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Departmental Correspondence
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to reply to the letter of 5 November 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent (ref CMS/108315/asg). [248916]
Mr. Sutcliffe: I replied to the letter of 5 November from the hon. Member for Walsall, North on 15 December 2008. I will arrange for a copy to be sent.
Departmental Internet
Mr. Hunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 549W, on the Departmental internet, what the initial costing of
including return path functionality in digital set-top boxes made by the technical experts on his Department's Emerging Technology Group was; and if he will make a statement. [247357]
Andy Burnham: The technical experts' estimate was that introducing return path functionality to a set-top box to provide internet connectivity would add an additional £40-£80 to the cost per box. The Emerging Technologies Group is chaired by an official from my Department: technical expertise is provided by members representing the BBC, Digital UK and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the Active Places website has cost his Department in each year since the site’s creation. [247586]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Sport England have advised that the Active Places website has cost the following amounts each year since its creation.
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Departmental Plants
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 10 March 2008, Official Report, column 138W, on departmental plants, how much his Department has spent on (a) pot plants since March 2008 and (b) flowers in each of the last five years. [247359]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department has spent the following amounts on:
April 2008 to December 2008: £10,110.01
April 2006 to March 2007: £652.05
April 2007 to March 2008: £665.76
April 2008 to December 2008: £499.32
Information prior to 2006 is not available.
Departmental Procurement
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of invoices for goods and services procured from small and medium-sized businesses were paid within 10 days of receipt by (a) his Department and (b) the agency for which his Department is responsible in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. [243495]
Barbara Follett
[holding answer 16 December 2008]: Until October 2008, the Department was required to monitor and publish payment performance against a 30-day payment target and does not therefore currently publish information about payment within 10 days. However, following the Prime Minister's commitment
of 8 October that central Government Departments will make payment within 10 days, we will additionally report 10-day payment performance from the period January to March 2009.
The Department does not publish information about size of suppliers. We do not discriminate by size because many SMEs can be found within larger supply chains.
Departmental Surveys
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department’s central media and communication unit spent on public surveys in each of the last three years. [247914]
Barbara Follett: The total expenditure on public surveys for each of the last three year is:
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Digital Broadcasting
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what will happen to the transmitter at Winter Hill when the digital switchover is complete. [247019]
Andy Burnham: The Winter Hill site and mast will continue to be used after switchover with new transmitter equipment installed to broadcast the digital services.
Digital Broadcasting: Finance
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department is providing for support and advice under the digital switchover help scheme in 2008-09. [248347]
Andy Burnham: The Digital Switchover Help Scheme is entirely funded by the TV licence fee. As detailed within the Scheme Agreement, I have agreed with the BBC Trust that the £603 million estimated cost of the scheme will be divided into annual amounts to be set aside from the licence fee for the purpose of funding the scheme. In nominal terms the provision made for 2008-09 is £67.6 million.
Digital Broadcasting: North West
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the estimated cost of digital switchover will be in the North West. [247021]
Andy Burnham: The bulk of expenditure by Digital UK on digital switchover is on advertising and communications to members of the public.
I therefore refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Carmichael) on 18 February 2008, Official Report, column 324W. Copies of the letter are available in the Libraries of both Houses.
Digital Radio Working Group
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) total and (b) staffing cost to his Department has been of the Digital Radio Working Group since its establishment. [247423]
Andy Burnham: (a) The total costs to the Department of the Digital Radio Working Group (excluding staffing costs) have been approximately £29,700.
(b) The group was supported by the equivalent of 1.4 full-time DCMS staff. Using capitation rates(1) this equates to approximately £68,400.
(1)Capitation rates cover average pay, national insurance and pension contribution costs, by grade, incurred by the Department, including taking account of a pay rise from 1 August 2008.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date the Digital Radio Working Group was set up; on what date it published its interim report; and when he expects it to publish its final report. [247424]
Andy Burnham: The Digital Radio Working Group was established in November 2007. The group's interim report was published on 23 June 2008, and the final report was published on 19 December 2008. Both reports are available on my Department's website.
Gambling
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent steps the Government has taken to support businesses within the gambling industry. [248316]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Government have taken a number of recent steps to support businesses within the gambling industry. We have proposed to increase from four to eight the number of category B3 gaming machines which bingo clubs may offer. We have also proposed to double the maximum proceeds for individual society lottery draws to £4 million (which would allow for a £400,000 maximum prize per draw). In addition, the Government announced on 22 December 2008 its revised proposals in respect of increased stakes and prizes for certain category C and D gaming machines.
We have introduced all of the above measures in response to the difficult trading conditions the industry has been experiencing. In doing so, we have balanced the needs of the gambling industry with the licensing objectives of the Gambling Act 2005, in particular the protection of children and vulnerable adults.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he will announce decisions following the consultation on the Gambling Act (Variations of Monetary Limits for Gaming Machines) Order 2008. [248699]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The consultation on the Gambling Act (Variations of Monetary Limits for Gaming Machines) Order 2008 closes on 19 January 2009. A decision will be announced shortly after this date.
Gambling: Advertising
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many gambling operators have been (a) investigated and (b) penalised for irresponsible advertising under the gambling advertising codes introduced in September 2007. [248321]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have advised that since 1 September 2007 they have received 334 complaints about 274 advertisements for betting and gaming products and services.
Of these, the ASA considered there were grounds to formally or informally investigate 43 complaints about 36 advertisements. Of those, 27 complaints about 25 advertisements were upheld or upheld in part.
An ASA compliance survey of gambling advertisements across media in 2007, after the tightened gambling codes came into effect to coincide with the Gambling Act 2005, revealed a 99 per cent. compliance rate with the Advertising Codes.
ICT: Reviews
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of his Department’s staff have provided support for the Digital Britain Review. [248892]
Andy Burnham: To date, seven members of the Department’s staff have been working full-time on the Digital Britain project, and three part-time. Additional support has been provided on an ad hoc basis by other policy officials and by the Department’s corporate services, but has not been recorded separately.
Legacy Trust
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of funding dispersed by the Legacy Trust to date has been spent on (a) cultural and (b) sporting projects. [247573]
Andy Burnham: The Legacy Trust UK was established with a £40 million endowment from the Big Lottery Fund, the Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to support a wide range of innovative cultural and sporting activities for all, which celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games and leave a lasting legacy in communities throughout the United Kingdom.
While the Legacy Trust UK (LTUK) has made a number of decisions regarding the allocation of their funding, those projects are a long way from completion and it is not possible to give an accurate breakdown of the activities provided at this stage. However, the Trust aim for approximately 70 per cent. of its endowment to be spent on cultural activities, with the remaining 30 per cent. on sports projects.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what projects have received funding from the Legacy Trust of more than £100,000 to date. [247574]
Andy Burnham: The Legacy Trust UK was established with a £40 million endowment from the Big Lottery Fund, the Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to support a wide range of innovative cultural and sporting activities for all, which celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games and leave a lasting legacy in communities throughout the United Kingdom.
While the Legacy Trust UK (LTUK) has made a number of decisions regarding the allocation of their funding, to date, only the following grants (of above £100,000) have been made to projects:
UK School Games 2008: £2.3 million
LTUK’s other three national programmes are currently under development. Announcements on these programmes will be made throughout 2009.
Nations and Regions Programmes
East Midlands: £140,000
While the LTUK has made decisions on eight of the 12 Nations and Regions grants, totalling over £16 million, these projects are, on the whole, still in a development phase and project expenditure has been minimal. LTUK are waiting for grant recipients to draw down the funds against their four-year business plans.
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