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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

 The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will focus on supporting culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society across every part of England — recognising the UK’s world-leading position in these areas and the importance of these sectors in contributing so much to our economy, way of life and our reputation around the world.
Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Dec. 01 2023

Source Page: DCMS annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: DCMS annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (webpage)

Found: DCMS annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023

Written Question
Public Health: Gambling
Monday 19th February 2024

Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential merits of adopting a public health approach to tackling gambling harms.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department regularly engages with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on tackling gambling-related harms, and will continue to work closely on the implementation of the gambling white paper commitments, in particular, the implementation of the new statutory levy on gambling operators.

Written Question
Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
Wednesday 8th May 2024

Asked by: Lord Redesdale (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

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

To ask His Majesty's Government what amount of financial support was provided to local church buildings, excluding cathedrals, for fabric repairs in 2022–2023 by the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport and arm’s length bodies, such as the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has funded church buildings through the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, which makes available £42 million per annum. This scheme provides grants towards VAT paid on repairs and maintenance to the nation's listed places of worship.

In the period from 2022 to 2023 a total of £16,949,526 was provided to local churches, excluding cathedrals, for conservation and maintenance work from this scheme.

Additionally, the National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded £15,759,986 to places of worship in England over the same period.

Historic England also provided public funding in this period for local churches through different funding programmes. A total of £218,286 was granted for urgent emergency works to church buildings in England in use for worship. In addition, grants were made through Historic England to churches, chapels and one tabernacle which are no longer in use for worship to a total of £902,453.

National Audit Office
Society and culture - Jan. 23 2024
Department for Culture, Media & Sport 2022-23 (webpage)

Found: Department for Culture, Media & Sport 2022-23

Parliamentary Research
Media Bill: HL Bill 44 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0006
Feb. 12 2024

Found: Media Bill: HL Bill 44 of 2023–24

Bill Documents
12 Feb 2024 - Briefing papers
Media Bill: HL Bill 44
Media Bill 2023-24

Found: Media Bill: HL Bill 44

National Audit Office
Digital, data and technology - Oct. 19 2023
BBC 2022-23 (webpage)

Found: management COVID-19 Crime, justice and law Defence and national security Digital, data and technology

Select Committee
Correspondence from Sir Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary, re Cabinet Office functional savings, dated 31 January 2024

Correspondence Feb. 05 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Correspondence from Sir Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent

Select Committee
Members’ attendance 2022-23

Attendance statistics Dec. 19 2023

Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: added 2 Mar 2020) 26 of 46 (56.5%) Simon Baynes MP was a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department