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Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for how long on average a household was on a social housing waiting list before being allocated social housing in each region in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the longest time was for which a household in each region had been waiting during that period. [287511]
Mr. Malik: Information on the length of time households spend on a housing waiting list is not collected centrally.
Supporting People Programme
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities were eligible to receive Supporting People grants in each of the last three years. [288484]
Mr. Malik: Supporting People is a locally devolved programme administered through top tier authorities in partnership with local Housing, Health, Social Services and Probation bodies. Before the structural changes to local government on 1 April 2009, 150 authorities were eligible to receive funding, this has now increased to 152 eligible authorities.
Tenant Services Authority: Finance
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the budget for the Tenant Services Authority for 2009-10 is; [288472]
(2) how much he expects to give the Tenant Services Authority in grant-in-aid in 2009-10. [288486]
John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the responses given by the then Under-Secretary of State my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Wright) on 3 February, 23 March and 16 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1160W, 78W and 202W respectively.
Culture, Media and Sport
Departmental Catering
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 20 November 2008, Official Report, column 752W, what subsidy his Department provided for staff dining facilities at Cockspur Street in 2008-09. [289101]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department paid £90,000 for staff catering facilities at Cockspur Street. In addition, the costs of running the kitchen are about £40,000.
Departmental Electronic Equipment
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1336W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency has spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment since November 2008. [289193]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Since November 2008 my Department and the Royal Parks Agency have spent the following:
| £ | ||
| DCMS | Royal Parks Agency | |
Departmental Manpower
Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay is of (i) male and (ii) female employees. [288625]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 21 July 2009]: The percentage of employees who are male and female along with the average hourly pay is set out in the following table.
| Percentage | Average rate per hour | |||
| Grade | Female | Male | Female | Male |
Departmental Procurement
Lorely Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. [287135]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department is making good progress in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report, "Accelerating the SME Economic Engine". In particular:
(a) The Department already makes use of a free portal "Supply2gov.uk" for advertising its contract opportunities, which attracts a wide range of SMEs.
(b) Electronic issuing of tender documentation is standard practice, which is inclusive of the publication of contract award notices.
(c) The Department has invested in new systems which allow us to track and map spend annually with SME's since 2006-07. Presently 27.5 per cent. of spend goes through SMEs, close to the recommended target of 30 per cent. over the next five years.
The Department has also made progress with the other recommendations within the report, having completed its procurement innovation plan. We are also making progress in using more outcome based specifications.
Departmental Sick Leave
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of sick leave taken by staff in his Department was stress-related in the last three years. [287882]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 20 July 2009]: The percentage of sick leave taken by Department for Culture, Media and Sport staff reported as stress-related in each of the last three financial years is as follows:
| Percentage of sick leave | |
Departmental Travel
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department and its agencies spent on travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [287883]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 20 July 2009]: The travel and subsistence costs incurred by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its agency body, the Royal Parks Agency in the 12-month period June 2008 to the end of May 2009 are as follows:
| £ | |
In addition, the Department also makes use of the Government Car Service for general ministerial duties, details of which were published in a written ministerial statement on 16 July 2009, Official Report, column 80WS.
Neither DCMS or RPA are able to separate travel costs from subsistence costs without incurring disproportionate costs.
Gambling Commission
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was claimed in expenses by staff of each grade at the Gambling Commission in the last 12 months. [287772]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The following table shows expenses claimed for each type by Gambling Commission staff between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009.
| Expenses claimed in 2008-09 | |
| Type | £ |
| (1) Including expenses that occurred at events staged by the Commission. (2) Travel and subsistence includes travel costs for routine travel undertaken by employees performing compliance and enforcement duties. This includes more than 50 compliance managers based around the country. | |
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much each of the senior officials at the Gambling Commission spent on official (a) hospitality, (b) travel, (c) office expenses and (d) other expenses in the last 12 months. [287773]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The following table lists expenses claimed by type for the senior officials at the Gambling Commission in 2008-09.
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