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1045572

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Culture: St Helens
	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 funding his Department has allocated to arts and culture projects in St Helens Council in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in the table, since April 2013, Arts Council England has invested over £1 million in arts and culture projects in St Helens North including, National Lottery Grants for the Arts, Project Grants and through Music Education Hubs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014/15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015/16</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016/17</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017/18</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2018/19 to date</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">National Portfolio Organisations</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 460,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Music Education Hubs</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ 196,771</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 198,850</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 258,548</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 255,889</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 252,312</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 252,419</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">GFTA/PG</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ 177,138</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 185,254</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 75,580</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 87,526</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 44,800</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 14,961</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Strategic Funding/Other</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ 628,296</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 871,704</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 1,651,550</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£ 1,002,205</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 384,104</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 1,205,832</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 1,994,965</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 297,112</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 727,380</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>St Helens North</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013/2014</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014/2015</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015/2016</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016/2017</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017/2018</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Grants For The Arts/Project Grants</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 27,170</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 14,682</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 40,324</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£10,000</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£29,800</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Music Education Hubs</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 196,771</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 198,850</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 258,548</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£255,889</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£252,312</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 223,941</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 213,532</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 298,872</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£265,889</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£282,112</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/01/2019 12:36:09 question first ministerially corrected 31/01/2019 13:39:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 97120 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1125304

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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	Culture: 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, what steps the Government is taking to (a) protect and (b) increase funding for arts and culture outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	251910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to promoting the Arts and culture outside London, and continue to work closely with the Arts Council to ensure that the whole of the country has access to funding for arts and cultural programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Last year 70% of Arts Council's <ins class="ministerial">lottery</ins><del class="ministerial">total</del> funding was awarded outside London. Between 2018 and 2022 an additional £170 million of National Portfolio Organisation funding will be invested outside London.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the recent Cultural Development Fund has seen £20 million of funding shared between five towns and cities outside of the capital, while programmes such as Creative People and Places and the City of Culture programme continue to focus outside of the capital.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS has also recently announced an additional £4 million of funding for the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund. In 2019/20, 35 museums and galleries will benefit from this funding which aims to improve audience experience. Over 80% of regional museums outside London will receive money from this Fund.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/05/2019 11:01:57 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2019 10:50:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 117364 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1006045

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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	UNESCO: 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, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on the Government's funding of UNESCO.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place at this time.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/11/2018 16:11:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1006096

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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	Tourism: Kent
	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 he has made of the effect on Kent’s tourism industry of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
	tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>My Department has not made an assessment of the impact on Kent’s tourism industry of different scenarios related to leaving the EU. My officials are however in regular dialogue with the tourism sector to understand potential implications. This includes recently meeting with Visit Kent.</p><p>We have agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. We have also agreed the broad terms of our future relationship as set out in the outline Political Declaration. We do not want or expect a no deal scenario, however we continue to prepare for a range of potential outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/11/2018 12:04:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

1007008

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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: Merseyside
	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 steps his Department is taking to support theatres in Merseyside.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In Merseyside, Arts Council England (ACE) has increased their National portfolio funding by 14% for the 2018-22 funding period. This includes investment in a number of theatre organisations, such as Liverpool Everyman, the Unity Theatre, the Royal Court, Collective Encounters and 20 Stories High.</p><p> </p><p>A new addition to ACE’s National portfolio for this period is Culture Liverpool, who have built on the legacy of European Capital of Culture 2008 to play a leading role in large scale outdoor and public art commissions. Culture Liverpool recently delivered the theatre production ‘Giant Spectacular’ which took place across Liverpool and the Wirral for a weekend, attracting over 1 million visitors.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to ACE’s National portfolio investment, they have made 81 awards from the Lottery-funded Grants for the Arts and Project Grants schemes to support theatre projects across Merseyside since April 2015, with investment totalling more than £1 million. ACE will also administer a Treasury award of £5 million for the capital development of the Shakespeare North theatre in Knowsley.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/11/2018 15:49:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1007805

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	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	Heritage Lottery Fund: East Midlands
	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 much funding the Heritage Lottery Fund has spent in the East Midlands in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Heritage Lottery Fund has given a total of £88,381,100 to 342 projects in the East Midlands since 2015. This breaks down as per the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Row Labels</p></td><td><p>Projects awarded</p></td><td><p>Grant awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>£53,385,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>£20,078,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>£14,917,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>£88,381,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/11/2018 08:46:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1007849

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	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: Public Bodies
	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 15 November 2018 to Question 190379 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: public bodies, if he will publish a list of the names and addresses of those bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>A list of the public bodies sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is published on the Department's website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport</p><p> </p><p>The list can be found by scrolling down to the link to the Department's agencies and bodies. Links are then provided to each organisation's website where further information including addresses is available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2018 17:35:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1007882

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	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	Historic Royal Palaces: Workplace Pensions
	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 he has had with (a) staff representatives and (b) management of Historic Royal Palaces on the proposed closure of the Defined Benefits Pensions Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>DCMS officials discussed the closure of the Defined Benefits Pension Scheme with Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) officials towards the end of 2017. The Department was also presented with HRP’s Operating Plan 2018- 2021 by the Chief Executive of HRP which contained information on the closure.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2018 17:36:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1010765

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Museums and Galleries
	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 15 November 2018 to Question 190375, on museums and galleries to which bodies those figures refer.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The bodies in relation to the PQ 19037 are: British Museum, Geffrye Museum, Horniman Museum, Imperial War Museum, The National Gallery, Natural History Museum, National Museums Liverpool, National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Armouries, Royal Museums Greenwich, Science Museum Group, Tate, V&amp;A Museum and the Wallace Collection<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/11/2018 12:32:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1010766

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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: Public Bodies
	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 15 November to Question 190379, what proportion of people on the boards of which (a) broadcasters and (b) galleries sponsored by his Department are (i) BAME and (ii) female.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of women on the boards of broadcasters (S4C and the BBC) is 33% and 6% for BAME.</p><p> </p><p>The fifteen (15) museums and galleries which DCMS sponsors (listed in the answer to PQ 193412) include the Tate, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery that are specifically classed as ‘galleries’. The proportion of women on these boards is 37% and 8% for BAME.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/11/2018 12:34:45 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan