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1535137

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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
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 promote the UK as an attractive destination for filmmaking.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	69547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK remains the leading global destination for inward investors in filmmaking.</p><p>In recent years, the government’s actions have helped the film and TV industry bounce back from the pandemic, with production now stronger than ever. This includes the £500 million Film and TV Production Restart Scheme, supporting over 100,000 jobs and productions worth more than £3 billion, and the Culture Recovery Fund, supporting over 200 independent cinemas.</p><p>To build on this, and support the industry to not only survive but thrive, further actions have been taken. This includes the government’s current £1.6million annual funding of the British Film Commission, which has driven a near doubling of UK studio capacity, the £28 million UK Global Screen Fund, which is expanding the global reach of UK independent content, and the continued success of our screen sector tax reliefs (for film, high end TV, animation and children’s TV), which in 2021-22 provided £792m of support for over 1000 projects.</p><p>The Government will continue to engage closely with industry, the British Film Institute, and the British Film Commission, to further promote the UK as a filmmaking destination and to build upon the success of 2021, which saw a record-breaking £5.64 billion in screen production in the film and high-end TV sectors alone.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/10/2022 14:18:39 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1535279

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	Events Industry
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 ensure a coordinated cross-governmental approach to mitigating pressures facing the events, conference and exhibitions sector.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	69554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with the events and exhibitions sector to monitor the impact of current pressures on businesses. My Department meets regularly with stakeholders - including the Events Industry Alliance, Business Visits &amp; Events Partnership and the Meetings Industry Association - to gather intelligence and signpost businesses to relevant resources. In addition, the Tourism Industry Council’s Events Industry Board working group advises on how industry and government can collaborate to support the sector’s growth.</p><p>We will continue to engage with colleagues across government, including in the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy, to monitor trends as the industry continues its recovery from the pandemic.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/10/2022 07:06:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1535280

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	Events Industry
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 promote the UK as a destination for major international conferences, exhibitions and events.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	69555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting the UK as a destination for major international conferences, exhibitions and events. The UK will host the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Liverpool, on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine. The event will be a great opportunity to showcase the UK’s visitor economy and host people from all over the world.</p><p>VisitBritain’s Business Events Growth Programme forms a key part of the government’s commitment to grow the business events sector. In 2022/23, the programme is on course for a record year of successful applications across a wide distribution of British cities, supporting events in the UK’s strongest growth sectors. So far this financial year, there have been 25 confirmed applications for potential and confirmed events in 11 cities across the UK.</p><p>The Tourism Recovery Plan sets out our long-term vision for growing the sector and our commitment to providing strong government advocacy for business events. The Tourism Industry Council’s Events Industry Board working group advises on how industry and the government can collaborate to support the sector’s growth.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/10/2022 07:07:32 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1535367

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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	UK City of Culture: Bradford
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 funding her Department has provided to the Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 programme as of 24 October 2022; and what additional funding her Department plans to provide to that programme.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	69666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>DCMS is providing Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 with £275,000 seed funding (awarded on 31 May). The grant has facilitated recruitment for senior roles and early engagement with local communities. DCMS is working with the Bradford team to determine the additional funding requirement subject to the successful approval of a business case.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/10/2022 15:38:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1524994

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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: Energy
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 her Department is taking steps to help swimming pools stay open in the context of increases in the cost of energy.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	68498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 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 providers of indoor leisure facilities. In September the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which businesses and other non-domestic energy users (including leisure centres and swimming pools) will be offered support.</p><p>After an initial 6 months of the scheme, the government will provide ongoing focused support for vulnerable industries. There will be a review in 3 months' time to consider where this should be targeted to make sure those most in need get support.</p><p>Sport England has invested £9,619,264 in swimming and diving projects since April 2019, which includes £6,260,502 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 68499 question first answered 26/10/2022 13:38:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1524997

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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: Energy Bill Relief 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, if she will make an assessment of the merits of offering continuing support to businesses and charities who run swimming pools in the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, in the context of rising energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	68499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 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 providers of indoor leisure facilities. In September the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which businesses and other non-domestic energy users (including leisure centres and swimming pools) will be offered support.</p><p>After an initial 6 months of the scheme, the government will provide ongoing focused support for vulnerable industries. There will be a review in 3 months' time to consider where this should be targeted to make sure those most in need get support.</p><p>Sport England has invested £9,619,264 in swimming and diving projects since April 2019, which includes £6,260,502 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 68498 question first answered 26/10/2022 13:38:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1525038

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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	Commemorative Plaques
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 English Heritage on the potential merits of expanding the blue plaque scheme outside of London.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	68586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>I have held no recent discussions with English Heritage Trust on the merits of expanding the Blue Plaque scheme outside of London. The charity freely offers advice and guidance to anyone across the country seeking to put up a commemorative plaque.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 28/10/2022 08:33:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1525088

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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	John Major: Correspondence
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 House of Commons Library Research Paper 96/53 of 19 April 1996 on Questions of Procedure for Ministers, if she will request that the National Archives place in the Library a copy of the letter from the then Prime Minister, John Major, to Giles Radice, then Chairman of the Treasury and Civil Service Sub-Committee, of 5 April 1994.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	68481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>This letter is already in the Library. It was placed there in 1994 as part of the evidence to the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/10/2022 10:47:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1524488

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	Service Industries: Cost of Living
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 effect of the cost of living crisis on the live events and hospitality sectors.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Steven Bonnar
uin	901748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>Increasing costs of energy bills are undoubtedly impacting on many sectors, including live events and hospitality. These sectors are facing significant pressures, which is why the government has taken immediate action to support them over winter with the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.</p><p>This scheme, delivered by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy, will support businesses and other non-domestic customers with increased energy prices by providing a discount on gas and electricity unit prices. Discounts will be applied to energy usage initially between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023.</p><p>My Department will continue to engage constructively with DCMS sectors, from music venues to business event organisers to monitor the impact of rising costs, and will continue to work across government to support BEIS’ three-month review of the scheme, aimed at determining what further support is required.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/10/2022 11:08:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4748 label Biography information for Steven Bonnar

1524489

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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
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 deliver full-fibre and gigabit-capable broadband by 2025 in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) north Northamptonshire and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	901749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>88 percent of premises in the Kettering constituency and 83 percent of premises in North Northamptonshire are able to access gigabit-capable broadband.</p><p>The Government has now launched market engagement exercises in all Project Gigabit intervention areas in England and are making excellent progress on our Project Gigabit procurements covering premises in Kettering and North Northamptonshire, with contracts expected to be awarded next year.</p><p>More immediate support for premises in rural areas is also available through the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/10/2022 11:11:16 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone