The Department has considered the findings of the report with interest. The Department continues to work closely with Arts Council England (ACE) to support authors through the different stages of their careers. ACE funding enables a diverse range of individuals to develop as writers, including those less able to access mainstream opportunities, and supports a broad range of free, concessionary and targeted opportunities for writers, including Arvon\u2019s bursaries, Writing West Midlands \u2018Room 204\u2019, Ideas Tap \u2018Inspires\u2019, and the Creative Future Literary Awards (promoting marginalised and disabled writers).<\/p>
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ACE also fund individual writers through the Artists' International Development programme, a £750,000 fund which offers early stage development opportunities for individual artists to build links in another country. Around 7 per cent of applications funded to date were from literature individuals. In addition, through ACE\u2019s National Portfolio over 2015-18, print and e-publishing will be supported with a total investment of £1,565,370 to support writers to create new work.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wantage"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Edward Vaizey"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-03-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-03-24T13:12:04.62Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Writers: Income"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the consequences for the Public Lending Right scheme of the conclusion of the report What are words worth now? A survey of authors' earnings, published by the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, in July 2014, that there has been a 28 per cent reduction in the last decade in the number of professional authors who earned income from writing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4006", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hendon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr Matthew Offord"} ], "uin" : "227973"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227741", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227741/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The breakdown of ethnicity within DCMS is:<\/p>
White: 43%<\/p>
Black: 3%<\/p>
Asian: 4%<\/p>
Not Declared: 48%<\/p>
Other: 2%<\/p>
This data is from the HR system, Oracle, and is based on employees self-declaration.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Maidstone and The Weald"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mrs Helen Grant"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-03-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-03-24T11:15:38.007Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Staff"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3915", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gloria De Piero"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ashfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gloria De Piero"} ], "uin" : "227955"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227742", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227742/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Any extension of the PLR scheme to include remotely downloaded e-books would be incompatible with the Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC). In order for such an extension to be possible, it would first be necessary for an exception to be made to the Communication to the Public Right, <\/em>as set out in the Directive, and which would be applicable to remote e-lending. Such an extension would subsequently require an amendment to primary legislation. Government continues to monitor discussions on the Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC).<\/p>"}
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