Asked by: Richard Baker (Labour - Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with the music industry to ensure performing artists have access to adequate mental health support.
Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This government recognises the importance of ensuring that everyone has access to support and resources for their mental health and wellbeing, including creative professionals such as musicians and performers.
This government welcomes efforts by the music industry to support artists, such as the Musicians' Union's Wellbeing Support Service and Help Musicians' Music Minds Matter helpline. We would encourage more organisations across the sector to follow suit in order to foster an environment where mental health is prioritised, and artists are empowered to thrive both personally and professionally.
We are working closely with industry stakeholders as they seek to address the recommendations of the Good Work Review, a sectoral deep dive funded by DCMS into job quality and working practice. This sets out a number of priorities to improve job quality in the sector, including developing dedicated support and guidance for self-employed creators.
The arts and creative industries are also crucial to supporting peoples' health and wellbeing. As part of the Government's ‘an NHS fit for the future’ Mission, we will review the evidence and recommendations from stakeholders, including the National Centre for Creative Health. The Creative Industries Council has also established a Health and Wellbeing Forum, whose outputs we will consider.
Additionally, the Arts Council England invests £145 million annually in National Portfolio Organisations to deliver projects including creative health, and in 2022 they published a Creative Health and Wellbeing Strategy to integrate health and wellbeing into the arts sector's core outcomes.
Asked by: Richard Baker (Labour - Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that charities lotteries and the charities they support are not negatively impacted by a statutory gambling levy.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Society lotteries are a vital fundraising tool for many charities, community groups, sports clubs and other non-commercial organisations. We want to see society lotteries continue to thrive, alongside the National Lottery.
We are committed to reviewing the best available evidence from a wide range of sources and to working with all stakeholders in order to support the industry and ensure there are robust protections in place to protect those at risk. We have commissioned independent research to look at the overall lotteries sector, to strengthen the evidence base for any further review of the limits.
We continue to keep society lottery sales and prize limits under review with the Gambling Commission. We will set out further information on gambling policy, including the statutory levy, to the House soon.
Asked by: Richard Baker (Labour - Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase funds that can be raised by charity lotteries.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Society lotteries are a vital fundraising tool for many charities, community groups, sports clubs and other non-commercial organisations. We want to see society lotteries continue to thrive, alongside the National Lottery.
We are committed to reviewing the best available evidence from a wide range of sources and to working with all stakeholders in order to support the industry and ensure there are robust protections in place to protect those at risk. We have commissioned independent research to look at the overall lotteries sector, to strengthen the evidence base for any further review of the limits.
We continue to keep society lottery sales and prize limits under review with the Gambling Commission. We will set out further information on gambling policy, including the statutory levy, to the House soon.
Asked by: Richard Baker (Labour - Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the charity lottery sector.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Society lotteries are a vital fundraising tool for many charities, community groups, sports clubs and other non-commercial organisations. We want to see society lotteries continue to thrive, alongside the National Lottery.
We are committed to reviewing the best available evidence from a wide range of sources and to working with all stakeholders in order to support the industry and ensure there are robust protections in place to protect those at risk. We have commissioned independent research to look at the overall lotteries sector, to strengthen the evidence base for any further review of the limits.
We continue to keep society lottery sales and prize limits under review with the Gambling Commission. We will set out further information on gambling policy, including the statutory levy, to the House soon.