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Culture, Media and Sport
Arts
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which events in the Arts Council's 2010 Cultural Olympiad will take place in former coalfield communities (a) in Nottinghamshire and (b) elsewhere in the UK. [288209]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 20 July 2009]: The Cultural Olympiad is a national celebration of culture as part of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. It will harness the power of the Games to inspire creativity across all forms of culture, especially among young people and is designed to give everyone in the country a chance to be part of the Games and to leave a lasting legacy well beyond 2012.
Arts Council England has two major projects around the Cultural Olympiad: Artists Taking the Lead and Unlimited. In addition, the Arts Council and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be co-ordinating further activities all over England and elsewhere in the UK including in former coalfield communities.
Arts Council of England: Grants
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Arts Council England awarded in grants in 2008-09. [287881]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 20 July 2009]: Arts Council England advises that it awarded £501,824,000 in grants in 2008-09.
Arts: Apprentices
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many apprenticeships have been created in the creative industries since the launch of his Department's Creative Britain strategy in February 2008; and which organisations have applied to be involved in the scheme. [288535]
Mr. Simon: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, to the hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) on 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 344W.
To date, over 150 organisations have expressed an interest in taking on apprentices in the creative industries. These include:
Bluecoat Display Centre
FACT
Hartlepool Museum, Arts and Events Service
Jack Drum Arts
Lincolnshire County Council-Heritage Services
Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
National Museums Liverpool
Northampton County Council
Northern Stage
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Tate Liverpool
The Customs House
The Sage Gateshead
Tyne and Wear Museum
Unity Theatre
The Arcola
The Victoria and Albert Museum
London Transport Museum
Live Nation
Ryedale Folk Museum
Bradford Council
Royal Exchange Theatre
Walsall Art Gallery
Beam Gallery
Sheffield Gallery and Museums Trust
North Yorkshire County Council
Birmingham Hippodrome
Royal and Derngate Theatre
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
The Hat Factory
Royal Opera House
Historic Royal Palaces
Plymouth Museum and Archives
Colston Hall
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
Universal Music
Creative Alliance
BLT
Ditto Music
Old Smithy
JJM Studios
Dudley Performing Arts
Wiltshire Dancing
DV8
Rising Tide
Manchester City Council
Colchester Mercury
Jabadao
Carling Academy
National Media Museum
Beatrix Potter Gallery
The Old Laundry Theatre
Duke's Theatre
Lancaster Theatre
Theatre by the Lake
Brewery Arts Centre
Apples and Snakes
City of Westminster College
New College, Nottingham
Theatre Royal, Stratford East
The Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Museum of East Anglian Life
The Albany
Theatre Peckham
Arts: Economic Situation
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effect of the recession on the creative industries. [288533]
Mr. Simon: My Department is monitoring the performance of the creative industries utilising reports and evidence directly from individual sectors.
At the same time my Department is seeking to ensure that the creative industries receive the maximum level of Government support possible.
Arts: Education
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made towards creating a 14-to-25 academic hub for the creative industries. [288532]
Mr. Simon: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) on 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 612W.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made towards developing the five centres of excellence in creative skills announced as part of his Department's Creative Britain strategy. [288534]
Mr. Simon: The following progress has been made towards developing the five centres of excellence in creative skills:
World class centre of excellence and finishing school in animation
A feasibility study funded by South West Regional Development Agency for a 'world class centre of excellence and finishing school in animation' has recently ended with agreement between the partners that the originally envisaged facility should not proceed at this time.
Skillfast-UK anticipates that the first partnership between higher education and employers will be established in the new year.
National Skills Academy for the creative and cultural industries
Creative and Cultural Skills Sector Skills Council received support from the Learning and Skills Council to set up a National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills in May 2008.
National centre of excellence for computer games
A feasibility study, commissioned by the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA), into a video games centre of excellence was produced in March 2009. DCMS and BIS officials have been working together with Industry and the NWDA to \take the project forward.
The UK Design Skills Alliance launched in September 2008.
Arts: Finance
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the monetary value of exports of services by the creative industries was in each of the last five years; and what the estimated monetary value of exports from such industries is for 2009-10. [288527]
Mr. Simon: The total monetary value of exports of services by the UK creative industries in each of the last five years for which data is available is as follows:
| Total (£ million) | |
| Source: DCMS Creative Industries Economics Estimates, January 2009 | |
These totals exclude crafts and designer fashion as figures are not available for every year.
No future estimates have been made.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the contribution of the creative industries to the UK's gross domestic product in each of the last five years; and what the estimated contribution for 2009-10 is. [288530]
Mr. Simon: The contribution of the creative industries to the UK's gross value added (GVA) in each of the last five years for which data are available is as follows:
| Total (£ million) | |
| Source: DCMS Creative Industries Economics Estimates, Jan 2009 | |
These totals exclude crafts and design as gross value added figures are not available for these sectors.
No future estimates have been made.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the economic growth rate in the creative industries has been in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the likely rate of growth in 2009-10. [288531]
Mr. Simon: The gross value added (GVA) of the UK creative industries grew by an average of 4 per cent. per annum between 1997 and 2006. This compares to an average of 3 per cent. for the whole of the economy over this period.
The annual change in G VA for the creative industries over the last five years for which data are available is as follows:
| Annual growth (percentage) | |
| Source: DCMS Creative Industries Economic Estimate, January 2009 | |
All figures exclude crafts and design as annual gross value added figures are not available for these sectors.
No future estimates have been made.
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