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1194374

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 support his Department provides to Leisure Trusts that are not eligible for the covid-19 business support schemes introduced by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	45350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text The Government is aware of the financial challenges that the leisure sector is facing and is in discussions with sector representatives and local authorities to explore what additional support is needed.<p> </p><p>As set out on 1 May, the Government is making a further £617m available through a Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund to support small businesses previously outside the scope of existing business grant funding schemes. Grants up to a maximum of £25,000 will be available and the allocation of funding will be at the discretion of local authorities.</p><p> </p>Through Sport England, DCMS has made available a £210m package of support to the sport and physical activity sector to support it through the Covid-19 pandemic. This includes a £35m Community Emergency Fund to support organisations suffering immediate financial hardship. answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/05/2020 08:35:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1190398

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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	Self-employed: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the support available for self-employed people working in the digital, culture, media and sport sectors affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	901876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text Across DCMS sectors, over 22% of workers are self employed, making the government's Self-Employment Income Support Scheme a priority for my department. I am pleased that it has been positively received by many of our stakeholders.<p><br>We continue to talk with the Treasury to help ensure that the scheme works for our sectors. This is informed by frequent discussions with our stakeholders to understand the extent to which we are reaching those most in need.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2020 16:42:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1567747

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Dormant Assets Scheme
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 potential merits of including financial education for primary school children in the allocation of the dormant assets identified by the Dormant Assets Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	125307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <ul><li>Dormant Assets legislation currently defines financial inclusion as &quot;the development of individuals' ability to manage their finances ​​or the improvement of access to personal financial services''.</li><li>To date, the focus of dormant assets funding for financial inclusion has been tackling problem debt and improving access to affordable and appropriate financial products and services for people in vulnerable circumstances.</li><li>At present, the government is considering over 3,300 responses to the public consultation on what the broad social and/or environmental purposes of the English portion of dormant assets should be going forwards.</li><li>The government plans to publish a response in early 2023 setting out these future purposes of the English portion.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/01/2023 12:47:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1235754

registered interest
date	18/09/2020
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	Events Industry: Coronavirus
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 his Department has had with advisory bodies on identifying the type of businesses which require different types of covid-19 support in the live events industry.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	91790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <ul><li><p>We recognise that the live events industry and its supply chain has been severely impacted by Covid-19. The ministerially-chaired Events and Entertainment Working Group ensures we understand the issues facing all our Creative Industries sectors and that we are helping them as effectively as possible. The membership of the Working Group includes live events industry trade bodies such as the Production Services Association, the Music Venue Trust, the Concert Promoters Association and the National Arenas Association.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>In addition, officials are in regular contact with live events industry stakeholders, ensuring that the needs of the industry are fully understood.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>We will continue to work with the representatives of the live events industry to understand the difficulties the different parts of the sector faces and support the industry through these challenging times.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/10/2020 14:30:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1299254

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
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: Coronavirus
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 he will publish the evidence behind the Government's decision to allow aquaria and galleries that sell art to open as early as April 2021, but not museums and galleries.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	162525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <ul><li><p>The government published the roadmap on 22 February, which sets out a step-by-step plan to ease restrictions in England cautiously.</p></li><li><p>The design of the roadmap has been informed by the latest scientific evidence and seeks a balance between our key social and economic priorities, whilst preserving the health and safety of the country. The scientific evidence shows that opening too early or too quickly risks a further lockdown.</p></li><li><p>Under the roadmap, we seek to reopen outdoor elements of museums and galleries and aquariums in Step 2 (no earlier than 12th April), with indoor elements at these attractions opening at Step 3 (no earlier than 17th May).</p></li><li><p>Commercial art galleries can reopen in Step 2, when restrictions on non-essential retail are lifted.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/03/2021 17:05:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1287699

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 improve home broadband connections for people in (a) rural and (b) semi-rural locations who are continuing to work from home.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	154979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <ul><li><p>DCMS are working tirelessly to improve home broadband connections. £2.6bn public funding is committed to subsidising the roll-out of broadband infrastructure in harder-to-reach areas through the government's Superfast Broadband programme. The original programme target of 95% was achieved and we have continued beyond this to greater than 96%.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Over 96.6% of UK premises have access to superfast (30Mbps) broadband, with 5.3 million additional homes and businesses in both rural and semi-rural areas having superfast broadband available for the first time thanks to the government’s investment in the Superfast programme. (Source: ThinkBroadband)</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Blackpool has recently completed an LFFN project, which has enabled the development of a full fibre broadband network throughout Blackpool comprising the re-use of existing Blackpool network assets, the build of an additional 20.678km underground duct infrastructure and the installation of 54.5km of fibre optic cables. The project has enabled business and consumers across the authority access to Gigabit services as part of the deployment of the network.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>The Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme, launched in May 2019 acting as the first step towards piloting the “Outside-In” approach identified in the FTIR. The programme was set up to trial the LFFN PSBU delivery mechanism, to provide gigabit capable connectivity to public sector buildings (Hubs), along with vouchers to eligible residential and business premises in rural and remote areas. The RGC programme is combining both demand and supply-side interventions.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>The programme focused on targeting Hubs located within the Final 10% &amp; 20% of least commercially viable areas across the UK identified through DCMS modelling (This was originally only the F10%, however this was altered to the F20% following the Year 2 business case submission to HMT in March 2020).</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>The Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme was a pilot which has enabled us to test different approaches to stimulate the broadband market and to support the installation of gigabit-capable broadband to homes and businesses; it has been very successful and we're going to build on this success with a new voucher in April, while also taking the opportunity to refine our approach to ensure that we focus support on the hardest to reach premises.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 08/03/2021 17:09:00 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1488222

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Advertising
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 their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Advertising spend*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>£6,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>£198,540.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>£274,906.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023 (till date)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Advertising spend only includes money spent on media buying. Spend on marketing activities have been excluded</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 20/07/2022 15:31:34 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1565372

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
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: ICT
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 (a) desktops, (b) laptops, (c) mobile phones and (d) other devices are discarded by her Department in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	120120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Desktops</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laptops</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mobile Devices *</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>‘Other’ devices**</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>159***</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>*Mobile Devices’ includes mobile handsets and tablet devices</p><p>**Other’ devices includes monitors and or display screens</p><p>***159 ‘other’ devices reference end of life monitors upgraded as part of a technology refresh.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 16/01/2023 11:20:06 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1524407

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Expenditure
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 the annual spend is for (a) Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, (b) Natural History Museum at Harwell, (c) 4th National Lottery Licence Competition, (d) Local Full Fibre Networks, (e) Shared Rural Network, (f) UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, (g) Blythe House Programme and (h) Project Gigabit in each of the financial years from 2022-23 until the end year of each project, providing resource and capital spending.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	67035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>(£m)</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Resource</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Capital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-23</p></td><td><p>23-24</p></td><td><p>24-25</p></td><td><p>22-23</p></td><td><p>23-24</p></td><td><p>24-25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Commonwealth Games</p></td><td><p>396.4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Natural History Museum Harwell (Unlocked)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>34.4</p></td><td><p>74.1</p></td><td><p>Total funding for the programme agreed at SR21 is £182m.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4th National Lottery Licence Competition</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Does not include expected costs following legal challenge. Funding not scored at the Spending Review as costs relating to the 4th Licence are funded from the National Lottery Distribution Fund.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Full Fibre Networks</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Programme closed in 2022 and therefore there is no funding in this Spending Review period.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Rural Network</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td><td><p>56.3</p></td><td><p>87.1</p></td><td><p>Total funding announced for the programme is £1bn, made up of £500m Government funding matched by the private sector.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK</p></td><td><p>58.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blythe House</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Gigabit</p></td><td><p>39.1</p></td><td><p>40.6</p></td><td><p>41.3</p></td><td><p>157.3</p></td><td><p>381.7</p></td><td><p>437.8</p></td><td><p>Total funding for the programme agreed at SR21 is £5bn.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All figures relate to funding profiles, actual expenditure may vary and will be reported through the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts. Funding and expenditure profiles beyond 24-25 will be subject to the next Spending Review. The figures included are as agreed at Spending Review 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/10/2022 14:13:34 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1353097

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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: Listed Buildings
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 he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	43369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>‘Heritage asset’ is a broad term used in planning policy. The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for the statutory heritage protection system, including the designation of Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments and Protected Wreck Sites. Details of these assets can be found online in the National Heritage List for England, hosted by Historic England on behalf of the Secretary of State.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The circa 400,000 Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments and Protected Wreck Sites in England or UK territorial waters adjacent to England have intrinsic value to our cultural heritage. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) does not collect or collate data on the value (property value) or income data for these sites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS and its arms length bodies produce data on the economic impact of the heritage sector; this is published within DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates and Historic England's Heritage Economic Estimate Indicators. DCMS’s Culture and Heritage Capital Programme is looking to develop broader measures of value for heritage assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2021 09:07:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton