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65306

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department routinely sends e-mail replies to correspondence from hon. Members unless we are specifically requested to reply by post.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 14:06:52 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65307

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Tourist Attractions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance his Department gives to community groups who wish to take over the running of museums and tourist attractions.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	203559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS does not give direct assistance to community groups who wish to take over the running of museums and tourist attractions. However advice may be sought through bodies including Arts Council England and the Association of Independent Museums, alongside local Destination Organisations. My Department will liaise with the Department for Communities and Local Government, Cabinet Office and the Big Lottery Fund to see where further community support might be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/07/2014 16:51:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

65309

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Mobile Phones: Hertfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the decision not to proceed with a mast at Fownhope, if he will include the lack of mobile network coverage in that area in any future discussion he has with network operators.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	203627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Mobile coverage in the UK as a whole is amongst the best in Europe but we aspire to better. The Secretary of State has been discussing with Ofcom and the mobile network operators what more can be done improve coverage. No firm decisions have been taken yet on the most effective methods of extending coverage.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/07/2014 14:05:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

65310

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Film: Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount of foreign direct investment into the UK film industry in each year from 1997 to 2009.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	203623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the amount of foreign direct investment into the UK film industry in each year from 1997 to 2009. The amount spent in the UK on the production of inward investment films is shown in the table below, which also includes investment from UK production companies in those films. No information is held information on the amount of foreign investment in other parts of the industry (for example, foreign investors in cinemas or distribution companies).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>1997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1998</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>261.9m</p></td><td><p>214.2m</p></td><td><p>336.4m</p></td><td><p>366.6m</p></td><td><p>198.5m</p></td><td><p>265.9</p></td><td><p>733.0m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>583.8m</p></td><td><p>307.3m</p></td><td><p>558.9m</p></td><td><p>604.2m</p></td><td><p>434.3m</p></td><td><p>834.6m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data is published and available in the BFI Statistical Yearbook, which can be found online at: <a href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/statistical-yearbook" target="_blank">http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/statistical-yearbook</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:46:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

65312

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Facebook
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 has had with Facebook about the experiment they conducted on users to influence their emotions in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	203577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p><em>Neither the Secretary of State or I have not sought specific legal advice on the recent research carried out by Facebook. In the first instance, I believe it is a matter for the Information Commissioner's Office to determine whether UK data protection laws have been breached.</em></p><p><em>Neither have we made any estimate on the number of UK citizens that may have been subject to the research recently published by Facebook, nor had discussions with Facebook or the US administration about this. I have received a briefing paper from Facebook regarding this research, ahead of giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on social media data.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 203576 203578 203579 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:08:04 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

65313

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Facebook
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 has had with the US administration about Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	203578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p><em>Neither the Secretary of State or I have not sought specific legal advice on the recent research carried out by Facebook. In the first instance, I believe it is a matter for the Information Commissioner's Office to determine whether UK data protection laws have been breached.</em></p><p><em>Neither have we made any estimate on the number of UK citizens that may have been subject to the research recently published by Facebook, nor had discussions with Facebook or the US administration about this. I have received a briefing paper from Facebook regarding this research, ahead of giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on social media data.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 203576 203577 203579 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:08:04 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

65314

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has sought legal advice on Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	203579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p><em>Neither the Secretary of State or I have not sought specific legal advice on the recent research carried out by Facebook. In the first instance, I believe it is a matter for the Information Commissioner's Office to determine whether UK data protection laws have been breached.</em></p><p><em>Neither have we made any estimate on the number of UK citizens that may have been subject to the research recently published by Facebook, nor had discussions with Facebook or the US administration about this. I have received a briefing paper from Facebook regarding this research, ahead of giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on social media data.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 203576 203577 203578 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:08:04 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

65315

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the regional distribution is of Arts Council England's Catalyst funds.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	203580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The £100 million Catalyst programme is supporting the culture and heritage sector's efforts to strengthen their fundraising expertise and build long-term financial resilience across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Regional breakdown of grants awarded by the Arts Council England:</p><p> </p><p>Catalyst: Building Fundraising Capacity, Catalyst: Capacity Building and Match Funding and Transforming Arts Fundraising.</p><p>Amount committed:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>10,199,987</p></td><td><p>25.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,575,072</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>3,627,294</p></td><td><p>9.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2,367,058</p></td><td><p>6.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>4,310,188</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>6,076,001</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>2,935,806</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,517,687</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>4,941,791</p></td><td><p>12.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>156,562</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>39,707,446</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Catalyst: Endowments</p><p>Amount awarded at offer stage - distribution of funds depends on fundraising level</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>18,500,000</p></td><td><p>60.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>3,000,000</p></td><td><p>9.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>3,000,000</p></td><td><p>9.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>30,500,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:45:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

65316

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Mass Media: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which media organisations in the UK have received funding from the European Parliament to promote coverage of EU-level decision-making in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	203566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Information published by the European Parliament indicates that no UK media organisations received funding in 2011, 2012 or 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/07/2014 14:04:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

65317

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens subject to Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	203576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p><em>Neither the Secretary of State or I have not sought specific legal advice on the recent research carried out by Facebook. In the first instance, I believe it is a matter for the Information Commissioner's Office to determine whether UK data protection laws have been breached.</em></p><p><em>Neither have we made any estimate on the number of UK citizens that may have been subject to the research recently published by Facebook, nor had discussions with Facebook or the US administration about this. I have received a briefing paper from Facebook regarding this research, ahead of giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on social media data.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 203577 203578 203579 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:08:04 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman