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Culture, Media and Sport
Cultural Heritage: Manpower
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many members of staff are employed by each (a) Regional Arts Council, (b) Regional Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and (c) Regional Cultural Consortium. [209403]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 6 June 2008]: Figures for the number of staff employed by the bodies in question, as provided by those bodies, are set out as follows. These represent the total number of individuals employed, not the number of full-time equivalents.
| Regional arts councils | |
| Number | |
| Note: These figures include people working with Creative Partnerships. | |
| Regional museums, libraries and archives councils | |
| Number | |
| Note: The nine MLA regional agencies are independent bodies and employ their own staff, funded by core funding from MLA and other external project funding. The staffing figures have been provided by the regional agencies and are correct as at June 2008. They include both permanent and project staff on short-term contracts and represent a reduction of 30 per cent. from September 2007. | |
| Regional cultural consortiums | |
| Number | |
| Note: Some posts are co-funded by partners and these posts are included in the figures. | |
Culture: Education
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of the £69 million funding allocated for the Five Hour Offer between 2008 and 2011 will come from (a) the National Lottery and (b) HM Treasury. [211457]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 16 June 2008]: Sport England has advised that the entire £69 million investment for 2008-11 to support the five-hour sports offer for children and young people is Exchequer funding. (This funding includes £4.5 million from the DCSF).
Culture: Public Appointments
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent by (a) his Department, (b) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, (c) VisitBritain, (d) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (e) the Big Lottery Fund, (f) the National Lottery Commission, (g) Sport England, (h) UK Sport, (i) Arts Council England and (j) the UK Film Council on advertising appointments in each of the last five years. [210236]
Margaret Hodge: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2008, Official Report, columns 1010-14W, on departmental manpower, what functions were carried out by the full-time equivalent employee in the Trade Union division. [210259]
Mr. Sutcliffe: This employee, working in the Corporate Services Directorate, is given 100 per cent. facility time, with management agreement, to undertake his joint role as chair of the departmental trade union side (DTUS) and chair of the DCMS branch of the public and commercial services union (PCS). Main duties attached to the post include
leading for the DTUS in formal meetings/consultations/negotiations with senior management on issues relating to pay and terms and conditions of employment;
ensuring the PCS Branch is run in accordance with its constitution and union rules;
ensuring that PCS members are kept informed and consulted on relevant local and national union matters;
representing members with personal work issues;
Vice President and committee member of the Culture, Media and Sport Occupational Association.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff are employed in his private office. [210409]
Andy Burnham [holding answer 12 June 2008]: There are six members of staff working in my private office.
Departmental NDPBs
Mr. Hunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2008, Official Report, columns 817-19W, on departmental NDPBs, with which public bodies his
Department had finalised funding agreements as of 1 June 2008; for what period funding has been agreed; and how much funding has been agreed in each case. [210196]
Andy Burnham: The information you request is listed in the following table:
| Name of NDPB | Period of funding agreement | 2008-09 (£) | 2009-10 (£) | 2010-11 (£) |
In addition, since 1 June 2008 the following NDPBs have had their funding agreements finalised and signed.
| Name of NDPB | Period of funding agreement | 2008-09 (£) | 2009-10 (£) | 2010-11 (£) |
Departmental Postal Services
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. [208512]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Since 2001 the Department has spent the following on overseas mail.
| £ | ||||||||
| Supplier | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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