Members: Correspondence
Helen Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the Minister for Communications, Culture and the Creative Arts will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland of 13 May 2013 about the sale of personal data by mobile telephone companies. [158912]
Mr Vaizey: DCMS has consulted the Information Commissioner's Office on this case, and is consulting other key parties as appropriate. We will be responding to the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland's letter when we have had responses to those inquiries.
Museums and Galleries
Dr Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department takes to ensure that museums and charities follow Charity Trust guidance when auctioning archive material no longer deemed as a necessary part of their collection. [159395]
Mr Vaizey: When considering potential disposals from a collection, DCMS would expect museums to observe their governing legislation or constitution, including relevant charity law, to be guided by the Code of Ethics for Museums and the Disposal Guidelines published by the Museums Association, and where appropriate, to adhere to the Museum Accreditation Standard administered by Arts Council England.
Property
Margaret Curran: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property her Department owns in Scotland. [160276]
Hugh Robertson: The Department does not own any property in Scotland.
Science Museum Group
Lucy Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions Ministers in her Department have had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills about the future of the (a) Science Museum Group and (b) Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester). [159862]
Mr Vaizey: Department for Culture, Media and Sport Ministers and officials regularly meet colleagues from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss a range of matters.
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Senior Civil Servants
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when her Department expects to appoint a replacement for Permanent Secretary, Jonathan Stephens. [157419]
Hugh Robertson: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with the Cabinet Office and Civil Service Commissioners on the recruitment of a new Permanent Secretary, and will conduct the process in line with the Civil Service Commissioners rules.
Smithfield Market
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if her Department will consider listing the Smithfield (a) General Market and (b) Fish Market in order to save them from demolition. [159541]
Mr Vaizey: The Secretary of State will consider listing Smithfield General Market and the Fish Market if an application, containing significant new evidence on the buildings special interest, is made to her statutory advisers, English Heritage. An assessment was made in 2003-04 and the Government of the day decided there were not sufficient grounds to justify this listing.
Sports: Cumbria
John Woodcock: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding has been allocated under the Places People Play programme to projects in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency and (b) Cumbria to date. [160188]
Hugh Robertson: Barrow and Furness constituency has received a total of £149,459 through Places People Play. This funding was for three separate projects: Barrow Island for pitch improvements, Furness Academy, to build a 400 metre synthetic athletics tracks and to Barrow Island ARLFC, for refurbishments to their changing rooms.
In total, Cumbria has had 28 successful projects through PPP, with a total award value of £1,633,390.
Sports: Public Participation
Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will publish the participation targets set by Sport England for sports governing bodies; and if she will make a statement. [160260]
Hugh Robertson: The participation targets set by Sport England for sports governing bodies are available at the following link:
http://www.sportengland.org/funding/ngb_investment/whole_sport_plans_2013-17.aspx
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Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the impact of population changes on participation levels recorded in the Active People Survey; and if she will make a statement. [160261]
Hugh Robertson: Since the Active People Survey began, in 2005-06, the number of people playing sport has always been calculated by applying the rate of participation observed (in Active People) to the Office for National Statistics population data for the relevant period. Participation rates are published alongside levels in the statistical release.
Tourism: Marketing
Mr Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what comparative assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the different tourism promotion bodies in the UK. [159993]
Hugh Robertson: DCMS has made no such assessment as tourism is a devolved matter. However, including match-funding from tourism partners and the private sector, the Government have provided over £140 million to Visit Britain and Visit England to promote tourism in England and the UK to deliver on our target to deliver an additional 4.7 million international visits and £2.3 billion spend during the period 2011-2015. The Government work closely with both organisations to monitor progress against these targets, manage risk and ensure good value for money.
Tourist Attractions: Belfast
Mr Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on promoting the Titanic Experience in Belfast. [159979]
Mr Vaizey: The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Maria Miller), has not held any discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on promoting the Titanic Experience in Belfast. Titanic Belfast was visited by the then Minister for Tourism, my hon. Friend the Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose), on 7 February 2012, in advance of its opening.
World War I: Anniversaries
John Woodcock: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support she plans to offer local authorities and other interested groups to help mark the role of Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in World War I during the upcoming centenary commemorations. [160185]
Hugh Robertson:
The Government are leading the nation in acts of remembrance and enabling communities and individuals to participate in the centenary, in a way which is meaningful for them. Building on support of, so far, £13 million for first world war projects from within its existing funding framework, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) recently launched a £6 million small grants programme to help communities mark the centenary of the war and explore their local heritage.
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HLF has a number of initiatives in place to ensure that all communities have access to its funds, such as the identification of priority development areas, which includes Barrow. Development areas will not automatically receive funding, but special efforts will be made to raise awareness of the availability of funding, and to give them practical help to make applications able to compete with those
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from other areas. Additionally, the Imperial War Museums' Centenary Partnership is a network of over 1,000 not for profit cultural and educational organisations, including local and regional groups. This network provides access to resources, expertise, a special logo and networking opportunities to enable millions of people across the world to discover more about life in the first world war.