Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many athletics tracks have been (a) closed and (b) opened since the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
According to Sport England’s Active Places Power database which maps community sports facilities in England (a) 12 athletics tracks have closed, and (b) 12 new athletics tracks have been built in England since 2012. This data can be found at: www.activeplacespower.com.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Football Foundation has allocated to each English parliamentary constituency since its creation.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Football Foundation charity which is the recipient of joint funding from the DCMS, The Football Association and the Premier League has provided over £595million in total to the 533 English constituencies since its inception in 2000. The table attached provides an individual breakdown of this.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England spent in each English parliamentary constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Information regarding Arts Council England's grant payments can be found at: www.artscouncil.org.uk
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3685, on what dates Ministers or officials from her Department met social media companies in 2017; whom they met; and which meetings involved Ministers.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2017)
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3683, on social media: hate crime, (a) at what location and (b) on what dates Ministers or officials of her Department visited social media companies since 2015.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2017)
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3684, on social media, hate crime, on what occasions have Ministers met social media companies since 2015; and who they have met at those meetings.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-1-january-to-31-march-2017)
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide to the Minister tasked with taking forward the Government’s investigation into the abuse of electoral candidates details of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Electoral Conduct relating to social media and communications.
Answered by Matt Hancock
I refer the Honourable Member to the response given by the Prime Minister to PQ 4219 on 19th July.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with social media companies to ensure that they comply with their terms of service on removing offensive content including hate speech from their platforms.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with social media companies to agree a single working definition of hate crime between all platforms.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with social media companies on educating their employees on (a) antisemitic, (b) Islamophobic and (c) racist images or discourse on their platforms.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We regularly meet major social media companies to discuss online harm and other issues.