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816803

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the transparency data, DCMS gender pay gap 2016-2017, published on 18 December 2017, if she will publish the pay gap data for ordinary pay and bonus pay by (a) grade and (b) profession.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of the new legal requirement for public authorities to publish their gender pay gap every year, DCMS published their figures in December 2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mean gender pay gap</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median gender pay gap</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean bonus pay gap</p></td><td><p>-7.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median bonus pay gap</p></td><td><p>-92.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Splitting these figures by grade gives the following breakdown:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mean gender pay gap</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pay gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA/AO</p></td><td><p>-5.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO/SEO</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6/7</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br></p><p><strong>Median gender pay gap</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pay gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA/AO</p></td><td><p>-9.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-6.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO/SEO</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6/7</p></td><td><p>-0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>10.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Narrative on the mean and median pay gap: </strong>As a department most of our staff are concentrated at HEO/SEO and Grade 6/Grade 7; this represents around 70% of the total workforce. At SCS level a number of highly specialised Digital roles, predominantly males, has led to the gap increasing at this level.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mean bonus pay gap</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pay gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA/AO</p></td><td><p>-17.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-5.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO/SEO</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6/7</p></td><td><p>-19.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>17.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Median bonus pay gap</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pay gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA/AO</p></td><td><p>-17.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-15.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO/SEO</p></td><td><p>40.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6/7</p></td><td><p>-88.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Narrative on the mean and median bonus gap: </strong>Overall of all the men that received bonus payments 52% received an in-year award only, for women this was 44%. These payments are generally lower than the end of year award payment and where there is a median bonus pay gap, this is because the median point falls within the in-year award pay range rather than in the end of year figure.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Narrative on Professions:</strong> DCMS does not hold profession information for every employee so this breakdown is not possible.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 15/01/2018 11:27:07 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816860

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether there is a minimum limit above which charitable organisations must bid in applying for funding from the tampon tax fund.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	121287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Applications to the Tampon Tax Fund should be for £1million or more and be from organisations that can deliver impact across their chosen category and across multiple regions in one or more of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Applications are welcomed from individual organisations or consortia with an identified lead organisation. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from organisations whose projects include making onward grants to other charitable organisations, as a way of utilising existing expertise in the sector, increasing geographical reach, and improving impact.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 15/01/2018 17:03:44 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

816914

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Big Society Capital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any of the £135 million announced by her Department on 4 January 2018 as pledged to Big Society Capital to fund stable and long-term accommodation for vulnerable groups has previously been allocated or announced.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	121341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The release of a new tranche of £330m from dormant accounts to be distributed across the UK, announced on 4 January, includes an allocation of £135m to Big Society Capital. £300m of dormant account funding has previously been transferred to Big Society Capital. The allocation from the new tranche of dormant accounts will meet the intention announced by the Prime Minister in 2012 to provide £400m to Big Society Capital, and provides an additional £35m.</p><p> </p><p>Previous announcements on the government’s funding commitment to Big Society Capital were not specific to housing, and Big Society Capital’s intention to use this funding to provide stable and long-term accommodation homes for vulnerable people, as well as to support local charities and social enterprises, has not previously been announced.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/01/2018 16:33:40 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

816912

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse is of independent evaluations of the National Citizens Service in each year since that programme began.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	121339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Departmental records show that £3,000,000 has been allocated to evaluation since the creation of the National Citizen Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/01/2018 16:26:02 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

816727

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Civil Society: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of funding sources available for charities and voluntary organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	121154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Charities and voluntary organisations are receiving funding from Government through a number of programmes. This includes unlocking £360m for good causes from dormant bank accounts. Other examples include investing £32m so far in disadvantaged women and girls via the Tampon Tax Fund and £40m in youth organisations through the Youth Investment and #iwill Funds.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also taking steps to open up new opportunities for charities and voluntary organisations' to play a role in public services. Efforts include recruiting a Crown Representative for the sector and ongoing Commissioning Academy programmes.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 15/01/2018 17:06:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

816789

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Scout Association: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Scout Association received from the Government in each of the last seven years; and the purposes for which that funding was provided.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	121216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The Scout Association received £1,288,573 in FY 13/14 as part of the Department for Communities and Local Government-funded Youth United Foundation Social Inclusion Programme. This Programme was designed to increase young people’s access to voluntary youth activities in a number of targeted areas of deprivation across England.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, the Cabinet Office launched the £10 million Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund designed to create new uniformed youth group units. The grant was distributed by Youth United Foundation and included two funding rounds in FY 14/15 and FY 15/16. The Scout Association received the following funding during the lifetime of the fund:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Phase</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund Round 1</p></td><td><p>£1,379,637</p></td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>Creation of places for harder to reach young people.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund Round 2</p></td><td><p>£445,420</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>Piloting innovative approaches to engage young people with physical or learning disabilities.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Scout Association also received £159,005 in FY 15/16 and £123,245 in FY 16/17 as part of the Department for Education’s Character Grant scheme. This funding was for a project entitled Character by Doing, a 12 month pilot project led by the Scout Association in partnership with the independent think-tank Demos and six schools to trial a schools-based model of Scouting in areas of deprivation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/01/2018 16:29:19 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

816855

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Football: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Football Foundation has allocated to each English parliamentary constituency since its creation.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	121282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The Football Foundation charity which is the recipient of joint funding from the DCMS, The Football Association and the Premier League has provided over £595million in total to the 533 English constituencies since its inception in 2000. The table attached provides an individual breakdown of this.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/01/2018 17:34:40 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch attachment 1 file name Funding by Constituency.pdf title Funding by Constituency
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

816797

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much Government funding has been allocated to the National Citizen Service in each of the last seven years; how that money was allocated; and what the objectives were for that spending.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	121224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Information about Government funding for NCS is available in the published accounts for Cabinet Office (2010/11 - 2015/16) and DCMS (2016/17), copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House. Government allocates NCS Trust an annual budget, based on projected participation rates, within the Spending Review financial settlement for that year. Each year NCS Trust is funded to deliver an agreed number of NCS participants, to deliver positive impacts for participants and to improve the overall value for money of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/01/2018 10:42:01 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

816854

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Athletics: Sportsgrounds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many athletics tracks have been (a) closed and (b) opened since the 2012 London Olympic Games.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	121281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>According to Sport England’s Active Places Power database which maps community sports facilities in England (a) 12 athletics tracks have closed, and (b) 12 new athletics tracks have been built in England since 2012. This data can be found at: www.activeplacespower.com.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 15/01/2018 11:31:05 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

816698

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gaming Machines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of Sate for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate the Government has made of the fiscal impact of each of the four options for reducing the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals set out in its consultation on maximum stakes for such terminals published on 31 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	121125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon member to the answer to PQ 115452 on 28 November 2017 .</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/01/2018 14:20:20 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms