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994681

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2018 to Question 180106, what the size is of the grant for each recipient named.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	183875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 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>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, and the total size of the grant for each recipient.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 30/10/2018 17:10:48 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch attachment 1 file name 10 Year Top 30 - FY Totals 261018 (1).xlsx title The top 30 recipients of the largest grants
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

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

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

924677

registered interest
date	15/06/2018
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	Theatre: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2018 to Question 149988, on theatre: young people, which the organisations have benefited from the funding outlined in the table in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	154150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The attached table outlines those organisations which have benefited from the funding​ detailed in the Department's answer of 13 June 2018 to ​Question 149988​.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/06/2018 13:54:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name Artrs Funding Youth Theatre 2015-2018.pdf title Arts Funding Youth Theatre 2015-18
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