| Heading: |
Video Games |
| Question ID: |
1795996 |
| UIN: |
HL6752 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
|
| Asking Member handle: |
Lord_ofWarwick
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the soft skills children and adults can develop through playing video games, and whether these can improve employment prospects. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-04-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4966 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Twycross
|
| Answering Member handle: |
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Twycross
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
The government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector, and this includes considering the impact of the sector’s activities and the economic, cultural and social benefits it brings across the UK. Research conducted by the Nati... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |