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1682851

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to confirm the next Chair of the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>As per the BBC Royal Charter, the BBC Chair appointment is made by Order in Council. The appointment of Dr Samir Shah CBE as the next Chair of the BBC will be put to the next meeting of the Privy Council for final approval, due to take place in February.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/01/2024 12:18:03 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1682855

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury on consultation with creative industry stakeholders on changes to cultural tax reliefs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government has supported the success of the creative industries with tax reliefs across the board: from film and TV, to animation, video games, children’s TV, animation, orchestras, museums and galleries, and theatre.</p><p>All in all, our screen sector tax reliefs alone are estimated to have delivered over 200,000 new jobs and more than £13 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA).</p><p>These tax reliefs have played a vital role in making the UK’s creative industries world leading, attracting investment and generating jobs and economic growth across the country.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Ministers and officials regularly engage with my HM Treasury counterparts on matters relating to the creative industries, including on cultural sector tax matters.</p><p>Reforms to the film, TV and video games tax reliefs were announced at Autumn Statement 2022 and were subject to a 12-week policy consultation. HM Treasury met with creative industry stakeholders during this consultation period.</p><p>Draft legislation for these reforms, and for separate technical clarifications to the cultural tax reliefs for theatres, orchestras and museums and galleries tax reliefs were published in July 2023. The draft legislation was also subject to a 12-week consultation. HM Treasury met with creative industry stakeholders during the consultation period.</p><p>To maximise the potential of the UK’s cutting-edge production industry and help incubate unique British talent, the Government’s Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit and the Video Games Expenditure Credit came into force on 1 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/01/2024 12:16:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1682856

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Arts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's policy paper entitled Clarifications of the rules for cultural tax reliefs, updated on 22 November 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to section 1217FA of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 on (a) immersive and (b) experiential experimental work.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Provided immersive or experimental productions meet all the qualifying criteria for theatrical productions as set out in Section 1217FA of the Corporation Tax Act 2009, they should be entitled to Theatre Tax Relief.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/01/2024 17:17:47 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1682931

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on implementing the non-regulatory reforms on player (a) welfare and (b) support outlined in her Department's policy paper entitled A sustainable future - reforming club football governance, published on 23 February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>In the football governance white paper, the Government set out a clear expectation for industry to take further action on player welfare and support. It is for industry to implement these reforms, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has had a number of discussions with the sector to discuss this work.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/01/2024 16:58:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1682932

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Future of Women's Football Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will Chair the group established to implement the Carney Review recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State will be chairing the first meeting of the implementation group taking place in March. The implementation group will include key-decision makers across industry with responsibility for taking forward the Review recommendations.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/01/2024 16:59:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1682995

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts Council England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a timetable for the review of Arts Council England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>A review of Arts Council England was publicly announced by the Cabinet Office on 23 September 2023 as part of its annual list of Public Body Reviews. The next steps will be announced via a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament. </strong></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">A review of the Arts Council England (ACE) was publicly announced by the Cabinet Office on 23 September 2023 as part of their annual<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-review-programme/list-of-public-bodies-for-review-in-202324" target="_blank"> list of Public Body Reviews</a>.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To date, the first stage Self Assessment Model has been completed by both the ACE and Sponsor Team. Following this, the DCMS Secretary of State affirmed her decision to conduct a full review of the public body.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The review will be led by an independent Lead Reviewer, which the Public Body Reviews team are working towards appointing and announcing at the earliest possible date. Private Office and Spads have been well informed during this process. Guidance on the review process is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-review-programme" target="_blank">here</a>.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Cabinet Office announcement was widely circulated in the arts world media at the time, though the process of securing a Lead Reviewer has taken some time, likely leading to this question about the timeline for the review.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The review time frame is subject to many influences including Lead Reviewer availability, availability of stakeholders from which to gather evidence, complexity of subject matter etc and so providing timeframes for them is unhelpful.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 01/02/2024 17:22:51 question first ministerially corrected 13/02/2024 10:48:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez previous answer version 15185 answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1683044

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music and Theatre: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the potential impact of increases in the cost of (a) live music and (b) theatre tickets in the last 12 months on inflation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The independent Office for National Statistics is responsible for producing and publishing inflation figures. Information on price changes for cultural services can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/consumerpriceinflation" target="_blank">Consumer price inflation tables - Office for National Statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 25/01/2024 13:47:41 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1670236

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will made an estimate of the number and proportion of children aged 11 who can swim 50 metres unassisted.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	2162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Sport England’s Active Lives Survey for Children and Young People collects annual data on the engagement in, and attitudes to, sport and physical activity. The release of the 2022-23 Active Lives data for Children and Young People is scheduled for 7 December.</p><p>The Active Lives Survey captures swimming capability based on whether children can: swim; tread water; swim 25 metres unaided; and swim 200 metres unaided (the latter capturing years 7-11 only).</p><p>The survey informs us that in the academic year 2021/22:</p><ul><li><p>Over 3 million infant and junior children could swim</p></li><li><p>2.7 million could tread water</p></li><li><p>1.8 million could swim 25 metres unaided</p></li><li><p>1.5 million secondary school children could swim 200 metres unaided</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/11/2023 14:13:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1669819

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential correlation between children's swimming ability and their family's socio-economic status.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	1906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We know that active people are fitter, happier and healthier - which is why in our new Sport Strategy - 'Get Active’ - we set out an ambitious strategy to boost our national health by getting 3.5 million extra active people by 2030. This includes bold targets to reach communities with the lowest levels of physical activity. Swimming can play an important role in achieving these targets, particularly among children.</p><p>In recognition of the benefits of physical activity, including swimming, and the challenges facing the sector, we are providing over £60 million of support for swimming pools. This will help ensure the long term sustainability of pools, so that children from all backgrounds can continue to access them.</p><p>Sport England’s Active Lives Survey for Children and Young People collects annual data on the engagement in, and attitudes to, sport and physical activity. The release of the 2022-23 Active Lives data for Children and Young People is scheduled for 7 December.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/11/2023 14:11:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1669820

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Black Representation in English Professional Football published by the Black Footballers Partnership in January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	1907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports calls for further action to be taken on a range of issues in the domestic game, including equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome the industry’s ongoing efforts to improve transparency and its commitment to provide equity and fair opportunities for all. Since the publication of the Fan-Led Review, the football leagues and the Football Association (FA) have introduced enhanced equality requirements for football clubs.</p><p>The Government acknowledges that there is still more progress to be made and will continue to work with the leagues, the FA, and other organisations to encourage reform where appropriate.</p><p>It is ultimately for football’s national governing body, the FA, to decide on the specific aims and appropriate initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion in the sport.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/11/2023 11:57:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire