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Departmental Consultants

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what contracts were awarded by his Department to (a) KPMG, (b) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) McKinsey, (e) Deloitte and (f) other consultancy firms in each of the last 12 months; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) monetary value of the contract was in each case. [273064]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Consultancy contracts awarded by the Department (excluding Non-departmental public bodies that we sponsor) in the last 12 months are as follows:

(a) KPMG

(b) PricewaterhouseCoopers

(c) Ernst and Young

(d) McKinsey

(e) Deloitte

(f) Other consultancy firms

Sports Recruitment International

PA Consulting

Mouchel

Mills and Reeve


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Halliwells

Saxton Bampfylde Hever

Food Service Associates (Henley) Ltd.

Norton Rose

Group Partners

Departmental Costs

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much staff at Senior Civil Service grades in (a) his Department and (b) its agency claimed in reimbursable expenses in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [272810]

Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 6 May 2009]: The reimbursable expenses claimed by senior civil service staff in the last 12 months to March 2009 were as listed:

£

DCMS

11,123.16

The Royal Parks Agency

1,456.11


The expenses were reimbursed in accordance with the civil service management code and the Department’s guidance on travel and subsistence.

Departmental Furniture

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) Arts Council England, (b) the Big Lottery Fund, (c) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (d) English Heritage, (e) the Museums and Libraries Archive Council, (f) Sport England and (g) UK Sport spent on furniture in each of the last five years. [273737]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is as follows:


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2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Arts Council England(1)

42,603.00

119,595.00

4,358.00

10,007.00

148,923.78

Big Lottery Fund(2)

n/a

n/a

101,589.00

39,034.00

34,134.00

Heritage Lottery Fund

30,328.45

25,096.88

28,811.05

15,396.43

14,596.42

English Heritage(3)

351,000

189,000

1,030,000

834,000

795,000

UK Sport(4)

n/a

n/a

1,666.15

46,297.95

130,374.83

n/a = Not available.
(1) Arts Council England advise that their 2005-06 data reflects relocation of their South West office, and refurbishment of part of the National Office. Their 2008-09 spend reflects refurbishment of the National Office.
(2) The Big Lottery Fund was legally created from the merger of the Community Fund, New Opportunities Fund and Millennium Commission on 1 December 2006, so no data is available prior to 2006-07, which reflects initial spend on existing regional offices, as well as new Birmingham and Newcastle centres.
(3) English Heritage advise that 2004-05 spend includes replacing furniture which no longer met Health and Safety requirements, and from 2006-07 onwards includes costs incurred from a programme of relocating posts out of London (responding to Lyons and Gershon reviews), funded by the surrender of their central London lease.
(4) UK Sport has advised that data for 2004-05 and 2005-06 is not available (without accessing archived material at disproportionate cost). Their data from 2007-08 and 2008-09 reflects office refurbishment to accommodate additional staff pressure and meet OGC targets for space per person.

The Museums and Libraries Archive Council advise they have no furniture spend for the last five years.

Sport England advise that their accounting policy does not record assets purchased under £1,000, and have no furniture spend of over £1,000 recorded for the last five years.

Departmental Mobile Phones

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. [274464]

Mr. Sutcliffe: My Department has lost the following since 2005.

BlackBerry lost Mobile phone lost

2005

0

0

2006

1

0

2007

4

4

2008

0

2

2009

0

1


No device has been lost by a Minister, One BlackBerry was lost by a special adviser and the remaining 11 items have been lost by civil servants.

Departmental Pay

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many members of staff of (a) the Big Lottery Fund, (b) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (c) English Heritage, (d) Arts Council England, (e) UK Sport, (f) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and (g) Sport England received a bonus in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [268428]

Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 2 April 2009]: The organisations listed have provided the data included in the tables. These figures represent bonuses paid in the financial years provided, rather than the year in which the bonuses were earned.

Big Lottery Fund
Financial year Number of staff receiving bonuses

2005-06

130

2006-07

142

2007-08

379


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Heritage Lottery Fund
Financial year Number of staff receiving bonuses

2005-06

32

2006-07

42

2007-08

43


English Heritage
Financial year Number of staff receiving bonuses

2005-06

583

2006-07

730

2007-08

741


Arts Council England
Financial year Number of staff receiving bonuses

2006-07

175

2007-08

195

2008-09

146


UK Sport
Financial year Number of staff receiving bonuses

2005-06

68

2006-07

74

2007-08

89


Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Financial year Number of staff receiving bonuses

2006-07

4

2007-08

6

2008-09

4


Sport England
Financial year Number of staff receiving bonuses

2005-06

1

2006-07

1

2007-08

0


Domestic Violence

Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what contribution his Department has made to the cross-Government consultation, “Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Children”, and to the development of Government policy in this area. [274229]

Mr. Sutcliffe: DCMS officials worked closely with the Home Office officials responsible for drafting the consultation document “Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Children”. DCMS officials will continue to support the development of policy in this area, in particular by participating as members of sexualisation review steering group, which will be established later this month.

Gambling

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department provided for problem gambling services in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made
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of the funding provided for problem gambling services by the gambling industry in each such year; what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of such services; if he will use his powers under the Gambling Act 2005 to ensure that the Responsibility in Gambling Trust receives additional funding to treat adequately any increase in levels of problem gambling; and if he will make a statement. [273198]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Problem gambling services in Great Britain are mainly funded by the gambling industry, principally through the Responsibility in Gambling Trust (RIGT). The Government do not fund dedicated problem gambling services, but anybody with a gambling problem who seeks help from the NHS will be offered support and, if necessary, treatment. In the past five years, the industry has contributed the following amounts to RIGT:

Amount (£)

2008-09

3,556,783

2007-08

3,512,009

2006-07

3,032,689

2005-06

2,274,567

2004-05

2,281,527


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