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Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Customs
Thursday 7th March 2024

Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Buckingham)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to renegotiate carnet provisions between the UK and EU on the movement of vehicles and parts used in motorsport.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The UK is committed to maintaining the option of using ATA Carnets for temporary movements of professional equipment to the EU. Carnets can be a simpler and cheaper way to move goods into and out of a customs territory temporarily, compared to submitting full customs import and export declarations and paying duties.

The EU’s Temporary Admission procedure in combination with the UK’s Returned Goods Relief offers another alternative to move items temporarily into the EU and back to the UK without paying import duties. Improved guidance on the temporary movement of goods from the UK has recently been published: https://www.gov.uk/taking-goods-out-gb-temporarily.

The Government is reviewing how we can improve the UK’s own Temporary Admission procedure and simplify processes for individuals and businesses, and has engaged with the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders which included representatives from Motorsport UK. HMRC and HMT are open to further discussions and any specific concerns the motorsport industry has around the options available for temporarily moving goods.

Work to digitalise ATA Carnets and their processes is currently underway as part of a World customs Organisation (WCO) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) initiative. The Digital Pilot was launched in February 2019, initially involving the UK and five other countries. To date the UK has successfully processed a number of e-Carnets from Heathrow and is looking to collaborate with more ports to make digital Carnets more readily available. More information is available at https://iccwbo.org/media-wall/news-speeches/icc-new-ata-carnet-app-makes-digital-declarations-and-transactions-possible/


Written Question
Royal Navy Royal Marines Motorsports Association: Finance
Wednesday 14th June 2023

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of the Royal Navy Royal Marines Motorsport Association Grant.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

As set out in JSP660, sports associations that deliver demonstrable benefit to Service personnel can receive funding. The Royal Navy Royal Marines Motorsport Association (RNRMMSA) has been supported as it enables the development of teamwork, decision-making under pressure and resilience skills. Several hundred personnel participate in dozens of fixtures at all levels from grassroots to international competition.

Recent investment has facilitated significant new membership and enabled the RNRMMSA to purchase accessible equipment to generate greater participation at a reduced cost to the individual.


Written Question
Motor Sports: Alternative Fuels
Thursday 27th April 2023

Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Buckingham)

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

Whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the availability of synthetic and sustainable fuels for use in motorsport.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government welcomes the moves of the motorsport sector, including Formula 1, to develop, and make widely available, more advanced sustainable fuels. Formula 1 and the British motorsport industry has a great history of technological innovations which can have an enormous impact beyond the racetrack. Motorsport’s work to develop 100% sustainable fuels stands to benefit the global transport sector, and help our drive towards net zero.


Written Question
Nitrous Oxide: Motor Sports
Thursday 20th April 2023

Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her proposals to ban the use of nitrous oxide, what the exceptions will be for legal use of nitrous oxide; and whether those exceptions include motorsport.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

As stated in the Government’s response to the ACMD’s nitrous oxide review on 27 March, the Government agrees that given the widespread legitimate use of nitrous oxide, it is critical that we consult to understand how best to avoid over-burdening those who need it.

We will shortly consult on controlling nitrous oxide and how best to protect people and communities from the harmful effects, while exempting legitimate uses to minimise any potential burden. We are already aware of legitimate uses in motorsport and we would encourage individuals and businesses involved in that sector to contribute their views to the consultation. The consultation will be available on Gov.uk.


Written Question
Sport Winter Survival Package
Tuesday 31st January 2023

Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 107201, if he will list the value of the loans made to each of those 15 sports.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Sport Survival Package distributed a total of £264.8 million funding (loan and grant funding) to over 1,685 organisations across 15 sports to ensure their survival throughout the pandemic.

£218,271,393 was provided through loans to the sports listed below:

  • Athletics - £1,200,000
  • Basketball - £794,246
  • Cycling - £1,387,000
  • Football - £13,310,666
  • Horse Racing - £21,520,000
  • Ice Hockey - £1,601,600
  • Motorsport - £1,075,000
  • Rugby League - £24,232,661
  • Rugby Union - £138,850,220
  • Tennis - £14,300,00


Written Question
Sport Winter Survival Package
Monday 19th December 2022

Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 87999, if he will provide a breakdown listing (a) the 15 sports that received loans and (b) the total number of loans allocated to each.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Sport Survival Package distributed a total of £264.8 million funding (loan and grant funding) across 15 sports to ensure their survival throughout the pandemic.

The number of loans issued to sports and their organisations is as follows: one loan was issued to athletics, 10 loans were issued to basketball, 35 loans were issued to football, one loan was issued to horse racing, five loans were issued to ice hockey, five loans were issued to motorsport, five loans were issued to netball, one loan was issued for non-ticketed events, 27 loans were issued to rugby league, 103 loans were issued to rugby union and one loan was issued to tennis.


Written Question
Motor Sports: Racial Discrimination
Friday 15th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take, alongside sporting bodies and associations, to address racism in motorsport.

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

Racism has no place in society. Her Majesty’s Government is committed to working with our arm’s length bodies, sporting bodies and sector partners to ensure sport does all it can to tackle racism and all forms of discrimination.

We were extremely dismayed to hear about the recent racist remarks made about Sir Lewis Hamilton but commend Formula 1’s zero-tolerance approach to harassment and discrimination. Alongside work under Formula 1’s anti-racist platform We Race As One, their swift condemnation of Nelson Piquet’s racist remarks has led to their decision to implement a life-time ban on his attendance at races. In addition, the British Racing Drivers’ Club has suspended Mr Piquet as a member, citing its zero-tolerance policy toward racism and stating it expects formally to terminate his membership at a board meeting to be held within seven days.

Last year we also welcomed the work of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Sir Lewis Hamilton which is aimed at improving the representation of Black people in UK motor sport. However there is still more to do, and we will continue to work across Her Majesty’s Government and with sector partners to ensure that inequalities people from ethnically diverse backgrounds face in sport, including motorsports, are being tackled effectively.


Written Question
Industrial Health and Safety: Motor Sports
Tuesday 18th January 2022

Asked by: Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative - Elmet and Rothwell)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has considered making risk assessments, including protective barriers, vehicle run-off zones and noise distancing, a mandatory requirement at temporary motorsport events, including grass track meetings on farmers' fields.

Answered by Chloe Smith

There is already a legal requirement to assess risk at motorsport events by identifying control measures, such as protective barriers, run-off zones and noise control. This includes temporary events such as those taking place upon farmer’s fields. Employers and organisers of such events are subject to wide ranging duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Section 2 (relating to duties owed to employees) and Section 3 (a duty to ensure the safety of persons not employed by the dutyholder, such as spectators or members of the public).

The Health and Safety Executive has produced the guidance publication HSG112 “Management of Health and Safety at Motorsport Events, HSG112. Whilst this publication has a focus upon the professional sport, the information within it is of use to those planning and controlling smaller temporary events.


Written Question
Motor Sports: Ethnic Groups
Tuesday 20th July 2021

Asked by: Lord Boateng (Labour - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) findings, and (2) recommendations, of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Hamilton Commission report Accelerating Change: Improving Representation of Black People in UK Motorsport, published on 13 July.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Government is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all sport and physical activity, including motor sport. Our strategy ‘Sporting Future’ sets out a clear ambition to increase diversity among sporting organisations and to help the sport sector be more inclusive and welcoming to its spectators, participants and people in its workforce. However it is ultimately for all individual sports’ national governing bodies, to decide on the specific aims and appropriate initiatives in their organisations, and to evaluate progress with these.

We welcome the work of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Sir Lewis Hamilton which is aimed at improving the representation of Black people in UK motor sport. We will continue to work across government and with sector partners to ensure that inequalities people from ethnically diverse backgrounds face in sport, including motorsports, are being tackled effectively.

Sport England, UK Sport and the other home nations’ sports councils have also recently published the results of a detailed, independent review into tackling racism and racial inequality in sport. Following the findings each Council is working to develop their own specific action plans to deliver on their initial commitments relating to people; representation; investment; systems and insight. This will involve working closely with relevant groups or communities to tackle racial inequality in sport, and bring about lasting change.


Written Question
Motor Sports: Saudi Arabia
Monday 30th November 2020

Asked by: Caroline Nokes (Conservative - Romsey and Southampton North)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to hold discussions with British motorsport organisations on their commitments to women’s rights in advance of the 2021 Saudi Arabian grand prix.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Participation in international sports events is a matter for the relevant international sports federations, and the national representatives to these federations.

Our sport strategy “Sporting Future” sets out our commitment to increasing the participation of women in all aspects of sport and physical activity, whether taking part, working or volunteering. Sport England provides support to organisations, including the National Governing Bodies, on how to increase the participation of women.

The UK has consistently called for women in Saudi Arabia to be able to participate fully in society. We welcome positive developments, including reforms to the guardianship system. The World Bank's "Women, Business, and the Law 2020" report recognises Saudi Arabia's efforts to advance women's economic participation within the Kingdom. However, women's rights still fall short of international standards. We will continue to raise the issue with Saudi Arabia, and work to promote and support further progress.