Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding brass bands have received from the Government in each year since 2010; and if he will list the recipients of that funding.
Answered by Michael Ellis
A list of the eligible applications to the Arts Council in each year since 2010 in the sub-art form “Brass and Silver bands” are attached. Some activity, for which brass bands play a constituent part, may not be included as the wider activity has not been classified specifically as such. Ineligible applications are not recorded by sub-art form.
Since April 2016, Brass bands have also benefited from the Orchestra tax relief.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support is being provided by her Department to (a) grassroots darts clubs and (b) disabled grassroots darts clubs.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
Government's Sporting Future strategy is clear that we want more people to get active and to enjoy the many benefits that sport and physical activity bring.
Since 2010, Government has not made any specific investments in darts clubs. However, during this time Sport England has invested £3,594,300 in 68 projects which include darts as one of the activities it offers to the local community. This includes £267,595 invested in five multi-sports projects which include darts and have a specific focus on disability.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what average broadband speeds were in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in each year since 2010.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Historic broadband speeds were published by Ofcom with their Infrastructure Report and Connected Nation's report and reanalysed by the House of Commons library. Independent figures have also been estimated by Thinkbroadband and are available from their website (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/england).