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Written Question
Internet: Advertising
Thursday 24th March 2022

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

What recent progress her Department has made on tackling fraudulent online advertisements.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The Government introduced the Online Safety Bill to Parliament on 17 March. Through the Bill, the largest social media companies will need to take robust action to tackle fraud, including fraudulent online advertisements. This will ensure that people using the largest platforms are protected from scams, and ensure these services do not profit from illegal activity.

We have also launched a consultation on proposals for wider reform of online advertising regulations, including in relation to fraud.


Written Question
Sport: Females
Thursday 15th January 2015

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase women's participation in sport and physical activity.

Answered by Helen Grant

The number of women regularly participating in sport is up by over 588,800 since we won the Olympic bid in 2005 and has increased by 62,800 in the last year alone. However the gap between men's and women's participation is still too large. We have an independent group advising us on how best to address this, from encouraging participation through the ‘This Girl Can’ campaign launched this week, to increasing media coverage and sponsorship, and getting more women into leadership positions.


Written Question
National Lottery: North Yorkshire
Monday 21st July 2014

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the total amount of money awarded to good causes by the National Lottery in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

Answered by Helen Grant

National Lottery funding figures for the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency in each of the last five years:

2013: 29 grants worth a total of £8,645,453

2012: 22 grants worth a total of £624,654

2011:23 grants worth a total of £1,622,769

2010: 25 grants worth a total of £1,710,701

2009: 23 grants worth a total of £600,362

(Please note the 2013 figure is much higher as there was a grant of £6.8 million to Your Consortium, a charity based in Knaresborough.)

National Lottery funding figures for North Yorkshire in each of the last five years:

2013: 263 grants worth a total of £26,491,173

2012: 261 grants worth a total of £12,087,874

2011: 266 grants worth a total of £12,517,310

2010: 250 grants worth a total of £11,224,497

2009: 300 grants worth a total of £8,454,417


Written Question
Arts: North Yorkshire
Monday 14th July 2014

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much arts funding (a) in total and (b) per head of population was allocated in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency in each of the last five years.

Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot

Decisions on arts funding are made independently of Government by Arts Council England (ACE) and local authorities and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE.

North Yorkshire - 5 Year Investment Figures (population based on mid-2012 estimate)

North Yorkshire (Total population: 602,628)

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Grant in Aid

£ 1,503,276

£ 1,515,037

£ 1,393,744

£ 1,700,587

£ 2,129,340

Lottery

£ 1,254,106

£ 916,871

£ 649,212

£ 1,211,114

£ 919,252

Total

£ 2,757,382

£ 2,431,908

£ 2,042,956

£ 2,911,701

£ 3,048,592

Per Capita

£ 4.58

£ 4.04

£ 3.39

£ 4.83

£ 5.06

Local Authorities constituting North Yorkshire: Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby. Please note that as a unitary authority, the City of York does not feature in the North Yorkshire figures.

Harrogate & Knaresborough (Population: 101,832)

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Grant in Aid

£ 180,145.00

£ 178,974

£ 174,080

£ 139,961

£ 290,340

Lottery

£ 9,665.00

£ 58,582

£ 116,800

£ -

£ 144,100

Total

£ 189,810

£ 237,556

£ 290,880

£ 139,961

£ 434,440

Per Capita

£ 1.86

£ 2.33

£ 2.86

£ 1.37

£ 4.27


Written Question
Tour de France
Thursday 3rd July 2014

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will estimate the level of financial benefit in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber as a result of the upcoming launch of the Tour de France.

Answered by Helen Grant

UK Sport is supporting the production of a full economic impact assessment of the event and this will be made available later this year.


Written Question
Tourism: Yorkshire and the Humber
Monday 30th June 2014

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of (a) Yorkshire and the Humber, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to the UK's tourism economy.

Answered by Helen Grant

The latest regional-breakdown estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published on 20 February 2014, show that in 2011 tourism in Yorkshire and the Humber directly contributed a gross value-added (GVA) of around £2.6 billion to the economy. This is 5.3% of the UK's tourism economy, which is valued in this study at £48.7 billion. The same estimates show that North Yorkshire contributed a GVA of £0.89 billion, which represents 1.8% of the UK's tourism economy. We do not have an estimate of the contribution of the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to the UK's tourism economy.