Industry

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his speech of 11 September 2012 at Imperial College London, whether he still plans to publish specific sector strategy documents for (a) the digital and creative industries and (b) advanced manufacturing. [168919]

Michael Fallon: I refer the hon. Member to the written statement made yesterday, 11 September 2013, Official Report, columns 49-50WS.

The Government set out their approach to industrial strategy in September 2012. In the last 12 months we have published strategies in eleven sectors where our economic analysis demonstrates we can have the biggest impact. A number of these strategies focus on advanced manufacturing. The Information Economy Strategy covers the digital sector. Beyond this our approach is about supporting all sectors through a spectrum of support. This includes assistance to the creative sector through the work of Creative Industries Council.

Offshore Industry

Ian Lavery: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will seek assurances from (a) employers and (b) licensed operators in the UK continental shelf that offshore workers who refuse to board Super Puma helicopters will not be blacklisted as a result. [168302]

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Jo Swinson: Any form of blacklisting is illegal.

With regards to the health and safety of offshore workers, the Government provide health and safety legislation and employment legislation as a framework for employers to operate in.

Employees are entitled by law to refuse to undertake work that is not safe without fear of disciplinary action.

Employers have a duty of care to their employees, requiring them to take all steps reasonably possible to ensure their health, safety and wellbeing.

It is for employers to ensure they are acting within the law and for the regulators and employment tribunal to determine if the employer has broken the law.

Ian Lavery: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change brokering a formal agreement between employers' representatives and trades unions representing the offshore workforce on regular trade union access to employees in the offshore workplace. [168303]

Jo Swinson: It is largely a matter for individual employers to decide whether they wish to recognise a trade union for collective bargaining purposes. Most collective bargaining in this country takes place because employers have voluntarily agreed to recognise a trade union and bargain with it. The Department has not received any representations indicating a need for Government intervention with regard to trade union access to offshore workers.

Agreements for recognition, and what these recognition agreements contain, including trade union facility time and access to members who work at different locations, including offshore as in this case, are a matter for the parties concerned. The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has produced helpful practical guidance to assist both employers and trade unions in this area. The ACAS Code of ‘Practice on time off for trade union duties and activities’ and its guidance ‘Trade union representation in the workplace: a guide to managing time off, training and facilities’ are available online at:

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2391

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) stands ready to assist the parties to resolve any disagreement or dispute, should they wish it.

Ian Lavery: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when his Department last conducted a review of employment rights in the offshore oil and gas sector. [168304]

Jo Swinson: The Department reviewed the legislation relating to offshore workers as part of the Government's Red Tape Challenge to reduce unnecessary regulation. As a result we will be simplifying the secondary legislation, which includes the employment rights in the offshore oil and gas sector, by summer 2014.

Supermarkets: Prices

Mr Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make an assessment of the extent to which supermarkets offering discounts on bulk purchases benefits consumers on low budgets. [168568]

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Jo Swinson: The Office of Fair Trading has in the last year been looking at supermarket pricing promotions to ensure they are fair and meaningful and last year eight supermarkets agreed to a set of principles covering these:

http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2012/116-12

In its market investigation into the supply of groceries in the UK completed in 2008, the Competition Commission looked at the competition implications of below-cost selling and promotions. It concluded that these did not adversely affect competition or mislead consumers and could benefit shoppers—although without examining the effect on any specific category of customer. The CC noted that temporary promotions on some products to attract consumers and increase total sales (commonly referred to as loss leading) may constitute efficient pricing for grocery retailers and that such competition between grocery retailers may benefit consumers by reducing the average price for a basket of products.

Trade Missions

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the (a) date and (b) location was of each overseas trade mission to promote British exports in which UK Trade and Industry was involved in each month since May 2010; and which of those trade missions were attended by each Minister. [168918]

Michael Fallon: The information requested will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Transport

Bus Services

12. Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what support he will provide for local bus services; and if he will make a statement. [900281]

Norman Baker: The coalition Government already make substantial sums of money available to support local bus services. We are also implementing various reforms to make this more effective. In July we announced arrangements to give local councils more say over how bus service operators grant should be spent in their areas and we aim to incentivise more partnership working through Better Bus Areas.

Road Funding

13. Jake Berry: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect of the 2013 spending review on road funding; and if he will make a statement. [900282]

Stephen Hammond: The Government will invest over £28 billion in national and local roads between 2015-16 and 2020-21. This includes £10.7 billion for major national road projects, £4.9 billion for local major projects and more than £12 billion for maintenance, with nearly £6 billion for repairs to local roads and £6 billion for maintenance of the strategic road network, including resurfacing 80% of it. This step change in investment will fund at least 26 further major road projects, leading to more than 221 additional lane miles on the busiest motorways.

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Maritime Sector

16. Caroline Nokes: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans the Government have to promote shipping, ports and the maritime business sector in the UK. [900285]

Stephen Hammond: London International Shipping Week is taking place this week. The Government have given full support to this inaugural event to showcase UK maritime business—a growing sector which is already worth up to £14 billion a year to the economy and provides 263,000 jobs. We will continue to work closely with the maritime industry to ensure the UK holds and builds on its leading global position in a world of increasingly strong competition.

Croydon Tramlink

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions his Department has had with the Mayor of London on the extension of the South London Tramlink to Sutton town centre. [168580]

Norman Baker: The Secretary of State for Transport discusses a wide range of transport issues with the Mayor of London on a regular basis. The extension of the South London Tramlink to Sutton Town Centre is entirely a devolved matter for the London Borough of Sutton Council and the Mayor, but I always welcome consideration of new light rail infrastructure.

Cycling

Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to increase funding to encourage the uptake of cycling at the level of the European average. [168294]

Norman Baker: The Coalition Government's level of funding for cycling compares very favourably with other European countries. In this Parliament we have allocated £3.50 (€4.20) per person per year to cycling (based on £277 million invested since 2010 directly for cycling and the £600 million allocated for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund where 94 out of 96 projects contain a cycling element). For example, research by the European Cyclists' Federation states that national funding in Denmark is only around €4 and around €3 in the Netherlands—two countries recognised for their commitment to cycling.

Since February 2012 the Government have made an additional £159 million available for cycling infrastructure in England. As part of this, through the £77 million Cycling Ambition Grants, eight cities across England will receive an investment in cycling in excess of £10 per head per year. Along with local contributions, this equates to £18 per head of population across the funding period. City areas that will benefit are: Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Birmingham, West of England, Newcastle, Cambridge, Norwich and Oxford.

Barbara Keeley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to support cycling. [900270]

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Norman Baker: The Coalition Government have done a huge amount to encourage and support cycling in England. Since 2010, we have provided over £277m of funding directly for cycling, almost twice that provided by the previous administration, and have allocated £600m to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund, where 94 out of the 96 projects include a cycling element. I champion cycling within Government and work closely with local authorities, cycling groups and Ministers across Whitehall to encourage more people to cycle more safely, more often.

Great Western Railway Line

Mr Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress his Department has made on procuring new rolling stock for the Great Western Line; and if he will make a statement. [900286]

Mr McLoughlin: The Department has let a contract to Agility Trains to supply 369 vehicles from its Intercity Express Programme for long-distance Great Western services. These vehicles will be introduced to passenger service during 2017 and 2018. The Department is also in dialogue with First Great Western to procure electric vehicles for Thames Valley commuter services from 2016. These vehicles may be new-build or cascaded from elsewhere on the national network.

High Speed 2 Railway Line

Andrea Leadsom: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to launch the re-run consultation on compensation for those affected by the High Speed 2 scheme; and when he expects a new discretionary scheme to be in place. [168470]

Mr Simon Burns: The consultation on long-term property compensation for Phase One of HS2 has been launched today. The consultation will run until 4 December 2013 and, following a period of analysis and consideration, the Government expects to put in place any resulting discretionary schemes by summer 2014.

Andrea Leadsom: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many responses were received to (a) the draft Environmental Statement and (b) the Design Refinement Consultation for phase one of the High Speed 2 scheme. [168471]

Mr Simon Burns: The draft Environmental Statement consultation received 20,944 valid responses and the Design Refinement consultation received 869. Summary reports outlining the range of issues raised in responses to both consultations will follow in due course.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the consultation on compensation for Phase 1 of High Speed 2 will be issued by his Department. [168565]

Mr Simon Burns: The consultation on long-term compensation measures for Phase One of HS2 has been launched today. The consultation will run until 4 December 2013.

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Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the (a) economic and (b) transport benefits to the West and South West of High Speed 2. [168575]

Mr Simon Burns: No specific assessment has been made of the direct benefits to the West and South West of High Speed 2. Nevertheless, High Speed 2 will provide enhanced connectivity to this region in Phase 1 through the link to the West Coast Mainline and hub at Old Oak Common. Phase 2 will provide further connectivity enhancements, particularly to passengers from the south and south west of the country wishing to travel north. There is also, potential for more commuter, freight and local services to this area from capacity released on the existing network.

HS2 Ltd recently published a report they had commissioned from KPMG evaluating the potential impact of HS2 on productivity and business location. The report estimates that in areas of the country not in the immediate vicinity of the HS2 route (which includes the areas south and south west of HS2 as well as the areas north of Leeds and Manchester), HS2 could generate productivity benefits of between £5.0 billion and £7.0 billion per annum.

Large Goods Vehicles

Charlie Elphicke: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consideration he has given to banning lorries from overtaking on motorways and dual carriageways. [900273]

Stephen Hammond: There are no plans for generalised overtaking bans on motorways and dual carriageways.

An overtaking ban was installed for 18 months on two miles of the westbound A20 dual carriageway leading uphill away from Dover. The experimental A20 ban was monitored, but there was no evidence of discernable benefits and so it was discontinued in September 2011. The Highways Agency continues to monitor this area for any changes in circumstances that may warrant a review.

Motor Vehicles: Northern Ireland

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will visit Northern Ireland to meet the hon. Member for North Down and other local politicians to discuss the retention of vehicle licensing services in Northern Ireland. [168527]

Stephen Hammond: I have met the relevant Northern Ireland Executive Minister for the Environment twice to discuss the proposals in the consultation on the future delivery of vehicle registration and licensing services in Northern Ireland. Discussions have also taken place between the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and her counterparts from the Northern Ireland Executive about these proposals.

In addition, DVLA officials have carried out a number of workshops throughout the consultation process to encourage Northern Ireland customers and stakeholders to respond with their views on the proposals in the consultation. The DVLA's Chief Executive met with the DVA's Chief Executive last week, along with a delegation from the Northern Ireland Public Services

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Alliance (trade union). I do not therefore see any value in my visiting Northern Ireland at this time. However, I am always happy to discuss any concerns that hon. Members may have. Indeed, this morning at Transport Questions in the House I committed to meet with the hon. Members for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) and East Londonderry (Mr Campbell) to discuss this very issue.

Railways: Franchises

John Woodcock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place copies of (a) the proposed revision to the passenger service requirement for the Transpennine franchise from May 2014 and (b) the responses received from consultees in the Library. [168914]

Mr Simon Burns: The Passenger Service Requirement (PSR) from May 2014 is contained within the Transpennine Express Franchise Agreement. This is a public document available via the DfT website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229572/transpennine-express-franchise-agreement.pdf

The changes to the PSR were subject to consultation with transport authorities during the summer. The consultation period of 12 weeks ended on 31 July.

The consultation on the PSR is the sole responsibility of First Transpennine Express, who are not obliged to forward the responses to the DfT. First Transpennine Express have made amendments to their timetable plans in light of stakeholders' comments. First Transpennine Express are reviewing the responses received by the consultation deadline and checking with respondents to ascertain what information can be placed in the Library.

Women and Equalities

Castes

Richard Fuller: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what meetings her Department has had regarding the caste legislation introduction programme and timeline. [168090]

Mrs Grant: Since the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill received Royal Assent on 25 April, Officials from the Government Equalities Office have attended meetings with both the Equality and Human Rights Commission and, at their request, the Anti-Caste Legislation Campaign.

Television: Licensing

Mr Hollobone: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities if she will discuss with (a) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and (b) the Ministry of Justice the proportion of those prosecuted for television licence non-payment who are women. [167716]

Mrs Grant: The Government Equalities Office (GEO) became part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in September 2012 and hence issues relating to equality are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (who is also the Minister for Women and Equalities).

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The interpretation and application of the legislation on TV licensing are the responsibility of the BBC, which operates independently of Government. The day to day administration and enforcement of the licence fee system are undertaken by TV Licensing, which acts as agents for the Corporation. TV Licensing do not hold gender specific data on prosecutions.

Culture, Media and Sport

Accountancy

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010. [168588]

Hugh Robertson: The expenditure on accountants for the financial years 2010 to 11 and 2012 to 13 is as follows:

The costs above include the staff costs of qualified accountants, employed by the Department, interim staff and accountancy consultants. They exclude any general management consultancy costs, the analysis of which would involve disproportionate cost to extract to cost of accountancy advice.

The increased costs in the financial years 2011 to 12 and 2012 to 13 arise from the additional work required to implement HM Treasury's “Clear line of sight” requirements to produce consolidated departmental accounts that comply with the appropriate International Financial Reporting Standards.

Air Travel

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the cost to the public purse of each such flight was. [168767]

Hugh Robertson: The Department undertook 116 domestic flights within Great Britain in 2012 to 13 at a total cost of £19,587.

This is broken down as follows:

Less than £100—46 flights at a total cost of £2,661.14

Between £100 and £249—46 flights at a total cost of £7,508.59

Between £250 and £499—22 flights at a total cost of £8,320.68

More than £500—2 flights at a total cost of £1,097.28

All flights were economy class. The Department does not hold this information centrally for its associated bodies.

Broadband: Rural Areas

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent progress she has made on her rural broadband strategy; and if she will make a statement. [169038]

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Mr Vaizey: 39 local broadband contracts have now been signed under our rural broadband programme, representing over 95% of the total project funding allocations. A further three projects are due to sign contracts in September. 10 projects have already provided their first superfast broadband connections, including North Yorkshire where over 50,000 premises have been passed to date, and delivery is now moving ahead elsewhere across the country.

Christmas Cards

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012. [168677]

Hugh Robertson: No money was spent on Christmas cards in the Secretary of State's office.

Cycling

Ms Ritchie: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding her Department provides for cycling infrastructure development. [168389]

Hugh Robertson: As part of our commitment to a create a lasting sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we are investing considerably in cycling.

Between 2009 and 2013, Sport England has invested over £21 million in velodromes and BMX track cycling facilities. This included £10.5 million invested into the London Velodrome on the Queen Elizabeth Park to ensure it is open to the community following the London 2012 Games. Through Sport England, we are investing £32 million in British cycling for the period 2013 to 17 to get more people cycling and help talented cyclists fulfil their potential.

UK Sport is investing £30.5 million into Olympic cycling and £6.7 million into Paralympic cycling for the Rio 2016 cycle (2013 to 17) to ensure that British cyclists on the sport's World Class Programme have access to the best facilities, coaches and medical support, enabling them to compete and win at the highest level as they aim to emulate the success of the British teams at London 2012. We are also supporting the delivery of the Yorkshire Grand Depart and Stage 3 of the 2014 Tour de France.

Lotteries

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what recent assessment she has made of the minimum amount of proceeds that society lotteries must return to good causes; [168420]

(2) when she plans to publish the Government's response to its consultation on the amount society lotteries give to good causes. [168421]

Hugh Robertson: DCMS will be publishing a consultation on society lotteries, which will include consideration of the minimum amount of proceeds that a society lottery has to return to good causes, in the autumn. The Government response to the consultation will be published after the consultation has closed, which is likely to be in early 2014.

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Jim Sheridan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reason the charity lottery sector was not included in the most recent triennial review of the Gambling Act 2005; and what plans she has to provide for a review of revenues and prizes in the charity lottery sector. [168555]

Hugh Robertson: The recent Triennial Review was limited to Gaming Machine Stake and Prize Limits, and so the charity lottery sector was not within its remit. DCMS will be publishing a consultation on society lotteries, which will include consideration of the minimum amount of proceeds that a society lottery has to return to good causes, in the autumn. The limits on society lottery prizes will not be within the remit of the consultation.

National Lottery: Ashfield

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much National Lottery funding was given to organisations in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years. [169025]

Hugh Robertson: Details of Lottery grants, awarded by parliamentary constituency, since Lottery funding began, can be found on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) Lottery Grants Database, which is searchable at:

www.lottery.culture.gov.uk

and uses information on Lottery grants, supplied by the Lottery distributors.

Pay

David T. C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will publish a table showing the salaries of the chief executive of each organisation that receives more than 50% of its revenue from her Department. [166845]

Hugh Robertson: The following table shows the salaries of the chief executive of each arm's length body that receives more than 50% of its revenue from the Department, including national lottery money based on figures included in their 2012 to 13 annual reports and accounts. In some cases, this will show a range, rather than a single figure:

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Publishing

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences. [168624]

Hugh Robertson: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not hold data on the specific information requested. Expenditure, relating to all charges for printing and publications for external audiences, is as follows:

The reason for the increase in expenditure in 2011 to 12 is due to a number of additional publications, produced as part of the Department's reporting on the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Information on 2012 to 13 includes costs for the Government Equalities Office (GEO), which was transferred to DCMS from the Home Office in the 2012 to 13 financial year. Previous years data for GEO is contained within the accounts of the Home Office.

Standards

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when her Department plans to publish its Quarterly Data Summary for the first quarter of 2012 to 13. [168855]

Hugh Robertson: DCMS is continuing to work proactively; substantially improving the collection of Management Information across the department for Quarterly Data Summary reporting. DCMS financial spend data for 2012 to 13, including the first quarter, is already available online through the Government Interrogating Spending Tool, in line with other Government Departments.

Television

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by her Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such purchases. [168749]

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Hugh Robertson: The Department has not purchased any flat screen TVs in the past 24 months.

Travel

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on travel for departmental officials in each of the last five years. [169010]

Hugh Robertson: The total amounts spent on travel and subsistence, for departmental officials, in each of the last five years, are set out in the table. Due to the conventions used in the Department's accounting system it is not possible to identify the travel element separately from accommodation and subsistence costs.

These figures include all official travel costs for the Government Olympic Executive, during preparations for and delivery of London 2012. Figures for 2012 to 13 and 2011 to 12 include functions transferred from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills from 2011 to 12 and functions of the Government Equalities Office transferred to DCMS in 2012 to 13, but data for earlier years is not available for either of these areas. The effect of these machinery of government changes was to increase costs by £125,096 in 2011 to 12 and £152,566 in 2012 to 13.

Energy and Climate Change

Absenteeism

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in his Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental targets were in each case. [168734]

Gregory Barker: Staff who joined DECC before 31 March 2013 are entitled to 31½ days annual leave per year; staff who joined after that date are entitled to a maximum of 30 days annual leave per year. There are no targets on how much leave will be taken. DECC does not hold centrally information on annual leave taken and to answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.

The following table shows the number of days sickness absence recorded for DECC.

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DECC has a target to ensure the annual working days lost figure remains below the civil service average, which it has met.

Buildings

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost. [168802]

Gregory Barker: DECC have not undertaken any large scale building refurbishment work in the last 24 months but has carried out smaller refurbishment projects. Primarily to redecorate after wear and tear or to increase the capacity and efficiency of the estate. These are listed below:

Conditions of Employment

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff (a) directly employed and (b) indirectly employed through other companies by his Department were employed on zero-hours contracts in each of the last 10 years. [168277]

Gregory Barker: DECC was created in October 2008. DECC has not employed staff either directly or indirectly on zero-hour contracts from 2008 to the present day.

Employment Agencies

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff working in his Department are employed through agencies using the Swedish Derogation; how many staff receive less than the living wage; and if he will make a statement. [168138]

Gregory Barker: The Department has received assurance from the agencies providing contract staff that they do not use the Swedish Derogation for employees they place with DECC and that no members of staff are earning less than the London or national living wage guidelines.

Facilities management and catering services are provided to DECC through contracts managed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). There are 21 staff based primarily in DECC buildings

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working for the facilities management contractor and six working for the catering contractor who receive less than the London living wage.

Green Deal Scheme: Ashfield

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people in Ashfield constituency have received the Green Deal to date. [168999]

Gregory Barker: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 5 July 2013, Official Report, column 823W, to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Luciana Berger), which referred to a table placed in the Libraries of the House showing the number of Green Deal Assessments by parliamentary constituency up to 31 March 2013. Up to 31 March 2013 there were 10 Green Deal Assessments in the Ashfield constituency.

Numbers of assessments by parliamentary constituency, up to 30 June 2013, will be included in the next quarterly Green Deal/ECO statistical release which will be published on 19 September. Subsequent quarterly releases are also likely to provide more detailed breakdowns on Green Deal Plans.

Publications

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences. [168626]

Gregory Barker: In common with other Government Departments, the Department for Energy and Climate Change publishes documents communicating and reporting on a wide range of policies and initiatives, including consultation documents and the Department's Annual Report.

However, the information on expenditure is not centrally held and it would only be possible to gather this information at disproportionate cost.

Satellite Broadcasting

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what subscriptions his Department has for premium satellite television channels; and what the cost of each such subscription was in the most recent year for which figures are available. [168643]

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Gregory Barker: The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not subscribe to any premium satellite television channels.

Security

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010. [168608]

Gregory Barker: Since May 2010 there have been 100 staff passes that have been lost or stolen.

Standards

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third quarter of 2012-13. [168819]

Gregory Barker: The quarter 2 and quarter 3 Quarterly Data Summary (QDS) returns of all 17 Departments participating in the QDS process were delayed owing to the development of the Cabinet Office's Government Interrogating Spending Tool (GIST).

The GIST was developed in response to recommendations made in Dr Martin Read's independent report entitled ‘Practical Steps to Improve Management Information in Government'.

The GIST is an online tool that allows the public to access a breakdown of government expenditure through the GOV.UK website. It makes the process of accessing and analysing complex QDS and OSCAR data easier and quicker, and for these reasons was seen to justify a short delay in publishing QDS data.

Television

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such purchases. [168751]

Gregory Barker: The Department of Energy and Climate Change has not purchased any flat-screen televisions in the last 24 months.