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760214

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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: Females
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 12 September 2017 to Question 7318, if she will make it her policy to include more women's sports events, including domestic football, cricket and rugby matches on the designated list of events to be kept free to air on terrestrial television.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	105035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to review Listed Events. My department is keen to raise the profile of women's sport in the media and encourage more commercial investment into women's sport. Since the Olympics in 2012, there has been a notable increase in the coverage of women's sport on terrestrial television, including the 2017 UEFA Women's European Championships and the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Furthermore, the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup will also be on free to air television.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 12:22:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

755675

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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: Females
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 proposals to ensure more women are encouraged into sport.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The government's sport strategy sets out our plans to get more people active, in particular in under-represented groups, including women.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign, and other initiatives, have helped to narrow the gender gap in sport participation. Results from the Active Lives survey, published earlier this year, showed that 59% of women and 63% of men had done at least 150 minutes of physical activity a week, the amount of activity recommended for adults by the Chief Medical Officer.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/09/2017 16:43:18 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

756064

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to discuss with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport better representation of women's sport on terrestrial television.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport is working to raise the profile of women’s sport in the media and encourage more commercial investment into women’s sport. Decisions on content and programming are made independently by broadcasters and editors.</p><p>Since the Olympics in 2012, there has been a notable increase in the coverage of women’s sport on terrestrial television, including the recent UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 broadcast on Channel 4.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office is committed to removing the barriers to equality and undertakes a range of work to help women and girls achieve their potential, including in education and the workplace.</p><p>Ministers meet frequently to discuss a number of issues concerning women’s representation.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 17:06:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

598186

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage female participation in sport.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	47668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>Sport England’s latest Active People Survey results show that the number of women playing sport and being active in England is fast increasing, with over 7 million females aged 16 years or over playing sport once a week - an increase of 261,200 since March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise that there are various obstacles which still exist that put women off sport and initiatives such as This Girl Can, a Sport England behaviour change campaign, have helped encourage women and girls to get active. In addition the Government’s strategy for sport and physical activity ‘Sporting Future: A New Strategy for An Active Nation’ and Sport England’s strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’ aim to create a more physically active nation, where people of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy the benefits that sport and physical activity can provide. Both also put a strong emphasis on reaching groups that are under-represented in sport and physical activity, including women and girls, and helping them to get active in ways that suit them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/10/2016 09:22:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

536660

registered interest
date	15/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the number of women taking part in sport.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	42921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Sport England’s latest Active People Survey results show that the number of women playing sport and being active in England is increasing faster than the number of men, with 7.12 million females aged 16 years or over playing sport once a week.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise that there are various obstacles which still exist that put women off sport and initiatives such as This Girl Can, a Sport England behaviour change campaign, have helped encourage women and girls to get active. We are keen to remove any barrier that prevents women from taking part in sport and over the last year the government’s strategy for sport and physical activity ‘Sporting Future: A New Strategy for An Active Nation’ has been published as well as Sport England’s strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’. The aim of both strategies is to create a more physically active nation, where people of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy the benefits that sport and physical activity can provide, at every stage in their lives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 25/07/2016 08:16:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

447847

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations how to maximise the practical steps being taken across the UK to increase female participation in sports.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	24339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to get more girls and women playing sport and to remove any barrier that prevents women and other under-represented groups from taking part in sport and wider physical activity. In December we published a new cross-Departmental strategy for sport and physical activity, 'Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation', which sets out a new vision for a successful and active sporting nation.</p><p>While grassroots sport is a devolved matter, we recognise the complicated landscape of reserved and devolved powers around responsibility for sport and physical activity. To help improve co-ordination and sharing of best practice among the the devolved administrations and the UK Government, the 'Sport Cabinet' will be re-established. It will bring together the four sports ministers who represent Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and both England and the UK as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 29/01/2016 09:22:37 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

443642

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the case for withdrawing funding for sporting associations if a certain quota of their board positions are not filled by women.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The government does not believe in fixed quotas for board representation. However we have an ambition that all sports' boards should have at least 25% female representation by 2017. The government’s recently published sport strategy ‘Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation’ states that UK Sport and Sport England, along with the other Home Nations' Sports Councils, will agree a new UK Sports Governance Code by September 2016 to strengthen existing commitments, including the ambition on female representation on boards. This new governance code will be mandatory for all sports bodies seeking public funding in the next funding period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/01/2016 12:05:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

426301

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2015 to Question 4418, which women's (a) rugby, (b) cricket and (c) football matches she has attended in an official capacity since taking office.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	14833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>I have not yet attended any women’s rugby, cricket or football matches in an official capacity since taking office.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/11/2015 17:39:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

392014

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to make Women’s Sport Week an annual event.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>Although Government cannot mandate that the sector runs a Women’s Sport Week every year, we are delighted that Women in Sport considered the inaugural week a success and are already making provisional plans for next year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/07/2015 10:27:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

388030

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage corporations to sponsor women’s football teams and other initiatives.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Women and Sport Advisory Board convened under the 2010-2015 coalition Government identified commercial investment in women’s sport as one of the themes for wider consideration in its final report, published March 2015. This Government wishes to look more widely at how it can make sport financially sustainable, and women’s sport, including women’s football, forms part of this work. The Minister for Sport and Tourism held a round-table session with representatives from National Governing Bodies, media bodies, sponsorship agencies, brands and a consultancy specialising in data intelligence in order to discuss the issues further. The findings will feed into the forthcoming Sport Strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 14:50:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick