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16 July 2009 : Column 581W—continued
(b) Table 2 shows the number and proportion of Skills Shortage Vacancies (SSVs) per region (LSC, 2008: p.48):
| Table 2 | ||||
| Vacancies( 1) | SSVs( 1) | Percentage of vacancies that are SSVs | SSVs per 1,000 employees | |
| Unweighted base | 10,399 | |||
| (1) Denote base sizes of 25 to 49 and should be treated with caution. Base: All employment Notes: Vacancy and SSV figures rounded to the nearest 25. | ||||
Space Technology: Research
Adam Afriyie: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of Government research and development (R and D) funding was allocated to civil space R and D in each year since 1986. [284881]
Mr. Lammy [holding answer 13 July 2009]: This information is published in SET statistics and can be found at
The most recent figures available are set out in the following table. This shows the percentage share of Government funding of net research and development funding in each year from 1986-87 to 2005-06 which was allocated to civil space.
| Percentage share of Government funding of net R and D allocated to civil space | |
| Percentage | |
Students: Loans
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have complained to the Student Loans Company (SLC) that money deducted by HM Revenue and Customs from their salaries for repayment of student loans has not been allocated to their accounts with the SLC in each of the last three years; how long on average it took the SLC to reply to such complaints in each of those years; and if he will make a statement. [284610]
Mr. Lammy [holding answer 7 July 2009]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 201W.
Tax Havens
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit directors of companies registered in the British Virgin Islands from becoming directors of UK companies. [284650]
Ian Lucas: I have no plans to do so.
Written Questions: Government Responses
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer question 280005, tabled on 10 June 2009, on the Capital for Enterprise Fund. [281285]
Ms Rosie Winterton: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 186W.
Culture, Media and Sport
Departmental Contracts
Lorely Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. [287797]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department for Culture Media and Sport awarded the following number of contracts to businesses with fewer than 50 members of staff with the following total monetary values:
| April to March each year | Number of contracts | Total spend (£) |
| Notes: 1. Data for April 2004-March 2005 and April 2005-March 2006 are not held. 2. Data for April 2008-March 2009 will be available within the next two months. | ||
Departmental Databases
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department and its agencies; on what date each category of information began to be collected; and if he will make a statement. [285984]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Personal information about members of the public held in databases managed by my Department began to be collected when each one became operational. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 14 July 2009, Official Report, columns 245-46W.
Detailed explanation of all the fields in these databases could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Electronic Equipment
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in his Department; how many there were in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [286177]
Mr. Sutcliffe: In each of the last three years the Department has had the following equipment, excluding multi-function devices.
| Photocopiers | Scanning d evices | Fax m achines | |
Departmental Information Officers
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost to his Department of (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff has been in each year since 1997. [283063]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The cost of press officers is available only from 2002-03 and the cost of other press office staff is available only from 2003-04. The information for earlier years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| £ | ||
| P ress officers | O ther press office staff | |
| (1) This includes press officers working on the Olympics | ||
Digital Broadcasting
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of digital switchover in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England. [286061]
Mr. Simon: A total of £603 million for the Digital Switchover help scheme and £200 million for Digital UK's marketing and communications were ring-fenced in the current TV licence fee agreement, which runs to March 2013. These figures cover the UK as a whole and have not been divided between nations, regions or individual constituencies.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost to the public purse of digital switchover has been in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England to date. [286063]
Mr. Simon: As detailed in the Help Scheme Agreement, the £603 million estimated cost of the help scheme will be divided into annual amounts for the purpose of funding the scheme. The ITV Yorkshire region (covering the Vale of York and North Yorkshire) does not switch until 2011, therefore to date there has been no spend in this region. It is not possible to estimate the total cost of running the scheme to date in England since a large proportion of the costs are fixed costs that are associated with developing and running the scheme across the UK as a whole.
There has been no regional cost incurred by Digital UK activity in Yorkshire as this will commence in spring 2010. In England the cost to date of all Digital UK switchover communications and operations, which excludes Wales, Northern Ireland, STV Central and STV North is £57 million.
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