Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: Work Focused Interviews Failure to attend a Self -Employment Gateway or Quarterly Review Interview Restart
Asked by: Neil Hudson (Conservative - Epping Forest)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken recent steps to support independent cinemas.
Answered by Julia Lopez
The Government recognises that cinemas are a hugely important part of the UK’s fantastic film industry and has been supporting them throughout the uncertainties of the past several years with the pandemic and rising energy costs.
We supported more than 200 independent cinemas through the pandemic, who received £34.4 million from the Culture Recovery Fund as well as benefiting from other pan-economy measures. The Government has also delivered an £18 billion package of support through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme supporting businesses - including cinemas, arts venues, and charities - through the winter.
The Government’s £500m Film and TV Production Restart Scheme also helped keep the cameras rolling at the other end of the screen supply chain. The scheme supported over 100,000 jobs and productions worth more than £3 billion. To build on this, and support the industry to not only survive but thrive, further actions have been taken. This includes the Government’s current £1.6 million annual funding of the British Film Commission, the £28 million UK Global Screen Fund, and the continued success of our screen sector tax reliefs. This has been further bolstered at Spring Budget 2024 with the new UK Independent Film Tax Credit, with films with budgets up to £15 million being eligible for an increased benefit of 53% - which is estimated to increase spending on independent films by 70% before 2032.
The British Film Institute (BFI), a DCMS Arms Length Body, is also conscious of the pressures faced by the cinema sector. The BFI’s Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) is a collaboration of 8 film hubs, managed by leading film organisations and venues around the UK. Film hubs are centres of expertise and support that connect cinemas, festivals and creative practitioners. You can also read more about the National Lottery funding the BFI makes available to bring film to a wider UK audience, including through BFI FAN, at: https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/bring-film-wider-uk-audience.
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: Universal Credit V4.0 60 Employed claimants - fit for work support V8.0 61 European Union Settlement Scheme
Mentions:
1: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) Maybe we could do an Essex pie and mash championship and get an awards scheme going—maybe that is the - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) My colleague the Business and Trade Secretary announced in July that the Government would restart trade - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to restart the GP sustainability - Speech Link
2: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) That is why we intend to resume tranche 1 of the sustainability loan scheme in 2024-25, once we have - Speech Link
3: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) Now, with the indefinite pause on the loan scheme, a further 30 GP practices describe the situation as - Speech Link
4: Kidd, Bill (SNP - Glasgow Anniesland) I welcome the update on the GP sustainability loan scheme. - Speech Link
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: Universal Credit V4.0 60 Employed claimants - fit for work support V8.0 61 European Union Settlement Scheme
Aug. 02 2024
Source Page: DWP Main Estimate Memorandum 2024-25Found: on the Office for Budgetary Responsibility’s Spring Budget 2024 forecasts. 7 Financial Assistance Scheme
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the (a) growth and (b) development of the creative industries in South Wales.
Answered by Julia Lopez
The UK Government has a clear plan to grow the creative industries by a further £50 billion and add another 1 million jobs by 2030. As set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision, we are committed to working with industry and the devolved administrations to ensure our creative industries continue to be the best in the world. As part of this, we invited Creative Wales to become a member of the Creative Industries Council to ensure they are represented in discussions about the UK’s creative industries.
Culture and the creative industries are devolved policy areas. The UK Government has provided opportunities to support Welsh creative businesses through the following programmes:
The UK-wide Film & TV Restart scheme which supported 1,259 individual film and TV productions and £3.06 billion in production expenditure through the pandemic. Wales received £287.5 million – the largest share of funding of any nation after England (c.9%).
The £56 million Creative Clusters programme was announced in the 2018 Sector Deal: and supported R&D across the Cardiff Clwstwr one of 9 first-wave of clusters across the UK. The Clusters programme has generated approximately £252 million of private co-investment, creating or safeguarding over 4000 jobs.
Sep. 12 2024
Source Page: Leaving the armed forcesFound: Armed Forces Pension Scheme 15 (AFPS 15) is the only open pension scheme available for members of
Mentions:
1: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) Will he restart the loan scheme process immediately? - Speech Link
2: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) in a scheme that is unavailable certainly in England and, I believe, elsewhere in the UK. - Speech Link
3: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) The GP loan scheme is about sustainability and retention of GPs. - Speech Link
4: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) , which is, as the minister rightly said, a “non-existent” scheme. - Speech Link