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902211

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
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	Arts and Culture
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 make an estimate of the amount of funding his Department has spent on arts and culture provision in former coalfield communities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	143239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Historic England and Heritage Lottery Fund support coalfield communities by conserving and protecting key industrial heritage sites, their associated settlements and community buildings which provide a strong sense of place and community identity, supporting the economic and social regeneration of coalfield communities through heritage regeneration.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2012 and March 2017, Heritage Lottery Fund awarded £285.3m to 1,302 projects in coalfield community areas within the UK. By regional breakdown this includes East Midlands - £53,132,700; North East -£18,846,633; North West - £6,848,900; South East -£22,186,300; West Midlands -£35,198,600; Yorkshire and The Humber -£58,670,600.</p><p> </p><p>Arts Council England have also provided significant investment into coalfield communities over the last five years: 2012/2013, £38,970,236; 2013/2014, £31,766,586; 2014/2015, £28,307,054; 2015/2016, £34,077,475; and 2016/2017, £41,625,973.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, between 2013/14 and 2017/18 the National Coal Mining Museum England has received, on average, £2.45 million a year of funding.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:35:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1110371

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Arts: 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, what steps his Department is taking to support the creative industries in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	242255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>Government recognises the role played by creative businesses, including media, right across the UK in local economic growth. Government supports this growth via tax credits, regional development programmes, relocation of Arms Length Bodies associated with the sector, rebasing of public sector broadcasters and putting ‘place’ at the heart of the Industrial Strategy. The department does not collect data on creative industries investment on a region-by-region basis.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS funds Arms Length Bodies, which invest in arts and culture on a regional basis. These interventions support future skills and talent that go on to work in the Creative Industries. According to Arts Council England and British Film Institute data, the East Midlands have received grant-in-aid and lottery support of more than £127m since 2016. The East Midlands have also benefited from UK-wide programmes operated by these bodies.</p><p> </p><p>Employing over 100,000 people, the East Midlands Creative Industries contributed £2.5bn to the UK economy in 2017. This was an increase of 9% since the previous year and represented faster growth than the wider national economy.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Audience of the Future immersive programme, a sector deal commitment, £4m was awarded to WEAVR – a virtual reality consortium which will work with leading academics and innovators across immersive technologies. This consortium is led by Leicester-based Turtle Entertainment UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/04/2019 12:01:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1042298

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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	Arts: Young People
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 he is taking to support young people from deprived backgrounds to progress in the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	209404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that more needs to be done to ensure that the workforce of the Creative Industries better reflects the diversity of UK society. The need to broaden access was highlighted in the 2018 Creative Industries sector deal.</p><p>Amongst other measures, we are providing £2 million seed funding for an industry-led Creative Careers Programme over the next 4 years to improve the supply of talent and open up opportunities to a broader audience.</p><p>Additionally, the British Film Institute (BFI) leads on a number of initiatives to encourage people from all backgrounds to pursue careers in the screen sector, from the BFI diversity standards to the BFI Film Academy. We will also continue to work with industry through the joint government-industry Creative Industry Council to open up employment opportunities in the sector. The CIC have identified this issue as a priority, setting out a set of actions to improve diversity across the industry in its “Create Together” growth strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/01/2019 09:44:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1171304

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	BBC
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 plans she has to review the (a) TV licence fee and (b) BBC Charter; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	4482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to review the BBC Charter ahead of the next Charter Review, which is due to take place ahead of 2027.</p><p>The government has committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the BBC until 2027 for the duration of this 11 year Charter period.</p><p>The Prime Minister has indicated that the Government will consider the licence fee funding model in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 22/01/2020 10:40:25 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1172884

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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	BBC: Information Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the closure of the BBC Red Button Teletext service on people's access to information on sport.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	7293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for assessing the potential effect of the closure of the BBC Red Button service on people’s access to information on sport is for the BBC, which is editorially and operationally independent of the Government. The Government welcomes the BBC's decision to pause the closure of the Red Button service, ahead of its review of the impact of the closure on the most vulnerable including the elderly, and deaf and blind licence fee payers.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/02/2020 17:25:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1136554

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Big Lottery Fund: Mansfield
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 Big Lottery funding was allocated to Mansfield constituency in each of the last two years for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	272931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Applicants for funding from The National Lottery Community Fund (formerly the Big Lottery Fund) often name their main office as their project delivery location. A high proportion of charities are based in cities and towns, in this instance Nottingham or Sheffield, or have their main office in London, but deliver activity and services to a much wider area. This means figures often don’t reflect the spread of activity and the overall offer of services and projects funded by The National Lottery Community Fund within a particular area.</p><p> </p><p>We have included figures for the last five years as this better reflects the investment in the area over this time frame.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mansfield Constituency</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total funding allocated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£447,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£2,332,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£4,794,236*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£160,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£446,709</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>*2016-17 also includes £4,524,800 from Building Better Opportunities which is a matched fund between the National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/07/2019 13:51:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1104808

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Broadband: Mansfield
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 level of access to superfast fibre broadband for (a) businesses and (b) members of the public in Mansfield; and what steps he is taking to improve such access.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	236520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The department does not distinguish between businesses and homes. According to Thinkbroadband, 99.7% of premises in Mansfield currently have access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>The government has invested heavily in Nottinghamshire, with over £7.8 million of central government funding allocated. Superfast rollout delivery is managed by Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire (https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/business-community/better-broadband-for-nottinghamshire-programme), our local delivery partner.</p><p> </p><p>On top of superfast rollout, the department operates two vouchers schemes, the Gigabit Voucher Scheme and the Better Broadband Scheme, across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/04/2019 14:45:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1058820

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Canoeing
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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to English waterways for canoeists.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	219578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s sport strategy, Sporting Future, encourages and promotes outdoor recreation. Use of our waterways by all can be a creative and fun way to engage with the natural world and to stay healthy.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England is actively engaged with British Canoeing and the Canal and River Trust to get more people from all backgrounds active. In addition Sport England is providing £6.85m to British Canoeing for the period between 2017 to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘public rights of navigation’ issue around access to waterways is dealt with by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and they are currently working with British Canoeing to consider solutions to access disputes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/02/2019 13:29:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1017267

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Culture: Nottinghamshire
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 Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	197471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the table, since April 2013, Arts Council England has invested almost £8.5 million in arts and culture projects in Nottinghamshire including regular funding to their National Portfolio Organisations, National Lottery Grants for the Arts, Project Grants and Strategic funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>2018/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Portfolio Organisations</p></td><td><p>£126,218</p></td><td><p>£126,729</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music Education Hubs*</p></td><td><p>£830,974</p></td><td><p>£832,731</p></td><td><p>£1,073,643</p></td><td><p>£1,067,598</p></td><td><p>£1,065,575</p></td><td><p>£1,066,848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants For The Arts/Project Grants</p></td><td><p>£234,983</p></td><td><p>£287,044</p></td><td><p>£239,118</p></td><td><p>£399,050</p></td><td><p>£375,755</p></td><td><p>£141,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic/Other</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£79,850</p></td><td><p>£20,486</p></td><td><p>£137,598</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£32,942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ 1,192,175</p></td><td><p>£ 1,326,354</p></td><td><p>£ 1,333,247</p></td><td><p>£ 1,604,246</p></td><td><p>£ 1,446,330</p></td><td><p>£ 1,541,060</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alongside ACE funding, the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvements Fund provided £75,000 in 2017/18 for 'Accessible Exhibition at Newstead Abbey', Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, First Art (Creswell Heritage Trust) recently became one of six successful arts projects across England to receive a share of £5.5 million in the latest round of the Arts Council’s Creative People and Places funding programme. This funding will support First Art to continue its work taking arts and culture to local communities across Nottinghamshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/12/2018 12:19:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1050084

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Digital Technology: Older People
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 help elderly people learn digital skills in (a) the East Midlands and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	213464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to helping elderly people acquire basic digital skills as part of our broader strategy to reduce digital exclusion. The Government’s Digital Strategy, published in March last 2017, sets out the Government’s approach to tackling digital exclusion. It recognises that for the UK to be a world-leading digital economy that works for everyone, it is crucial that everyone has the digital skills they need to fully participate in society.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2018 DCMS launched a £400,000 Innovation Fund to tackle the digital exclusion of older and disabled people. Three pilot projects will address the digital exclusion of these groups with a view to replicating and scaling successful interventions in future.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS are also supporting the development of Local Digital Skills Partnerships to encourage collaboration between key regional stakeholders to design and deliver innovative digital skills provision locally. Working closely with regional LEPs and Combined Authorities, three regions - Lancashire, Heart of the South West and the West Midlands have already launched with a further three regions - South East, Cheshire and Warrington and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly coming on stream over the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>On 18th September 2018, we published plans to improve adult basic digital skills.</p><p>We will introduce an entitlement to full funding for basic digital courses from 2020, similar to the entitlements already in place for maths and English. This will provide adults of any age the opportunity to undertake improved qualifications based on new national standards free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that it is sometimes difficult for elderly people to access services digitally. Through around 3000 libraries across England we provide a trusted network of accessible locations with trained staff and volunteers, free Wi-Fi, computers, and other technology as well as Assisted Digital access to a wide range of digital public services where individuals are unable to access these services independently. There are numerous library device loan schemes across the country, many of which have a high take-up by older people.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also tackling digital exclusion via the ‘Future Digital Inclusion’ programme funded by DfE, managed by the Good Things Foundation and delivered through the 5,000 strong national Online Centres network based out of libraries and other community spaces. There is provision across the East Midlands. To date, this programme has supported 1 million adult learners to develop their basic digital skills, many adults aged over 65 have benefited from “Future Digital Inclusion” programme (approx. 170,000). Further, the NHS Digital ‘Widening Digital Participation’ programme develops projects that enable people in England to improve their digital health skills and to increase their access to digital services and tools that support their health and care. A large percentage of those who have benefited from this service are elderly people.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/02/2019 17:24:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley