4 Nov 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for the Spalding Flower Parade.
ReplyI think of floristry as one of the great unsung British creative industries, with florists providing imaginative joy for vital family and civic occasions and for private happiness in every constituency in the land. The reinstatement of the Spalding Flower...
23 Oct 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase funding for arts and culture in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
ReplyAfter 14 years of indifference and cultural vandalism, this government is committed to making sure that arts and cultural activities will no longer be the preserve of a privileged few. We are working with Arts Council England and others to understand what...
23 Oct 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, whether her Department has provided funding to the Runnymede Trust in the last ten years.
ReplyThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport has checked all available records which show no funding has been provided to the Runnymede Trust in the last ten years.
21 Oct 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of funding for grassroots rugby infrastructure.
ReplyThe Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of support for grassroots sport through our Arm’...
8 Oct 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, whether Ministers in her Department have met representatives of Arden Strategies since 5 July 2024.
ReplyNeither the Secretary of State nor other DCMS ministers have held meetings with representatives of Arden Strategies in their ministerial capacity to date. Ministers attend non-governmental events which Arden Strategies representatives may also attend.
4 Oct 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, if she will make it her policy to decriminalise non-payment of the television licence fee.
ReplyThe Culture Secretary believes it is important that the television licence fee has a fair enforcement regime that does not disproportionately impact vulnerable people.As part of the next Charter Review, the government will engage with the BBC and others t...
11 Sept 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote access to sports for (a) young people and (b) people with disabilities in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
ReplyThe Government is committed to doing more to ensure that everyone, including children and young people and those with disabilities, has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities. Sport and physical activity is central t...
4 Sept 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, whether her Department plans to expand the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme to include facilities in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
ReplyThe Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities. We are acting to support more people in getting onto the pitch wherever they live via the M...
3 Sept 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what the (a) value of grants made and (b) number of recipients of funding from the National Citizen Service was in (i) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (ii) Lincolnshire since 2010
ReplyFollowing Covid-19 and a strategic review, in 2023 the NCS Trust launched a new delivery model for the NCS programme. The new programme consists of residential, community and digital experiences. NCS Trust provides grant-funding to local organisations acr...
30 Jul 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what her Department's policy is on ministerial clearance of contracts relating to external equality, diversity and inclusion providers.
ReplyMinisterial approval is currently sought for all contracts relating to external EDI providers within scope of the EDI Expenditure Guidance published on 14th May. The guidance allows for Ministers to delegate this responsibility to the Permanent Secretary, which DCMS Ministers may choose to do in the future.