Asked by: Laura Smith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what Football Association projects received ring-fenced Government funding in each of the last five years.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Football Association has received £41.9m of National Lottery and Exchequer funding from Sport England over the past five years for the grassroots programmes it delivers. That total broken down equates to £10,287,050m in 2013/14; £9,175,259m in 2014/15, £9,345,964m in 2015/16, £10,033,667m in 2016/17 and £3,081,184m currently in this financial year. Within that total, the FA Skills programmes received £1.5million in each of the five years, and £2million was ring-fenced over the last three years to the FA's coaching programme that seeks to improve diversity in that workforce.
In addition to this funding, the DCMS via Sport England has invested through the Football Foundation charity a further £10million per year over the last five years to the FA and Premier League Facilities Fund and committed a further £8million for the last three years into the FA led Parklife football hubs programme.
Asked by: Laura Smith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money the Football Association received from the public purse in each of the last five years.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Football Association has received £41.9m of National Lottery and Exchequer funding from Sport England over the past five years for the grassroots programmes it delivers. That total broken down equates to £10,287,050m in 2013/14; £9,175,259m in 2014/15, £9,345,964m in 2015/16, £10,033,667m in 2016/17 and £3,081,184m currently in this financial year. Within that total, the FA Skills programmes received £1.5million in each of the five years, and £2million was ring-fenced over the last three years to the FA's coaching programme that seeks to improve diversity in that workforce.
In addition to this funding, the DCMS via Sport England has invested through the Football Foundation charity a further £10million per year over the last five years to the FA and Premier League Facilities Fund and committed a further £8million for the last three years into the FA led Parklife football hubs programme.
Asked by: Laura Smith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to take steps to limit the ability of online robots to purchase tickets for entertainment events.
Answered by Margot James
We are determined to crackdown on unacceptable behaviour in the online ticketing market and improve fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price.
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 already includes rules about tickets offered for sale on the secondary market, but the Digital Economy Act passed last year adds an additional requirement for ticket sellers to provide a unique ticket number when re-selling a ticket resale, and provides the power to create a specific offence, where tickets are purchased electronically, of purchasing more tickets than the maximum permitted. We intend to enact this power via secondary legislation later this year.
We welcome the work of the Competition and Markets Authority and Trading Standards in taking enforcement action against those who are suspected to be in breach of consumer law.
Asked by: Laura Smith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of online ticket platforms on the affordability of tickets to entertainment events.
Answered by Margot James
We are determined to crackdown on unacceptable behaviour in the online ticketing market and improve fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price.
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 already includes rules about tickets offered for sale on the secondary market, but the Digital Economy Act passed last year adds an additional requirement for ticket sellers to provide a unique ticket number when re-selling a ticket resale, and provides the power to create a specific offence, where tickets are purchased electronically, of purchasing more tickets than the maximum permitted. We intend to enact this power via secondary legislation later this year.
We welcome the work of the Competition and Markets Authority and Trading Standards in taking enforcement action against those who are suspected to be in breach of consumer law.