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1580582

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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 Libraries: Closures
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 public libraries have closed in England since (a) 2000 and (b) 2010.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	132306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department. Arts Council England collects data from local authorities and publishes a basic dataset of information on public libraries in England. The libraries basic dataset 2021 shows the number of static libraries in England (statutory and non-statutory) from April 2010 to 31 December 2021 and also includes information on permanent library closures. It can be found at <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/search?query=basic+dataset&amp;sort_by=titles" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/search?query=basic+dataset&amp;sort_by=titles</a></p><p>Based on this dataset, DCMS estimates that around 230 libraries have permanently closed in the period 1 April 2010 to 31 December 2021 and not been relocated or replaced.</p><p>The libraries basic dataset 2022 will be published by Arts Council England later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/01/2023 15:27:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1580583

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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 Libraries: Opening Hours
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 extent to which average public library opening hours have changed in the last (a) three, (b) five and (c) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	132307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service which meets local needs. It is for each local authority to consider carefully how best to meet those needs, including consideration of library opening hours. Any assessment of library opening hours and their change over time is a matter for the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/01/2023 15:39:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1580587

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: Disease Control
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 has purchased mobile UV virus irradiation units.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	132542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>DCMS has purchased no mobile UV virus irradiation units.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 31/01/2023 14:42:34 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1580599

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: 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 has provided funding for energy reduction measures in theatres for reducing energy costs in winter 2023.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	132310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>HM Government provided support through the winter to all non-domestic energy users via the £18 billion package for businesses through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which included theatres, arts venues, and related organisations. The scheme continues to provide valuable assistance to organisations until the end of March when the new Energy Bills Discount Scheme comes into effect for all non-domestic customers, which applies to energy usage from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The new scheme strikes a balance between supporting businesses over the next 12 months and limiting taxpayers’ exposure to volatile energy markets.</p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, via its arm’s-length bodies the Theatres Trust and Arts Council England, is supporting theatres to identify ways to improve energy efficiencies via use of the ‘Theatre Green Book’.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/01/2023 15:44:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1580643

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Government Assistance
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 (a) public and (b) private leisure centre and swimming pool operators on the support required by that sector.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I hosted a roundtable on Tuesday 24 January to hear directly from leisure and swimming pool operators in the public and private sector on how the challenges they face. This was attended by a range of organisations, National Governing Bodies and local authority representations. I have regularly met with the National Sector Partner Group, and their membership organisations, to discuss issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 132433 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:30:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580649

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
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 publish the membership of her Department's working group for key partners in the leisure centre and swimming pools industry.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I hosted a roundtable on Tuesday 24 January to hear directly from leisure and swimming pool operators in the public and private sector on how the challenges they face. This was attended by a range of organisations, National Governing Bodies and local authority representations. I have regularly met with the National Sector Partner Group, and their membership organisations, to discuss issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 132429 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:30:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580657

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Return of Cultural Objects Regulations 1994
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 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, whether it is her policy to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Return of Cultural Objects Regulations 1994.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	132348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is part of the Government's commitment to taking the necessary steps to put the UK statute book on a sustainable footing following our exit from the EU. The Bill will make it easier to amend, repeal or replace retained EU law, in the best interests of the UK.</p><p>Assessments of the impact of amending, repealing or replacing areas of retained EU law are currently in progress and we will announce our plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/01/2023 15:42:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1580693

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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, if she will set up an emergency support fund to help provide support to public swimming pools in the context of the increases in energy costs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	132453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as 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 are having on organisations of all sizes, including on operators of swimming pools. That’s why we announced the £18 billion Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) in September last year. The EBRS was always time-limited, and has now been replaced with the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS). Under the EBDS, swimming pools will continue to receive discounts on their gas and electricity bills during the 12-month period from April 2023 to March 2024.</p><p>Officials in my department are in regular contact with representatives from the sector to assess the impact of rising energy costs, including monitoring how operators and local authorities are responding to them. I hosted a roundtable earlier this week to hear directly from the sector on the challenges they face.</p><p>Sport England has invested £12,775,274 in swimming and diving projects since April 2019, which includes £9,360,002 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> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/01/2023 16:41:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1580705

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: Holiday Leave
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 has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	132461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>DCMS staff are not able to sell annual leave.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 31/01/2023 09:13:54 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1580799

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: Regulation
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 (a) introduce an Independent Regulator of English Football and (b) strengthen rules on ownership of football clubs.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	132507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>We will publish a White Paper in the next couple of weeks that sets out a detailed plan on how football will be reformed through regulation, including rules around football club ownership.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/01/2023 09:29:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden