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Travelling People
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent guidance issued by his Department to police forces on policing unauthorised Traveller camps. [278358]
Mr. Hanson: The Association of Chief Police Officers published new guidance on unauthorised encampments in January of this year. A copy of this guidance has been placed in the Library.
Culture, Media and Sport
Cabinet: Glasgow
Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009; [273938]
(2) how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009; [273939]
(3) what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. [273940]
Mr. Bradshaw: My right hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham) attended Cabinet on 16 April 2009 as the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Total expenditure incurred by my Department was £607.42. This was incurred for travel costs only. Three car journeys were undertaken.
For information relating to the Cabinet and public engagement event held in Glasgow on 16 April 2009 I refer the hon. Member to the answer by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 487W.
Departmental Data Protection
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. [278729]
Mr. Sutcliffe: My Department has not made any such notifications to the Information Commissioner.
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. [278730]
Mr. Sutcliffe: There have been no officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport or the Royal Parks (i) disciplined or (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months.
Departmental Stationery
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. [274205]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information is as follows:
(a) The Department spent the following amounts on recycled office supplies in the last three years. Information prior to 2006 is not available.
| £ | |
(b) The Department has not bought any printer ink cartridges in the last three years. Information prior to 2006 is not available.
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. [275349]
Mr. Sutcliffe: In 2008 the Department spent £35,452.77 on office supplies, of which £7,048.46 was for the purchase of recycled products. This equates to 20 per cent.
Departmental Surveys
Grant Shapps:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expenditure (a) Arts Council England, (b) Sport England, (c) UK Sport, (d) English Heritage and (e) the Royal Parks Agency
incurred on staff surveys in each of the last five years; and which organisation carried out each such survey. [265387]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The annual cost of staff surveys for the named organisations (as provided by those organisations) in each of the last five years is set out in the table. All figures include VAT. The figures include the costs of main staff surveys and do not include ad hoc requests for information.
| Cost of survey and organisation involved | |||||
| £ | |||||
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
| (1) The Leadership Factor. (2 )Ipsos Mori (A). (3) GfK NOP. (4) Fargus Consulting Partnership. (5 )TalentPulse. (6) ORC International. (7) Atkins Management Note: The 2007-08 and 2008-09 costs were part of one survey carried out over two financial years. | |||||
Employment Tribunals Service
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. [277418]
Mr. Sutcliffe: I am not able to provide the information requested.
It is standard statistical practice in DCMS not to release statistical information pertaining to individual members of staff when the numbers of staff involved are less then five. This is done to protect individuals’ identities.
Equality: Broadcasting
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equality on the likely effects of the provisions of the Equality Bill on the commissioning, content and broadcast of television and radio programmes. [278198]
Mr. Bradshaw
[holding answer 8 June 2009]: Officials from my Department and from the Government Equalities Office have had detailed discussions about any effect
that the Equality Bill may have on the commissioning, content and broadcast of television and radio programmes. The Government policy is that the new equality duty should not apply to the commissioning, content and broadcast of programmes.
Gambling: Internet
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the effect on UK companies of proposed changes to internet gambling legislation in France. [277470]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 1 June 2009]: There have been no formal discussions with French Ministers on the effect on UK companies of proposed changes to internet gambling legislation in France.
However, I met with my French counterpart on 3 June 2009 to informally discuss a number of sport and gambling related issues.
Licensing Laws: Fees and Charges
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what timetable has been established for action on the recommendations of the Independent Licensing Fees Review Panel in respect of the shortfall between local authority costs and income. [278670]
Mr. Sutcliffe: We hope to be in a position to announce our response shortly. As you will appreciate, our response must be agreed across Government and this has taken longer than we had anticipated. We will accompany any proposals to change the fee structure with plans to review them after an appropriate period, and consult on them before they are implemented.
Olympic Games 2012: Facilities
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made in developing the community sports legacy from the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement. [278309]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 8 June 2009]: Since the publication of the Government’s Legacy Action Plan in June 2008, there has been significant progress on delivering our aims for a lasting community sport legacy from the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
In December 2008 Sport England announced £480 million of funding over the next four years to national governing bodies of sport to help deliver their outcome of 1 million more people playing sport regularly, as part of our legacy aim to get 2 million people more active.
Sport England have also announced several new streams of lottery funding, including a £10 million themed round aimed at boosting sport participation in rural communities, and a £5 million Innovation Fund seeking new ways of getting people playing more sport—as part of a further investment of up to £220 million over the next four years.
The Government are investing at least £780 million over 2008 to 2011 to develop sport opportunities for all young people through our PE and Sport Strategy for Young People. 90 per cent. of pupils now do two hours of high quality PE and school sport, and with delivery partners the Youth Sport Trust and Sport England, we are mapping provision of the five-hour offer in every School Sport Partnership area. Over the past year, we have rolled out a number of new programmes to get more young people doing sport: Sport Unlimited is a £36 million initiative which, by 2010-11, aims to give 900,000 more 11 to 19-year-olds opportunities to take part in sports that interest them most outside of school; we now have a new network of school sport coaches; a network of 226 competition managers are increasing competition between schools; and we have delivered 250 new multi-sport clubs for young disabled people.
As set out in the Legacy Action Plan, a ministerial sports legacy board has been set up and met earlier this year. It brings together, for the first time, all those who have a role to play in delivering the sports legacy across the UK—the UK Government, the Devolved Administrations, Sport England, UK Sport, the Youth Sport Trust, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and others. The group will enable all of us to work together to maximise the opportunity which the Olympics and Paralympics provides to deliver a world leading sporting nation and get more children, young people and adults participating regularly in sport.
Public Houses
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1003W, on the community pubs inquiry report, when he expects the Government’s response to the community pubs inquiry report to be published. [278711]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 8 June 2009]: The Government have now published their response to the community pubs inquiry report. Hard copies are available in the Vote and Printed Paper Office, and it is also available on the DCMS website at:
Sports: Young People
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much of the £783 million allocated to the PE and Sport Strategy for Young People in 2009-10 to 2011-12 has been spent. [277135]
Mr. Sutcliffe: £783 million was allocated to the PE and Sport Strategy for Young People for the current spending round 2008-11, channelled through the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Sport England.
For the financial year 2008-09, the Department for Children, Schools and Families have advised that they have spent £151,300,000 and Sport England have advised that they have spent £22,655,000. Both figures are subject to audit and verification.
Television
Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions his Department has had with Ofcom on a timetable for the completion of its investigation into the pay television market; and when he expects Ofcom to publish a third consultation outlining potential remedies to structural problems identified in the market. [277834]
Mr. Bradshaw: Competition matters are the responsibility of, my right hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-East the Minister of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr. McFadden). However, my officials have discussed the timetable of this investigation with Ofcom and I understand that they expect to make a statement on their progress and current findings by the end of June.
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