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1545860

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Lotteries: Prizes
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 the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on What next for the National Lottery?, published on 22 November 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of that report's recommendation that individual society lotteries should be able to set their own prizes, up to a limit of £500,000.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	97652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The maximum prize for a society lottery draw was increased in July 2020 from £400,000 to £500,000 as part of a wider package of changes to society lottery limits. <ins class="ministerial">We are carefully considering the Committee's recommendations and will respond in due course.</ins> <del class="ministerial">We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendation that the maximum allowable sizable prize per draw should be £25,000 or 10% of the draw’s proceeds and will respond in due course. </del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/12/2022 15:42:01 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2022 15:58:42 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 38878 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1543710

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
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	Gendered Intelligence: 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, whether her Department has provided funding to the charity Gendered Intelligence (a) directly and (b) through associated bodies since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	90903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has records of grant funding provided to the charity Gendered Intelligence from September 2017, either directly by the Department or through Arm’s Length Bodies or other delivery partners.</p><p>Gendered Intelligence has received funds directly from DCMS as a supplier of training on one occasion.</p><p>The National Lottery Community Fund has funded Gendered Intelligence to support young transgender people and their families through peer support sessions, mental health support and to reduce isolation.</p><p>Funding from Sport England enabled Gendered Intelligence to deliver capacity building training to national governing bodies; this was delivered through the Sport England’s Trans Inclusion Project.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Funding from the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP), as part of the financial support for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to respond to coronavirus (COVID-19), was intended to support those hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak.<del class="ministerial"></del></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Funding as part of the Big Night In campaign was administered by Children in Need on behalf of DCMS as part of the financial support for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to respond to coronavirus (COVID-19).</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 28/11/2022 12:44:36 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2022 09:17:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 37535 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates

1536868

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Football Governance Fan-led Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish a White Paper on the implementation of the Fan-led Review of Football Governance.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	72939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the recommendations made by the Independent Fan Led Review of Football Governance in April 2022.</p><p>The Government recognises the need for football to be reformed to ensure the game’s sustainability in the long term. We remain committed to publishing a White Paper in due course, setting out our detailed response to the Fan Led Review of Football Governance.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Following publication of the White Paper, we will bring forward legislation when parliamentary time allows.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/11/2022 10:54:46 question first ministerially corrected 01/11/2022 16:28:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 29270 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1536870

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Football Governance Fan-led Review
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 her planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations of the Fan-led Review of Football Governance.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	72940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the recommendations made by the Independent Fan Led Review of Football Governance in April 2022.</p><p>The Government recognises the need for football to be reformed to ensure the game’s sustainability in the long term. We remain committed to publishing a White Paper in due course, setting out our detailed response to the Fan Led Review of Football Governance.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Following publication of the White Paper, we will bring forward legislation when parliamentary time allows.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/11/2022 10:54:46 question first ministerially corrected 01/11/2022 16:27:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 29271 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1547351

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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	Television Licences: Non-payment
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 pensioners have been prosecuted for non-payment of the TV Licence fee in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	101060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a TV Licence is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice currently publishes the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV licence fees annually as part of their criminal justice statistics quarterly publications, which can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>Figures for each year since 2005 up to 2022 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, and can be found in the following dataset:</p><ul><li><p>2018-2022: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx</a></p></li></ul><p>To view the relevant figures in these tables, select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter. These figures can be refined further by age to identify an age range of 70+, it is impossible to provide the data for 'pensioners' as that is a diverse group that cannot be filtered purely by age.</p><p>The data for individuals aged 70+ are the following:</p><ul><li><p>​2022 - 260 proceeded against &amp; 217 sentenced</p></li><li><p>2021 - 238 proceeded against &amp; 207 sentenced</p></li><li><p><del class="ministerial">2022</del> <ins class="ministerial">2020 </ins>- 329 proceeded against &amp; 288 sentenced</p></li></ul><p>Alternative data does also show no Over 75s have been prosecuted and that none of the prosecutions have resulted in custodial sentences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 07/12/2022 16:17:04 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2022 09:17:36 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez previous answer version 40369 answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1565006

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	ICT: Innovation
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 the report by the Government Office for Science entitled Large-scale computing: the case for greater UK coordination, published in September 2021, whether her Department has taken recent steps to increase the UK's share of the global supercomputing capacity.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	119002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>In response to the 2021 report by the Government Office for Science (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/large-scale-computing-the-case-for-greater-uk-coordination" target="_blank">Large-scale computing: the case for greater UK coordination</a>), the government launched an independent review into the future of compute in June 2022. The review will produce recommendations on the interventions required to ensure that the UK can fully exploit world-class compute infrastructure. It will contain an overview of the international advanced compute landscape and look at how the UK can collaborate internationally to strengthen its domestic compute ecosystem and promote the UKs international stance in tech and innovation. The Government will respond to the review after publication later this year.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/01/2023 11:34:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1551813

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Telecommunications: Laboratories
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 the press release published 13 December 2022 on 5G and 6G technology, when the government expects the new West Midlands Telecom lab to be completed and operational.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	110687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is aiming to establish the initial operating capability of the new UK Telecoms Lab in Spring/Summer 2023.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/12/2022 11:44:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1551828

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Mobile Broadband: Research
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 the press release published 13 December 2022 on 5G and 6G technology, what the criteria were that her Department used to allocate £28 million to the three universities for 5G and 6G R&D.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	110691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS ran a fair and open competition published through <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> - Five consortia submitted bids - with the three highest scoring bids selected for funding. DCMS assessed bids against questions relating to:</p><ol><li><p>Vision and Approach</p></li><li><p>Organisation(s) Suitability and Management</p></li><li><p>Outcomes, Engagement and Benefits</p></li><li><p>Delivery Plan</p></li><li><p>Financial and Commercial</p></li></ol><p>Full guidance is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/future-open-networks-research-challenge-competition" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/12/2022 12:49:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1546118

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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: Facilities
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 the press notice issued by her Department entitled Government plans to name grassroots football facilities in honour of Lionesses class of Euros 2022, published on 31 July 2022, what recent progress her Department has made on naming grassroots football facilities in this way.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	97610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>DCMS is working closely with the Football Foundation and the Lionesses on plans to name the facilities in honour of the EURO 2022 winning team, and we intend to announce the first tranche of facilities in early 2023. This will raise the profile of facilities across the UK and help increase sports participation, in particular for women and girls and other under-represented groups, and act as a fitting tribute to the winning performances of the England Women’s team.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/12/2022 09:25:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1537981

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Tourism
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 the policy paper entitled Tourism Recovery Plan, published on 11 June 2021, what progress her Department has made on recovering annual domestic overnight (a) trip volume and (b) spend by the end of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	75990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the recovery of the tourism industry in the UK and has been working towards the objectives set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan.</p><p>The Government will provide the DCMS Select Committee with an annual update on the progress of the Tourism Recovery Plan and the tourism industry more generally as it recovers.</p><p>The first annual report is forthcoming and we will update on all of the objectives set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 75991 question first answered 07/11/2022 14:39:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith