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754752

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Health Services: Arts
	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 assessment she has made of the use of art-based activities in preventing and curing (a) physical and (b) mental ill health.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	6839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We believe that arts-based activity can have a significant role in improving health and wellbeing of citizens.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has previously commissioned research to develop the evidence base on the social and wellbeing impacts of cultural engagement, including on mental health conditions such as clinical depression. Research commissioned from the London School of Economics published in 2015 showed that people who engaged in the arts as an audience member were 5.4% more likely to report good health than non-participants.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2017 16:57:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

754755

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Health Services: Arts
	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 assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations and conclusions of the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing, published on 19 July 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	6840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the recent ‘Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing’ report. The report made a specific recommendation for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) the Department of Health (DoH) and other relevant departments to develop and lead a cross-government strategy to support the delivery of health and wellbeing through arts and culture.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to exploring the potential for such a strategy further with these departments, including DoH.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2017 14:20:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847062

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Fairtrade Initiative
	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 proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could ony be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/03/2018 09:54:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847101

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Contracts
	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 organisations his Department has outsourced functions to since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>DCMS has not outsourced functions since 2011.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/03/2018 09:46:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847121

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Trade Unions
	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 percentage of workers employed directly by his Department belonged to a trade union in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has limited information, presented in the table below. However information is not held on those employees who chose to pay their trade union subscriptions themselves directly through direct debit to their trade union. Therefore an accurate overall percentage figure cannot be given, as it would not include these employees.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DCMS Staff</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>527</p></td><td><p>656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage belonging to a trade union</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data is based on the position at 31st March in each of the years given and the number of staff who paid their trade union subscriptions through the payroll. This includes permanent staff, those on fixed-term contracts, those on paid loan/secondment in/out of DCMS and those on paid maternity leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/03/2018 09:56:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847147

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Zero Hours Contracts
	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 (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were directly employed on zero-hours contracts by his Department in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff, and (d) any other staff directly employed on zero-hours contracts is given below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Full-time</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>483</p></td><td><p>595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Part-time</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Temporary staff</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Zero-hour contracts</p></td><td><p>✝</p></td><td><p>✝</p></td><td><p>✝</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data is based on the position at 31st March in each of the years given. The full-time and part-time figures include Civil Servants on DCMS’ payroll. This includes permanent staff, those on fixed-term contracts, those on paid loan/secondment in/out of DCMS and those on paid maternity leave.</p><p> </p><p>Exact headcount is given for 2014 to 2017 based on data DCMS currently holds. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 for full-time and part-time staff for 2010 to 2013 as this information is taken from data published in the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. This data source can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&amp;version=0&amp;dataset=129" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&amp;version=0&amp;dataset=129</a></p><p> </p><p>Data is based on the position at 31st March in each year so 2018 data is not yet available. This data will be uploaded to this website later in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>* Information on temporary staff is taken from the Workforce Management Information which DCMS produces on a monthly basis and publishes annually. This information was not produced before 2013.</p><p> </p><p>✝ Information on zero-hour contracts is not available before 2013.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/03/2018 09:44:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847187

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Flexible Working
	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 and what percentage of employees in his Department worked (a) in departmental accommodation, (b) from home and (c) at any other location in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>At 1st January 2018 the breakdown of DCMS staff is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Departmental accommodation</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Satellite offices and Government hubs*</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include permanent staff, those staff on fixed term contracts, those staff on loan/secondment into DCMS, those staff on paid maternity leave, and temps and interim staff.</p><p> </p><p>*Includes staff working from home</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/03/2018 13:35:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

969123

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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: Health
	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 his Department uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being when formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national well-being in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	171304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>My Department works closely with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to develop policies that improve well-being.</p><p>The ONS wellbeing estimates are incorporated into the DCMS Taking Part Survey. This annual survey is commissioned to provide an evidence source on participation in culture and sport and collects data on well being. The survey is currently used to measure and inform departmental indicators, inform the formulation of DCMS policy, and to understand the drivers of participation in cultural and sporting activities.</p><p>Policy formulation also includes policy evaluation. ONS personal well-being data is used to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of policy interventions. A recent example is the National Citizen Service. The reported personal well being of young people before and after their participation in the service has been evaluated. The results found statistically significant increases.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/09/2018 11:52:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

988882

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Internet: Wales
	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 100 wards in Wales were with the lowest proportion of people who had not accessed internet services within the last 6 months in each of the last 3 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	180105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>My department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/10/2018 12:13:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760064

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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	Broadband
	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 households received broadband speeds of less than 5mb in each constituency in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	10423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not have data on premises that receive speeds of less than 5Mbps. The Department has deposited in the House of Commons Library results of its modelling and analysis of broadband coverage by constituency, including figures for sub 2 and sub 10 Mbps premises. Similar information, by constituency, is also available from Think Broadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 12:19:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane