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1171228

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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 and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to improve (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	900207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The government’s £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme is already supporting rollout of gigabit broadband in rural areas.</p><p>The government has also pledged £5bn of funding for Gigabit broadband in the ‘hardest to reach’, predominantly rural, areas of the UK.</p><p>The government announced in-principle support in October 2019 for the Mobile Network Operators’ Shared Rural Network proposal. It aims to collectively increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom to 95% by 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 900211 question first answered 16/01/2020 15:05:41 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1171229

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Music
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans the Government has to introduce a music strategy.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	900208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the significant contribution of British music to the UK, both culturally and economically and I recognise the case for a music strategy. In 2018, music contributed £5.2bn to our economy, reached £2.5bn in exports and sustained over 190,000 jobs.</p><p>We have taken a number of steps to support the industry, including reforming licensing and planning guidance and providing £1.5m ACE funding to support grassroots venues.</p><p>We are looking to develop a music strategy in the forthcoming months and will be working closely with the UK music sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/01/2020 17:30:09 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1171230

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: Bosworth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to improve broadband connections in Bosworth constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	900209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The government has made good progress in Bosworth, with over 97% of premises able to access superfast speeds. This is up from 57% in 2010.</p><p>Only 1% of premises in the constituency of Bosworth have speeds below 15 Megabits per second. This is testament to the great work undertaken by the Superfast Leicestershire superfast broadband rollout programme, which has been boosted by just under £8 million of central government funding. In October 2018 the 600th Superfast Fibre cabinet in Leicestershire was unveiled in Market Bosworth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/01/2020 13:59:04 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1171231

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Arts: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to support further growth of the creative industries in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Andy Carter
uin	900216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>Government and industry launched a Sector Deal for the Creative Industries in 2018, with more than £150m of funding. This aims to unlock growth for creative businesses across the country, and the North West benefits from a number of programmes within the Sector Deal.</p><p>These include a Creative Scale Up programme to help small creative businesses access the finance they need to grow and is launching today in the Manchester region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/01/2020 17:31:56 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1171232

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to increase sports coverage on free-to-air television.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	900217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The listed events regime strikes a balance between retaining free-to-air sporting events for the public while allowing rights holders to negotiate agreements in the best interests of their sport.</p><p>To give equal recognition to disabled and women’s sports, the government is currently consulting on the addition of the Paralympics and certain women’s events to the listed events regime. However, the government does not have any plans to carry out a full review of the list.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/01/2020 17:33:06 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1171262

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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 and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to improve (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Edward Timpson
uin	900211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The government’s £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme is already supporting rollout of gigabit broadband in rural areas.</p><p>The government has also pledged £5bn of funding for Gigabit broadband in the ‘hardest to reach’, predominantly rural, areas of the UK.</p><p>The government announced in-principle support in October 2019 for the Mobile Network Operators’ Shared Rural Network proposal. It aims to collectively increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom to 95% by 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 900207 question first answered 16/01/2020 15:05:42 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson

1170627

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Voluntary Work: Young 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, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) reasons for the underspend of the funding allocated to the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	3254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The NCS’ budget is set based on the participation numbers. Stretching participation targets are set by DCMS year on year to help drive the NCS Trust to reach as many young people as possible.The underspend is as a result of the programme participation numbers falling below the target. DCMS works closely with NCS throughout the year providing a strong challenge against NCS’s full year financial forecasts.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/01/2020 14:44:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1170628

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Voluntary Work: Young 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, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of young people participating in the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	3255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>NCS has been the fastest growing youth organisation since its inception 10 years ago. In recent years, participation in the NCS programme has increased to around 100,000 per year. This equates to approximately 1 in 6 eligible young people participating in the programme. In 2014, 58,283 young people participated in comparison to 99,179 in 2017 (according to the latest published figures). The newly commissioned network, brand refresh and targeted recruitment marketing campaign are all expected to ensure that more young people benefit from the programme, following a year of change and transition.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/01/2020 14:49:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1170644

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Children and Young 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, if her Department plans to develop a cross-government strategy for children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	3229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Last year the government announced its intention to set out a long-term vision for young people and has been working to develop this. Building on this announcement, in September the Chancellor announced a £500m Youth Investment Fund to build 60 new youth centres across the country, refurbish around 360 existing youth facilities, and provide over 100 mobile facilities for harder to reach areas. The funding will also be used to ensure that young people have access to a range of positive activities and qualified youth workers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/01/2020 14:47:06 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169822

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Youth Services
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 increase the availability of youth services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	1785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>This government is investing £500 million over five years through the new Youth Investment Fund to increase the availability of youth services. The fund will be used to build new youth centres across the country, refurbish existing youth facilities, provide mobile facilities for harder to reach areas, and invest in the youth work profession and frontline services. Government is funding up to £7 million through the Youth Accelerator Fund that will expand existing successful projects delivering positive activities, and address urgent needs in the youth sector by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2020 14:57:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi