Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with UK Sport on the most appropriate organisation to be recognised as the governing body of skateboarding.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Ministers meet with UK Sport regularly to discuss a range of issues. UK Sport are providing ongoing guidance and support to all skateboarding parties as they aim to meet the conditions of UK Sport's Aspiration Fund award, announced in December 2018. This includes efforts to identify the appropriate delivery model of the funding to which the whole sport is committed.
Skateboard GB and the British Roller Skating Federation are working with their International Federation, World Skate, to clarify recognition for the sport of Skateboarding at the Olympic Games.
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of compliance to the Code for Sports Governance of (a) the British Roller Sports Federation, (b) the British Skateboard Federation and (c) Skateboard GB / Skateboard England.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
UK Sport has carried out an initial governance assessment of the British Roller Sports Federation, British Skateboarding Federation and Skateboard GB; comparing publicly available information on each organisation with the requirements of A Code for Sports Governance.
This type of assessment has been made on all potential Aspiration Fund (AF) recipients ahead of the full assessment carried out on successful AF recipients, leading to a confirmation of compliance with the Code or the establishment of a Governance Action Plan to achieve compliance.
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to skateboarding from (a) Sport England and (b) UK Sport (i) by recipient organisation and (ii) for what purpose in each of the last two years.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
a) Between 2017-2018, Sport England invested £844,869 into 20 projects, including the refurbishment and development of skateparks and related facilities. Full details of these investments can be found on Sport England’s website.
(b) (i) UK Sport has allocated up to £166,825 from the innovative Aspiration Fund to support the sport’s route to the Tokyo Olympics. The skateboarding investment award made through the Aspiration Fund has been allocated to the sport pending identification of the best funding delivery model. This award is dependent upon the sport satisfying UK Sport’s conditions of award.
(b) (ii) The £3 million Aspiration Fund announced by DCMS in October 2018 allows sports who do not currently receive full UK Sport funding to develop plans to help teams and athletes qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Alongside skateboarding’s proposed qualification plan for Tokyo 2020, the sport must demonstrate how they will capitalise on the impact of competing at the 2020 Games and engage and inspire communities.
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department's proposed constitution on society lotteries, which was first announced in December 2012, will consider ways to help the sector maximise returns to good causes.
Answered by Helen Grant
Decisions on what elements will be considered in the consultation on society lotteries have yet to be taken. We have commissioned advice from the Gambling Commission which will inform us of the scope and content of the consultation.
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on how much society lotteries have generated for good causes in each of the last six years.
Answered by Helen Grant
Information about how much society lotteries generate for good causes is collected by the Gambling Commission. The most up to date information can be found in the Gambling Commission's industry statistics, which are at:http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/gambling_data__analysis/statistics/industry_statistics-1.aspx
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
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 number of adult gambling addicts in Britain; and what proportion of total funding on addressing gambling addiction has come from (a) the NHS, (b) local authorities and (c) the gambling industry.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Health Surveys for England and Scotland showed a rate of problem gambling of around 0.5% of the adult population, around 200,000 people. The Responsible Gambling Trust expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014/15 and is funded by the gambling industry and further donations; a full list of funders can be found on their website ( www.responsiblegamblingtrust.org.uk ). The Government does not collate details of any expenditure by local authorities or the NHS on problem gambling. DCMS Ministers have regular discussions with their Department of Health colleagues on a range of matters.
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on treating gambling addiction.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Health Surveys for England and Scotland showed a rate of problem gambling of around 0.5% of the adult population, around 200,000 people. The Responsible Gambling Trust expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014/15 and is funded by the gambling industry and further donations; a full list of funders can be found on their website ( www.responsiblegamblingtrust.org.uk ). The Government does not collate details of any expenditure by local authorities or the NHS on problem gambling. DCMS Ministers have regular discussions with their Department of Health colleagues on a range of matters.