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Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Olympic Games 2012

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of the effects of expenditure on the 2012 London Olympics on arts funding. [201377]

Margaret Hodge: ACE Lottery will be contributing a total of £112.5 million towards the costs of the 2012 London Olympics, spread over the four years leading up to the Games. That amounts to £28 million per year, i.e. 5 per cent. of the expected total income for the arts in the period 2008-09 to 2011-12. There will still be approximately £500 million of new Lottery money for ACE over those four years and existing Lottery commitments will not be affected.

The Government have a proud record of support for the arts and over the last 10 years we have increased funding to the arts by 73 per cent. in real terms. In October 2007, we announced that grant-in-aid funding for Arts Council England (ACE) would continue to rise above inflation to £467 million by 2010-11, i.e. an increase of 3.3 per cent. above inflation over three years.

Departmental ICT

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2008, Official Report, column 1049W, on departmental ICT, how many missing or stolen (a) laptops and (b) personal digital assistants have been replaced by his Department; and at what cost. [202477]

Mr. Sutcliffe: All of the PDAs lost or stolen since 2001 have been replaced. The value of each is not recorded but as a guide the current price of a PDA is 159. All of the laptops were replaced by re-allocating existing equipment.

Departmental Pay

Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. [199624]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The cost of (a) salaries for permanent civil service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in the Department for each month since May 2005 are shown in the tables.

We have no permanent non-civil service posts.


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(a) Monthly salaries
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

April

1,825,994

1,856,522

1,798,460

May

1,507,322

1,611,615

1,844,678

June

1,722,074

2,061,361

1,935,462

July

1,675,197

1,922,990

2,097,366

August

1,684,675

1,869,716

1,816,795

September

1,631,500

1,826,360

1,822,462

October

1,695,013

1,761,219

1,925,348

November

2,081,117

2,362,426

2,717,239

December

1,910,297

2,044,969

1,901,508

January

1,668,386

1,947,021

1,913,558

February

1,858,986

1,852,777

1,973,384

March

1,935,125

2,063,844

Not yet available

Notes:
1. March 2008 awaiting updates.
2. November each year includes annual pay award and arrears of pay.
3. Figures include all permanent civil servants, Ministers and special advisers.

(c) Monthly temporary /agency costs
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

April

57,522

85,534

191,730

May

53,219

384,378

83,042

June

36,892

226,408

150,263

July

42,155

101,470

73,037

August

47,698

226,436

214,088

September

49,650

119,468

166,293

October

50,117

91,831

372,835

November

53,796

116,008

252,150

December

39,853

58,364

166,612

January

56,428

133,062

182,602

February

148,215

83,283

197,794

March

163,017

103,960

287,909

Notes:
1: Figures are based on monthly transactions before year end adjustments for the Department's statutory accounts.

Departmental Pensions

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the effect on his Department’s expenditure would be of increasing the employee contribution to each pension scheme for which his Department is responsible by one per cent.; and if he will make a statement. [200734]

Mr. Sutcliffe: There would be no effect on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s expenditure from increasing the employee contribution by one per cent. to each pension scheme for which it is responsible.

Departmental Written Questions

David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many days it took on average to answer written parliamentary questions tabled by each hon. Member for answer by him in the last six months. [201756]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Information on the average number of days taken to answer parliamentary questions is not readily available in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Fossils

Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he proposes to take steps to bring fossils within the remit of the Waverly system; and if he will make a statement. [201010]

Margaret Hodge: I do not propose to bring fossils within the remit of the Waverley System. The export
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legislation for which my Department is responsible covers cultural goods only and does not cover fossils, since they are neither manufactured nor produced.

Gaming

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many adult gaming centres have closed in the last 12 months. [202522]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not hold centrally information on gaming centres.

Sports: Drugs

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects the new independent anti-doping agency to be established; and if he will make a statement. [202345]

Mr. Sutcliffe: UK Sport has been developing a business case outlining its proposals for the new National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO). This was presented to me on 28 April.

Decisions on the new organisation, including possible timescales for establishment, will be made following consideration of the business case.

Strategic, Necessary and Proportionate Test

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on developing his Department’s Strategic, Necessary and Proportionate test. [202338]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The SNaP test was developed by Departmental staff as part of the DCMS Transformation Programme, following the Department’s Capability Review. Staff costs for this specific element of the Transformation Programme are not held but are expected to be minimal.

Theatres: Closures

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many regional theatres closed in each year since 1997. [194916]

Margaret Hodge: Information on independent theatres and theatres funded only by local authorities is not held centrally.

The following information provides a breakdown of producing theatres receiving Arts Council funding that have closed, are currently closed temporarily and that have opened since 2002. Arts Council England does not hold data on theatre closures and openings prior to the merger of the Arts Council of England and the Regional Arts Boards in 2002.


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Theatres Region

Closures

December 2004

The Bridewell, City of London

London

January 2007

The Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke (Venue reopened under the management of Anvil Arts in September 2007)

South East

March 2007

Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton

South East

Total

3

Current theatre temporary closures

January 2007

Leicester Haymarket (temporarily closed, new venue ‘Curve’ to open autumn 2008)

East Midlands

March 2007

Chester Gateway (temporarily closed, new performing arts centre to open in 2010-11)

North West

September 2007

Bristol Old Vic (temporarily closed. Funding confirmed for 2008-09)

South West

February 2008

Derby Playhouse (closed at present, in administration. Funding for produced theatre in Derby confirmed for 2008 to 2011)

East Midlands

Total

4

Theatre openings

February 2003

Hampstead theatre (Camden)

London

May 2005

M6 theatre studio (Rochdale)

North West

September 2005

Burnley Youth Theatre

North West

December 2005

Unicorn (Southwark)

London

September 2007

Round Theatre (Newcastle)

North East

Total

5


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