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British Grand Prix
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 34W, on the British Grand Prix, what subjects were discussed at the meeting with Bernie Ecclestone on 18 March. [226235]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 13 October 2008]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 34W.
Cycling: Facilities
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which indoor BMX tracks are available for public use. [224913]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Sport England has advised that as far as they are aware, there are no permanent indoor BMX tracks of the type suitable for competition racing available for public use in the UK.
Departmental Conferences
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date his Department's All Staff Conference took place; how many staff attended; how many Ministers attended; and what the total cost of the event was. [225467]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport held its 2008 staff conference on 5 February. The total cost of the event was £21,345 (excluding VAT), two Ministers attended the conference and 437 staff booked a place at the event.
Departmental Equality
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he has taken to improve his Department's workforce equality monitoring as set out in his Department's corporate plan. [225679]
Mr. Sutcliffe: In May 2008 Human and Business Resources did a monitoring exercise on behalf of the Department to encourage staff to declare across all the equality strands. This was supported by the departmental diversity champion in a message that went out to all staff. In addition all new staff coming into the Department must complete an equal opportunities monitoring form.
Departmental Land
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the land to the north of the British Library was sold for; and how much was retained by his Department. [224765]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The asset known as “the Land to the North of the British Library” was sold for £85.018 million. The department will retain £39.8 million with the balance being surrendered to the Treasury.
Departmental NDPBs
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department received from its non-departmental public bodies in rental income in each of the last 10 years. [225288]
Mr. Sutcliffe: In each of the last 10 years my Department has received the following rental income from its NDPBs.
| Retained by DCMS | Surrendered to the Consolidated Fund | |||
| £ | £ | |||
Departmental Public Expenditure
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) new builds and (b) major refurbishments for a cost in excess of £0.5 million were completed by his Department in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08. [213727]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department completed a major refurbishment project in excess of £0.5 million in 2006-07.
Departmental Recruitment
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and (b) Visit Britain spent on advertising appointments in each of the last five years. [225694]
Barbara Follett: The costs incurred on advertising ministerial public appointments to the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and to VisitBritain were:
| £ total (excluding VAT) | |
These costs were all incurred by the Department and not by the NDPB.
Departmental Rents
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which organisations rent property from his Department. [225287]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The following organisations rent property from the Department:
Hunting Plc
Avanta London Ltd
UK Film Council
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department received in rental income in each of the last 10 years. [225289]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department received the following amounts in rental income in each of the last 10 years.
| £ | ||
| Retained by DCMS | Surrendered to the consolidated fund | |
Departmental Security
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on security in each year since 1997. [225675]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The amount spent on security since December 2005 is detailed as follows. Information prior to December 2005 is not available.
| £ | ||
| Security guarding | Equipment, hardware and maintenance | |
In 2007-08 the Department upgraded its CCTV and security systems.
Departmental Surveys
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date his Department conducted its annual staff survey for 2008; which organisation conducted the survey; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the survey. [225466]
Mr. Sutcliffe: DCMS staff opinion surveys take place biennially and the last one was in 2007. ORC did the survey on behalf of the Department and the cost of the survey was £21,540.
Departmental Telephone Services
Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which agencies or units for which his Department is responsible require the public to make telephone calls to them on numbers which charge more than the national call rate; and how much income each such agency derived from such charges in each of the last three years. [225720]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Neither the Department nor its Agency (The Royal Parks) have telephone numbers that charge more than the national call rate.
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