increasingly vital part in the sectors’ success, whilst safeguarding against risks associated with increasing automation. Our Creative Industries Sector Vision will set out a long-term strategy focused on promoting growth, with a section dedicated to the exciting future of this dynamic workforce, including the impact of AI.</p><p>In the National AI Strategy, the government set out a number of steps it is taking to develop the brightest, most diverse workforce: from bolstering the provision of higher level skills at PhD and Masters level to developing research that helps employees, from across sectors, to understand what skills are needed for them to effectively use AI in a business setting.</p><p>Additionally, UK Research &amp; Innovation (UKRI) is developing a programme to help accelerate the adoption of AI in certain low AI maturity sectors which are key to the UK economy, with the creative industries being a potential priority sector to explore, which will help to improve the sector’s productivity.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2022 12:16:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1467525

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals
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 volunteers from St John Ambulance are eligible for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	11609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>To qualify for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal recipients must be in an eligible public sector role in a frontline emergency service accessed via a call to the 999 emergency telephone number or equivalent, and this does not include St John Ambulance volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2022 13:52:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1466101

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	World Heritage Sites
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 is taking to support bids for the Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	900247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>My officials, supported by advisers from Historic England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, have been running open information sessions and workshops for applicants to provide advice and support, ahead of the 15th July deadline.</p><p>There has been interest from a fascinating range of prospective sites from across the UK and Overseas Territories and I look forward to their applications.</p><p>We encourage heritage related projects to apply to grant schemes available through the Government’s Arm’s Length Bodies and partners where eligible, such as Historic England or through the National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/05/2022 09:48:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell