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1169115

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date	07/01/2020
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: Civil Servants
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 civil servants in her Department work on projects relating to (a) digital, (b) culture, (c) media and (d) sport.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>At 31 December 2019 DCMS employed 1,264 Civil Servants, the majority of whom worked directly on projects relating to digital, culture, media and sport as set out in the table below. The staff not included in this table are either part of the corporate centre (e.g Finance and HR), part of cross-cutting teams working across multiple policy areas (e.g the department’s Central Analytical Team) or part of teams which aren’t directly linked to digital, culture, media or sport (e.g. the Office for Civil Society and the Gambling team).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Work area</p></td><td><p>Civil Servants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital</p></td><td><p>542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Culture</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Media</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sport</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information in the table above relates to 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><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:14:03 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1169127

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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: Civil Servants
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 civil servants were employed by her Department in each year between 2017 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of Civil Servants employed by DCMS in each year between 2017 and 2020 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>1,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 December 2019 (latest available)</p></td><td><p>1,264</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department’s headcount has steadily increased over the past four years due to an expanded policy remit and EU Exit preparations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information in the table above relates to 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><strong> </strong></p><p>This information is included in the DCMS Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/01/2020 15:12:32 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1016241

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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	Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation: Public Appointments
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 criteria appointees to the board of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation were assessed against when candidates were considered for that role.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	196781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The selection criteria for the Board was outlined within the expression of interest as published on the Cabinet Office's public appointments website. The candidates were asked to demonstrate high level experience of strategic leadership, communication and influencing skills and have a strong understanding of the Centre's role. As well as this - we were looking for relevant expertise across key areas which include; data science, business, ethics, social sciences, policy, law and regulation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/12/2018 17:12:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

781378

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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: Nurseries
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 childcare facilities her Department makes available for staff; how much her Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those childcare facilities in the last year; and how many staff members use those childcare facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not centrally held and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Westminster Holiday Playscheme (​WHP​)​, a school holiday service run by Tinies Kids Clubs, is available to civil servants of specific government departments including DCMS. DCMS offers WHP childcare facilities to all staff with a 50% subsidy.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2017 09:40:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

751725

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Channel Four
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the outcome of the consultation Increasing the Regional Impact of Channel 4.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The government's consultation closed on 5 July and we will set out the next steps on this issue in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/07/2017 13:26:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin