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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:
Nil
(i) To provide advice on Olympic Park Sponsorship Strategy; (ii) £9,900;
(i) To provide advice on the wind Up of Regional Cultural Consortiums; (ii) £55,000;
(i) To provide commercial, economic and financial analysis in respect of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; (ii) the Department has let this contract under a framework agreement. The Department has incurred £17,478 under this contract for work undertaken to date.
(i) To perform due diligence on Sale of Tote; (ii) £825,000.
Nil
(i) To perform an IT Security Review; (ii) £65,525.
Sports Recruitment International
(i) Recruitment of specialist sports roles for Government Olympic Executive; (ii) £51,783.
(i) To provide consultancy on the DCMS Change Programme; (ii) £78,166.
(i) Review of new HR Oracle system; (ii) £3,795.
(i) Legal advice on valuation for temporary use of land in King's Cross by Union Railways; (ii) £10,010.
(i) To provide commercial, economic and financial analysis in respect of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; (ii) the Department has let this contract under a framework agreement. The Department has incurred £25,938 under this contract for work undertaken to date.
(i) Recruitment of new Chair for English Heritage; (ii) £20,700.
Food Service Associates (Henley) Ltd.
(i) Specialist consultancy on re-tender of DCMS catering contract; (ii) £1,495.
(i) Legal services for advice on Digital Britain project; (ii) £65,000.
(i) Consultancy advice on 2012 delivery strategy; (ii) £25,000.
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:
| £ | |
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:
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 | |
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 |
| Heritage Lottery Fund | |
| Financial year | Number of staff receiving bonuses |
| English Heritage | |
| Financial year | Number of staff receiving bonuses |
| Arts Council England | |
| Financial year | Number of staff receiving bonuses |
| UK Sport | |
| Financial year | Number of staff receiving bonuses |
| Museums, Libraries and Archives Council | |
| Financial year | Number of staff receiving bonuses |
| Sport England | |
| Financial year | Number of staff receiving bonuses |
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
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 (£) | |
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