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90635

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he and Ministers in his Department have had with Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the proposed reform of apprenticeships; what effect those discussions will have on his Department's projects and the work of their supply chain; and whether officials in his Department sit on programme boards managing that reform.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	208208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has been engaged with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on apprenticeship reforms, in particular on the tourism industry and creative industries. The second phase of Apprenticeship Trailblazers includes Professional Chefing, and Hospitality and Tourism Supervisors and Managers. I also launched and co-chair a Tourism Industry Council with the Minister for Skills and Equalities, Nick Boles. The Council’s aim is to improve skills, qualifications and apprenticeships within the sector and will include engagement with the apprenticeship reform scheme.</p><p> </p><p>There are now more than 4,200 apprenticeships in the creative industries, plus more than 45,000 apprenticeships in ICT. The cinema industry, crafts and newspaper and broadcast media sectors are all taking part in the second phase of the Apprenticeship Trailblazers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 11/09/2014 10:16:09 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

62997

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Government Equalities Office in the last parliamentary session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	201547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>All parliamentary questions tabled to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which includes the Government Equalities Office, in the last parliamentary session, received a substantive answer by the time the House prorogued on 14 May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/06/2014 15:19:59 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

78668

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Lottery: North Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the total amount of money awarded to good causes by the National Lottery in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	206563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>National Lottery funding figures for the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency in each of the last five years:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013: 29 grants worth a total of £8,645,453</p><p> </p><p>2012: 22 grants worth a total of £624,654</p><p> </p><p>2011:23 grants worth a total of £1,622,769</p><p> </p><p>2010: 25 grants worth a total of £1,710,701</p><p> </p><p>2009: 23 grants worth a total of £600,362</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(Please note the 2013 figure is much higher as there was a grant of £6.8 million to Your Consortium, a charity based in Knaresborough.)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National Lottery funding figures for North Yorkshire in each of the last five years:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013: 263 grants worth a total of £26,491,173</p><p> </p><p>2012: 261 grants worth a total of £12,087,874</p><p> </p><p>2011: 266 grants worth a total of £12,517,310</p><p> </p><p>2010: 250 grants worth a total of £11,224,497</p><p> </p><p>2009: 300 grants worth a total of £8,454,417</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 21/07/2014 09:01:46 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63205

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tourism: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of (a) Yorkshire and the Humber, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to the UK's tourism economy.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	201903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest regional-breakdown estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published on 20 February 2014, show that in 2011 tourism in Yorkshire and the Humber directly contributed a gross value-added (GVA) of around £2.6 billion to the economy. This is 5.3% of the UK's tourism economy, which is valued in this study at £48.7 billion. The same estimates show that North Yorkshire contributed a GVA of £0.89 billion, which represents 1.8% of the UK's tourism economy. We do not have an estimate of the contribution of the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to the UK's tourism economy.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 30/06/2014 16:02:09 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

64158

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tour de France
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will estimate the level of financial benefit in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber as a result of the upcoming launch of the Tour de France.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	202643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Sport is supporting the production of a full economic impact assessment of the event and this will be made available later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 03/07/2014 12:19:17 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

77357

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Media: Subscriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has subscriptions to the following magazines: Broadcast, Spectator, Economist, Art Review, Art Newspaper, House magazine, Vacher’s Quarterly, New Statesman, (b) The department does not subscribe to any television channels.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 18/07/2014 11:26:45 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77356

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department's accounting system does not record expenditure on away days separately from other staff training and development costs. To identify and summarise these costs for the period requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 18/07/2014 11:25:15 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77359

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State &amp; the ministers in the Department have not undertaken (a) media training (b) social media training in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 18/07/2014 11:24:11 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77360

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>The department had no spend on gym and leisure facilities or cafeteria. Decorations costs are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2013 Nil</p><p>2014 £9,208.50</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 18/07/2014 11:26:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77358

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text DCMS policy on alcohol consumption on the premises is that, managers are expected to ensure that office parties do not cause disruption to the work of the office, and that drinking during working hours does not otherwise impact on the performance and reputation of the Department. In addition, all civil servants are expected to carry out standards of behaviour as set out in the Civil Service Code. Private Offices are subject to the same policy as the rest of DCMS. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 21/07/2014 08:48:11 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter