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1007849

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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: Public Bodies
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 15 November 2018 to Question 190379 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: public bodies, if he will publish a list of the names and addresses of those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	191879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>A list of the public bodies sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is published on the Department's website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport</p><p> </p><p>The list can be found by scrolling down to the link to the Department's agencies and bodies. Links are then provided to each organisation's website where further information including addresses is available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2018 17:35:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1007882

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Historic Royal Palaces: Workplace Pensions
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 discussions he has had with (a) staff representatives and (b) management of Historic Royal Palaces on the proposed closure of the Defined Benefits Pensions Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	191980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>DCMS officials discussed the closure of the Defined Benefits Pension Scheme with Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) officials towards the end of 2017. The Department was also presented with HRP’s Operating Plan 2018- 2021 by the Chief Executive of HRP which contained information on the closure.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2018 17:36:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1007008

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: Merseyside
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 support theatres in Merseyside.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	191311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In Merseyside, Arts Council England (ACE) has increased their National portfolio funding by 14% for the 2018-22 funding period. This includes investment in a number of theatre organisations, such as Liverpool Everyman, the Unity Theatre, the Royal Court, Collective Encounters and 20 Stories High.</p><p> </p><p>A new addition to ACE’s National portfolio for this period is Culture Liverpool, who have built on the legacy of European Capital of Culture 2008 to play a leading role in large scale outdoor and public art commissions. Culture Liverpool recently delivered the theatre production ‘Giant Spectacular’ which took place across Liverpool and the Wirral for a weekend, attracting over 1 million visitors.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to ACE’s National portfolio investment, they have made 81 awards from the Lottery-funded Grants for the Arts and Project Grants schemes to support theatre projects across Merseyside since April 2015, with investment totalling more than £1 million. ACE will also administer a Treasury award of £5 million for the capital development of the Shakespeare North theatre in Knowsley.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/11/2018 15:49:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1006042

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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: Females
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 information his Department holds on the number of women above the age of 18 that have played football regularly in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	190751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Sport England collects data on the number of people aged 16+ who engage in sport and physical activity in England through the Active Lives Survey. The latest data is available online (covering the period May 2017 to May 2018): <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/media/13563/active-lives-adult-may-17-18-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/media/13563/active-lives-adult-may-17-18-report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below details Active Lives Survey data on the number of women that have played football regularly in each year since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Active Lives Survey – women (16+) playing football twice per month:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Active Lives Year 1 data (covering the Nov 15 - Nov 16 period)</p></td><td><p>Active Lives 18 month interim data (May 16 - May 17)</p></td><td><p>Active Lives Year 2 data (Nov 16 - Nov 17)</p></td><td><p>Active Lives 30 month interim data (May 17 - May 18)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whole population</p></td><td><p>2,299,000 (5.2% of English 16+ population)</p></td><td><p>2,299,700 (5.1%)</p></td><td><p>2,222,100 (5.0%)</p></td><td><p>2,095,900 (4.7%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>215,100 (0.9%)</p></td><td><p>212,300 (0.9%)</p></td><td><p>196,200 (0.9%)</p></td><td><p>187,600 (0.8%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Active Lives Survey replaced the Active People Survey which collected data from the period of October 2005 to September 2016. Archived data from the Active People Survey is available online: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/</a>. Owing to the different methodologies employed, the data sets from the two surveys are not directly comparable.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/11/2018 17:17:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1006045

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	UNESCO: 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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on the Government's funding of UNESCO.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	190825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place at this time.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/11/2018 16:11:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1006053

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Wembley Stadium
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 6 November 2018 to Question 185569 on Wembley Stadium, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting between the Minister for Sport and Civil Society and the Chief Executive of the Football Association.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	190859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Details about such meetings, including discussion and schedules, are kept confidential - to allow full and frank discussions between Ministers and agencies.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/11/2018 17:21:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1006132

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the 31 October 2018 Government news release £200 million to kickstart full fibre broadband across the UK, how much of that funding will be allocated to South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	190892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to full fibre across the whole of the UK with nationwide coverage by 2033. The Government is committed to ensuring that the hardest to reach areas get connected at the same pace as the rest of the country and the £200 million announced at the Budget starts this plan.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/11/2018 15:53:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1006157

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Data Protection: General Practitioners
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 potential merits of exempting General Practices from the General Data Protection Regulation that data controllers can no longer charge for processing subject access requests.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	190964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The fundamental purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation is to provide individuals with greater protection and control over their personal data.</p><p> </p><p>Allowing General Practices to charge for providing responses to subject access requests would weaken the rights of patients. General Practices can still charge for repeat or excessive requests made by data subjects and for requests made by third parties such as insurers under the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office has updated its guidance on the Right to Access, which can be viewed on its website at ico.org.uk</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/11/2018 15:58:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1005840

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Design
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution to the UK economy of (a) design and (b) design skills.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	190416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the significant contribution design makes to the UK economy,</p><p>particularly as a key factor in the production of services and goods across a wide range of sectors. According to DCMS economic estimates design and designer fashion exports in 2016 were £380m, a 9.6% increase from 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The Design Council produced a report into the Design Economy in 2018 which estimates that in 2015 the total value of exports where design had made a key contribution was £48.4 billion. The report also found that gross value added generated by the design economy increased by 52% between 2009 and 2016, with over 1.69 million people employed in the design economy and over 78,000 design intensive firms operating in the UK in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 190418 question first answered 20/11/2018 18:18:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1005845

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Digital Technology: Design
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 he has made of the value of digital design to (a) the UK economy and (b) UK exports.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	190418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the significant contribution design makes to the UK economy,</p><p>particularly as a key factor in the production of services and goods across a wide range of sectors. According to DCMS economic estimates design and designer fashion exports in 2016 were £380m, a 9.6% increase from 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The Design Council produced a report into the Design Economy in 2018 which estimates that in 2015 the total value of exports where design had made a key contribution was £48.4 billion. The report also found that gross value added generated by the design economy increased by 52% between 2009 and 2016, with over 1.69 million people employed in the design economy and over 78,000 design intensive firms operating in the UK in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 190416 question first answered 20/11/2018 18:18:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot