Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which football authorities (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department plan to meet on the review of the ban on standing areas in the Premier League and Championship.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
An announcement will be made shortly.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timeline his Department plans for the review into safe standing policy in the Premier League and Championship.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
An announcement will be made shortly.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer or other HM Treasury Ministers on the sale of Wembley Football Stadium; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Secretary of State and I were first made aware about the potential sale of Wembley stadium when The FA Chair and Chief Executive came to see us on the 17 April 2018.
It will be for my Department to lead on behalf of Government on further discussions with the FA on any potential sale of the stadium over the course of this month. Together with Sport England and the Greater London Authority we will be seeking reassurances that both the interests of the national team and the grassroots are protected and would benefit from any potential deal.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department was first made aware of an offer to buy Wembley football stadium.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Secretary of State and I were first made aware about the potential sale of Wembley stadium when The FA Chair and Chief Executive came to see us on the 17 April 2018.
It will be for my Department to lead on behalf of Government on further discussions with the FA on any potential sale of the stadium over the course of this month. Together with Sport England and the Greater London Authority we will be seeking reassurances that both the interests of the national team and the grassroots are protected and would benefit from any potential deal.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish any Government reports that assess the suitability of safe standing in the Scottish Premier League.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Sports Grounds Safety Authority, which licenses relevant stadia in England and Wales, has produced a technical report on the Installation of Dual Purpose Seating and Standing Area at Celtic Park, Glasgow, following its introduction at that ground. The report does not consider the case for the introduction of standing accommodation in England and Wales. We will be publishing this report in due course.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to make ticket touting an offence for theatre and musical performances that receive funding from the Arts council England.
Answered by Margot James
We have taken several measures to crackdown on unacceptable behaviour in the online primary and secondary ticketing markets and to improve fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price. In line with Professor Waterson’s independent review into the ticketing market, however, we do not have plans to ban the secondary market.
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 already includes rules about tickets offered for sale on the secondary market. The Digital Economy Act 2017 adds an additional requirement for ticket sellers to provide a unique ticket number when re-selling a ticket, and provides the power to create a specific offence, of electronically purchasing more tickets than the maximum permitted. We intend to enact this power via secondary legislation later this year.
We welcome the work of the Competition and Markets Authority and Trading Standards in taking enforcement action against those who are suspected to be in breach of consumer law.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to rectify the 31 per cent mean gender pay gap in the Lawn Tennis Association.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
It is important that women and men are recognised and paid equally for doing the same work. We welcome the positive step that has been taken to ensure that all companies in Great Britain with more than 250 employees are required to report their gender pay gap to the Government Equalities Office.
We know there is some work to do to narrow the gender pay gap across the sport sector. If this is to happen progress must continue to be made in the wider culture of sport to ensure women are treated equally to men at all levels. I know that the LTA are committed to using this opportunity to look at how they can most effectively tackle the gap that exists.