Personal Independence Payment

Dr Whiteford: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-special rule PIP claims have been applied for, processed and awarded (a) since introduction of the pilot schemes in April 2013 and (b) since PIP was introduced in June 2013. [169486]

Esther McVey: Personal independence payment started from April 2013 and although limited data have started to feed through, we need to wait until the Department has quality assured and meaningful figures for publication. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. In line with the timetable for release of statistics detailed in our publication strategy:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-release-strategy

we intend to publish Official Statistics on personal independence payment from spring 2014 onwards.

Poverty: Children

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate how many children live in households whose income would be reduced if the benefit cap were reduced to £20,000 per annum. [169689]

Esther McVey: It is estimated that if the cap were reduced to £20,000 per annum some 480,000 children would be in households affected at any point time in 2013/14. This estimate is based on administrative data for 2012, adjusted to model exemptions from the benefit cap and a grace period of 39-weeks during which time the cap will not apply to households where the claimant, or if applicable their partner, has worked for 50 weeks out of the 52 weeks preceding their last day of work.

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate how many additional children would be living in households below the 60 per cent. relative poverty threshold if the benefit cap were reduced to £20,000 per annum. [169693]

Esther McVey: I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I gave to his previous question number 168252, on 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 656W.

Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of policy from his Department since May 2010 on child poverty in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) the metropolitan borough of Wirral, (c) the Liverpool city region and (d) the UK. [169138]

Esther McVey: The Government are committed to tackling child poverty and to eradicating its causes including worklessness, educational failure and family breakdown, rather than simply treating the consequences of the problem.

The Government are taking action to tackle child poverty including introducing universal credit, which will simplify the benefit system and ensure that work is always the best option; investing more in nursery and pre-school provision, including providing 260,000 disadvantaged two-year-olds with 15 hours a week free childcare; investing in education, including £2.5 billion for the pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils and £1.2 billion for capital investment in schools; and raising the tax threshold which will lift more than 2 million people out of paying tax altogether.

Under the Child Poverty Act, each local authority is required to do a needs assessment of child poverty in its areas, and working with partners, introduce a local strategy to tackle the local problems. The Government believe that it is local authorities that understand the local situation best, and can therefore design effective strategies for tackling child poverty at a local level, supported by our wide-ranging national action.

Procurement

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts. [169327]

Esther McVey: The Department makes no direct reference to the payment of the minimum wage, the living wage or use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts. However all those bidding for DWP contracts are aware through DWP Standard Terms and Conditions that the contract shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English Law and the parties submit to the jurisdiction of the English Courts. The minimum wage is covered by Law but the living wage and zero hours contracts are not.

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Public Relations

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of the past three years; and for what purposes such consultants were engaged. [168673]

Esther McVey: The Department for Work and Pensions has had nil spend on hiring external PR firms, as all PR activity has been carried out in-house since 2010-11.

The following public bodies have confirmed that they have a nil spend on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of the past three years:

Equality 2025

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council

Independent Living Fund

National Employment Saving Trust

Social Security Advisory Committee

The Pensions Regulator

Pensions Ombudsman

The Pensions Advisory Service

The following public bodies have confirmed the following costs:

Remploy

2010-11: £57,621

2011-12: £45,344

2012-13: £21,337

Remploy have confirmed they used consultants for the following reasons:

Provision of public affairs support and advice on government relations in Wales

Provision of public affairs support and advice on government relations in Scotland

Provision of external PR support for employment services and magazine production for internal communications requirements

The Pension Protection Fund

2010-11: Retained strategic communications and public affairs advisory support (contract ended January 2011)—£21,866.10.

2011-12: Nil

2012-13: Project on better communicating financial risk and investment issues—£24,865.31

Health and Safety Executive

2010-11: £13,299

2011-12: Nil

2012-13: £12,177

The expenditure in 2010-11 was in support of work with Health and Safety Executive's in-house agency, the Health and Safety Laboratory, to explore commercial opportunities for the Laboratory; and in 2012-13, to support insight-based behaviour change campaigns to protect Great Britain's workers from death, injury and ill-health

Publications

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report commissioned by his Department in each year since 2010. [168796]

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Esther McVey: Details of the reports requested are listed on the following two appendices that will be placed in the Library:

Appendix 1: DWP External Research Reports commissioned and published since

2010.

Appendix 2: DWP Communications External Reports commissioned and published since 2010.

Social Security Benefits

Jessica Morden: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what date his Department plans to publish jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance sanction statistics. [169283]

Esther McVey: The Department aims to publish a single set of sanction statistics covering JSA and ESA, for the new sanctions regime, as soon as possible. Quality assurance by DWP statisticians of the data underpinning the sanctions statistics is progressing and at an advanced stage. The proposed date will be announced as soon as possible via the DWP statistics section of ‘gov.uk’ and via the ‘Welfare and Benefits’ community at:

http://www.statsusernet.org.uk

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what change there has been in the reporting of (a) constituency, (b) ward level and (c) lower super output area statistics concerning welfare claims in each year since 2010. [169364]

Esther McVey: There have been very few changes in the level of geographic reporting since 2010.

The DWP continue to publish statistics at parliamentary constituency level via Nomis

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk

and the tabulation tool

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/

The DWP publish smaller geographies at Nomis:

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

and the tabulation tool

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/NESS/page1.htm

This includes breakdowns by frozen 2003 wards and lower super output area. Limited breakdowns by 2001 census output area are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/series/census-output-area-data-on-workless-benefit-claimants-in-2013

and via similar pages for earlier years.

In May 2013, the DWP started to publish a wide range of geographical breakdowns for housing benefit claimants via Stat-Xplore

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Stephen Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the cost was to his Department of compiling and publishing its research report entitled Public perceptions of the Benefit Cap and pre-implementation impacts published on 12 July 2013; [169548]

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(2) how much his Department paid to Ipsos MORI as part of the work undertaken by his Department to compile its research report entitled Public perceptions of the Benefit Cap and pre-implementation impacts published on 12 July 2013. [169549]

Esther McVey: Ipsos MORI were contracted to undertake a piece of work entitled “Public Perceptions of the Benefit Cap and Pre-Implementation Impacts” at a cost of £60,920, as part of a wider ongoing external research evaluation “Evaluation of Housing and Other Benefit Measures in the Social Rented Sector”. The departmental spend of £60,920 includes both the report published on 12 July 2013 of headline findings and the forthcoming full report of the same research, which has been pre-announced for release for week commencing 7 October 2013.

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

Mr Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when companies will be invited to tender for his Department's medical services contract. [169610]

Esther McVey: Competitive tendering has commenced for additional capacity to work alongside our existing contractor delivering the Department's Medical Services Agreement. These requirements were placed in an advert in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) on 6 September 2013.

Statistics

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library best practice documents issued by his Department's regional offices on the reporting of localised statistics to hon. Members. [169234]

Esther McVey: No best practice documents are issued by the Departments regional offices on the reporting of localised statistics to hon. Members.

Televisions

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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. [168763]

Esther McVey: Since 1998 the Department for Work and Pensions occupies the majority of its accommodation under a private finance initiative (PFI) known as the PRIME Contract.

Under the terms of this PFI, the Department leases back fully serviced accommodation from its private sector partner Telereal Trillium. We pay an all-inclusive unitary price, known as the Facility Price (FP), for all our furniture, fixtures, equipment and services provided, including televisions.

There were however five televisions which fell outside the scope of the contract price, and so the actual cost to the Department was £1,332.95.

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Trillium Group

Mr Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008. [169263]

Esther McVey: The Department has spent on contracts with Telereal Trillium since 2008:

The sums paid include all costs paid by Telereal Trillium on the Department's behalf, such as business rates, rent and some fuel and utility costs. These amounts cover the Department for Work and Pensions and the Child Maintenance Group—formerly the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission—but not the Health and Safety Executive or any of the smaller non departmental public bodies such as Pensions Regulator or the Pensions Ombudsman.

Also included is approximately £60 million per annum in respect of other Government Departments occupying space in DWP buildings. This is initially paid by the DWP, but is subsequently recovered from those Departments which occupy the spaces.

Trussell Trust

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the current status is of the agreement signed between the Trussell Trust and Jobcentre Plus in 2011. [169692]

Esther McVey: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 September 2013, Official Report, column 837W, to the hon. Member for East Lothian (Fiona O'Donnell).

Unemployed People: Travel

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on refunding the cost of travel by jobseekers to jobcentres in Ashfield constituency in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [169056]

Esther McVey: There is one jobcentre in the Ashfield constituency, Sutton in Ashfield; this does not cover all the areas in the constituency and therefore claimants from the areas not covered will attend larger jobcentres outside the constituency. As such, the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The costs for Sutton in Ashfield jobcentre from April 2011 are as follows:

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Unemployment: Young People

Stephen Phillips: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to share best practice with other EU member states on reducing youth unemployment. [169296]

Esther McVey: Reducing unemployment among young people has been the subject of discussion in the Council of Ministers and the European Council, both in set piece debate and in the course of the EU2020 Semester. On these occasions, Ministers have explained the Government’s approach and experiences in this field, as have the Ministers of other member states. DWP officials are engaged in similar exchanges at working level in the course of co-operation on employment policies under the Open Method of Co-ordination and in collectively tracking progress towards improving employment levels, including for young people, under the EU2020 process. DWP officials will attend a special seminar that the European Commission is mounting in October to bring relevant policy experts from all member state Governments together to exchange ideas, experience and best practice for the development of youth guarantee schemes to tackle youth unemployment.

Universal Credit

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of how long it will take when a universal credit claimant reaches the eight-week rent arrears trigger for direct payments to be transferred to managed payments. [169309]

Steve Webb: When a claimant reaches the two calendar month rent arrears trigger point, the landlord will be required to provide the DWP with evidence of the rent arrears. Our intention will be to implement the managed payment of rent before the next UC payment is issued wherever possible, so that further arrears do not accrue.

Mr Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households he estimates will claim universal credit by 2017. [169608]

Esther McVey: Approximately 8 million households are estimated to be claiming universal credit by the end of 2017.

Mr Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have made claims for universal credit on the pathfinder to date. [169609]

Esther McVey: I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I provided to the hon. Member for Wansbeck (Ian Lavery) on 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 251W.

The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish Official Statistics on pathfinder areas in autumn 2013 and on nationally implemented universal credit from autumn 2014.

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Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects universal credit claimants in the Pathfinder scheme to be able to notify any changes of their circumstances online. [169621]

Esther McVey: As set out in the written ministerial statement made on 10 July 2013, Official Report, columns 21-22WS, further details on universal credit development plans will be outlined in the autumn.

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make regular progress reports to Parliament on progress with universal credit. [169639]

Esther McVey: DWP Ministers will continue to keep Parliament fully informed as we progressively roll out universal credit.

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of how much will be saved by the omission of the 13-week housing benefit protection from universal credit. [169690]

Steve Webb: Introducing such a provision in universal credit would benefit only those whose earnings when in work were high enough to lift them clear of universal credit. Lower-income workers would not be eligible for protection if they lost their job.

We estimate the cost of providing the 13-week protection in housing benefit to be around £15 million per year. The cost of providing similar protection in universal credit is not available but would be somewhat lower due to the fact that universal credit extends further up the income distribution than housing benefit.

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many universal credit claimants in the pathfinders are receiving the housing costs component of universal credit; and how many such claimants are living in the private rented sector. [169691]

Esther McVey: I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I provided to the hon. Member for Wansbeck (Ian Lavery), on 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 251W.

The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish Official Statistics on pathfinder areas in autumn 2013 and on nationally implemented universal credit from autumn 2014.

Work Capability Assessment

Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department's contract with Atos for work capability assessments is up for review; and on what criteria his Department will judge the quality of service provided by Atos. [168442]

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Esther McVey: The Department’s contract with Atos is reviewed annually. The current expiry date for the contract is 31 August 2015. The quality of the service is measured against a range of performance targets that are reviewed monthly by the Department.

Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals who are currently living in residential care homes have been written to requesting that they attend a work capability assessment. [169359]

Esther McVey: The information requested is not available.

Work Capability Assessment: Appeals

Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of work capability

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assessments were successfully appealed in

(a)

Birkenhead constituency,

(b)

the Metropolitan Authority of Wirral,

(c)

the Liverpool City Region and

(d)

the UK in each year since 2010-11. [169079]

Esther McVey: Information on the proportion of all work capability assessments (WCA) that were successfully appealed is not available.

Statistics on the number and proportion of WCA that were successfully appealed, where the initial WCA decision was ‘Fit for Work’, in Great Britain, Liverpool and the Wirral can be found in the following table.

Information at parliamentary constituency level is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Work Programme

Mr Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) in which Work Programme contract package areas will market shift take place as a result of providers' underperformance; [167847]

(2) when he will announce further details of the market share shift in Work Programme contract package areas. [167850]

Esther McVey: Full details on the market share shift were published on the Department's website on 26 September 2013.

The contract package areas where market share shift has taken place are:

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Written Answers to Questions

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Transport

Absenteeism

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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. [168742]

Stephen Hammond: The information is as follows:

(a) Rate of staff absence

The Department does not maintain a central record of absence data. The rate of staff absence figures could be provided only at disproportionate cost for the agencies and therefore we have only provided data for the number of days absence for the central Department. The following table shows the rate of staff absence which includes annual leave, maternity/paternity leave, and special leave (this list is not exhaustive), excluding sickness.

(b) Rate of staff sickness absence

The following table shows the number of average working days lost and the total number of days lost to staff sickness for the central Department, and its six Executive Agencies in each of the last five years.

The Department for Transport works towards achieving an agreed Cabinet Office target of 7.5 average working days lost due to ill heath. From 2010 responsibility for setting sickness absence targets was transferred from Cabinet Office to Departments. The Department for Transport continues to monitor its progress to reduce days lost due to ill heath against the 7.5 days.

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Accountancy

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010. [168599]

Stephen Hammond: The information requested is not held. Accountants are not identified separately within the Department's payroll costs and it is not possible to identify the element of external advice and contractors which comprises accountants.

Air Travel

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his 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. [168776]

Stephen Hammond: I have been informed that the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies do not hold the information requested centrally, and it could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Buildings

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost. [168810]

Stephen Hammond: The requested information is as follows.

Major refurbishment costs were required primarily as a result of the closure of another building and works required to facilitate staff moving in (e.g. Berkeley House, Great Minster House), or for the opening of new premises (Irvine Driving Test Centre) or as part of legal (lease) requirements (Bury). The costs provided therefore do not reflect the ongoing savings that will result from these adjustments.

Information on the building refurbishments undertaken by the Highways Agency and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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Christmas Cards

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012. [168688]

Stephen Hammond: The Department for Transport's ministerial private offices did not spend anything on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

High Speed 2

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will (a) publish his most recent remit letter of HS2 Ltd and (b) the Memorandum of Articles of Association of HS2 Ltd, indicating where amendments have been made to ensure compatibility with that remit letter. [168572]

Mr McLoughlin: The information is as follows:

(a) The most recent remit letter dated 27 June 2013 is available on the HS2 website at:

http://www.hs2.org.uk/about-hs2-ltd/annual-accounts-corporate-plan

(b) The Memorandum and Articles of Association of High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd are publicly available and filed at Companies House. These documents were reviewed in light of the new remit letter and it was considered that they did not need to be changed.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made on the recruitment of non-executive directors with specialist expertise in finance and communication to the board of HS2 Ltd. [168541]

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Mr McLoughlin: The Department is in the process of appointing an executive search consultant to manage the recruitment of the two non-executive directors for the HS2 Ltd Board. Once that is concluded, the Department will work with the consultants to get the posts publicly advertised, which we aim to do in the next few weeks.

High Speed 2 Railway Line

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been paid from the public purse to (a) Arup Group, (b) Balfour Beatty, (c) Kier Group, (d) Laing O'Rourke, (e) Mott MacDonald Group, (f) Skanska UK, (g) Dialogue by Design, (h) Capita Symonds Ineco JV, (i) Parsons Brinckerhoff, (j) URS Scott Wilson, (k) the ERM Temple Group Mott MacDonald Consortium, (l) Terra Quest, (m) Mouchell and (n) KPMG for contracts related to High Speed 2 since May 2010; and how much remains to be paid to each company under uncompleted contracts. [168540]

Mr McLoughlin: The information is as follows:

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department will revise construction cost estimates for High Speed 2 to include payment for VAT by HS2 Ltd. [168544]

Mr McLoughlin: Spending round 2013 set a long-term budget for delivery of HS2 of £42.6 billion (2011 prices). This includes contingency provision of £14.4 billion.

As the NAO pointed out in May, VAT

‘is an internal transfer within government rather than an additional cost'.

It would therefore not be right to include VAT within construction cost estimates.

In order to recover VAT incurred on the costs of constructing the railway, HS2 Ltd will have to register for VAT. To do so, it will have to satisfy HMRC that it

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intends to make taxable supplies, as explained in paragraph 3.12 of the May 2013 National Audit Office report.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department plans to issue a revised business case for High Speed 2 before the hybrid Bill for phase one of the scheme is deposited in Parliament. [168560]

Mr McLoughlin: The Department is currently revising the business case to take account of the latest available evidence and understanding of the project. The Government plan to issue the latest case for the scheme to support the deposit of the hybrid Bill for phase one later this year.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the High Speed 2 community forums will meet after the date of deposit in Parliament of the hybrid Bill for phase one of High Speed 2. [168561]

Mr McLoughlin: Once the hybrid Bill for phase one of High Speed 2 has been deposited in Parliament, the main focus of HS2 Ltd’s work will be on supporting the parliamentary process, including engaging with those who petition Parliament regarding the Bill. In parallel, HS2 Ltd is committed to keeping open lines of communication with communities along the route, and will be discussing with those communities the best means of doing so, both through the round of forums now underway and through other engagement channels.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether HS2 Ltd plans to hold local information events during the consultation on the environmental statement for phase one of the High Speed 2 scheme. [168562]

Mr McLoughlin: The consultation on the environmental statement for HS2 phase one that will follow the deposit of the hybrid Bill, is required by parliamentary standing orders. The purpose of the consultation is to ensure that Parliament is informed of people's view on the environmental impact of the scheme to allow Parliament to consider this as part of its deliberations on the forthcoming hybrid Bill. Standing orders do not require local information events and as such HS2 Ltd are not planning to hold any.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the report from the Audit and Risk Management Committee presented at the board meeting of HS2 Ltd on 18 July 2013. [168569]

Mr McLoughlin: The update from the Audit and Risk Management Committee was given verbally at the meeting. HS2 Ltd does not hold a written report.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost to the public purse is of holding the September HS2 Ltd board meeting in Liverpool. [168570]

Mr McLoughlin: HS2 Ltd held its September 2013 board meeting in Liverpool and used the opportunity to meet with key stakeholders, avoiding costs that would otherwise have been incurred for separate meetings.

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The cost of holding this meeting was £4,125.50 and spending was within HS2 Ltd expense limits as set out in our policies.

HS2 Ltd does not have access to costs incurred by third parties such as Merseytravel.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost to the public purse was of holding the July board meeting of HS2 Ltd hosted by Sir Albert Bore and Birmingham city council. [168571]

Mr McLoughlin: HS2 Ltd held its July 2013 board meeting in Birmingham and used the opportunity to meet with key stakeholders, avoiding costs that would otherwise have been incurred for separate meetings.

The cost of holding this meeting was £3,181.33 and spending was within HS2 Ltd expense limits as set out in HS2 Ltd’s policies.

HS2 Ltd does not have access to costs incurred by third parties such as Birmingham city council.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the panel of experts who peer reviewed the KPMG report into High Speed 2; and what (a) interests they declared and (b) remuneration they received for their work. [169276]

Mr McLoughlin: The panel of experts who peer reviewed the work were:

Bridget Rosewell—Volterra

Chris Nash—ITS Leeds

David Simmonds—David Simmonds Consultancy

David Tuck—GENECON

Paul Buchanan—SKM Colin Buchanan

Rob Colley—Deloitte

Roger Vickerman—University of Kent

Tony Venables—University of Oxford

(a) One of the members of the panel declared a pre-existing contract with a county council to implement and test an extension to a country wide economic model which assesses the effects of changes outside the local area on the local economy and hence on local land uses and transport systems.

(b) The cost of the peer review was £13,858 inclusive of VAT.

Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was paid to KPMG for the report on the regional economic effects of High Speed 2. [169377]

Mr McLoughlin: The amount paid to KPMG was £242,126 inclusive of VAT.

Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was paid to those who peer-reviewed KPMG’s work on the regional economic effects of High Speed 2. [169378]

Mr McLoughlin: The total cost of the peer review was £13,858 inclusive of VAT.

Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which items were included in the original estimate of £1.2 billion for the full scale works at Euston for High Speed 2; and what changes to this figure contributed to the revised cost of £2 billion for this work. [169379]

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Mr McLoughlin: The £1.2 billion estimate was a pre-feasibility concept estimate that included the assumed works to the station and civil engineering in the throat. The items contributing to the revised cost of £2 billion include additional civil works; additional station and passenger facilities; emergency and safety measures; enhanced Transport for London (London Underground) requirements; increased urban realm works; and allowance for railway systems.

Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which items were included in the original estimate of £1.6 billion for the reduced High Speed 2 Scheme at Euston. [169380]

Mr McLoughlin: The items included in the estimate of £1.6 billion for the current, modified High Speed 2 Scheme at Euston include the station works associated with High Speed 2, Network Rail and Transport for London works to the underground station. The estimate is also inclusive of the civil engineering works in the approach to the station.

Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish all communications between his Department and KPMG (a) before and (b) during KPMG's assessment of the regional economic effects of High Speed 2. [169381]

Mr McLoughlin: The Department did not communicate directly with KPMG during their assessment. The work was commissioned and managed by HS2 Ltd. The Department provided comments on a draft of the document for consideration by the review panel established by HS2 Ltd to provide critical feedback to KPMG.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the remit and all commissioning documents and instructions given to KPMG in advance of its production of its recent report into High Speed 2; what fee his Department has paid to KPMG for production of that report; and when that report was first commissioned. [169382]

Mr McLoughlin: The recent KPMG report on HS2 was commissioned by HS2 Ltd, not the Department for Transport. In the interest of transparency we have placed the Tender document in the Libraries of the House. The report was commissioned by HS2 Ltd on 22 March 2013 and the contract was awarded on 24 April 2013. The final fee for the report, as invoiced by KPMG, was £242,125.90 including VAT.

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether a decision has yet been taken on the distance applied to the property bond option currently being consulted on by his Department; and what consideration he has given to whether such a bond could be applied to affected properties more than 120 metres away from the High Speed 2 line used in the Deloitte report on the property bond design for High Speed 2 affected properties. [169646]

Mr McLoughlin: The Government are currently consulting on proposals for property compensation schemes along the phase one line of route. It would be inappropriate for me to comment further at this stage.

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Leeds-Bradford Airport

Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to improve transport access to Leeds Bradford airport for businesses in Bradford. [168438]

Stephen Hammond: On 27 June 2013, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Danny Alexander), announced that a feasibility study to look at improving connectivity to Leeds Bradford airport would form one of the studies into solutions to tackle some of the most notorious and long-standing congestion hot spots in England. The Department for Transport will lead that work. A wide range of options will be examined.

London Airports

Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimates he has made of the (a) costs of and (b) timescales for extending the Oyster card system to Gatwick and Stansted airport railway stations. [168546]

Stephen Hammond: The Secretary of State for Transport has not made any estimates of the costs or time scales of extending Oyster ticketing to Gatwick or Stansted airport stations. Any such extension would, in the first instance, be a commercial matter, to be dealt with between Transport for London and the relevant train operating company.

Ministers' Private Offices

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department; and what the pay band of each such member of staff is. [168726]

Stephen Hammond: The information requested, which is correct as at 7 October 2013 is presented in the following table:

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Press: Subscriptions

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly and (d) quarterly basis. [168707]

Stephen Hammond: The information requested is presented in the following table. There are currently no quarterly subscriptions. All newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications are shared by the ministerial team.

Public Relations

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of the past three years; and for what purposes such consultants were engaged. [168670]

Stephen Hammond: The central Department and its executive agencies (excluding the Highways Agency) spent £214,084 in 2010-11, nothing in 2011-12 and £196,995 in 2012-13 on external public relations consultants. The purposes for which consultants were engaged are as follows:

The central Department and its executive agencies (excluding the Highways Agency) have not spent any money on public affairs consultants in each of the past three years.

I am informed that the Highways Agency can provide a response only at disproportionate cost.

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Publications

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report commissioned by his Department in each year since 2010. [168793]

Stephen Hammond: The Department does not hold a central record identifying those reports which were commissioned from external sources. The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Printing

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences. [168634]

Stephen Hammond: The central Department and its executive agencies have spent the following amounts on hard copy printing of marketing and public relations documents for external audiences in each of the last three years:

I am informed that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency can provide the information only at disproportionate cost.

Satellite Broadcasting

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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. [168652]

Stephen Hammond: Within the Department for Transport the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) subscribes to the Sky Ultimate package. The subscription allows the agency to monitor media, especially during incidents, and provides the MCA with the ability to perform regional-switch to monitor regional news. The cost for the calendar year September 12 to August 2013 is £979.20.

Security

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010. [168617]

Stephen Hammond: In the Department for Transport and its executive agencies, a total of 1,173 departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen since May 2010.

The total omits a short period for one part of the Department, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, where records were not kept centrally prior to December 2010 and are no longer available.

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All staff are contractually required to look after identity cards and passes. Guidance to staff is currently being reviewed.

Standards

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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. [168828]

Stephen Hammond: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given today by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude).

Televisions

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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. [168760]

Stephen Hammond: The requested information is provided in the following table:

Culture, Media and Sport

Absenteeism

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in her Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental targets were in each case. [168732]

Hugh Robertson: The information requested is as follows.

(a) The following table shows the average working days lost due to absence in my Department in the last five financial years.

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We have interpreted absence to be unpaid leave and unauthorised absence, which was zero.

(b) The following table shows the average working days lost to sickness absence in my Department in each of the past five financial years.

The Department does not have targets set for sickness absence.

Adam Smith

Thomas Docherty: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on how many occasions Mr Adam Smith has been registered as a visitor to her Department's main building since May 2012. [169404]

Mr Vaizey: Mr Adam Smith, who previously worked as a special adviser in DCMS, has not visited the Department since May 2012.

Athletics

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to encourage people to get involved in athletics. [169024]

Hugh Robertson: Sport England is investing £22 million in England Athletics over the next four years with the aim of getting 2.4 million people doing athletics at least once a week, every week, an increase of 500,000 compared to figures published in December 2012. Sport England's investment supports members of formal athletics clubs as well running groups across the country. Sport England's investment in England Athletics also ensures it partners with the main providers of major running events such as the London Marathon, Nova international, Park Run and Cancer Research UK. Sport England is also working with the National Trust to expand its programmes to get more people running in a number of its key properties including Dumber Park near Worksop in Nottinghamshire.

Broadband: North Yorkshire

Nigel Adams: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people in North Yorkshire do not yet have access to broadband speed of at least 2MBps. [R] [169410]

Mr Vaizey: The Ofcom Fixed Broadband Data 2012 (published in December 2012) shows that 13.8% of premises in North Yorkshire received download speeds of less than 2Mbps. The corresponding figure for 2011 was 17.1% of premises.

To improve broadband coverage in North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire county council entered into a rural broadband contract with BT in July 2012 with the support of £17.8 million of Government funding and this has now delivered superfast broadband availability to over 50,000 premises in North Yorkshire.

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The Government also announced in June 2013 that they would invest up to a further £250 million to extend superfast broadband provision from current coverage plans so that, with local match funding, 95% of UK premises will have access to superfast broadband by 2017. The Government are also exploring with industry how to expand coverage further, using more innovative fixed, wireless and mobile broadband solutions, to reach at least 99% of premises in the UK by 2018.

Broadband: Rossendale

Jake Berry: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure that rural areas in Rossendale and Darwen constituency can receive faster broadband. [169146]

Mr Vaizey: The Government provided £10,830,000 to Lancashire county council for its local broadband project, which includes the Rossendale and Darwen area. Lancashire county council procured its supplier independently of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) although BDUK continues to provide support to the project. The project is in delivery and is aiming to bring fibre broadband to 97% of premises in Lancashire, Blackpool, and Blackburn with Darwen, and has to date passed 1,800 premises.

Broadband: Rural Areas

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much contingency is included in BT's bids for delivering the rural superfast broadband programme. [169274]

Mr Vaizey: BT's bids for rural broadband projects do not explicitly identify contingency. Bid costs for individual projects under the broadband delivery framework agreement must be consistent with the reference costs that were agreed with the supplier when the framework agreement was put in place. In addition, the supplier must provide full transparency of costs during implementation and will only be paid on the basis of actual costs. Suppliers will not be able to claim for any un-spent contingency. Any contingency which the supplier included in their bids and which is not required to achieve the contracted targets will therefore be available to extend coverage beyond the minimum contracted levels.

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to ensure that the invoices submitted by BT for delivering the rural superfast broadband programme accurately reflect its costs. [169494]

Mr Vaizey: The reporting requirements, processes and controls in local authorities' contracts with BT will all help ensure that invoices accurately reflect costs. The National Audit Office has reported that this process appears to be robust. BT will only be paid on the basis of actual eligible capital costs, evidenced with invoices, that are incurred in delivering the contracted levels of coverage. Local authorities will have full transparency of costs through the life of the contracts and can scrutinise each underlying invoice and timesheet to ensure BT is only paid for work done. Any unspent

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contingency or additional funding resulting from clawback provisions in the contracts will be used to provide additional coverage.

Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) has developed detailed processes to assist local authorities in assuring supplier costs. BDUK will continue to provide training, advice and assurance support to local authorities throughout the implementation.

Buildings

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many square metres of office space her Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property. [169417]

Hugh Robertson: The Department does not own any office space. It rents 6,934 square metres of space in London. Leasehold property is not valued.

Mr Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by her Department in that period have been used by her Department's staff for less than four years before a further move. [169458]

Hugh Robertson: The information is as follows:

There were no refurbishment costs associated with these moves.

Carbon Emissions

David T. C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent by her Department on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which figures are available. [169505]

Hugh Robertson: For the financial year 2012-13, the most recent period for which full year figures are available, DCMS spent £18,252 on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide. For this financial year (2013-14) we anticipate that our costs will be £15,984, based on the Department of Energy and Climate Change's assessment of our current needs.

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Direct Selling

Mr Bain: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what further steps her Department plans to take to tackle the problem of automatic telephone calls made to lines in domestic residences. [169135]

Mr Vaizey: Domestic residences are protected from automatic telephone calls for marketing purposes through the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) 2003, which prohibits such calls unless prior consent of the recipient has been obtained. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) enforces the PECR and can issue a fine of up to £500,000 for the most serious breaches in situations where callers continue to disregard the regulations.

We outlined our future plans to tackle nuisance calls, in our strategy paper “Connectivity, Content and Consumers: Britain's digital platform for growth”, which was published on 30 July. This includes enabling Ofcom to share information more easily with ICO in relation to companies that make unsolicited marketing calls, so that ICO can take more effective action. We are also continuing to work with industry and regulators to ensure better enforcement to target those that break the rules. Other measures include supporting efforts to enable calls to be traced where a caller conceals or withholds their number and considering the scope to lower the legal threshold, which needs to be met before the ICO can issue a monetary penalty. Further information about all our proposals are set out at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/connectivity-content-and-consumers-Britains-digital-platform-for-growth

Also, a joint action plan was published in July by ICO and Ofcom, which identifies steps they are taking to improve guidance, pursue ongoing targeted enforcement and improve call and message tracing processes to track down those responsible for making calls. Ofcom will also be conducting a review of the effectiveness of the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) further details are available at:

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/silent-calls/joint-action-plan/

We will review their findings carefully to see what further action can be taken to tackle nuisance calls.

Direct Selling: Scotland

Ann McKechin: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what submissions she has received either orally or in writing from the Scottish Government in relation to regulation of nuisance calls over the last 12 months. [167424]

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Mr Vaizey: I have received no submissions of this nature from the Scottish Government concerning nuisance calls. However, on 17 October 2012, I received a letter from Fergus Ewing MSP (Scotland's Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism). He requested to be informed about our plans to address the issue and we responded by setting out the actions being taken in this area.

Entertainments: Tickets

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether she plans to conduct a review into the secondary ticketing market. [167219]

Hugh Robertson: The Government have no plans to conduct a review into the secondary ticket market. We will, however, continue to monitor this area through a range of methods, including analysis of the representations received and observation of the sector as a whole.

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of secondary ticketing on matters within the remit of their departments. [167220]

Hugh Robertson: I have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues at BIS and HM Treasury on a range of issues.

Members: Correspondence

Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 1 August 2013 from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) with regards to Mr A. Chan. [169481]

Hugh Robertson: A response was sent to the right hon. Gentleman on 23 September 2013.

Ministers’ Private Offices

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in her Department; and what the pay band of each such member of staff is. [168714]

Hugh Robertson: The number and pay bands of full-time equivalent staff currently employed in the private office of each Minister in my Department is shown in the following table.

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Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

Dr Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the Government plans to support the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda’s proposals to end roaming charges in the EU. [168931]

Mr Vaizey: The European Commission adopted and launched a regulatory proposal covering the EU telecommunications single market on 12 September 2013; further action on roaming prices were included within the proposals.

The UK Government have been a strong supporter of co-ordinated action to reduce roaming charges through a series of regulations which have already resulted in substantial reductions in roaming charges. While we have not had an opportunity to consider the details of the recently adopted proposals, we support the objective of further reducing roaming charges which will benefit business and retail consumers alike.

Mobile Phones: North Yorkshire

Andrew Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to what extent 3G mobile network coverage in north Yorkshire has been increased since May 2010; and what steps she is taking to increase that coverage further. [168925]

Mr Vaizey: Mobile coverage is a matter for Ofcom who licence the mobile network operators. The 3G licences issued in 2000 contain coverage obligations to ensure that the operators must cover an area where at least 80% of the population live, by 2007. This was extended to 90% coverage, by 30 June 2013. Coverage is detailed at Ofcom’s website at:

http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/mobile-services/

which shows levels in 2012. However, it is a commercial decision for the mobile operators as to how they meet their coverage obligations and sparsely populated areas may have less coverage.

The Government are looking to provide mobile coverage through the £150 million Mobile Infrastructure Project announced in 2011. In conjunction with our contractors, we are in the process of identifying sites for infrastructure to provide coverage. The first site to provide coverage is in north Yorkshire, and we expect it to be fully operational in the next few weeks.

Olympic Games 2012

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Northern Ireland; what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on enhancing that legacy; and if she will make a statement. [169288]

Hugh Robertson: The legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games is being felt across the United Kingdom. DCMS recently published an independent report, produced by a consortium led by Grant Thornton, the meta-evaluation of the impacts and legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.

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The report includes the following findings in relation to Northern Ireland:

The total economic impact of the games on Northern Ireland is estimated at between £380 million and £480 million of gross value added, with total job years created of between 12,300 and 15,600, over the period 2004-20

Venues in Northern Ireland hosted teams from 100 countries, 1,396 delegates and 10,432 spectators at pre games training camps and competitions.

52% of schools in Northern Ireland signed up for Get Set, the educational programme managed by LOCOG which developed educational materials based on the Olympic and Paralympic values (and which continues to run under the auspices of the British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association)

77 projects in Northern Ireland were awarded the Inspire Mark (the brand managed by LOCOG which was given to high-quality non-commercial projects inspired by the Games) and 127 local leaders were signed up in Northern Ireland (the local leaders initiative invited volunteers to promote awareness of the games in their communities and organise Olympic and Paralympic celebrations).

The full meta-evaluation report can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-5-post-games-evaluation-meta-evaluation-of-the-impacts-and-legacy-of-the-london-2012-olympic-and-paralympic-games

Examples of legacy-related activity in Northern Ireland include:

a number of initiatives run by Sport Northern Ireland designed to increase participation, including Activ8, a social marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness among primary school aged children of the importance of taking part in at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day and of eating a healthy and balanced diet; and active communities, a £13.5 million investment over five years employing and training a network of full-time and part-time sports coaches to deliver activities in community and club settings across Northern Ireland

the 5-star Disability Sports Challenge, run by Disability Sports NI and the Northern Ireland Executive. This innovative project was delivered in primary schools across Northern Ireland, focussing on disability sports and educating young people about disability and the Paralympics, and inspiring more children to become active

over £40 million worth of London 2012 related contracts were won by over 45 companies in Northern Ireland

in 2013 NI successfully hosted the 2013 World Police and Fire games and is set to host the Grande Partenza or ‘Big Start’ of the Giro d'ltalia in May 2014

Northern Ireland has benefitted from both VisitBritain's international campaigns (including GREAT, which continues to maximise the opportunities arising from hosting the 2012 games) and VisitEngland's Holidays at Home Are GREAT campaigns, and will continue to do so

Salto Gymnastics Club in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, is an example of a club and facility that supports both community and elite use—it also hosted the Olympic gold-winning Chinese men's team as their pre-games training camp.

Lord Coe visited the club earlier this year and said:

“This gymnastics club captures the essence of the last 10 years. This club is quintessentially why I went to Singapore and that's why I've come back here because now we are starting the second half of the Olympic journey, to be inspired by 2012.”

I have not had any discussions with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive about enhancing the games’ legacy for Northern Ireland, but I would be happy to do so.

Procurement

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b)

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payment of living wage and

(c)

use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts. [169315]

Hugh Robertson: Given the minimum wage is a legal obligation, we expect all suppliers to comply with it and the Department does not undertake an assessment. Although the Government have been explicit that it supports the living wage and encourage business to take it up where possible and affordable, the Department does not make an assessment of this or zero hours contracts as, ultimately, this is a commercial consideration for each company tendering.

Publications

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to her Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report commissioned by her Department in each year since 2010. [168782]

Hugh Robertson: The following table includes all research reports that have been identified as having been commissioned since 2010 by the Department.

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