Mr. Hands:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which recruitment agencies (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have used in the last three years; and how much was paid to each of these recruitment agencies in each year. [230946]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Department and its agency have used the following temporary and permanent recruitment agencies in the past three years.
£
DCMS supplier
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
Adecco
217,233.72
453,499.54
488,050.84
Poolia Specialist Recruitment
106,107.84
47,714.39
26,453.76
Josephine Sammons
50,420.96
99,876.23
127,485.25
Morgan Law
50,290.00
36,895.00
0.00
Goodman Masson Recruitment Services
0.00
0.00
1,837.71
Hayes
13,824.64
0.00
0.00
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Brook Street
52,405.67
0.00
0.00
Taylor Bennett
28,752.25
0.00
0.00
Odgers Ray and Berndtson
133,031.16
264,808.98
33,709.24
Capita Resourcing Ltd.
44,769.38
7,050.00
0.00
Whitehead Mann Ltd.
0.00
164,368.02
0.00
£
Royal Parks (agency) supplier
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
Hays Accountancy
262,821.21
189,412.66
158,385.79
Judd Farris Ltd.
1,550.65
92,883.95
0.00
Michael Page
43,488.41
0.00
0.00
Morgan Hunt
9,851.81
0.00
0.00
Reed Employment
39,095.96
37,288.85
0.00
Select Financial Ltd.
9,693.75
0.00
0.00
The Sports Web
25,841.45
27,468.32
12,570.49
Stopgap Ltd.
4,882.92
15,089.00
28,291.89
Sue Hill
20,875.15
38,548.57
0.00
Note:
Many of the recruitments relate to non-departmental public bodies chairs and chief executives. They do not all relate to DCMS staff.
Horserace Totalisator Board
Mr. Laurence Robertson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consideration would be given to a reasonable offer from a third party to purchase the Tote. [230993]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 28 October 2008]:The Government appreciate that a number of potential purchasers may be disappointed that the opportunity to buy the Tote is not available for the time being, but given the need for an open, transparent and accountable sale process, they will not be following up any offers they receive now that a decision has been taken to retain the Tote in public ownership.
National Lottery
Mr. Crausby:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what total balance was held by each of the lottery distributors on the latest date for which figures are available. [230888]
Barbara Follett:
The information is as follows.
Lottery distributing body
Balance at 30 September 2008 (rounded to nearest £000)
Arts Council England
141,576,000
UK Film Council
42,989,000
Arts Council Northern Ireland
17,517,000
Scottish Arts Council
26,899,000
Arts Council Wales
10,668,000
Scottish Screen
4,458,000
Heritage Lottery Fund
487,336,000
Sport England
204,839,000
Sport Northern Ireland
19,845,000
Sport Scotland
51,050,000
UK Sport
13,922,000
Sports Council Wales
10,765,000
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Big Lottery Fund
560,420,000
Olympic Lottery Distributor
16,956,000
Mr. Hunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was received by each of the National Lottery good causes in each year since 1995-96, expressed in 2008-09 prices. [230486]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 27 October 2008]: The following tables use 2007-08 prices, which are the latest available. All figures include investment income.
