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1460174

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	Allwyn Entertainment: National Lottery
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 30 March 2022 to Question 147120, if she will publish the names of the Qualifying Direct Shareholders at Allwyn who are currently undergoing BPSS checks.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	159118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The competition to award the licence to operate the 4th National Lottery licence (4NL) is run by the Gambling Commission. The National Lottery Act 1993 stipulates that the Commission can only grant a licence to operate the National Lottery if it is satisfied that the proposed licensee is a fit and proper person. In this context, the Commission carried out appropriate vetting checks on all the applicants to the 4NL competition and is now carrying out further vetting checks on Allwyn as the Commission’s preferred applicant to operate 4NL. The Commission does not have any plans at present to list the names of those individuals subject to vetting checks.</p><p>The Gambling Commission has taken steps to assure itself that no applicant to the 4NL competition is or is likely to be impacted by the sanctioning of entities and individuals listed in the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 159119 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:11:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1460177

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	Allwyn Entertainment: National Lottery
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 potential impact of UK sanctions relating to Russia on the Gambling Commission's decision to award Allwyn Entertainment as the preferred operator to run the National Lottery from 2024; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	159119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The competition to award the licence to operate the 4th National Lottery licence (4NL) is run by the Gambling Commission. The National Lottery Act 1993 stipulates that the Commission can only grant a licence to operate the National Lottery if it is satisfied that the proposed licensee is a fit and proper person. In this context, the Commission carried out appropriate vetting checks on all the applicants to the 4NL competition and is now carrying out further vetting checks on Allwyn as the Commission’s preferred applicant to operate 4NL. The Commission does not have any plans at present to list the names of those individuals subject to vetting checks.</p><p>The Gambling Commission has taken steps to assure itself that no applicant to the 4NL competition is or is likely to be impacted by the sanctioning of entities and individuals listed in the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 159118 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:11:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1456340

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Football: Wales
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 geographical spread of successful applications for the recently announced UK Government funding for grassroots football facilities in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	151329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has invested £1.3m to improve and upgrade grassroots facilities across Wales this year. The 17 funded projects include grass and artificial grass pitches, changing rooms, floodlights and other infrastructure to make a real difference to communities across Wales. The Government has committed another £205m to multi-use grassroots facilities UK-wide between 2022 and 2025. Further investment into Welsh grassroots sport will be set out later in 2022, so that even more clubs and communities can benefit from access to high-quality pitches and facilities.</p><p>The Football Association of Wales (FAW) distributed this year’s investment on behalf of DCMS, inviting and assessing over 300 expressions of interest before awarding funding to the 17 successful projects. Projects were selected using a range of criteria - including their ability to deliver improved access for women and girls, disabled players and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, as part of the government’s ambition to level up access to facilities across the UK. At least 30% of the projects will benefit a sport other than football and at least 50% of the investment is being delivered in the most deprived areas of Wales, based on their Indices of Multiple Deprivation Ranking. Projects were also assessed on their deliverability and capacity to start work as soon as possible.</p><p>The Welsh Government and Sport Wales were represented on the advisory panel, which the FAW assembled to support their decision making. I have also met with my Ministerial counterpart in the Welsh Government to discuss the programme.</p><p>Projects across ten local authority areas in Wales have received a share of this year’ funding. Details of all projects are available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dcms-multi-sport-grassroots-facilities-programme" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 151330 151331 151332 question first answered 19/04/2022 11:17:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1456342

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Football: Wales
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 her Department’s recent investment in 17 grassroots football facilities in Wales, what steps were taken to consult with the relevant Minister in Welsh Government on the allocation of this funding.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	151330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has invested £1.3m to improve and upgrade grassroots facilities across Wales this year. The 17 funded projects include grass and artificial grass pitches, changing rooms, floodlights and other infrastructure to make a real difference to communities across Wales. The Government has committed another £205m to multi-use grassroots facilities UK-wide between 2022 and 2025. Further investment into Welsh grassroots sport will be set out later in 2022, so that even more clubs and communities can benefit from access to high-quality pitches and facilities.</p><p>The Football Association of Wales (FAW) distributed this year’s investment on behalf of DCMS, inviting and assessing over 300 expressions of interest before awarding funding to the 17 successful projects. Projects were selected using a range of criteria - including their ability to deliver improved access for women and girls, disabled players and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, as part of the government’s ambition to level up access to facilities across the UK. At least 30% of the projects will benefit a sport other than football and at least 50% of the investment is being delivered in the most deprived areas of Wales, based on their Indices of Multiple Deprivation Ranking. Projects were also assessed on their deliverability and capacity to start work as soon as possible.</p><p>The Welsh Government and Sport Wales were represented on the advisory panel, which the FAW assembled to support their decision making. I have also met with my Ministerial counterpart in the Welsh Government to discuss the programme.</p><p>Projects across ten local authority areas in Wales have received a share of this year’ funding. Details of all projects are available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dcms-multi-sport-grassroots-facilities-programme" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 151329 151331 151332 question first answered 19/04/2022 11:17:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1456343

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Football: Wales
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 criteria her Department used when determining the recent allocation of funding for grassroots football facilities in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	151331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has invested £1.3m to improve and upgrade grassroots facilities across Wales this year. The 17 funded projects include grass and artificial grass pitches, changing rooms, floodlights and other infrastructure to make a real difference to communities across Wales. The Government has committed another £205m to multi-use grassroots facilities UK-wide between 2022 and 2025. Further investment into Welsh grassroots sport will be set out later in 2022, so that even more clubs and communities can benefit from access to high-quality pitches and facilities.</p><p>The Football Association of Wales (FAW) distributed this year’s investment on behalf of DCMS, inviting and assessing over 300 expressions of interest before awarding funding to the 17 successful projects. Projects were selected using a range of criteria - including their ability to deliver improved access for women and girls, disabled players and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, as part of the government’s ambition to level up access to facilities across the UK. At least 30% of the projects will benefit a sport other than football and at least 50% of the investment is being delivered in the most deprived areas of Wales, based on their Indices of Multiple Deprivation Ranking. Projects were also assessed on their deliverability and capacity to start work as soon as possible.</p><p>The Welsh Government and Sport Wales were represented on the advisory panel, which the FAW assembled to support their decision making. I have also met with my Ministerial counterpart in the Welsh Government to discuss the programme.</p><p>Projects across ten local authority areas in Wales have received a share of this year’ funding. Details of all projects are available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dcms-multi-sport-grassroots-facilities-programme" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 151329 151330 151332 question first answered 19/04/2022 11:17:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1456344

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Football: Wales
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 unsuccessful applications for funding for grassroots football facilities her Department received from football clubs in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	151332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has invested £1.3m to improve and upgrade grassroots facilities across Wales this year. The 17 funded projects include grass and artificial grass pitches, changing rooms, floodlights and other infrastructure to make a real difference to communities across Wales. The Government has committed another £205m to multi-use grassroots facilities UK-wide between 2022 and 2025. Further investment into Welsh grassroots sport will be set out later in 2022, so that even more clubs and communities can benefit from access to high-quality pitches and facilities.</p><p>The Football Association of Wales (FAW) distributed this year’s investment on behalf of DCMS, inviting and assessing over 300 expressions of interest before awarding funding to the 17 successful projects. Projects were selected using a range of criteria - including their ability to deliver improved access for women and girls, disabled players and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, as part of the government’s ambition to level up access to facilities across the UK. At least 30% of the projects will benefit a sport other than football and at least 50% of the investment is being delivered in the most deprived areas of Wales, based on their Indices of Multiple Deprivation Ranking. Projects were also assessed on their deliverability and capacity to start work as soon as possible.</p><p>The Welsh Government and Sport Wales were represented on the advisory panel, which the FAW assembled to support their decision making. I have also met with my Ministerial counterpart in the Welsh Government to discuss the programme.</p><p>Projects across ten local authority areas in Wales have received a share of this year’ funding. Details of all projects are available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dcms-multi-sport-grassroots-facilities-programme" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 151329 151330 151331 question first answered 19/04/2022 11:17:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1454290

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	Allwyn Entertainment: National Lottery
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 her Department's correspondence with the Gambling Commission with reference to their decision to appoint Allwyn, a company with reported links to the Russian regime, as the preferred organisation to run the next licence for the National Lottery.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	147117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The competition to operate the 4th National Lottery licence is run by the Gambling Commission. In accordance with the relevant legislation, the decision to appoint Allwyn as the preferred bidder was made by the Commission’s Board. DCMS and Ministers have not been involved in the decision making process, nor have they discussed or corresponded with the Commission about who the licence should be awarded to.</p><p>We do not have any plans to publish correspondence between the Department and the Gambling Commission.</p><p>It is the Gambling Commission’s responsibility to regulate the National Lottery and appoint a licensee that will operate the National Lottery with all due propriety. To satisfy this duty, fit and proper checks were carried out during the competition and will be maintained throughout the transition and licence term. These checks consider the identity, integrity, criminality and financial integrity of those operating or benefitting from the National Lottery (or applying to do so) and include enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. Where an individual was based overseas, checks were carried out against information provided by the relevant police report. In addition, the Commission reviewed the funding structures for all applicants, including Allwyn, and is satisfied that no sanctioned entities are involved in funding the proposed licensee.</p><p>Standard vetting checks (BPSS level - Baseline Personnel Security Standard) are being carried out by UK Security Vetting on key people connected with the preferred applicant’s proposal. These include Qualifying Direct Shareholders, which is any person that holds at least 5% interest in the Licensee. This vetting process has already started and is expected to take 8 – 10 weeks to complete. Full details of what is included in a BPSS level check is outlined on the UKSV <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels" target="_blank">website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 147118 147120 147121 question first answered 30/03/2022 08:17:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1454291

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	Allwyn Entertainment: National Lottery
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 enquiries her Department are making to ensure that the preferred organisation to run the next National Lottery licence, Allwyn, do not have financial, or political ties to the current Russian regime.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	147118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The competition to operate the 4th National Lottery licence is run by the Gambling Commission. In accordance with the relevant legislation, the decision to appoint Allwyn as the preferred bidder was made by the Commission’s Board. DCMS and Ministers have not been involved in the decision making process, nor have they discussed or corresponded with the Commission about who the licence should be awarded to.</p><p>We do not have any plans to publish correspondence between the Department and the Gambling Commission.</p><p>It is the Gambling Commission’s responsibility to regulate the National Lottery and appoint a licensee that will operate the National Lottery with all due propriety. To satisfy this duty, fit and proper checks were carried out during the competition and will be maintained throughout the transition and licence term. These checks consider the identity, integrity, criminality and financial integrity of those operating or benefitting from the National Lottery (or applying to do so) and include enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. Where an individual was based overseas, checks were carried out against information provided by the relevant police report. In addition, the Commission reviewed the funding structures for all applicants, including Allwyn, and is satisfied that no sanctioned entities are involved in funding the proposed licensee.</p><p>Standard vetting checks (BPSS level - Baseline Personnel Security Standard) are being carried out by UK Security Vetting on key people connected with the preferred applicant’s proposal. These include Qualifying Direct Shareholders, which is any person that holds at least 5% interest in the Licensee. This vetting process has already started and is expected to take 8 – 10 weeks to complete. Full details of what is included in a BPSS level check is outlined on the UKSV <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels" target="_blank">website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 147117 147120 147121 question first answered 30/03/2022 08:17:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1454292

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	Allwyn Entertainment: National Lottery
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 (a) dates, (b) meeting minutes and (c) attendees of all meetings that Ministers and officials in her Department have attended in the last 12 months with the preferred National Lottery provider, Allwyn.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	147119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>DCMS offered official-level meetings to all final-stage applicants to the 4th National Lottery licence competition to give an overview of the government's vision for the Gambling and National Lottery sectors. On 23 November 2020, DCMS's Director for Sport, Gambling and Ceremonials and Deputy Director for Gambling and Lotteries met representatives of Sazka (now Allwyn Entertainment Ltd). Ministers did not meet with Allwyn in respect of the competition to operate the 4th National Lottery licence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/03/2022 08:21:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1454293

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	Allwyn Entertainment: National Lottery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the provisional new organisation to take over the National Lottery, Allwyn, will begin the UK secure vetting process; how long that process will take; and whether that process includes discussions with UK and foreign security and police services.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	147120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The competition to operate the 4th National Lottery licence is run by the Gambling Commission. In accordance with the relevant legislation, the decision to appoint Allwyn as the preferred bidder was made by the Commission’s Board. DCMS and Ministers have not been involved in the decision making process, nor have they discussed or corresponded with the Commission about who the licence should be awarded to.</p><p>We do not have any plans to publish correspondence between the Department and the Gambling Commission.</p><p>It is the Gambling Commission’s responsibility to regulate the National Lottery and appoint a licensee that will operate the National Lottery with all due propriety. To satisfy this duty, fit and proper checks were carried out during the competition and will be maintained throughout the transition and licence term. These checks consider the identity, integrity, criminality and financial integrity of those operating or benefitting from the National Lottery (or applying to do so) and include enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. Where an individual was based overseas, checks were carried out against information provided by the relevant police report. In addition, the Commission reviewed the funding structures for all applicants, including Allwyn, and is satisfied that no sanctioned entities are involved in funding the proposed licensee.</p><p>Standard vetting checks (BPSS level - Baseline Personnel Security Standard) are being carried out by UK Security Vetting on key people connected with the preferred applicant’s proposal. These include Qualifying Direct Shareholders, which is any person that holds at least 5% interest in the Licensee. This vetting process has already started and is expected to take 8 – 10 weeks to complete. Full details of what is included in a BPSS level check is outlined on the UKSV <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels" target="_blank">website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 147117 147118 147121 question first answered 30/03/2022 08:17:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones