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Cultural Heritage
Andrew George:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which Government Ministers or other departmental appointees hold responsibilities for decisions relating to requests from foreign (a)
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Governments and (b) cultural institutions relating to artefacts in the collections of British museums. [184406]
Margaret Hodge:
It is a long-standing policy of successive Governments in the UK that decisions relating to museum collections are for museum trustees to take, and the Government do not intervene. The Secretary of State appoints some museum trustees but appointments are also made by the Prime Minister, Her Majesty the Queen and others.
Departmental Advertising
Mr. Jeremy Browne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of his Department's expenditure was on advertising in each of the last 10 years. [182992]
Margaret Hodge:
The expenditure on advertising as a percentage of the Department's gross administration cost in each of the last 10 years is shown in the table.
| Financial year | Percentage of gross administration costs |
|
2006-07
|
0.34
|
|
2005-06
|
0.38
|
|
2004-05
|
0.34
|
|
2003-04
|
0.58
|
|
2002-03
|
0.56
|
|
2001-02
|
0.05
|
|
2000-01
|
0.07
|
|
1999-2000
|
0.16
|
|
1998-99
|
0.23
|
|
1997-98
|
0.32
|
Departmental Consultants
Sarah Teather:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consultancy contracts his Department issued in each year since 2005; what the (a) value, (b) purpose and (c) contractor was in each case; and whether the consultant's report is publicly available in each case. [181893]
Margaret Hodge:
The information requested is as follows:
| 2005 |
| Consultants | Contract | Value (£) | Availability |
|
Opis Renewal Consulting
|
Framework for NDPB reviews
|
66,900
|
Published on DCMS website
|
|
Hedra PLC
|
NDPB governance—drafting of good practice guidance
|
47,600
|
No published report.
|
|
Pricewaterhouse- Coopers
|
Sponsorship of British Library
|
24,000
|
Internal report
|
|
KPMG
|
Olympic Games cost validation
|
255,000
|
Internal report
|
|
Ubiqus
|
Summary of consultation exercise re: BBC charter review
|
38,500
|
Incorporated into final BBC review. Already public
|
|
Verdus
|
Public appointments advice
|
14,000
|
No report required.
|
|
Rockpools
|
Executive recruitment
|
30,000
|
No report required
|
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|
Pricewaterhouse- Coopers
|
Assessment of fees of be charged by authorities under 2003 Licensing Act
|
29,500
|
Internal Report
|
|
Precedent
|
Development of DCMS e-communication strategy
|
27,400
|
Internal Report
|
| 2006 |
| Consultants | Contract | Value (£) | Availability |
|
Frontier Economics
|
Economic impact of DCMS cultural investment
|
55,000
|
Published on DCMS website
|
|
Pricewaterhouse- Coopers
|
Review of library standards
|
99,000
|
Used to produce consultation document published by MLA
|
|
Deloitte
|
Olympic programme assurance
|
50,000
|
Internal report
|
|
Frontier Economics
|
Live music impact study
|
42,700
|
Published on DCMS website
|
|
Frontier Economics
|
Creative industries analysis
|
50,000
|
Published on DCMS website
|
|
BMG
|
Preparation for digital switchover of residential and nursing care homes
|
40,000
|
Published on DCMS website
|
|
Hedra
|
IT consultancy support
|
71,000
|
Internal report
|
|
Pricewaterhouse- Coopers
|
Development of London 2012 sustainability plan
|
30,000
| |
|
Atisreal
|
Property/estates advice
|
246,000
|
Internal report
|
| 2007 |
| Consultants | Contract | Value (£) | Availability |
|
Odgers Ray and Berndston
|
Executive search/recruitment for chair of ODA
|
35,000
|
No report
|
|
Saxton Bamfylde Hever
|
Recruitment of chair of English Heritage
|
36,000
|
No report
|
|
Pricewaterhouse- Coopers
|
Assessment of costs and benefits of World Heritage Site (UK)
|
69,000
|
Currently ongoing
|
|
Deloitte
|
Review of Olympic programme support unit
|
99,000
|
Internal report
|
|
Deloitte
|
Review of ICT security review and compliance
|
76,000
|
Internal report
|
|
Ql Consulting
|
Development of DCMS ICT strategy
|
16,200
|
Internal report
|
|
Work Foundation
|
Consultancy on creative economy programme Green Paper
|
49,000
|
Published on DCMS website
|
|
Ql Consulting
|
Security audit of business continuity planning
|
27,300
|
Internal report
|
|
Stanton Marris
|
DCMS board awayday strategy
|
24,000
|
Internal report
|
|
TFG
|
Expert advice of lessons learned from Sydney Olympics
|
80,000
|
Project ongoing
|
|
OCR LLP
|
Specialist advice on horserace betting levy
|
59,400
|
Internal report
|
|
Deloitte
|
DCMS transformation programme
|
126,000
|
Project ongoing
|
|
Brian McMaster
|
Review of excellence in the arts
|
30,000
|
Published on DCMS website
|
|
University College London
|
Scoping study into climate change
|
8,000
|
Project ongoing
|
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Departmental Public Relations
Mr. Jeremy Browne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many external contracts his Department held with public relations companies in each of the last 10 years; and what the total cost of those contracts was. [183197]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Department held no external contracts with public relations companies between 1998 and 2002, and therefore spent no money on this.
The Department has two external contracts with public relations companies since 2002, one relating to the digital switchover campaign, aimed at increasing public awareness of digital switchover, and the other on a licensing campaign aimed at small businesses to increase awareness of the implications of the Licensing Act.
The costs of those contracts are set out in the following table:
| | Campaign | Spend (£) |
|
2004-05
|
Digital Switchover
|
117,500.05
|
|
2005-06
|
Digital Switchover
|
258,500.00
|
|
2005-06
|
Licensing Communications
|
36,648.25
|
|
2006-07
|
Digital Switchover
|
84,600
|
Departmental Research
Mr. Hunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) subject and (b) cost was of each research contract his Department has commissioned since 1997. [182800]
Margaret Hodge
[holding answer 28 January 2008]: Our records show the following research projects were commissioned by my Department since 2001. We do not have sufficient information to provide comparable data for earlier years.
| Subject | Cost (£) |
|
Lottery Grants Pilot Study
|
15,000
|
|
Evaluation of the Impact of the National Lottery
|
18,000
|
|
Economics of Gambling
|
17,000
|
|
Regional Cultural Data Framework
|
52,000
|
|
Live music baseline survey
|
127,000
|
|
Olympic Bid Market Research
|
36,000
|
|
Role and Contribution of Culture to Regeneration in UK
|
19,000
|
|
Tourism Productivity Study
|
46,000
|
|
Scoping Survey of Culture and Sport in the UK
|
43,000
|
|
Gambling Survey
|
11,000
|
|
Critical Review of Research Literature on Machine Gaming by Children
|
30,000
|
|
Olympic Games Impact Study - Stated Preference Analysis
|
129,000
|
|
Olympic Games Impact Study—Computable Equilibrium Project
|
25,000
|
|
Olympic Games Impact Study—Multi-criteria and programme summary
|
72,000
|
|
Digital Switchover—Social Housing Issues Survey
|
36,000
|
|
Review of Academic Literature on Social Capital and DCMS Sectors
|
4,000
|
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|
Arts and Criminal Justice Feasibility Study
|
20,000
|
|
Research on Public Perceptions of the BBC
|
24,000
|
|
Research on Impact of Violent Computer Games
|
5,000
|
|
Mental Health Research
|
33,000
|
|
Taking Part Survey (2005-08)
|
4,476,000
|
|
Digital Switchover Technical Trial: Research on Vulnerable Households
|
38,000
|
|
Access to finance for music SMEs
|
25,000
|
|
DCMS Bolton Digital Switchover Trial Research Report
|
20,000
|
|
Gambling Study
|
54,000
|
|
Gambling Study—Short Screen for Problem Gambling
|
(1)83,000
|
|
Drivers of Tourism Demand
|
29,000
|
|
Economic Impact of DCMS Cultural Investment
|
55,000
|
|
Knowledge economy
|
25,000
|
|
Creative Industries Analysis
|
50,000
|
|
Literature Review for humanitarian assistance
|
16,000
|
|
Live Music Economic Impact Study
|
9,000
|
|
BBC Charter Review Research Tender
|
50,000
|
|
Digital Switchover—social housing issues survey
|
51,000
|
|
Live Music—Small venues experience of Licensing
|
91,000
|
|
A literature review and survey on remote gambling
|
30,000
|
|
Library Standard Review Work
|
100,000
|
|
Cultural Pathfinder outcomes
|
44,000
|
|
The Casinos Scoping Study
|
50,000
|
|
7/7 Evaluation Project
|
15,000
|
|
Emergency preparedness
|
29,000
|
|
Literature review on understanding demand for culture among key groups
|
29,000
|
|
Library performance indicators
|
60,000
|
|
Museum Performance Indicators
|
29,000
|
|
Creative Industries Scoping Study—spillover
|
35,000
|
|
Creative Industries Scoping Study—direct links
|
10,000
|
|
Understanding perceptions of secondary markets
|
25,000
|
|
Impact of large-scale sports facilities capital programme
|
15,000
|
|
International aspects of the Creative Industries
|
85,000
|
|
Digital Switchover—communal housing issues survey
|
47,000
|
|
World Heritage site status
|
29,000
|
|
Impact of Licensing Act on Live Music follow up survey
|
97,000
|
|
Olympics Legacy market research
|
147,000
|
|
NDPB Working Together survey
|
5,000
|
|
Climate change impacts on our sectors
|
5,000
|
|
Taking Part Scoping Study
|
20,000
|
|
Voluntary arts sector
|
45,000
|
(1) US$.
|
