Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.Found: , Media and Sport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport Mike FREER MP Parliamentary Under Secretary
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The Minister said that when the Northern Ireland Assembly was up and running, he would be keen to ensure - Speech Link
2: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) Gentleman the assurance that he seeks, but I can say that the £30 million that was set aside for Northern - Speech Link
3: Virginia Crosbie (Con - Ynys Môn) It is an opportunity to showcase our heritage, culture and language. - Speech Link
Found: • These Explanatory Notes have been provided by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport , with
Asked by: James Davies (Conservative - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many grants have been made through the Park Tennis Court Programme in (a) Wales and (b) the UK since 2010.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
As part of the Park Tennis Court Programme, the UK Government and Lawn Tennis Association are investing £30 million between 2022-2024 to deliver improvements to up to 3,000 park tennis courts across Great Britain. The renovation works include the installation of digital access gates, re-surfacing, and re-painting - all of which aim to improve access and increase participation in tennis, whilst prioritising the courts in the most deprived communities.
Since the start of the programme, over £800,000 has been invested in Wales with 89 tennis courts across 36 parks renovated directly as a result of investment from the Programme. A further £1.2 million will be invested in park tennis courts across Wales before autumn 2024, meaning in total the programme is forecast to invest £2 million renovating 178 courts across 65 parks in Wales. Completed tennis courts are listed on gov.uk here:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/park-tennis-court-programme-completed-projects
More broadly, sport is a devolved matter and therefore support for grassroots sport and physical activity in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is generally the responsibility of the respective Home Nations Sports Councils and devolved governments. In England, we provide the majority of support for grassroots sport through our arm’s length body, Sport England - which receives £323 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. Prior to the Park Tennis Court Programme, from 2010 - 2022, Sport England provided over £59 million of support to programmes to facilitate participation in grassroots tennis in England. Sport England publishes data on all grant recipients as part of its register of grants awards, which is updated on a quarterly basis with awards dating back to 2009. Please find the information here,
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Proposals for the design of the future entity for UK Open BankingFound: Barclays Bank plc, HSBC Group, Nationwide Building Society, Santander UK plc (in Great Britain and Northern
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Convention of the Highlands and Islands minutes: March 2024Found: Some of it is in collaboration with the Welsh and Northern Irish around what are our key asks?
Mentions:
1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland) Yet clause 2(1) states:“This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.”Can my - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) include the Annam leaf turtle, the Asiatic lion, the Lake Oku clawed frog, the mountain chicken, the northern - Speech Link
3: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) I knew him slightly when I was a civil servant at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and he - Speech Link
4: Ben Everitt (Con - Milton Keynes North) On conservation breeding programmes, I think obviously of the northern bald ibis, a species that has - Speech Link
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the independent report by Carlo Breen into the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust’s historic management of concerns in relation to a Consultant Spinal Surgeon, published on 7 March 2024.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust commissioned the Spinal Patient Safety Look Back review in 2021. A report detailing the findings was published in July 2023. A second report was commissioned by the trust to review the historic management of concerns raised in relation to a particular surgeon. The findings of this report were published on 7 March 2024, and relate to issues that include bullying, speaking up, the duty of candour, governance, and the quality of disciplinary investigations at the trust.
The Government is already taking action in relation to policies relevant to the report’s findings. This includes strengthening leadership, the statutory duty of candour, and speaking up to promote an open and transparent learning culture in the National Health Service. We also expect NHS organisations to have robust policies in place to tackle bullying and harassment.
Found: Northern Ireland Northern Ireland has several non-departmental public bodies (NDPB).
Written Evidence Apr. 18 2024
Inquiry: Children, young people and the built environmentFound: Partnership for Transport, Tees Valley Combined Authority, West of England Combined Authority, Translink (Northern