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Departmental Official Hospitality
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2007-08; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation. [232846]
Barbara Follett: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on official entertainment in each year since 1997-98. [238442]
Barbara Follett: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Pay
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what total cost. [226415]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what bonuses were paid by his Department in 2007-08; to which members of staff; and for what purposes. [239658]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. and learned Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Press
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) Sport England, (b) English Heritage, (c) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (d) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, (e) the Big Lottery Fund and (f) Arts Council England spent on (i) transcripts or recordings, (ii) fees to the Newspaper Licensing Authority and (iii) analysis of press coverage in each of the last three years. [224843]
Barbara Follett: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of the money spent by (a) Arts Council England and (b) Sport England on media monitoring services came from National Lottery income in each of the last three years. [224959]
Barbara Follett: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Procurement
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether there has been any nugatory cost to his Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last three years. [239638]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Departmental Public Expenditure
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of his Department’s outturn expenditure on administration for 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. [238526]
Andy Burnham: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of his Department’s outturn expenditure on administration for 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. [238527]
Andy Burnham: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he will publish his assessment of progress made towards meeting the Public Service Agreement performance targets since the Spending Review in 2004. [239629]
Andy Burnham: We will publish our latest assessment of progress towards the Public Service Agreement performance targets from the Spending Review in 2004 in our upcoming Autumn Performance Report.
This will be laid before Parliament and published on our website no later than 15 December 2008.
Departmental Public Participation
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) opinion polls in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. [238440]
Barbara Follett: The Department has spent the following on focus groups and opinion polls:
| (a) Focus groups | |
| £ | |
Other research commissioned is likely to have included a focus group element but it is not possible to determine the costs of these elements. Further estimated costs for 2008-09 will be £100,000.
| (b) Opinion polls | |
| £ | |
There are no further estimated costs for 2008-09.
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) opinion polls in each year since 1997-98; how much he estimates will be spent on each category in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. [238509]
Barbara Follett: The Department has spent the following on focus groups and opinion polls:
| (a) Focus groups | |
| £ | |
Other research commissioned is likely to have included a focus group element but it is not possible to determine the costs of these elements.
Further estimated costs for 2008-09 will be £100,000.
| (b) Opinion polls | |
| £ | |
There are no further estimated costs for 2008-09.
Departmental Public Relations
Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on (a) entertainment, (b) advertising and promotion and (c) public relations consultancy in 2007-08. [228081]
Barbara Follett: For the year 2007-08 the Department spent the following in each of the requested categories:
(a) Entertainment (where we have defined “entertainment” to be all events and functions hosted by the Department for the purpose of entertaining guests): £16,764.92.
(b) Advertising and promotion: £81,132.21.
(c) Public relations consultancy: £0.00.
The Government Olympic Executive, which is part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with responsibility for ensuring the London 2012 Games are delivered, has also spent the following in each of the requested categories for 2007-08:
(a) Entertainment (where we have defined “entertainment” to be all events and functions hosted by the department for the purpose of entertaining guests): £0.00.
(b) Advertising and promotion: £23,094.55
(c) Public relations consultancy: £0.00.
Departmental Research
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff are employed by his Department to carry out research. [239581]
Barbara Follett: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport employs 14 analytical staff in the Evidence and Analysis Unit, of whom five are social researchers.
Departmental Responsibilities
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what responsibilities his Department has in relation to broadcasting; what changes have been made to these responsibilities since his appointment; and if he will make a statement. [225525]
Barbara Follett: [holding answer Thursday 9 October 2008]: There is no change. My Department is responsible for policy on the regulatory framework for broadcasting in the United Kingdom. This includes responsibility for policy relating to the BBC and other public service broadcasters and for setting the television licence fee. My Department has joint responsibility for digital switchover with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Departmental Training
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which organisations provided Ministers in his Department with media training in each of the last three years; and how much was spent on media training in each year. [238035]
Andy Burnham [holding answer 24 November 2008]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 816W, on departmental training, what the (a) nature, (b) duration and (c) cost was of the training he received. [238416]
Andy Burnham: The cost of training provided was £1,986.84.
Digital Broadcasting: Skelmersdale
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 11, on television (access), what progress has been achieved in ensuring that residents of Skelmersdale can continue to watch television after the date of digital switchover. [238728]
Andy Burnham: The spectrum planners have identified frequencies that are suitable for the local transmitter to use and broadcasters have instructed their transmission company to go ahead with building the new transmitter. A suitable site has been found. The transmission company is currently carrying out some pre-planning consultation work and expects to put in a formal planning application very shortly. I understand that the process of building the transmitter is therefore on course to be complete in time for switchover in the Granada region in November 2009.
Disabled
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects his Department's Disability Reference Group to report to the Department's Board on progress in addressing actions on disability. [239592]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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