Mentions:
1: Lord Kamall (Con - Life peer) My Lords, to coincide with last year’s Commonwealth Games, there was also the Commonwealth food futures - Speech Link
Dec. 05 2023
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May. 02 2024
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Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the contribution of sport and sporting activities to the economy.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The government is committed to supporting economic growth in the sector, and ensuring this translates into tangible outcomes that span grassroots participation through to elite performance. In turn, this can help stimulate the contribution sport makes to growing the national economy.
The government’s previous Sport Satellite Account estimated that the gross value added (GVA) of the sport sector in 2019 was £48.9 billion. This marked an increase of 2.9% between 2018 and 2019, and of 20.4% between 2010 and 2019, in real terms. In addition, major sporting events have significant benefits for the national economy and for attracting investment to the UK. The hosting of the 2022 events (excluding Commonwealth Games), had a direct economic impact of £132 million, supported 1,600 jobs and had a 6:1 return on investment. The short-term impact alone of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contributed almost £871 million GVA to the UK economy.
In our new sport strategy, Get Active, we have set out our ambition to deliver a new economic snapshot that articulates the economic value and growth opportunities that exist within sport in the UK. This will replace the previous government Sport Satellite reporting mechanism.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for bus services in real terms in each of the last five years.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport has provided a total of £3.47 billion (£2.8 billion in real terms (2010/11 prices)) for bus services between 2018/19 to 2022/23. This includes the Bus Service Operators Grant, Covid-19 Bus Service Support Grant, Bus Recovery Grant, Commonwealth Games funding, £2 Bus Fare Cap, and Bus Service Improvement Plan funding.
The breakdown of this by year is as follows:
2018/19 - £244 million (£215 million in 2010/11 prices)
2019/20 - £249 million (£214 million in 2010/11 prices)
2020/21 - £1.2 billion (£974 million in 2010/11 prices)
2021/22 - £899 million (£729 million in 2010/11 prices)
2022/23 - £873 million (£671 million in 2010/11 prices)
In addition, on 4 October, as part of Network North, we announced a further £1 billion from redirected HS2 funding to level up bus services in the North and Midlands via BSIP, making them more frequent, more reliable, cheaper, and easier to use. We are also extending the £2 bus fare cap until the end of 2024, meaning we are investing nearly £600 million in total to cap bus fares across England since the scheme was launched. On top of this, we have announced that a new uplift of 60% will be added to Community Transport Operators’ (CTOs) Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) claims until 31 March 2025.
Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Mr Speaker, I know that you will be celebrating Commonwealth day on Monday with the raising of the Commonwealth - Speech Link
2: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) Friend for that question and his commitment to the Commonwealth. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The Commonwealth is important for all of us. - Speech Link
4: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) place a G-to-G agreement with Peru for the UK to be the delivery partner for the 2019 Pan American games - Speech Link
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the Infrastructure for Commonwealth Games grant.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 188581 on 14 June 2023.
Asked by: Sweeney, Paul (Scottish Labour - Glasgow)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider making an offer to the Commonwealth Games Federation for Glasgow to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, in light of the withdrawal of the Australian state of Victoria as hosts.
Answered by Robertson, Angus - Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
The 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games received international recognition as an outstanding fortnight of sporting and cultural events.
The Scottish Government will of course explore if Scotland can support a multi-city, multi-partner hosting opportunity however the Commonwealth Games Federation will need time to consider next steps, and it would be premature to comment further at this stage.
Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Old Windsor (XB - Life peer) My Lords, next Monday, we mark Commonwealth Day, and we look ahead to the biennial Commonwealth Heads - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Nye (Lab - Life peer) Children can achieve success straightaway, and the games can be adapted to all abilities. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I even ended up as a member of the committee and coached the Hackney team for the London Youth Games - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) For example, we have just published the final evaluation report into the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth - Speech Link