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Climate Change
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of its capacity to adapt to climate change; and what plans he has to publish a climate change adaption strategy. [241173]
Barbara Follett: Following a literature review on the effect of climate change on cultural and sporting assets, the Department is commissioning research to investigate the effects of climate change on the culture and leisure industries. We will consider what adaptation and mitigation strategies might be needed in light of the findings.
Departmental Data Protection
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. [242923]
Mr. Sutcliffe: In the Department for Culture, Media and Sport no civil servants have been investigated, suspended or dismissed for losing or deliberately disclosing data stored on departmental equipment or confidential information since 1997.
Departmental Higher Education
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) Masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. [242139]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) funded the following numbers of staff to undertake courses in the last 12 months:
A total of 2 staff at Grade B—civil service equivalent SEO/HEO pay band.
(b) Postgraduate degrees or diplomas
A total of three staff (excluding Masters degrees):
one staff at Grade A—Grade 6/7 equivalent pay band;
one staff at Grade B—SEO/HEO equivalent pay band;
one staff at Grade C—EO equivalent pay band.
A total of 11 staff undertaking MSc or MA degrees:
four staff at Grade A/A(U)—Grade 6/7 equivalent pay band;
five staff at Grade B—SEO/HEO equivalent pay band;
one staff at Grade C—EO equivalent pay band;
one staff at Grade D—AO/AA equivalent pay band.
A total of one staff at Grade A/A(U)—Grade 6/7 equivalent pay band.
None undertaken in the last 12 months.
Departmental Rail Travel
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. [242606]
Andy Burnham: On 4 December 2008. All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code.
Gambling
Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what definition of (a) sports betting and (b) gaming his Department uses; and if he will make a statement. [243400]
Mr. Sutcliffe: There is no specific statutory definition of sports betting, but the definition of betting in section 9 of the Gambling Act 2005 would normally apply. Sports betting is simply betting as defined in s9 where the event or process concerned is a sporting event of some kind.
For “gaming”, the relevant definition is in section 6—gaming means playing a game of chance for a prize. The terms “game of chance” and “prize” are further defined in s6(1), which also contains other interpretation provisions.
Gambling Commission: Standards
John Penrose: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will ask the National Audit Office to undertake a study into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the Gambling Commission. [241490]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Gambling Commission’s accounts are audited and approved each year by the National Audit Office. The Commission’s set-up project and initial operating period has also been subject to an ongoing Office of Government Commerce Gateway review.
The Gambling Commission was in the first phase of public bodies to undergo a Hampton Implementation Review by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). The purpose of such independent reviews is to promote more effective and efficient regulatory activity. Details of the review will be published by BERR in due course.
Museums and Galleries: Information Officers
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) the Royal Armouries, (b) Sir John Soane’s Museum, (c) Chatham Historic Dockyard and (d) the Wallace Collection spent on employing press and communications officers in each of the last five years. [240945]
Barbara Follett: The following information has been provided by the requested organisations and is inclusive of NIC and pensions:
The Royal Armouries inform us that they have spent:
| £ | |
The Sir John Soane’s Museum inform us that they do not employ any press or communications officers.
Chatham Historic Dockyard is not an NDPB sponsored by DCMS. However, they have provided the information requested:
| £ | |
The Wallace Collection inform us that they have spent:
| £ | |
Note:
For consistency, figures are rounded up to the nearest £100.
National Lottery: Play
Mike Gapes: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will extend the deadline for applications for Big Lottery play strategy projects beyond March 2009. [242939]
Barbara Follett: As a lottery distributor, The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) operates independently from DCMS and as such it would be inappropriate for the Department to intervene with the day to day running of BIG.
For Children's Play BIG had four application windows—July 2006, November 2006, March 2007, September 2007. The majority of the applications were received for the final window, i.e. in September 2007. For Playful Ideas the application deadline was December 2007. Therefore all the funding was committed under both these programmes by this year (i.e. funding has been committed over a two year period based on the applications received). Funding for Play Infrastructure was committed in March 2006 when the programme launched.
Sports: Finance
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much per capita was spent from the public purse on sporting infrastructure in each of the last five years. [240334]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Sport England have advised that they have spent the following amounts on capital projects in each of the last five years:
| Financial year total | Per capita spend (£) |
Population figures source: Office for National Statistics Website, figures as follows:
| Population England (Million) | |
This does not include other sources of capital spend on sport, such as local authority spend.
Wales
Climate Change
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment his Department has made of its capacity to adapt to climate change; and what plans he has to publish a climate change adaptation strategy. [241169]
Mr. Paul Murphy: The cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme increases Government's capacity to adapt by ensuring a co-ordinated approach across all Departments and the public sector. This includes implementation of the adaptation aspects of the Climate Change Act, such as development of the national climate risk assessment. Information about the Programme can be found at:
The Wales Office is covered under the Ministry of Justice climate change strategy.
Departmental Data Protection
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. [242918]
Mr. Paul Murphy: Since its inception in 1999, the Wales Office have not conducted any investigations on Civil Servants.
Departmental Internet
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 336-7W, on Government departments: information and communications technology, which IP addresses are used by (a) his Department and (b) computers in the offices of its (i) Ministers, (ii) communications officials and (iii) special advisers. [241965]
Mr. Paul Murphy: To help defend against electronic attack, it is standard good information security practice for corporate IT systems not to publish internal IP addresses. When accessing internet websites, the IP addresses of all of the computers on the Wales Office’s internal office IT system are hidden behind the following IP addresses which are publicly available—195.92.40.49 and 62.25.106.209. These IP addresses are shared with other Government Departments that use the Government Secure Intranet.
Gifts
Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many members of staff in his Department have received gifts valued at £100 or higher in the course of their duties in each of the last three years; what these gifts were; and from whom they were received. [242020]
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