Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic effects on the North of England of increased inbound tourism as a result of Heathrow Airport expansion.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Department for Transport has undertaken an economic assessment of the impact of a new runway at Heathrow at national level, taking account of all regions. People in the North of England can expect to take advantage of new destinations, extra seats and increased frequency of service created by increased capacity at Heathrow.
The Prime Minister's Tourism Action Plan, which features Transport as a key area, sets out how this Government plans to boost Tourism to the UK; and the Discover England Fund is creating world-class tourism products and experiences throughout the whole of England that will cater to the needs and aspirations of international visitors.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to prevent cyber bullying.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Government’s approach to cyber bullying is to work with industry, charities, schools and parents to tackle this serious issue.
All schools must have a behaviour policy which includes measures to prevent and tackle all forms of bullying, including cyberbullying. To help schools, the Department for Education has produced advice which provides a definition of cyberbullying and outlines the steps schools can take to deal with bullying.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying. DfE has also produced case studies for schools showing good practice in how to manage behaviour and bullying. This includes a case study about how a school deals with cyberbullying. https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/talking-about-and-responding-to-school-cyberbullying
The Government recognises that educating young people is key to tackling cyberbullying and protecting children online. Recognising and dealing with cyberbullying forms part of school computer programmes, and the Government has also issued advice for parents and carers on cyberbullying detection:https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf
We expects social media companies, and internet platforms, to have robust processes in place and to act promptly when abuse is reported; including acting quickly to removing inappropriate content, and where appropriate, suspending or terminating the accounts of those breaching the rules in place.
The Government continues to work closely with social media companies and other relevant actors and experts to make sure they are committed to protecting children and young people who use their platforms. Ministers from the Department for Education, the Department for Culture Media and Sport, and the Home Office, lead the Executive Board of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), which recently published a practical guide for providers of social media and interactive services based on current good practice.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
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 cost to the tourist industry in Keswick, Cumbria, of the closure of the A591 due to recent flooding.
Answered by David Evennett
No assessment has been made by DCMS of the direct cost of the closure of the A591. Work is currently underway to repair the major route between Grasmere and Keswick, and the Department for Transport has announced that the A591 is set to reopen by the end of May.
In Cumbria on the 28th January the Prime Minister announced a £1m PR campaign to support businesses ready to receive visitors, and this is part of a wider package of immediate measures to help the area.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the tourist industry in Cumbria of recent flooding and severe weather.
Answered by David Evennett
The region has some of the most iconic tourist attractions in the UK and tourism is an essential part of the local economy. We want to ensure that our tourism businesses have as much support as possible as they recover from the recent floods. Some tourism businesses in flood affected areas have reported a drop in bookings of up to 60%.
That is why a new £1m PR campaign was launched by the Prime Minister in Cumbria, on the 28th January, to support businesses ready to receive visitors, and this is part of a wider package of immediate measures to help the area.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to improve access for children in rural areas to high-quality cultural and historical exhibits.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This Government is ensuring that all children have the opportunity to experience a broad selection of art and cultural activities regardless of where they live or go to school. Since 2012, the Government has invested over £460 million in music and cultural education programmes. In addition, publicly funded arts organisations across the country run excellent education programmes to help children experience the arts, including the Arts Council's Cultural Education Challenge, which encourages the local cultural education partnerships. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport also funds the Heritage Schools Programme to help schools across the country make use of their local historic environment.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the value of the Government Art Collection.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
It is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the value of the Government Art Collection or individual works, neither of which have a current market valuation. The current monetary value of a work of art can be accurately assessed only at the time of purchase or sale or by professional valuation. In the former case, the Collection is not actively traded; in the latter, it would not be justifiable expenditure of public funds to have the whole Collection valued professionally.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) children and (b) adults in Cumbria who swim.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Government, through Sport England is investing £20 million in the Amateur Swimming Association and other partners between 2013-17 to get more people swimming in England.
Sport England also invests in facilities such as pools and changing rooms, including £388,797 in four such projects in Cumbria since 2012.
The Government has provided over £300m of cross-government ring-fenced funding for academic years 2013/14 and 2014/15, to improve PE and sport. This is the only curriculum subject with ring-fenced funding.
In the new national curriculum, which came into force from September 2014, swimming and water safety remain compulsory in the programme of study for physical education (PE) at primary level.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support museums in making exhibitions at national museums based in London accessible to school children in remote constituencies.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
National Museums based in London frequently tour exhibitions to other venues in the UK or loan objects to regional museums enabling access by children in remote constituencies. The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photography of the Year exhibition has for example been to ten UK venues including Cumbria's Rheged Centre.
The Department of Education announced further funding in January of £1.2m to continue supporting National Museums working with regional museums to enable an increase in visits by schools in regions where take-up by schools has traditionally been low.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the legacy of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games in the North West.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
Since 2012, Sport England has invested over £64 million of Lottery and Grant-in-Aid funding in projects in the North West to get more people playing sport.
Sport England’s Satellite Club programme brings community sport clubs into schools and colleges. In the North West over 1,000 Satellite Clubs have been set up, getting more than 46,000 young people playing sport.
Sportivate is Sport England’s Olympic and Paralympic Legacy programme which introduces young people to sport through a six week coaching course. In the North West, there have been over 5,000 projects with 77,000 young people completing their Sportivate course.
The delivery of London 2012 showed that the UK can successfully hold the biggest sporting events and has helped attract more major events to this country. Manchester is one of the most significant current hubs of major events activity in the UK – along with London and Glasgow. In the period 2013-19, a total of 9 UK Sport-supported major events have either been held or secured for the city, with around £1.4m of UK Sport investment generating an estimated £3.3m of economic impact.
The meta-evaluation of the impacts of London 2012, carried out for DCMS by an independent consortium led by Grant Thornton and published in July 2013, estimated that the net economic benefits to the North West region related to London 2012 over the period 2004 to 2020 would be between £1.77bn and £2.46bn (Gross Value Added at 2009 prices).
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many fixed-odds betting terminals there were in Copeland constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
A betting premises licence issued under the Gambling Act 2005 authorises its holder to make up to 4 gaming machines available for use. This entitlement is limited to gaming machines terminals which fall within sub-categories B2 (what we commonly think of when we refer to FOBTs), B3 and B4, and categories C and D.
Industry data shows that the constituency of Copeland ha for all categories of gaming machines:
54 terminals in 2015
50 terminals in 2014
49 terminals in 2013
46 terminals in 2012
There are no figures for 2011.