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1140459

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Tourist Attractions: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to improve the accessibility of tourist sites to wheelchair users and those with mobility impairments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The recently published Tourism Sector Deal sets out Government’s support for improving tourism for visitors with accessibility requirements. Working with VisitBritain, we aim to improve the sharing of good practice across the sector, continue to provide excellent business support and promote our accessible tourism product.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work has appointed a number of Sector Champions including Champions for Art and Culture, Hotels, Tourism and Countryside and Heritage. These champions use their influential status as leaders within their sectors to drive improvements to the accessibility and quality of services and facilities for disabled people. They also share good practice both widely within their sectors and with others.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 01/08/2019 13:13:36 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1140460

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Museums and Galleries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to assist with the growth and viability of independent museums.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The museum sector in England is vibrant and dynamic, and has an impact on a wide variety of social outcomes including education, health and wellbeing, community cohesion and social inclusion. Independent museums are an important and successful part of the museums sector: around half of the museums accredited by Arts Council England are independent. In addition, the Association of Independent Museums estimates that they are visited by over 9 million people annually.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last ten years, museums have received over £800m annually from public sources. DCMS supports museums through Arts Council England, the museum sector development agency. Arts Council England funds some independent museums directly as National Portfolio Organisations, as well as supporting many projects run by them through its grants programmes and strategic funds. It also funds Sector Support Organisations and Museum</p><p>Development organisations which can also assist independent museums. Independent museums are eligible for other public funding such as capital grants from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and support for permanent and temporary exhibitions through the Museums and Galleries tax relief introduced in 2017. The £4m 2018-20 round of DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund awarded 40% of its funding to independent museums.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 01/08/2019 13:14:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141156

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Tourism: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the rate of youth and educational travel to become more competitive with global rates.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>Government and VisitBritain continue to assess the UK’s competitiveness against other countries, working to ensure that the UK remains the destination of choice for youth and student travellers.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain regularly engage with the British Educational Travel Association and English UK, who are members of the British Tourism Industry Group in order to stay abreast of the challenges and opportunities in this market. They use the ‘Join the world - #MyMicroGap’ marketing campaign to support youth and student travel within the UK, and have used the GREAT campaign to market to Chinese and Malaysian markets what the UK’s tourism offer is.</p><p> </p><p>Several Discover England Fund products have targeted the youth and student market internationally, including the England-wide The Collection and Liverpool and Warrington’s Buzzing for the Weekend.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain have also conducted research into segments of the market who visit the UK, including the youth and student market.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 11:55:08 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141157

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Tourism: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of youth travel in growing the UK tourism industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>According to VisitBritain research, the UK received 12.1m visits from people aged between 16-34, who spent £7.2bn while they were here in 2018. On average they spent approximately 8 nights in the UK during their stay.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>With 63% of inbound travellers to the UK being return visitors, the youth travel market can be important for supporting long-term tourism growth.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 11:55:25 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141158

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Tourism: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what return they expect to make on their investment in the #MyMicrogap domestic campaign led by VisitEngland and Airbnb.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>VisitEngland created the #MyMicroGap campaign as a match funded partnership with AirBnB of £500,000, with both parties contributing £250,000. The campaign was part of VisitBritain’s overall 2018-19 activity and as such will be included as part of the Annual Report for the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 11:59:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141160

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	VisitBritain and VisitEngland: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the return amount from the grant-in-aid investments in (1) VisitBritian, and (2) VisitEngland, by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in each of the last two years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>British Tourist Authority analysis suggests they generated £1,055m in 2017-18, equating to a return on investment of 25:1. This is an increase on £867m in 2016-17, which equates to a return on investment of 20:1. They are unable to provide a return on investment estimate for VisitEngland or VisitBritain activity specifically.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 11:59:47 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141526

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Tourist Attractions: Low Incomes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to review the affordability of major tourist attractions for children from lower income families.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>As part of the recently launched Tourism Sector Deal, the Government committed to making the UK Europe’s most accessible tourism destination by 2025. As we develop our policies in this area, we will consider our policy around this.</p><p> </p><p>The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions ranked seven DCMS-sponsored museums, free to enter for all, amongst the nation’s top ten most visited attractions in 2018. All fifteen DCMS-sponsored museums run extensive outreach programmes for schools and young people, with free activities timed to coincide with school summer holidays.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 12:00:22 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141527

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Music Venues
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of live music venues to music tourism in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant contribution of live music to the UK, both culturally and economically. Live music venues are hugely important to the UK’s music tourism industry, which - according to UK Music - generated £4 billion in spend in 2017. That is why we have undertaken a number of measures to support and protect this sector, including reforming licensing and planning and introducing the Live Music Act, making it easier for promoters and venues to put on live music events.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain research shows that in 2017, over 2.6m international visitors attended a live music event while visiting Great Britain, representing 7% of the total visitors received.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/08/2019 12:00:54 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1174455

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Museums and Galleries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to implementing the recommendations of the report by the Museums Association Museums Taskforce: Report and Recommendations, published in March 2018, and in particular encouraging national museums to partner with regional institutions by loaning them national collections.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2017 the government published the Mendoza Review of Museums in England. My department continues to work on implementing the recommendations of that review, which were aimed at creating an environment in which museums could flourish. As part of this work we have considered a number of more recent publications and reports regarding museums issues and my officials have met with the Museums Association to discuss their work.</p><p><br>In August last year, my department delivered on a key recommendation from the Mendoza Review by publishing the first annual National Museums Partnership Report. This report provides an overview of the partnerships of 17 national UK museums, revealing how museum partnerships benefit parties on both sides as well as audiences and wider society. Further data will be released this year, and in future iterations we are keen to reflect a more rounded picture including data on regional museum activity DCMS continues to work with the national museums, Arts Council England, and other partners to support collaborative working.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 06/02/2020 16:03:25 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1174459

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Tourism: Environment Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had, if any, with the tourism industry on improving the environmental sustainability of that industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>My Department regularly engages with tourism stakeholders about environmental sustainability. For example, this was discussed at the Tourism Industry Council in June 2019 and at the G20 in Japan in October 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Tourism Sector Deal and the £45m Discover England Fund aim to contribute to a more sustainable tourism sector by spreading visitors more evenly throughout the year, and more broadly across the country. Successful Tourism Zones will be required to commit to making a sustainable development plan for their regions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 06/02/2020 16:03:44 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey