Victoria Collins MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Culture: Harpenden and BerkhamstedDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to encourage local government support for arts and culture in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: The Secretary of State has a range of discussions with Cabinet colleagues across the whole of her portfolio, and DCMS officials regularly discuss support for arts and culture with their counterparts across His Majesty’s Government.In last month’s spending...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFilm: Government AssistanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the British film industry, in the context of potential US tariffs.
Answer: The Creative Industries Sector Plan announced significant support for the UK film industry, including a new £75 million Screen Growth Package over three years. This includes a scaled-up £18 million per year UK Global Screen Fund; support for the London Fi...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Harpenden and BerkhamstedDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to finance for creative SMEs in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: The new Creative Industries Sector Plan, published as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy, recognises that outside London and the South East, creative businesses find it harder to access finance. The £43 million DCMS Create Growth Programme suppo...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Self-employedDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support freelancers in the creative industries in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b) the rest of England.
Answer: DCMS has committed in the recent Creative Industries Sector Plan to appoint a Freelance Champion, who will give freelancers a voice within government.DCMS will work with industry to develop Terms of Reference for this role. We envisage that it will repres...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: StreamingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) small and (b) independent artists in securing adequate levels of payments from music streaming services.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital importance of ensuring that all music creators, including independent artists, are appropriately compensated for their work. Many have raised legitimate concerns about remuneration from streaming platforms and we take t...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: Harpenden and BerkhamstedDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide funding for (a) indoor and (b) covered tennis facilities in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
Answer: The Government provides the majority of our funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, which invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year.In 2022/23, £5,950.00 was invested in Harpenden and Berkhamst...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme funding will go to (a) tennis and (b) padel facilities.
Answer: The Government provides the majority of our funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, which invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year.In 2022/23, £5,950.00 was invested in Harpenden and Berkhamst...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: Harpenden and BerkhamstedDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has provided for tennis facilities Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency in each of the past three years; and whether she plans to provide further funding.
Answer: The Government provides the majority of our funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, which invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year.In 2022/23, £5,950.00 was invested in Harpenden and Berkhamst...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLeisure Centres: SalesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of the sale of local authority leisure facilities on public access to sports and recreation services.
Answer: The Government recognises that leisure facilities are important to communities up and down the country. High quality, inclusive facilities help people get active. Everyone, no matter who they are or where they live, should have access to high quality faci...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: InternetDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to reform online gambling to tackle gambling addictions; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of limiting the practice of offering free bets to
Answer: The Government is considering the best available evidence from a wide range of sources to inform decisions on how best to fulfil its manifesto commitment to reducing gambling-related harm.The Gambling Commission has recently implemented a number of regula...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
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