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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of tightening suitability rules on the family migration routes. \p Seema Malhotra: The Immigration White paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including suitability rules on the family migration routes, further details of which will be set out in due course.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 236 of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, when she plans to establish new procedures so that visas can be revoked in a wider range of crimes where non-custodial sentences have been given. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including new procedures to enable visas to be revoked in a wider range of crimes, further details of which will be set out in due course.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 185 of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, what further steps she is taking in relation to recent arrivals to the UK who commit crimes. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including the removal of foreign national offenders and treatment of recent arrivals in the UK who commit crimes, further details of which will be set out in due course.

In the interim, the Hon Member will be pleased to note that – from 5 July 2024 – 18 May 2025 – 4,436 foreign national offenders were removed from the UK, a 14% percent increase on the same period twelve months prior.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for starting the pilot of contactless travel through eGates using facial comparison technology. \p Seema Malhotra: The Immigration White paper, published 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including a technology pilot of contactless travel for British citizens, further details of which will be set out in due course.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) monitoring and (b) reporting the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has completed in relation to illegal immigration since he was appointed. \p Dame Angela Eagle: David Bolt was appointed as interim ICIBI on 2 June 2024, and has published six ICIBI reports since that date. The ICIBI has three further reports awaiting publication and three live inspections.

Inspection work in progress - GOV.UK

All previous ICIBI inspection reports and government responses can be viewed via the ICIBI’s website.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from when she plans to reduce the eligibility of graduates to remain in the UK after their studies to 18 months. \p Seema Malhotra: The Immigration White Paper, published 12th May, set out a range of proposed reforms, further details of which will be set out in due course, and - where necessary – subject to consultation.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52624 on Asylum: Housing, if she will publish the template accommodation contract for accommodation under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. \p Dame Angela Eagle: Information about contracts with the government and its agencies, including the Asylum Accommodation Support and Service Contracts are available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's planned timetable is for raising the skilled worker threshold to RQF 6 and above. \p Seema Malhotra: The Immigration White Paper, published 12th May, set out a range of proposed reforms, further details of which will be set out in due course, and - where necessary – subject to consultation.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister unveils new plan to end years of uncontrolled migration, published on 11 May 2025, whether the English language requirements for (a) migrants and (b) adult dependents will apply to claims for asylum made (i) outside and (ii) by people who have illegally entered the UK. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues – including English language requirements – further details of which will be set out in due course.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for the completion of the e-Visa rollout. \p Seema Malhotra: We are working to complete the rollout of eVisas across all eligible routes by 2026.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Windrush Unit plans to complete its review of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review, published on 19 March 2020. \p Seema Malhotra: We have established a new Windrush Unit in the Home Office dedicated to driving systemic, cultural change across the whole Department to ensure that what happened to the Windrush generation never happens again.

The reinstated Windrush Unit comprises of existing Home Office Civil Servants, so re-establishing the unit did not incur any additional cost.

The appointment process for the Windrush Commissioner is nearing completion, and we will make an announcement shortly. Once appointed, the Commissioner will advise on the Home Office’s response to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review which will inform when the review is completed.
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Kate Osamor:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to use data from the eVisa system to aid immigration enforcement operations. \p Seema Malhotra: Immigration Enforcement already uses information contained in relevant visa applications and interactions when taking enforcement action against suspected immigration offenders – this will continue to be the case with eVisas.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 185 of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, when she plans to introduce (a) tighter controls, (b) restrictions and (c) scrutiny of people who attempt to misuse the immigration system. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including those who seek to misuse the immigration system, further details of which will be set out in due course.
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Phil Brickell:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to issue guidance to (a) refugees and (b) BN(O) visa holders in the United Kingdom on the potential impact of its White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published 12 May 2025, on the pathways to (i) citizenship and (ii) indefinite leave to remain. \p Seema Malhotra: The White Paper commits to a review of our existing refugee sponsorship and resettlement schemes. Further information on the reviews will be provided in due course.

The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.

Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in the normal way in due course. Where necessary, measures will be subject to consultation.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the size of the asylum backlog was on (a) 5 July 2024 and (b) 1 May 2025. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of asylum claims awaiting an initial decision is published in table Asy_D03 of the Asylum claims awaiting a decision detailed dataset. The latest data relate to as at 31st March 2025.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.
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Liz Saville Roberts:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the ban on employment for women seeking asylum on levels of gender-based violence and exploitation. \p Jess Phillips: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 3 June to Question 53862.
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Mr Calvin Bailey:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Palestinian children have entered the UK for medical treatment since October 2023; and what steps her Department plans to take to increase the number of Palestinian children able to receive medical treatment in the UK. \p Seema Malhotra: The information requested on visas is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

The UK has supported an initiative by Project Pure Hope to bring a small number of children from Gaza to the UK for privately funded specialist care. On 1 May, the Minister for the Middle East announced that two children have arrived in the UK to begin treatment. The Government also announced a £7.5m package of support to bolster vital medical care in Gaza and the region, which includes additional funding for UK-Med, WHO Egypt and the OCHA OPTs Humanitarian Fund.
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Chris Law:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 42556 on Visas: Seasonal Workers, whether Scheme Operators provide written reports to her Department in relation to their work in enforcing welfare on farms. \p Seema Malhotra: There is no such requirement at present.

UKVI Seasonal Agricultural Worker Officers visit farms, interviewing both workers and farm managers to ensure that worker welfare, accommodation standards, as well as pay and conditions meet the requirements of the route.

Regular bi-monthly meetings are held with the licensed sponsors to ensure any complaints raised or issues identified are addressed as soon as possible.

Should systemic issues relating to worker welfare be identified that are not acted upon, UKVI will consider taking punitive action against the associated provider, up to and including the revocation of their licence.
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Steve Race:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the interim statutory code of practice on services, public functions and associations, published on 20 May 2025, on costs to the hospitality industry. \p Chris Bryant: The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), as Britain’s Equalities watchdog, is developing updated guidance to support service providers and is currently consulting on its code of practice for services, public functions and associations. This consultation will close on 30 June 2025. The Government is considering the further implications of the Supreme Court's judgment.
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 41783 on Bet365, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Gambling Commission’s regulatory action against operators that fail to comply with the requirements of the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice. \p Stephanie Peacock: An assessment of which regulatory actions may be appropriate in a compliance case is for the Gambling Commission to make. The Commission expects licensed operators to obey the laws of all other jurisdictions in which they operate, such as China, and requires them to report any regulatory investigation or finding into their activities in any other jurisdiction.

There are a variety of ways that the Commission can deal with non-compliance by licensees, ranging from enhanced compliance procedures and regulatory settlements to licence reviews and formal enforcement action. The Commission also has powers to launch criminal investigations and bring criminal proceedings against companies and individuals. Where a licensee is found to be operating illegally in another jurisdiction, the Commission may also consider their suitability to hold a licence to offer gambling services in Britain. However, it is for authorities in other jurisdictions to enforce their own gambling laws.
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Liz Jarvis:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces multi-million pound boost for grassroots cricket, published on 5 April 2024, how much and what proportion of that funding was allocated to projects in (a) Eastleigh Borough and (b) Hampshire. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Future of Cricket fund was publicly announced by the previous Government before the General Election but did not receive formal business case sign off nor any financial commitment.

Future funding of sports facilities will be considered as part of the upcoming Spending Review.
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Mr Andrew Snowden:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department plans to provide for sports facilities in Fylde in the next 12 months. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of where they live, has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.

The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England - which annually invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding in areas of greatest need to tackle inactivity levels through community-led solutions.

In March, DCMS confirmed an additional £100 million investment in new and upgraded facilities across the UK as part of our Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. Our delivery partner for the programme in England is the Football Foundation, who plan their investment pipeline using Local Football Facility Plans (LFFPs), which are developed in partnership with local authorities so as to understand the needs of each community. These plans are currently being updated to better reflect demand in 2025.

Future funding is subject to the ongoing Spending Review process, with further details to follow in due course.
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to prohibit the owners of white label gambling operator TGP Europe from holding gambling licenses in the future. \p Stephanie Peacock: Gambling operating licences are issued by the Gambling Commission, the regulator for gambling in Great Britain. Following the Commission’s investigation, TGP Europe surrendered their operating licence.

Where a licensee surrenders its licence whilst a licence review is underway (as per section 116 of the Act), the Commission may still decide to continue its investigation to determine the facts of the case. This approach enables the Commission to refer to the investigation in the future if, for instance, the licensee applies for a new licence.
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Sammy Wilson:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the regulation of gambling advertising considers the potential impact on public health. \p Stephanie Peacock: Gambling operators providing services to customers in Great Britain must be licensed by the Gambling Commission and comply with the conditions of their operating licences. The Commission expects operators to obey the laws of all other jurisdictions in which they operate, and requires them to report any regulatory investigation or finding into their activities in any other jurisdiction.

Operators must inform the Commission if they have a substantial customer base outside of Britain and state why they consider themselves legally able to offer facilities to those customers. It is for authorities in other jurisdictions to investigate whether operators are complying with their gambling laws, but where a licensee is found to be operating illegally overseas, the Commission may consider their suitability to hold a licence in Britain.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is responsible for regulating advertising in the UK, and operates independently of the Government. There are a range of robust rules in place through the Advertising Codes enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ensure that gambling advertising and marketing is socially responsible and does not exacerbate harm.

Compliance with the Codes is required as part of Gambling Commission licence conditions. The ASA continually reviews the best available evidence to ensure rules are effective and updates protections as required.
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Steve Race:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's revised code of practice for services, public functions and associations on the arts and cultural sector. \p Chris Bryant: The Supreme Court ruling made it clear that the provision of single-sex spaces is on the basis of biological sex. Service providers and those delivering public functions should note and follow the ruling. It is important that we ensure dignity and respect for all. Trans people should have access to all the services they need whilst in keeping with the ruling. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), as Britain’s Equalities watchdog, is developing updated guidance to support service providers and is consulting on its code of practice for services, public functions and associations. This consultation will close on 30 June 2025. The Government is considering the further implications of the Supreme Court's judgment.
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Alison Hume:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published on 27 April 2023, whether an assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing Cumulative Impact Assessments (CIAs) for gambling licensing. \p Stephanie Peacock: Local authorities play a crucial role in the regulation of gambling at a local level and have a range of powers in relation to gambling premises. We want local authorities to feel empowered to make decisions that are in their communities’ best interests.

As set out in the gambling white paper, cumulative impact assessments, which local authorities are already familiar with due to the role they play in alcohol licensing, would allow local authorities to take into account a wide range of evidence to inform licensing decisions and to consider the cumulative impact of gambling premises in a particular area.

We will look to complement local authorities’ existing powers in relation to licensing of gambling premises, in line with the gambling white paper published in April 2023, when parliamentary time allows.
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Adam Jogee:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to improve the provision of public libraries in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire. \p Chris Bryant: Public libraries are funded by local authorities and each local authority is responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a library service to meet those needs within available resources.

The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 requires the Secretary of State to “superintend and promote the improvement of the public library service provided by local authorities in England”. To assist this function the department regularly monitors and reviews changes to local authority library service provision, and engages with local authorities to discuss issues related to their respective library service.

The government is committed to getting local government back on its feet. The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase on 2024-25.

The Secretary of State announced in February 2025 a further £5.5 million of the Libraries Improvement Fund for 2025-26 to enable library services across England to invest in a range of projects to upgrade buildings and technology. Staffordshire County Council has previously received around £465,000 from this fund to support projects at Burton and Wombourne libraries.
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Tom Morrison:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what fiscal support she is providing to local authorities to help support (a) community sports clubs, (b) swimming pools and (c) grassroot facilities in Greater Manchester. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities.

The ongoing responsibility of providing access to public leisure facilities lies at local authority level with funding levels set by MHCLG as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement.

The Government encourages local authorities to make investments which offer the right opportunities and facilities for the communities they serve, investing in sport and physical activity with a place-based approach, to meet the needs of individual communities.

The majority of Government funding for grassroots sport clubs is through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England, which invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. An additional £100 million is being invested in grassroots sports facilities across the UK via the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme.

Future funding of community sports facilities will be considered as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.
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Sarah Bool:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to increase funding levels for grassroots sports facilities in market towns. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government is committed to ensuring that communities across the UK benefit from high-quality sports facilities, removing barriers to participation and enabling as many people as possible to be active.

The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England - which annually invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding in areas of greatest need to tackle inactivity levels through community-led solutions.

In March, DCMS confirmed an additional £100 million investment in new and upgraded facilities across the UK as part of our Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. Our delivery partner for the programme in England is the Football Foundation, who plan their investment pipeline using Local Football Facility Plans (LFFPs), which are developed in partnership with local authorities so as to understand the needs of each community. These plans are being updated to better reflect current demand.

Future funding is subject to the ongoing Spending Review process, with further details to follow in due course.
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Laurence Turner:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce the barriers for disabled people accessing cultural events. \p Chris Bryant: The Government supports the Arts Councils of each UK nation and Ireland and the British Film Institute in launching All In, a free, UK wide arts access scheme. This scheme will help remove barriers for disabled, deaf and neurodivergent people in music venues, festivals, theatres, museums, galleries, libraries and more. It will introduce the UK and Ireland’s first set of industry standards to improve access to arts and culture as well as launch new digital tools to support accessible ticket booking. Work so far has included consultation with potential users, as well as feasibility studies to inform how the scheme can address access barriers faced by disabled audience members.

The Office for Equality and Opportunity has also appointed David Stanley as Disability and Access Ambassador for arts and culture - to drive improvements in the accessibility and quality of services and facilities in the sector for disabled people, helping to ensure businesses are doing all they can to support disabled customers.

We are continuing to support Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) Supporting Grassroots Music Fund (SGMF), which as well as aiming to bolster the grassroots music ecosystem, aims to promote inclusivity within the sector. For example, through support from the SGMF, a music venue in Bristol has become the first grassroots music venue in the country to secure an Attitude is Everything Gold Award, a widely-coveted Industry award, given only to those that show a significant and ongoing commitment to improving accessibility.
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Andy MacNae:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,  what assessment she has made of the potential merits of selling (a) on-demand and (b) linear rights together for each event listed in the Listed Events regime. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Department’s assessment is that, in the current market context, there continue to be strong incentives for rights holders to sell on-demand and linear rights together. However, we recognise this may not always remain the case and we will continue to monitor this market.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for publishing the local media strategy. \p Stephanie Peacock: Sustainability of journalism across the country is an area of particular concern for this Government, and the development of a Local Media Strategy is in recognition of the importance of this vital sector. We recently held a roundtable discussion with local news editors to discuss our planned approach and collaboration with industry on the Strategy. An industry working group has now been set up to consider the issues in more detail and we will announce more in the coming months.
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Mr Joshua Reynolds:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring television manufacturers to include a dedicated BBC iPlayer button on remote controls in line with existing buttons for commercial streaming services. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government recognises the need to ensure that public service broadcasters’ (PSB) services and content remain easy to find as viewers increasingly shift online.

That is why we are getting on with implementing the Media Act 2024 which introduces a new online prominence regime. This new regime will ensure that PSB apps, like BBC iPlayer, are carried and given appropriate prominence on major TV platforms. The Government will consider the case for further reforms following the publication of Ofcom’s Public Service Media review later this year.
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Andy MacNae:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 44127 on Listed Events, when she plans to set out her Department's position on the inclusion of on-demand rights in the Listed Events regime. \p Stephanie Peacock: I refer my Honourable Friend to the answer I gave him on 17 April 2025 in response to Question 44127.
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Neil Duncan-Jordan:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether Dormant Assets Scheme funding will be used in part to support existing (a) Music Hubs and (b) other services and strategies. \p Stephanie Peacock: As announced in the Dormant Assets Strategy, DCMS will work with The National Lottery Community Fund to design the specific programmes to be delivered by the youth portion of funding. These will take into account the missions and Plan for Change, as well as the additionality principle which is central to the ongoing success of the Scheme. Further details will be announced in due course.
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John Glen:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press notice entitled Government outlines ambitious plans to level up activities for young people, published on 1 February 2022, whether it remains her Department's policy to maintain the level of spending on young people to that of the National Youth Guarantee. \p Stephanie Peacock: This government recognises the transformative role that youth services play in young people’s lives. That is why we are co-producing a new National Youth Strategy with young people and the sectors that support them.

We committed to maintaining or increasing funding for our other youth programmes, following the closure of NCS. DCMS will invest £145 million in youth programmes in 2025-26, which is consistent with funding in 24/25, taking into consideration the planned tapering of the Youth Investment Fund. This investment will provide stability to the youth sector and ensure young people can access opportunities, as we transition to the National Youth Strategy. This includes over £28 million to increase access to more and better enriching activities, over £3 million to increase sector and workforce capacity, £8.2 million to improve local youth offers, and over £107 million to invest in ensuring safe, welcoming, fit-for purpose youth centres.

Additionally, on 2nd June we announced £132.5 million of Dormant Assets Funding will be allocated to support the provision of services, facilities or opportunities to meet the needs of young people. This will increase disadvantaged young people’s access to enrichment opportunities in the arts, culture, sports and wider youth services, aimed at improving wellbeing and employability.
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Marsha De Cordova:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of black girls participating in sport. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone.

We recognise that there are barriers which prevent some people from getting active with women and girls and those from ethnically diverse communities less likely to be active than other groups.

We are committed to breaking down the barriers that contribute to these persisting inequalities in participation and want to ensure that everyone can experience the physical, mental and social benefits that come with being active.

As part of this, our Arm's Length Body for grassroots sport, Sport England, prioritises tackling inequalities by targeting investment towards the most inactive groups.

Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has inspired millions of women and girls to get active. The next phase of This Girl Can, Tackling Inequalities, primarily targets women who are most likely to be inactive in society, including those from black backgrounds.

Sport England anticipates that 1.6 million women who are less active will be active as a result of the campaign by 2028. This is in addition to already active women who may report being motivated by the campaign.
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Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the English Football League on a potential increase in the number of teams promoted from National League into the English Football League. \p Stephanie Peacock: We recognise the strength of feeling within the National League regarding promotion arrangements to the EFL and understand the desire for greater opportunities for clubs to progress through the football pyramid. The competitiveness and sustainability of the league system are important considerations, and we appreciate the views of all stakeholders on this issue.

While promotion and relegation structures are ultimately a matter for the leagues themselves, we remain engaged with the football authorities on broader discussions about the future of the game.
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Mr Louie French:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the Youth Justice Sport Fund; and if she will reopen it. \p Stephanie Peacock: I have not discussed the former Youth Justice Sport Fund with the Secretary of State for Justice and have no plans to reopen the fund.
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Alex Brewer:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to (a) implement the recommendations made by the Leveson Inquiry and (b) support victims of press misinformation. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Leveson Inquiry led to the establishment of a strengthened, self-regulatory system for the press, this includes the creation of the Press Recognition Panel, by Royal Charter. There are also two press regulators, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) and the Independent Monitor of the Press (Impress), while other publishers, including the Financial Times and the Guardian, have chosen to stay outside either regulator with their own detailed self-regulatory arrangements.

This self-regulatory system is important for press freedom, but with this freedom comes responsibility. Newspapers must operate ethically and within the bounds of the law. This includes ensuring that members of the public are able to raise concerns about inaccurate reporting through clear, timely and effective routes to redress. If the public wishes to raise concerns about press reporting, they can do so via the relevant regulator. These regulators enforce codes of conduct which provide guidelines on a range of areas, including discrimination, accuracy, privacy, and harassment. If they find that a newspaper has broken the code of conduct, they can order corrections.

The news and media landscape has moved on significantly since the Leveson Inquiry and we need to address the wider challenges in the digital age, including mis and disinformation. The Government’s priority is seeing an independent, thriving and plural press, where journalists are safe and able to report on stories in the public interest and that matter to communities, so that traditional news sources continue to be rated high on trust, accuracy, and impartiality.
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Andrew Cooper:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support affordable access to sporting events for young people. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government is keen to see as many people as possible benefit from and enjoy the spectacle of live sport. Ultimately, the matter of ticket prices is a commercial decision for individual clubs, leagues, and governing bodies to take. However, the Government remains in ongoing conversation with many of these stakeholders on a variety of issues, including fan engagement and access.

In relation to those events that benefit from Government and/or UK Sport funding to facilitate, the Gold Framework guidance on bidding for and staging major sporting events is clear that any bids to host such events should provide evidence that accessibility in all its forms has been considered from the earliest stage. Whilst the ticket pricing strategy for individual major sporting events is a matter for the respective organisers of those events, particularly their international rights’ holders, the Government will always seek to work with partners to ensure that ticketing is as accessible as possible, and balances the need to ensure audience reach and commercial viability. For example, England is hosting the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup this summer, which has an inclusive and affordable range of tickets available, with tickets starting at £10 for adults and £5 for children.
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Mr Richard Holden:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for future public appointment competitions for the Charity Commission when existing terms expire. \p Stephanie Peacock: Preparations are currently being made to launch the process to appoint a new Chair of the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the role will be advertised on gov.uk in due course. This will be a fair and open process, run in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Charity Commission on the activities of Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission. \p Stephanie Peacock: Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission is not a registered charity. No discussions have taken place with the Charity Commission on the activities of this organisation.
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Mr Louie French:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the National Lottery Community Fund on the potential merits of reopening the Million Hours Fund. \p Stephanie Peacock: In a written statement on 15 May 2025, the Secretary of State announced DCMS’ commitment to provide a further £12 million in 2025/2026 to the Million Hours Fund. Working in partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund, we are exploring matched funding options to leverage additional investment. Further details will be shared in due course.
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John Slinger:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to review the Gambling Commission’s remit to include UK licensees operating in prohibited markets abroad. \p Stephanie Peacock: Operators providing gambling facilities to customers in Great Britain must be licensed by the Gambling Commission and comply with the conditions of their operating licences. The Commission expects them to obey the laws of all other jurisdictions in which they operate, and requires them to report any regulatory investigation or finding into their activities in any other jurisdiction. Operators must inform the Commission if they have a substantial customer base outside of Great Britain and state why they consider they are legally able to offer facilities to those customers.
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Mr Joshua Reynolds:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has allocated to grassroots sports clubs in Maidenhead in the last 12 months. \p Stephanie Peacock: 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. £283,300 has been invested in the constituency of Maidenhead in the last financial year.

Future grassroots sport facilities funding is subject to the ongoing Spending Review process and we will announce further details in due course.
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Mr Richard Holden:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an estimate of the cost of the Ofcom consultation entitled Politicians presenting news: Consultation on proposed amendment to Rule 5.3 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code, published on 12 May 2025. \p Stephanie Peacock: Ofcom is required by legislation to draw up and enforce a Broadcasting Code. This Code must include rules to ensure that broadcast news is reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality. Ofcom must then keep the contents of the Code under regular review. Ofcom, by law, carries out its duties independently of the Government. For this reason, it would not be appropriate for the Department to either assess the impact of, or ask Ofcom to withdraw, its present consultation addressing whether or not to amend rule 5.3; and, for the same reason, the Secretary of State has not discussed this issue with them.
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Mike Wood:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to submit evidence to the Ofcom consultation on a change to broadcasting rules for politicians as presenters, published on 12 May 2025. \p Stephanie Peacock: Ofcom is the UK’s regulator for broadcasting and by law carries out its duties independently of the Government. It would not be appropriate for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to submit evidence to Ofcom’s consultation.