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1541077

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Arts: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2022 to Question 72233 on Arts: Finance, how much and what proportion of Arts Council England’s annual budget for this investment round is non-ring fenced grant-in-aid provided by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	83595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>On 4 November 2022, Arts Council England announced plans to invest a total budget of around £446 million per year through its 2023–26 Investment Programme. Arts Council England forecasts that £351.8 million (equivalent to 78.8%) will be supported by non-ring fenced Grant-in-Aid. Further detail is available at Arts Council England’s <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/investment23" target="_blank">website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/11/2022 11:04:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1541101

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	BBC: Local Broadcasting
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 take steps to require a minimum level of local broadcast coverage in all areas as part of the agreement with the BBC that sits alongside the Charter.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>While it is up to the BBC to decide how it delivers its services, I have met with BBC leadership and shared concerns expressed in recent parliamentary proceedings about reductions to BBC Local Radio. The Government has been clear that, as our national broadcaster, the BBC must make sure it continues to provide distinctive and genuinely local radio services, with content that reflects and represents people and communities from all corners of the UK.</p><p>The BBC have outlined that, under the current proposals, overall investment in local services is being maintained, which includes £19m from broadcast services being moved to online and multimedia production to adapt to audience changes. The BBC has confirmed that it is protecting local news bulletins throughout the day, and local live sport, and community programming across all 39 stations, and that there will be fully local programming between 6am and 2pm, with neighbouring or regional sharing in most of the remaining listening hours.</p><p>Ofcom, as the independent regulator of the BBC, is responsible for ensuring that the BBC continues to meet the public service obligations set out in the BBC Charter, Agreement, and Operating Licence. The Government understands that Ofcom is continuing to discuss these proposals with the BBC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 83671 question first answered 16/11/2022 09:22:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1541102

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting
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 has she had with BBC Local Radio on the requirements to maintain early evening local broadcasting live.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>While it is up to the BBC to decide how it delivers its services, I have met with BBC leadership and shared concerns expressed in recent parliamentary proceedings about reductions to BBC Local Radio. The Government has been clear that, as our national broadcaster, the BBC must make sure it continues to provide distinctive and genuinely local radio services, with content that reflects and represents people and communities from all corners of the UK.</p><p>The BBC have outlined that, under the current proposals, overall investment in local services is being maintained, which includes £19m from broadcast services being moved to online and multimedia production to adapt to audience changes. The BBC has confirmed that it is protecting local news bulletins throughout the day, and local live sport, and community programming across all 39 stations, and that there will be fully local programming between 6am and 2pm, with neighbouring or regional sharing in most of the remaining listening hours.</p><p>Ofcom, as the independent regulator of the BBC, is responsible for ensuring that the BBC continues to meet the public service obligations set out in the BBC Charter, Agreement, and Operating Licence. The Government understands that Ofcom is continuing to discuss these proposals with the BBC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 83670 question first answered 16/11/2022 09:22:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1541129

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Arts: North of England
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 made a comparative assessment of the amount of funding awarded by the Arts Council to cities in the North of England compared to cities in other regions of England.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	83698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Arts Council England, which distributes public funding at arm’s length from His Majesty’s Government, is committed to supporting arts and culture across the whole country. Over the next three years, Arts Council England will distribute over £380 million in funding to 282 organisations across the North of England. This follows the request by HM Government to ensure that funding is spread more equitably across England. As a result, 78 organisations based in the North of England are new to the portfolio, including the Liverpool Lighthouse, Bradford Museums and Galleries, Company of Others dance ensemble in Newcastle, and Utopia Theatre in Sheffield.</p><p>Cities across the North of England will therefore receive increased investment. For instance, 11 organisations in Sheffield will receive a share of £11 million over three years. This increase in funding is also reflected across South Yorkshire, which will receive an additional £1.8 million per year, totalling £21.2 million over the three years 2023–26.</p><p>This shift meets the ambitious targets more fairly to distribute funding for culture to support levelling up objectives by increasing funding to areas outside London, and increasing Arts Council England funding to 109 places identified by the Arts Council and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as Levelling Up for Culture places (LUCPs). These Levelling Up Culture Places – which include cities in the North of England like Doncaster, Preston and Sunderland – will see investment almost double (a 95% increase). I would also like to draw the Hon. Member to the <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-11-07/hcws357" target="_blank">Written Ministerial Statement</a> from the Secretary of State on 7 November 2023 which provides further information and which may be of interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/11/2022 17:30:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1541146

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Public Service Broadcasting
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 bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that only public service broadcasters have the right to broadcast listed events.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	83810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 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>The listed events regime works effectively for traditional linear broadcasting by prohibiting the broadcast of exclusive rights of an event on the list without prior consent from Ofcom. The current list is divided into two categories (Group A and Group B) and where rights holders make an event available, full live coverage must be offered for purchase to qualifying channels for events in Group A. Group B events may have live coverage on subscription TV provided that secondary coverage or highlights are offered for purchase to qualifying broadcasters. However, no rights holder can be compelled to sell its rights, and no broadcaster can be compelled to acquire rights.</p><p>In our Broadcasting White Paper, we announced our intention to make qualification for the listed events regime a PSB-specific benefit. This will more clearly enshrine the important role our PSBs play in distributing important and valuable content to UK audiences. The Government will introduce this legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p>Our Broadcasting White Paper also 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> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 83811 question first answered 15/11/2022 11:27:21 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1541147

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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, whether she plans to extend the listed events regime to include digital on-demand rights to help ensure continued free access to key national sporting events and moments.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	83811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 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>The listed events regime works effectively for traditional linear broadcasting by prohibiting the broadcast of exclusive rights of an event on the list without prior consent from Ofcom. The current list is divided into two categories (Group A and Group B) and where rights holders make an event available, full live coverage must be offered for purchase to qualifying channels for events in Group A. Group B events may have live coverage on subscription TV provided that secondary coverage or highlights are offered for purchase to qualifying broadcasters. However, no rights holder can be compelled to sell its rights, and no broadcaster can be compelled to acquire rights.</p><p>In our Broadcasting White Paper, we announced our intention to make qualification for the listed events regime a PSB-specific benefit. This will more clearly enshrine the important role our PSBs play in distributing important and valuable content to UK audiences. The Government will introduce this legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p>Our Broadcasting White Paper also 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> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 83810 question first answered 15/11/2022 11:27:21 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1541162

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Media
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 plans she has to progress the Media Bill proposed in the Queen's Speech on 10 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	83706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government will introduce the Media Bill when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 15/11/2022 11:29:13 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1541163

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Channel Four Television: Privatisation
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 her policy is on the privatisation of Channel 4.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	83707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Channel 4 is a great UK success story and, in a rapidly changing media landscape, the government wants it to thrive in the long-term while maintaining its distinctiveness.</p><p>As set out in our recent white paper, Up Next - the government’s vision for the broadcasting sector, Channel 4 - along with all broadcasters - is facing challenges to its future success and sustainability. This is due to the rapidly evolving media landscape, including unprecedented competition for viewers, programmes and talent from overseas as well as new, rapidly growing, streaming platforms.</p><p>The Secretary of State is reviewing the business case for a sale of Channel 4 and will set out further detail in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 15/11/2022 11:30:42 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1541164

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Local Broadcasting: Television
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 proposals in the Up Next Policy Paper on a consultation on individual local television station licenses before the end of 2022, when that consultation will be launched.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	83708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>We will publish a consultation paper on future local television licensing in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 15/11/2022 11:32:37 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1541165

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Arts: Advertising
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 potential importance of the advertising sector for the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	83709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>Advertising is a thriving sector that makes a significant and valuable contribution to the UK economy and creative industries. It is a key revenue source for many creative industries, underpinning the provision of key services that are positively transforming people’s lives. The Advertising and marketing sub-sector contributed £5.1 billion to UK exports in services worldwide in 2020. This was a 27.3% increase from the previous year. The UK is second in <a href="https://softpower30.com/country/united-kingdom/" target="_blank">Portland’s Soft Power Index</a> and the advertising sector plays a leading role in this ranking. The creative industries provide a distinctive image of our country and our cities, helping them to stand out from competitors. As a home to some of the most influential international advertising agencies, the UK advertising sector makes a significant contribution to the country’s soft power by creating awareness of, and familiarity surrounding, the nation’s products, services, cultural outputs and distinctive image abroad.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/11/2022 15:15:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock