Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Sports: Transgender PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to support trans inclusive community sports.
Answer: The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance th...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCulture and Media: Government AssistanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provided additional support to cultural, arts and media organisations in the context of rising costs associated with ongoing global instability.
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges that cultural, arts and media organisations face, including pressures arising from increased operating costs resulting from ongoing global instability.While not specifically in response to global uncertainty, the D...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArts: Self-employedDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether financial support from her Department is available to freelance workers in the creative industries.
Answer: We recognise the vital contribution that freelancers provide to the cultural ecosystem of this country. That is why we committed in the Creative Industries Sector Plan to appoint a Freelance Champion, who will advocate for the creative sector’s freelancer...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordListed EventsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that major sporting events such as the Tour de France are available on free to air TV.
Answer: The current listed events regime is designed to ensure that sporting events of national significance are available to as wide an audience as possible, by prohibiting exclusive broadcasting of the event without prior consent from Ofcom. The Government reco...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: PooleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for youth services in Poole constituency.
Answer: In December 2025, DCMS launched “Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy”. This strategy will ensure every young person across the country, including in my honourable friend’s Poole constituency, has somewhere to go, someone who cares for them and a c...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGreyhound RacingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of licensed greyhound racing.
Answer: Greyhound racing makes an important contribution to British cultural life and the department’s priority is ensuring the continued growth of the sport.According to the Greyhound Board of Great Britain, greyhound racing contributes approximately £166 millio...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordRoyal Commissions: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has assessed the potential merits of establishing a Royal Commission on Youth on the challenges facing future generations.
Answer: This government recognises the scale of the challenges facing young people and is fully committed to addressing them. That is why we published the ‘Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy’ which sets out a 10-year plan to ensure every young person has...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartmental Responsibilities: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Minister for Youth.
Answer: I am the Minister for Youth.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCulture: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to ensure that public funding supports the parts of the cultural ecosystem most at risk, including the grassroots music sector.
Answer: DCMS and Arts Council England (ACE) are already focusing funding on the areas of the cultural sector most at risk, using both dedicated funds and wider investment. We have been clear that significant government investment, such as the £1.5 billion Arts Ev...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordArts: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the allocation of public funding exclusively to National Portfolio Organisations on non-national portfolio organisations.
Answer: The government’s support for culture is not exclusively for National Portfolio Organisations (NPO). In particular, Arts Council England (ACE) capital funding in the current Spending Review period is not limited to NPOs. For example, the Government launche...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: ReadingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues and local authorities to increase the number of community libraries to mark the Year of Reading 2026.
Answer: Public libraries are central to the success of the National Year of Reading’s campaign to engage people of all ages with reading, as free and trusted spaces for learning and connection at the heart of their communities.On 2 March DCMS announced £150,000 f...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: StaffDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of 31% of libraries now using unstaffed hours on early literacy rates and access to libraries for children.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a library service to meet those needs within available resources, including the opening hours, staffed and unstaffed, of its libraries. This includes ensuri...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordYoung Futures Hubs: ReadingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role Young Futures Hubs will play in the delivery of the National Year of Reading.
Answer: The National Year of Reading is a Department for Education initiative, in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust. Young Futures Hubs will bring together services to improve access to opportunities and support for young people at community level, p...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: ReadingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role public libraries will play in the delivery of the National Year of Reading.
Answer: Public libraries are central to the success of the National Year of Reading’s campaign to engage people of all ages with reading. The Reading Agency has been appointed to work with sector partners to deliver and support public library engagement. The Summ...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTourism: Coastal AreasDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help promote tourism in coastal communities.
Answer: DCMS is committed to ensuring that tourism contributes to growth and jobs across all parts of the country including in rural and coastal communities.The forthcoming Visitor Economy Growth Strategy will set out a long term plan to increase visitor flows ac...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordChess Federation of Russia: SanctionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Russian Chess Federation's attempt to have sanctions against them lifted.
Answer: The UK Government recognises the independence and autonomy of international chess bodies. Decisions on who they include in events and competitions are for the organisers to take, within the framework of their own rules and regulations.
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: School LibrariesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the primary school library rollout will begin as part of the government's commitment to ensure every primary school in England has a library by the end of this parliament.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility for the Dormant Assets Scheme, which is providing funding to support the primary school library commitment, previously announced by the Chancellor. Through the Scheme, £132.5 million has been ...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Futures Hubs: PooleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to create a Young Futures Hub for young people in Poole constituency.
Answer: As set out by the Prime Minister, on 15th July, the Government will open 50 Young Futures Hubs over the next four years. 8 Early Adopter Local Authorities, in areas of high knife crime and/or antisocial behaviour, will establish the first Young Futures Hu...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of Arts Council EnglandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for publishing the outcome of the Arts Council England review.
Answer: Baroness Hodge will share her findings with the government in the Autumn of 2025, and the government will publish the conclusions of the review along with the government’s response in 2026.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that religious organisations’ assets are scrutinised before making decisions regarding an extension of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
Answer: The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme offers grants towards the VAT incurred on eligible repairs and renovations and is open to all listed places of worship. The future of the grant scheme will be considered as we work through the output of the Spendi...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTour de France: TelevisionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with UK broadcasters on ensuring that television coverage of the Tour de France remains available to UK viewers.
Answer: The Government recognises concerns raised about losing free-to-air coverage of the Tour de France. Ensuring live cycling can be enjoyed by a wide reaching audience is important to growing the sport and inspiring the next generation of cyclists. Profession...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTour de France: TelevisionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ceasing television coverage of the Tour de France in the UK on levels of interest in British cycling.
Answer: The Government recognises concerns raised about losing free-to-air coverage of the Tour de France. Ensuring live cycling can be enjoyed by a wide reaching audience is important to growing the sport and inspiring the next generation of cyclists. Profession...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTour de France: TelevisionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to ensure that television coverage of the Tour de France remains available to UK viewers.
Answer: The Government recognises concerns raised about losing free-to-air coverage of the Tour de France. Ensuring live cycling can be enjoyed by a wide reaching audience is important to growing the sport and inspiring the next generation of cyclists. Profession...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
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