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1041424

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Public Bodies
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 staff at (a) Arts Council England, (b) Big Lottery Fund, (c) the British Film Institute, (d) the British Library and (e) the British Museum (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	208390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The situation at each named organisation, at 16 January 2019, is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the London Living Wage<strong> inside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the London Living Wage<strong> outside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the Real Living Wage <strong>inside </strong>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Number of staff paid below the Real Living Wage <strong>outside </strong>Greater London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Arts Council England</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Big Lottery Fund</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>29 [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Film Institute</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Library</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>British Museum</strong></p></td><td><p>164 [2]</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] The Big Lottery Fund is an accredited Living Wage employer. The new rates are announced in November each year with a six month window for organisations to implement the changes. When Big Lottery Fund’s annual pay award is implemented, any required increases are backdated to 1 April so all employees are in line with the real living wage from the previous November. This approach has been agreed with the Living Wage Foundation</p><p> </p><p>[2] There are 164 individuals receiving under £10.55 per hour - but no less than £10.20 per hour (the London Living Wage at 1 April 2018) - at the British Museum following the increase to the London Living Wage in November 2018. The next scheduled pay review at the British Museum is 1st April 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 208392 question first answered 22/01/2019 16:52:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1002129

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Working Hours
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 contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in the (a) National Archives, (b) Royal Parks, (c) Arts Council England, (d) Big Lottery Fund, (e) Sport England and (f) Information Commissioner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	188203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Senior Civil Servants (SCS) are contracted to work a minimum (over a 5 day week) either 41 or 42 hours, including daily meal breaks for one hour. The new model contracts was introduced on the 1st July 2013, which standardise the working hours to 42 hours which was applicable to all new staff as well as those staff being promoted into or within SCS, from that date forward.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/11/2018 15:57:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

997387

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	National Archives: Staff
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 staff (a) are employed directly by, (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract in the National Archives.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	185146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Archives (a) employ 499 staff directly. They have no staff seconded or loaned into the Department and no contractors.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/11/2018 17:00:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

864362

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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: Cleaning Services
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 information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold any information on the remuneration of cleaners. The Department does not directly employ cleaners. All our properties have facilities management provided by other Government departments.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:32:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

823492

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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: Beverage Containers
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 estimate has been made of the number of hot drink cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	122964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>DCMS do not purchase any hot drinks cups. DCMS is based at 100 Parliament Street and as such staff use facilities provided by HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/01/2018 11:02:50 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

809832

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Young People: EU Grants and Loans
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 youth projects are in receipt of EU funding.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	120452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. There are many EU funding streams which organisations coordinating youth projects can bid into, including Erasmus Plus Youth.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/01/2018 15:42:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

805311

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Computer Networks
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 her Department's policy is on the rollout of LiFi.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	118983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>We continue to monitor the development of this exciting technology. All DCMS policy is reviewed regularly to ensure it is up to date.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 18/12/2017 11:19:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

785102

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Football: Shareholders
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 steps her Department is taking to support the Premier League uphold its rule that states an individual who owns a stake of 10 per cent or more in one club cannot hold a single share in another club.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	111776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Premier League has wide-ranging rules in the areas of club ownership and finance. These include that an individual who owns a significant share in one club cannot also own shares in another. To do so would present a conflict of interest and would distort competition within the game. If the Premier League has evidence that this is happening then they should act.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/11/2017 15:12:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759216

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Swimming Pools: Closures
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of public (a) indoor and (b) outdoor swimming pools that have closed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of publicly owned indoor and outdoor swimming pools that have closed and opened in each of the last 5 years is available via Sport England’s Active Places Power database which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.activeplacespower.com/" target="_blank">https://www.activeplacespower.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>Between 2017 and 2021 Sport England is investing £12.16 million in Swim England to get more people swimming, and £25 million through its Strategic Facilities Fund to construct 21 new state of the art leisure facilities which include swimming pools. We are also setting up an implementation group to explore the recommendations from the school swimming report, including how we can work with local authorities and private operators to make better use of facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/09/2017 11:36:47 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759218

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Swimming Pools: Repairs and Maintenance
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 steps her Department is taking to promote the restoration of (a) indoor swimming pools and (b) outdoor lidos.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Sport England is the body responsible for making investment decisions on grassroots sports facilities in England and, through its Strategic Facilities Fund, provides capital investment into a range of sport facilities.</p><p> </p><p>From 2011 to 2016 Sport England’s Improvement and Strategic Facilities Funds invested £73m in projects across England, incorporating 91 swimming facilities. Of these 91 facilities, 2 were outdoor lidos with the rest indoor pools. Sport England is currently investing £25m from the Strategic Facilities Fund to construct 21 new leisure facilities which include swimming pools. Sport England's Community Asset Fund – which provides grants that can also be used for facilities improvement – has made £400,000 worth of investment in 5 swimming pool projects since it was launched in February 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/09/2017 11:45:41 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West