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Written Question
Post Office: Public Appointments
Tuesday 13th February 2024

Asked by: Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many director nominations or appointments they have made or approved to the board of the Post Office in each of the years since 2000.

Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Nominations to the Board of Post Office Limited are generally made by Post Office Limited’s Nominations Committee (‘NomCo’, a sub-Committee of the Post Office Board) with the resulting appointments confirmed by the Board, on the advice of the NomCo. The Shareholder Representative Non-Executive Director sits on NomCo, and the Shareholder (the Department for Business and Trade) approves the appointment. The exceptions to these processes are the appointment of the Shareholder Non-Executive Director and the appointment of the Chair, which are made by the Shareholder.

A historic record of appointments, as set out on Companies House, is provided below.

Name

Position

Occupation

Appointment date

Resignation date

Ms Maria Luisa Cassoni

Director

Director

01/02/2001

17/06/2002

Mr Peter Michael Corbett

Director

Director

13/11/2001

01/07/2009

Mr John Basil Larkins

Director

Director

13/11/2001

25/04/2002

Mr David William Miller

Director

Director

13/11/2001

31/07/2006

Mr Paul Andrew Rich

Director

Director

13/11/2001

15/04/2002

Mr Allan Leslie Leighton

Director

Director

08/01/2002

25/03/2009

Mr David Mills

Director

Director

15/04/2002

31/12/2005

Mr Alan John Munro Barrie

Director

Director

03/09/2002

08/06/2004

Mr John Charles Main

Director

Director

03/09/2002

01/07/2003

Mr Gordon Ramsay Steele

Director

Director

03/09/2002

31/01/2006

Elmar Toime

Director

Director

10/04/2003

16/11/2004

Mr Michael Hodgkinson

Director

Director

01/05/2003

31/08/2007

Mr John Barnetson Anderson

Director

Director

01/07/2003

14/04/2007

Mr Stephen Graham Halliday

Director

Director

20/08/2003

31/07/2006

Mr Brian Joseph Goggin

Director

Director

01/09/2004

21/07/2006

Mr Alan Ronald Cook

Director

Director

22/02/2005

15/03/2010

Mr Richard Phillip Francis

Director

Director

02/03/2005

02/05/2008

Ms Sue Rachel Whalley

Director

Director

01/09/2006

05/11/2009

Mr David Ian Glynn

Director

Director

26/10/2006

31/10/2009

Mr Gary Hockey Morley

Director

Director

26/10/2006

31/10/2009

Ms Deborah Lois Moore

Director

Director

12/06/2007

31/10/2009

Mr Michael Thomas Young

Director

Director

01/08/2008

31/10/2009

Mr Donald Hood Brydon

Director

Director

01/05/2009

22/09/2011

Mr Michael John Moores

Director

Director

01/07/2009

10/06/2011

Mr David John Smith

Director

Director

06/04/2010

13/06/2011

Moya Marguerite Greene

Director

Director

18/10/2010

17/12/2010

Mr Arthur Leslie Owen

Director

Director

18/10/2010

15/03/2012

Ms Paula Anne Vennells

Director

Director

18/10/2010

30/04/2019

Mr Matthew Lester

Director

Director

17/12/2010

01/11/2011

Ms Alice Elizabeth Perkins

Director

Director

21/07/2011

31/07/2015

Mr Christopher Mark Day

Director

Director

22/09/2011

28/01/2015

Mr Neil McCausland

Director

Director

22/09/2011

30/09/2015

Ms Virginia Anne Holmes

Director

Director

04/04/2012

27/03/2018

Ms Susannah Jemima Storey

Director

Civil Servant

18/04/2012

26/03/2014

Mr Alasdair Marnoch

Director

Director

23/05/2012

31/07/2015

Mr Timothy Franklin

Director

Director

19/09/2012

31/12/2019

Mr Richard John Callard

Director

Director

26/03/2014

27/03/2018

Mr Alisdair Charles John Cameron

Director

Chief Financial Officer

28/01/2015

NA

Mr Timothy Charles Parker

Director

Chairman

01/10/2015

30/09/2022

Mr Kenneth Stanely McCall

Director

Director

21/01/2016

26/01/2022

Ms Carla Rosaline Stent

Director

Director

21/01/2016

17/02/2023

Mr Thomas Knut Glenn Cooper

Director

Non Executive Director

27/03/2018

11/05/2023

Ms Shirine Khoury-Haq

Director

Director

24/05/2018

18/07/2019

Mr Nicholas James Read

Director

Chief Executive Officer

16/09/2019

NA

Zarin Homi Patel

Director

Non Executive Director

26/11/2019

13/03/2023

Ms Lisa Harrington

Director

Director

08/04/2020

01/06/2023

Mr Sarfaraz Gulam Ismail

Director

Director

03/06/2021

NA

Mr Elliot Marc Jacobs

Director

Director

03/06/2021

NA

Mr Brian Gaunt

Director

Director

25/01/2022

NA

Mr Henry Eric Staunton

Director

Chairman

01/12/2022

27/01/2024

Mr Simon Jeffreys

Director

Non Executive Director

23/03/2023

NA

Ms Amanda Jane Burton

Director

Director

27/04/2023

NA

Ms Lorna Rachel Gratton

Director

Director

12/05/2023

NA

Mr Andrew Atta Darfoor

Director

Director

20/06/2023

NA


Written Question
Sports: Scotland
Monday 23rd October 2023

Asked by: John McNally (Scottish National Party - Falkirk)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 196336 on Sports: Scotland and the stipulation that at least 40% of projects must benefit at least one other sport in addition to football on a sustained and regular basis, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) acceptability of the majority of funding being spent on astroturf pitches and (b) in that instance, the potential impact of that funding on (i) hockey and (ii) other sports that do not use fourth generation astroturf pitches.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

In Scotland, funding from the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme is delivered through the Scottish Football Association (SFA), with recipients chosen via an application process involving advice from a panel which includes Sport Scotland. At least 40% of the funding must go towards multi-sport projects, and the SFA works closely with Sport Scotland to deliver this funding.

4G pitches are not widely used - Department for Culture, Media and Sport investment is generally used to deliver third generation (3G) synthetic surfaces in line with industry standard.

As per guidance, competitive hockey cannot be played on 3G surfaces but those pitches can still be used for training purposes and for other sports e.g rugby (where shock-pads are installed).


Written Question
Sportsgrounds: Rubber
Wednesday 5th July 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which regulatory bodies have responsibility for safety issues for 3G pitches with rubber crumb in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The safety of pitches, whether they feature rubber in-fill or not, is the responsibility of individual field owners and operators and those designing, building and maintaining 3G pitches. They have a duty of care to ensure their pitch does not create unnecessary risks to players, match officials and those undertaking maintenance.

A number of governing bodies, including FIFA, World Rugby and the International Hockey Federation (FIH), have included recommendations from the European Committee for Standardisation into their certification programmes for artificial grass pitches, and the Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) provides guidance on developing and managing sport construction projects and facilities.


Written Question
Hockey
Thursday 1st June 2023

Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme on promoting, developing and widening access to field hockey.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Supporting grassroots sport is a key government priority to ensure that everyone is able to access quality sport and physical activity opportunities, and enjoy the physical and mental health benefits that exercise provides.

The Government has committed to delivering the facilities that every community needs, and is investing over £300 million across the UK between 2021 and 2025 as a step towards that ambition. This will promote and widen access to grassroots sports, including field hockey.

England Hockey engages with the Football Foundation and wider partners on how they can work together and benefit from the Government’s investment in UK-wide multisport facilities. Sport England has also provided England Hockey with grant support to update their national facility strategy.


Written Question
Sport Winter Survival Package
Tuesday 31st January 2023

Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 107201, if he will list the value of the loans made to each of those 15 sports.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Sport Survival Package distributed a total of £264.8 million funding (loan and grant funding) to over 1,685 organisations across 15 sports to ensure their survival throughout the pandemic.

£218,271,393 was provided through loans to the sports listed below:

  • Athletics - £1,200,000
  • Basketball - £794,246
  • Cycling - £1,387,000
  • Football - £13,310,666
  • Horse Racing - £21,520,000
  • Ice Hockey - £1,601,600
  • Motorsport - £1,075,000
  • Rugby League - £24,232,661
  • Rugby Union - £138,850,220
  • Tennis - £14,300,00


Written Question
Sport Winter Survival Package
Monday 19th December 2022

Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 87999, if he will provide a breakdown listing (a) the 15 sports that received loans and (b) the total number of loans allocated to each.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Sport Survival Package distributed a total of £264.8 million funding (loan and grant funding) across 15 sports to ensure their survival throughout the pandemic.

The number of loans issued to sports and their organisations is as follows: one loan was issued to athletics, 10 loans were issued to basketball, 35 loans were issued to football, one loan was issued to horse racing, five loans were issued to ice hockey, five loans were issued to motorsport, five loans were issued to netball, one loan was issued for non-ticketed events, 27 loans were issued to rugby league, 103 loans were issued to rugby union and one loan was issued to tennis.


Written Question
Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre
Thursday 3rd November 2022

Asked by: Mark Pritchard (Conservative - The Wrekin)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has for the future (a) use and (b) expansion of Lilleshall Hall National Sports Centre; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Lilleshall National Sports Centre provides opportunities for elite and talent pathway athletes as part of National Governing Body (NGB) programmes. The centre is part of the national Elite Training Centre network of facilities which also provide support through the English Institute of Sport (EIS) athlete rehabilitation programmes. These activities are provided alongside opportunities for local people and community organisations/clubs to take part in a range of activities.

UK Sport, Sport England, EIS and stakeholders including British Gymnastics, GB Archery and the Royal British Legion Battleback programme collaborate and combine to provide a range of activities on site.

An element of commercial activity such as conferences take place at Lilleshall and this helps to underpin the financial viability of the site and enables the provision of sporting activity. There are no plans for this to change.

The centre has benefitted from investment over recent years, including state of the art gymnastics facilities, renovation of the Lilleshall Main House listed building, new hockey pitches and office accommodation for NGB’s. Future plans for investment include improved archery facilities and the expansion of the Royal British Legion Battleback programme which include the hosting of the Invictus Games programme.


Written Question
Sports: West Midlands
Wednesday 29th June 2022

Asked by: Stuart Anderson (Conservative - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help support grassroot sports initiatives in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Sport and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health and this government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.

The significant core public investment of £778 million for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has accelerated investment and regeneration in Birmingham and the West Midlands. This includes infrastructure developments like the Alexander Stadium renovations and the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre that will be a legacy for the community to use long after the Games is over. Sport England is also investing £35 million for physical activity legacy, which will cover both targeted interventions in the West Midlands region as well as national investments to open up sporting opportunities to all.

Since 2018, the department has also invested £333,674 into a wide range of grassroots sport projects across Wolverhampton through Sport England, such as to the Finchfield Hockey Club and Ormiston New Academy. This is part of the £23.2 million invested in the West Midlands during the same period.

The Government also invests £18 million each year in community sport facilities via the Football Foundation. In partnership with the Football Association and Premier League, this results in £70 million being invested into community sport facilities every year. The Football Foundation has granted over £4.7 million to the West Midlands to develop football and multi-use grassroots sports facilities in 2021/22.


Written Question
Winter Sports
Friday 29th January 2021

Asked by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield, Hallam)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of categorising (a) figure skating, (b) ice hockey and (c) other ice-based sports, as sports rather than as leisure activities.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus. The Prime Minister announced a national lockdown on Monday 4 January meaning that indoor facilities including ice rinks must close.

Previously, ice rinks were closed in tier 3 and 4 as they are primarily used for the purpose of entertainment. This is consistent with other venues used for entertainment purposes across the economy which were also closed. To allow those who need to access ice rinks, in tier three, exemptions were made for sport for educational purposes, people with disabilities, supervised activity for under-18s and elite athletes.


Written Question
Ice Skating and Ice Hockey: Coronavirus
Thursday 3rd December 2020

Asked by: Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the English Ice Hockey Association and British Ice Skating’s joint campaign to reopen ice rinks in tier 3 covid-19 local alert level areas for (a) elite sport, (b) under-18 sport, (c) disability sport, (d) educational programmes and (e) organised sport.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus. That’s why we made sure that people could exercise at least once a day even during the height of the first period of enhanced national restrictions and why we opened up grassroots sport and leisure facilities as soon as it was safe to do so.

Under Tier 3, Ice Rinks are able to open for disability sport, sports as part of the curriculum in education and supervised sport and physical activity for under-18s (including those who were under 18 on 31 August 2020). Elite and professional athletes may continue to use facilities including ice rinks to train and to compete Behind Closed Doors.