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806066

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions have advised that the requested information was not available on the grounds of disproportionate cost associated with data collection and collation in the current Session.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	119164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As of 19th December, DCMS has answered 1,062 Written Parliamentary Questions, of which 12 or 1.1% were answered in such a manner. Pretty good I think.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/12/2017 17:25:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809696

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions
	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 proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	120316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As of 19th December, DCMS has answered 1,062 Written Parliamentary Questions, of which 19 or 1.8% were answered in such a manner. Also pretty low.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/12/2017 17:26:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	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

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

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

809833

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Social Mobility
	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 has taken to improve social mobility in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	120453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Our ​internal ​efforts on improving social mobility include ​the appointment of a senior social mobility champion, participation in the Social Mobility Foundation Employer Index and programmes such as the Summer Diversity Internship Programme. We are ​also ​working ​closely ​with the Cabinet Office on ​improving ​social mobility through the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy which was launched ​in October​ 2017.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS has ​also ​made significant investments into programmes that help young people develop skills outside school, and participate in their communities. This includes £80 million, invested in partnership with the Big Lottery Fund, into the Youth Investment and #iwill Funds; continuing to back the growth of the National Citizen Service; and securing £90 million of dormant accounts money to support disadvantaged and disengaged young people into employment.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 31/01/2018 10:19:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

786937

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Working Conditions
	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 improve the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of staff employed in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	112404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service has set out five priorities for the health and wellbeing of its employees, including priorities in relation to physical and mental wellbeing. In addition, the Civil Service has also committed to being a leading employer on mental health support, in line with the recommendations set out in the recently published independent review Thriving At Work. We will benchmark our department to see how the support we provide employees currently measures up to the recommendations set out in the October 2017 Farmer/Stevenson review. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has also recently been awarded level 3 of the Disability Confident Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In DCMS dedicated Health and Well-being help is available on the intranet. This covers the Civil Service priority areas and includes information on how to cope with stress with frequent articles and blogs on mental health, musculoskeletal issues and embracing a healthy lifestyle.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Department provides information and support to help all employees to stay well and manage their health conditions at work. This support includes a variety of programmes like occupational health support, counselling support through the Employee Assistance Programme, HR Casework team and the Civil Service Workplace Adjustments Service which helps with adjustments for employees suffering from a mental health or physical condition. Line Managers also have access to a Stress Assessment and Reduction Plan toolkit for identifying and managing stress when required.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is a signatory to the Time to Change Pledge and raises awareness of the support available through national campaigns such as the “Time to Talk” day and the Mental Health Awareness Week.</p><p> </p><p>The Department supports the Employee Mental Health Network with a Senior Civil Servant Champion and has introduced Mental Health First Aiders and Champions who are trained to provide support and guide people towards appropriate professional help. The Network has had the visible support of the Department’s Permanent Secretary and Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Unconscious Bias training is mandatory for all employees and the Department is working with line managers to support individuals with mental health conditions, part of which is encouraging line managers to undertake the Mental Health Awareness eLearning available on the Civil Service Learning Portal.</p><p> </p><p>The department participates in the Civil Service Workplace Challenges which promotes physical activities such as The Active Lunch Challenge, the Walking Challenge and the Physical Activity Week. We also promote national campaigns such as the One You campaign.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/11/2017 13:15:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	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

988883

	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	Big Lottery Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, who were the top 30 recipients of the largest grants given by the Big Lottery Fund in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	180106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Lottery raises over £1.6 Billion a year for good cause projects across the UK. 40% of this funding is distributed for Big Lottery Fund.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK. It funds both large and small charities across every community in the UK. Every year, around 90% of its awards to community projects are for £10,000 or less.</p><p> </p><p>On the attached sheet are the top 30 recipients of the largest grants given by the Big Lottery Fund in each of the last 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/10/2018 20:51:13 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch attachment 1 file name Big Lottery Recipients.docx title Big Lottery Recipients
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane