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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

63865

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Lotteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department's proposed constitution on society lotteries, which was first announced in December 2012, will consider ways to help the sector maximise returns to good causes.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	202398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Decisions on what elements will be considered in the consultation on society lotteries have yet to be taken. We have commissioned advice from the Gambling Commission which will inform us of the scope and content of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/07/2014 15:49:16 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

63866

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Lotteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on how much society lotteries have generated for good causes in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	202399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Information about how much society lotteries generate for good causes is collected by the Gambling Commission. The most up to date information can be found in the Gambling Commission's industry statistics, which are at:<a href="http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/gambling_data__analysis/statistics/industry_statistics-1.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/gambling_data__analysis/statistics/industry_statistics-1.aspx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/07/2014 15:50:07 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

63867

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	War Memorials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has (a) taken in each of the last three years and (b) plans to take in the next two years to ensure that war memorials are properly maintained and kept in a good state of repair; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	202338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has spent the following amounts maintaining national memorials in each of the last three years. The Memorials Grant Scheme is available to charities and faith groups, and can be used for works involving war memorials. The scheme will be available until 31 March 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>529,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>269,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>334,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has announced this week that it will give the War Memorials Trust up to £3 million over the First World War centenary period to boost the funds available to local communities for the repair and conservation of war memorials. English Heritage, Imperial War Museums and Civic Voice will together be given £1.5 million over the same period to deliver better protection through Listing, a greater pool of specialist skills, a national register of war memorials, and a network of trained volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/07/2014 16:00:27 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

64012

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Golf: Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote golfing holidays in the (a) North West and (b) UK.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	202446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Golfing holidays in both the North West and the rest of the UK are promoted by VisitEngland and VisitBritain. Liverpool is using £62,500 from VisitEngland's Growing Tourism Locally programme, funded through the Regional Growth fund, to promote ‘England's Golf Coast' in the golfing press, using the staging of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool to encourage visits to the region. VisitBritain's consumer website highlights golf courses across the whole of the UK including the Golf Coast, which also features in their Sport is GREAT pillar guide. In advance of the Ryder Cup in Gleneagles, VisitBritain has organised familiarisation trips taking American and European journalists to the course. Previous experience tells us that hosting the Ryder Cup is worth tens of millions of pounds to the UK and to the local economy.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/07/2014 15:51:19 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

63481

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a suitable commemoration of the First World War; and if he will support the Royal Sussex Regiment Association's efforts for a memorial to be erected in Priez, France.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	202113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government will mark the centenary of the First World War with an appropriate programme of national events, cultural activities, educational initiatives and community projects across 2014-18. It is fitting that organisations such as the Royal Sussex Regiment Association are seeking to commemorate the centenary in ways which are meaningful for them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:50:26 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

63585

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	202051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The table sets out the percentage of employees, within each performance category, who have declared a disability, and the percentage of all other staff in each performance category for the 2013-14 reporting year for assessments received to date. The percentage of all other staff includes staff who have either explicitly declared that they do not have a disability, have chosen the ‘prefer not to say' option, or have not responded to the question at all.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Excellent </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of employees who have declared a disability in each performance rating</p></td><td><p><strong>1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of all other staff employed in each performance rating</p></td><td><p><strong>35%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) takes seriously its obligations to collect diversity data as required by the Equality Act 2010. All staff have been asked to provide personal diversity data to be held anonymously, and we continue to encourage increased declaration by staff. As such these figures will not be fully representative of workforce diversity.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:48:32 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63590

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Educational Testing Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what current contracts (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies hold with the Educational Testing Service or any of that organisation's subsidiaries.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
uin	202166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any contracts with the Educational Testing Service or any of its subsidiaries. We do not hold information centrally on our executive agency or non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:49:35 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

63593

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Monuments
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 his Department (a) spent in each of the last 10 years and (b) plans to spend in each of the next three years on maintaining national memorials; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	202023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has spent the following amounts in each of the last 10 years maintaining national memorials:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>529,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>269,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>334,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>229,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>391,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>854,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>714,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The DCMS-run Memorial Grant Scheme has a budget of £543,000 for this financial year. Grants are available to charities and faith groups, and can be used to repair and maintain war memorials. The Government has today announced that it will give the War Memorials Trust up to £3 million over the First World War centenary period to boost the funds available to local communities for the repair and conservation of war memorials. English Heritage, Imperial War Museums and Civic Voice will together be given £1.5 million over the same period to deliver better protection through Listing, a greater pool of specialist skills, a national register of war memorials, and a network of trained volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:51:20 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

63594

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Memorials Grant Scheme
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 his Department gave to the Memorials Grant Scheme in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	202024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has given the amounts set out from the Memorial Grant Scheme in each of the last 10 years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding MGS (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>529,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>269,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>334,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>229,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>391,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>854,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>714,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:52:55 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess