The United Kingdom is a true pioneer in the history of railway development, benefiting from the talents of Brunel and Stephenson among many others.<\/p>
Heritage railways are major contributors to the UK\u2019s visitor economy, attracting around 13 million visitors and bringing an estimated £250 million to the economy each year. More than 3,000 people are employed on heritage railways, with a further 22,000 volunteers generously committing their time and expertise.<\/p>
The unprecedented Cultural Recovery Fund provided approximately £18 million to heritage railway-related organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping them to reopen safely and continue to welcome visitors. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is also currently undertaking the Local Visitor Economy Partnership accreditation process which will benefit heritage railways by ensuring that local tourist boards work together to boost the visitor economy across the country.<\/p>
HM Government is engaged in positive discussions with Network Rail and the Heritage Rail Association to discuss their plans for the Rail 200 bicentenary celebrations, to ensure that the historic birth of the UK\u2019s first passenger railway can be properly celebrated. DCMS\u2019s arms-length bodies Historic England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund are also investing in projects that will support the bicentenary.<\/p>
Specific elements of heritage railway infrastructure are protected through the designation process. For example, signal boxes, stations, bridges can all be listed, and specific embankments, cuttings and so on can be scheduled under heritage protection legislation. In general, entire railways are not designated.<\/p>
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Details about the meetings with Mars, Coca Cola and the British Soft Drinks Association, including representatives attending from these organisations, are provided in the following table.<\/p>
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Organisation<\/p><\/td> | Date<\/p><\/td> | Meeting type<\/p><\/td> | External Attendees<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Mars<\/p><\/td> | 12 January 2017<\/p><\/td> | 1:1 meeting with Public Health England (PHE)<\/p><\/td> | Communications Manager, Director Global Public Affairs, UK Public Affairs Manager, Scientific Affairs Manager Europe<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
20 January 2017<\/p><\/td> | Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting to discuss data in relation to the sugar reduction programme<\/p><\/td> | Unknown<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
17 June 2017<\/p><\/td> | Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE\u2019s reformulation programme<\/p><\/td> | UK Public Affairs Manager<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
22 September 2017<\/p><\/td> | 1:1 meeting with PHE<\/p><\/td> | UK Public Affairs Manager<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
1 November 2017<\/p><\/td> | Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE\u2019s reformulation programme<\/p><\/td> | UK Public Affairs Manager<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
20 December 2017<\/p><\/td> | PHE meeting with Mars, Mondelez and Ferrero to discuss Treatwise initiative<\/p><\/td> | UK Public Affairs Manager<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
Coca Cola<\/p><\/td> | 17 July 2017<\/p><\/td> | Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE\u2019s reformulation programme<\/p><\/td> | Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
9 January 2018<\/p><\/td> | 1:1 meeting with PHE<\/p><\/td> | Chief Executive Officer and Director Public Affairs & Communication<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA)<\/p><\/td> | 22 March 2017<\/p><\/td> | 1:1 with Department of Health (DH)<\/p><\/td> | Director General<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
17 July 2017<\/p><\/td> | Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE\u2019s reformulation programme<\/p><\/td> | Director General and Public Affairs Manager<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
27 July 2017<\/p><\/td> | 1:1 meeting with PHE<\/p><\/td> | Public Affairs Manager<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
7 September 2017<\/p><\/td> | 1:1 with DH<\/p><\/td> | Director General<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
1 November 2017<\/p><\/td> | Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE\u2019s reformulation programme<\/p><\/td> | Technical Executive<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
18 January 2018<\/p><\/td> | Introductory meeting with new Deputy Director of Obesity, Food and Nutrition Branch in DH<\/p><\/td> | Director General and Public Affairs Manager<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The Department does not have a central record of notes of these meetings.<\/p> <\/p> The Department does not have a centralised record of all correspondence with these organisations and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4067", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Brine"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Winchester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Steve Brine"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-03T17:09:46.783Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care: Meetings"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant of his Answer to Question 127566 if he will (a) publish the names of the representatives from (i) Mars, (ii) Coca Cola and (iii) the British Soft Drinks Association who met his Department on the specified dates, (b) place notes of those meetings in the Library and (c) publish any correspondence between 2017 and 2018 between these companies and his Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1463", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Bromwich East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Watson"} ], "uin" : "196185"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 2, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} } |