Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Alert Sample


Alert Sample

View the Parallel Parliament page for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Information between 5th March 2024 - 15th March 2024

Note: This sample does not contain the most recent 2 weeks of information. Up to date samples can only be viewed by Subscribers.
Click here to view Subscription options.


Calendar
Tuesday 19th March 2024 9:30 a.m.
Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: British film and high-end television
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Jane Tranter - Co-Founder and Chief Executive at Bad Wolf
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Neil Hatton - Chief Executive at UK Screen Alliance
Andrew M Smith OBE DL - Corporate Affairs Director at Pinewood Group Limited
Andrew Wootton OBE - Chief Executive at British Film Commission
View calendar
Wednesday 20th March 2024 9:30 a.m.
Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: The work of the BBC
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Tim Davie CBE - Director General at BBC
David Jordan - Director, Editorial Policy and Standards at BBC
Leigh Tavaziva - Chief Operating Officer at BBC
View calendar
Tuesday 26th March 2024 9:30 a.m.
Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Grassroots music venues
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Witness tbc - tbc at LIVE
Witness - tbc at Music Venue Trust
Witness (TBC) - tbc at National Arenas Association
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Witness tbc - tbc at Association of Independent Promoters
Witness - tbc at Concert Promoters Association
Witness (TBC) - tbc at PRS for Music
At 12:00pm: Oral evidence
Witness tbc - tbc at Featured Artists Coalition
Witness - tbc at Music Managers Forum
View calendar


Parliamentary Debates
TV Licence Non-payment: Women
25 speeches (1,688 words)
Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Budget Resolutions
140 speeches (45,032 words)
Monday 11th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Telegraph Media Group: Anticipated Acquisition Reports
1 speech (199 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Written Statements
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
5G Masts: Greater Manchester
20 speeches (4,952 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
News Broadcasting: Regulation
21 speeches (8,046 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport


Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Screen Cornwall, Billy Kay, BBC Northern Ireland, and BBC Gaeilge

Minority languages - Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - MG Alba, BBC, and S4C

Minority languages - Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Screen Cornwall, Billy Kay, BBC Northern Ireland, and BBC Gaeilge

Minority languages - Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Friday 8th March 2024
Special Report - Fifth Special Report - Safety at major sporting events: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report

Culture, Media and Sport Committee


Written Answers
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Fraud and Maladministration
Asked by: Pat McFadden (Labour - Wolverhampton South East)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department and predecessor Department in each of the last three financial years.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.

The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landsca pe-annual-report-2022.) This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020/21 Report was published in March 2023.

DCMS does not annually estimate the level of fraud and error across all its expenditure, instead focusing assurance and measurement activity on higher risk and higher value areas.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Publishing
Asked by: Pat McFadden (Labour - Wolverhampton South East)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what reports and guidance her Department and its predecessor Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Reports and guidance that the Department has published can be found on gov.uk.

Public Libraries: Finance
Asked by: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 5th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to protect spending on public libraries.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service which meets local needs. It is for each local authority to consider how best to deliver this.

His Majesty’s Government has provided an additional £600 million on top of the £64 billion Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 — an increase of 7.5% in cash terms. This uplift will help to reduce pressure on councils’ budgets, and protect services including public libraries.

Casement Park: Regeneration
Asked by: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Tuesday 5th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what financial commitments they have made towards the redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is responsible for the procurement process for the redevelopment of Casement Park. Funding decisions are therefore for the Northern Ireland Executive to consider.

His Majesty’s Government is working closely with partners in Northern Ireland to make sure that EURO 2028 leaves a lasting legacy across the whole United Kingdom.

Public Statues: Trafalgar Square
Asked by: Lord Swire (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 5th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Mayor of London concerning proposals for a statue for the spare plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

HM Government has had no discussions with the Mayor of London concerning proposals for a statue for the spare plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Advertising
Asked by: Pat McFadden (Labour - Wolverhampton South East)
Wednesday 6th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) her Department and (b) its predecessor Department has (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The department spent the following in each of the last three financial years:

Financial year 2020/21

Financial year 2021/22

Financial year 2022/23

Actual spend

£259,634.17

£666,395.66

£253,813.31

We are unable to provide budget figures as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not budget in-year at such a granular level.

Arts Council England: Equality
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Wednesday 6th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in Arts Council England have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The average number of Arts Council England employees (headcount) during the most recent reported year (2022-23) was 700. 11 members of staff have job titles which include one of these words.

Gambling
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Tuesday 5th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their white paper High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital Age, published on 27 April 2023, what steps they have taken to create a Government working group, due to commence in summer 2023, to "strengthen informational messaging including on the risks associated with gambling".

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Policy Research Unit in the National Institute for Health and Care Research has been commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care to undertake a project using the best available evidence, theory, and collaboration with interested parties including different population groups to develop recommendations for (a) where, what, how, and for whom messaging is best used; (b) message design (content); and (c) delivery strategy (channels of communication). Further details of the project can be found on the institute’s website.

This project will report shortly and will be an invaluable contribution to ensuring that the messaging we develop is evidence-led, effectively targeted, and appropriately delivered.

Gambling: Advertising
Asked by: Ronnie Cowan (Scottish National Party - Inverclyde)
Wednesday 6th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken steps to help ensure that marketing advertisements with gambling content are not seen by children.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

In our approach to gambling advertising, we have struck a balanced and evidence-led approach which tackles aggressive advertising that is most likely to appeal to children, while recognising that advertising is an entirely legitimate commercial practice for responsible gambling firms.

Last year, HM Government published a White Paper on gambling which outlined a comprehensive package of reforms to make gambling safer following an exhaustive assessment of the evidence, including on gambling advertising. We concluded that further action on advertising was needed, which is why we and the Gambling Commission are introducing measures to tackle the most aggressive and harmful advertising practices by preventing bonuses being constructed and targeted in harmful ways, giving customers more control over the marketing they receive, and introducing messaging about the risks associated with gambling.

This supplements the already robust rules in place to ensure that gambling advertising is socially responsible and that it cannot be targeted at or strongly appeal to children. This includes specific licence conditions for operators, including the requirement to abide by the UK Advertising Codes, which further regulate how gambling operators advertise. The UK Advertising Codes were strengthened in 2022, with new protections for children and vulnerable adults.

Sports: Gambling
Asked by: Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green)
Thursday 7th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that the sporting industry complies with voluntary or self-regulatory measures to prevent gambling harms.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The gambling White Paper, published in April 2023, set out plans for sports bodies to take a responsible approach to gambling sponsorship through the adoption of a cross-sport Code of Conduct. The Code will guarantee a robust minimum standard on gambling sponsorship across all sports, ensuring that when gambling sponsorship does appear, it is done so in a socially responsible way. Work is underway to develop and implement the Code, ensuring that provisions meet the Government’s objectives while being sufficiently tailored to the material differences between sports. We expect compliance with a Code of Conduct to be guaranteed from within sports themselves through enforcement by governing bodies, and we are working together to identify the most effective way to achieve this.

Internet: Children
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Thursday 7th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her policies to regulate the online order and delivery of age-restricted products or bladed items to self-service lockers.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is not responsible for the general regulation of online sales, or age-restricted products.

Internet: Children
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Thursday 7th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of regulations on online sales of age-restricted products.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is not responsible for the general regulation of online sales, or age-restricted products.

Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes: Coastal Areas
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Thursday 7th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proportion of (a) holiday lets and (b) second homes on the availability of affordable housing in coastal areas; and whether she (i) is taking and (ii) plans to take steps to mitigate that impact.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Traditional short-term lets have long provided visitor accommodation to rural and coastal locations, supporting jobs and the local economy. However, it has been highlighted that there is no single, definitive source of data on short-term lets in England with which to make a more detailed assessment on local economies and the impact on housing.

On February 19, the government announced a mandatory national registration scheme for short-term lets. This will help local authorities understand the size of the market and help identify the impact of high numbers of short-term lets. Further details on the scheme will be provided later this year, including our full response to the consultation and an impact assessment.

Holiday Accommodation
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Thursday 7th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of holiday lets on levels of availability of housing stock; and what steps she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help mitigate that impact.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Traditional short-term lets have long provided visitor accommodation to rural and coastal locations, supporting jobs and the local economy. However, it has been highlighted that there is no single, definitive source of data on short-term lets in England with which to make a more detailed assessment on local economies and the impact on housing.

On February 19, the government announced a mandatory national registration scheme for short-term lets. This will help local authorities understand the size of the market and help identify the impact of high numbers of short-term lets. Further details on the scheme will be provided later this year, including our full response to the consultation and an impact assessment.

Football: Governing Bodies
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley East)
Friday 15th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the Football Governance Bill.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

This Government is committed to introducing a new independent regulator for English football, to protect and promote the sustainability of English football for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve.

The Government is working at pace to establish an Independent Football Regulator on a statutory footing as soon as parliamentary time allows.

Gambling: Advertising
Asked by: Ronnie Cowan (Scottish National Party - Inverclyde)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to regulate gambling advertising.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

In our approach to gambling advertising, we have struck a balanced and evidence-led approach which tackles aggressive advertising that is most likely to appeal to children, while recognising that advertising is an entirely legitimate commercial practice for responsible gambling firms.

Last year, HM Government published a White Paper on gambling which outlined a comprehensive package of reforms to make gambling safer, including on gambling advertising. We concluded that further action on advertising was needed, which is why we and the Gambling Commission are introducing measures to tackle the most aggressive and harmful advertising practices by preventing bonuses being constructed and targeted in harmful ways, giving customers more control over the marketing they receive, and introducing messaging about the risks associated with gambling.

This supplements the already robust rules in place to ensure that gambling advertising is socially responsible, and that it cannot be targeted at or strongly appeal to children. This includes specific licence conditions for operators, including the requirement to abide by the UK Advertising Codes, which further regulate how gambling operators advertise. The UK Advertising Codes were strengthened in 2022, with new protections for children and vulnerable adults.

Sportsgrounds: Darlington
Asked by: Peter Gibson (Conservative - Darlington)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of sports pitch provision in Darlington; and whether her Department plans to provide further funding for high-quality sports pitches for communities.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government is committed to delivering world class sports facilities across the country, so that everyone can take part in sport and physical activity. As part of this commitment, the Government is delivering an historic level of direct investment to build or upgrade thousands of grassroots facilities across the UK.

Over £363 million has been invested through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme since 2019 to provide new and improved football and multi-sport grassroots facilities across the whole of the UK. Funding is delivered via The Football Foundation’s partnership with the English FA and Premier League.

So far, Darlington has received investment of £1,036,819 across four Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities projects, including a new artificial grass pitch and changing pavilion at Eastbourne Sports Complex. All projects can be viewed here on gov.uk.

Rugby
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to (a) promote the playing of rugby and (b) support the (i) maintenance and (ii) development of (A) rugby clubs and (B) their infrastructure in (1) England and (2) Romford constituency.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Supporting grassroots sport is a key government priority and we recognise the role of high quality accessible facilities in encouraging people to take part in sport and ensuring participation rates continue to grow. Our new strategy ‘Get Active’ sets out our ambition to build a more active nation, with a target to get 3.5 million more people classed as ‘active’ by 2030 including 1 million more children.

We provide the majority of support for grassroots sport through our arm’s length body, Sport England - which receives £323 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding each year. Sport England has invested £622,606 in the Romford constituency since 2020.

Since 2021, Sport England has provided over £22.6 million of support to programmes which facilitate participation in grassroots rugby league. This includes funding to the Rugby Football League.

In partnership with the National Lottery, Sport England has also supported the ‘CreatedBy’ capital grants programme. This delivered £26.4 million in legacy funding to celebrate England’s hosting of the 2022 Rugby League World Cup, providing investment in facilities and equipment to encourage participation.

Since 2020, Sport England has provided over £14 million of support to programmes which facilitate participation in grassroots rugby union. Additionally, in 2020/21 the Government provided £21,565,000 to rugby union clubs through the COVID-19 Sport Winter Survival Package. In 2022/23 we provided over £12.5 million of system partner funding to the Rugby Football Union to grow and develop the sport between the years 2022 and 2027.

The Government also funds some projects which benefit rugby through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. Between 2021 and 2025, the UK Government is investing over £325 million to build or upgrade multi-sport grassroots facilities across the UK to ensure every community has the pitches and facilities it needs. Romford has received £10,491 for three projects through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme.

Playing Fields: Standards
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the quality of sports fields in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government is committed to delivering world class sports facilities across the country, so that everyone can take part in sport and physical activity. As part of this commitment, the Government is delivering an historic level of direct investment to build or upgrade thousands of grassroots facilities across the UK.

Over £363 million has been invested through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme since 2019 to provide new and improved football and multi-sport grassroots facilities across the whole of the UK. Funding is delivered via The Football Foundation’s partnership with the English FA and Premier League.

So far, Romford has received investment of £10,491 for three projects through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, as well as £2,500 through the Park Tennis Court Renovation Programme and £174,828 through the Swimming Pool Support Fund. All projects can be viewed here on gov.uk.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: WhatsApp
Asked by: Pat McFadden (Labour - Wolverhampton South East)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

All departments in central government, including arms lengths bodies apply the published guidance: Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business published by Cabinet Office in March 2023. It applies to all individuals in central government (ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers). DCMS uses the central guidance and has applied it since March 2023.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates her Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 1 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Domestic Visits
Asked by: Pat McFadden (Labour - Wolverhampton South East)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers in (a) her Department and (b) its predecessor Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost of those visits was.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (vias, accommodation, meals).

But as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad.

Gambling: Advertising
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent under-18s from being exposed to gambling advertisement, sponsorship and marketing on social media and online platforms.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

We have struck a balanced and evidence-led approach to gambling advertising which tackles aggressive advertising which is most likely to appeal to children, while recognising that advertising is an entirely legitimate commercial practice for responsible firms.

Last year, HM Government published a White Paper on gambling which outlined a comprehensive package of reforms to make gambling safer. This followed an exhaustive assessment of the evidence, including on gambling advertising. We concluded that further action on advertising was needed, which is why we and the Gambling Commission are introducing measures to tackle the most aggressive and harmful advertising practices by preventing bonuses being constructed and targeted in harmful ways, giving customers more control over the marketing they receive, and introducing messaging about the risks associated with gambling.

This supplements the already robust rules in place to ensure that gambling advertising is socially responsible and that it cannot be targeted at or strongly appeal to children. This includes specific licence conditions for operators, including the requirement to abide by the UK Advertising Codes, which further regulate how gambling operators advertise. The UK Advertising Codes were strengthened in 2022, with new protections for children and vulnerable adults.

Arts: Digital Technology
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with her international counterparts to support the digital creative arts.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government has set out a clear plan to grow the creative industries by a further £50 billion and add another 1 million jobs by 2030. This builds on our record of introducing tax reliefs across the creative industries, including the digital creative arts.

In order to deliver this, in the Creative Industries Sector Vision we set out a focus on increasing exports. We are therefore taking steps to ensure that the UK’s trade policy reflects industry priorities and delivers access to priority markets. In addition to maximising creative exports, we have committed to increasing creative industries’ international exposure and strengthening global cultural relationships to both unlock these opportunities and tackle key issues facing our creative sectors.

DCMS is working closely with the British Council and the UK cultural sector to promote our digital creative arts internationally. The UK’s leadership in this area is commended by our international counterparts, as well as in multilateral fora such as the G7 and G20.

We also work with international counterparts on a number of fronts to support the creation of a pipeline of talent in the digital arts, including through funding internationally-focused education and skills programmes that foster collaboration across continents and build on our existing relationships overseas. For example, the National Film and Television School (NFTS) programme, Inside Pictures, is supported by DCMS and enables high potential, mid-career TV and film specialists to continue their professional development through an international training programme operating in both London and LA.

DCMS recognises the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the creative industries, including digital creative arts. It is important that while we harness the benefits of AI, we also manage the risks. This includes risks to the creative and cultural sectors and to copyright-holders. As set out in the Government’s AI White Paper consultation response, critical to this work will be close engagement with international counterparts.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Offenders
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants in her Department have a criminal conviction.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

No civil servants at DCMS hold a criminal conviction.

Cricket: Discrimination
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the England and Wales Cricket Board on (a) racism and (b) discrimination in cricket.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government is clear that racism has no place in cricket, sport, or society at large. I regularly meet with the England and Wales Cricket Board to discuss a range of issues, including equality, diversity and inclusion.

It is ultimately for all individual sports’ national governing bodies, to decide on the specific aims, appropriate initiatives and funding to tackle discrimination in their organisations.

The ECB has provided a full response to the 2023 Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket report, and has publicly committed to taking on board the majority of the recommendations to create lasting change across the sport. We welcome the ECB’s commitment to tackle these serious issues and secure a sustainable future for the sport. Government will be monitoring closely to ensure that progress is made.

Cricket: Women
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase participation of (a) girls and (b) women in cricket.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government is committed to supporting women's sport at every opportunity including pushing for greater participation.

We are pleased to see the significant progress in the number of women and girls taking up cricket in recent years, and wider developments in the women’s game, as noted by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) report. The England and Wales Cricket Board’s five year plan, Inspiring Generations, launched in 2020 aims to inspire a new generation to believe that ‘cricket is a game for me’. The plan focuses on six priority areas including making cricket gender-neutral with women and girls being properly represented across the whole game.

Initiatives like Chance to Shine, which receives funding from Sport England, play an important role in encouraging girls to play cricket. The project gives all children the opportunity to play, learn and develop through cricket.

The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) report notes that while positive progress has been made in the women’s game, there are still areas of concern where more action is needed.

The ECB has provided a full response to the ICEC report and has committed to taking on board the majority of the recommendations to create lasting change across the sport. We welcome the ECB’s commitment to bring forward a plan to tackle these serious issues and secure a sustainable future for the sport, and look forward to receiving updates on this.

Casement Park: Regeneration
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what financial commitment they will be making to the building of Casement Park in Belfast.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is responsible for the procurement process for the redevelopment of Casement Park. Funding decisions are therefore for the Northern Ireland Executive to consider.

We are working closely with partners in Northern Ireland to make sure that EURO 2028 leaves a lasting legacy across the whole United Kingdom.

Music Venues: Finance
Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to require large music venues and arenas to commit to a ticket levy to help fund grassroots music venues.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector and developing homegrown talent.

That is why we are supporting live music through a range of measures. This includes an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) successful Supporting Grassroots Music fund, as set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June. This expands and extends ACE’s existing grassroots fund, and takes our total investment in grassroots music through the fund to almost £15 million since 2019. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young and emerging artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.

This is in addition to other Government support including the Culture Recovery Fund, which provided over £200m of support for live music venues, the £800m Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, alongside the cross-sector grants, loans, and reduction of VAT on tickets to 5%. Further, over £3 million was provided during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund.

Music venues are also eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief, with a 75% relief up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. This relief was extended for a further year during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. DCMS and DLUHC are also working closely with the sector to revise planning guidelines to ensure that new developments engage with existing music venues before being built.

Industry-led discussions are ongoing regarding increased support for grassroots music venues from larger events and venues, and DCMS actively supports these sector-led initiatives. Whilst we have no current plans to mandate a ticket levy, Ministers and officials continue to engage with industry to understand the challenges and review opportunities to strengthen the financial resilience of the grassroots music sector.

Music Venues: Finance
Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of an emergency fund for grassroots music venues to prevent closures.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector and developing homegrown talent.

That is why we are supporting live music through a range of measures. This includes an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) successful Supporting Grassroots Music fund, as set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June. This expands and extends ACE’s existing grassroots fund, and takes our total investment in grassroots music through the fund to almost £15 million since 2019. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young and emerging artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.

This is in addition to other Government support including the Culture Recovery Fund, which provided over £200m of support for live music venues, the £800m Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, alongside the cross-sector grants, loans, and reduction of VAT on tickets to 5%. Further, over £3 million was provided during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund.

Music venues are also eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief, with a 75% relief up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. This relief was extended for a further year during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. DCMS and DLUHC are also working closely with the sector to revise planning guidelines to ensure that new developments engage with existing music venues before being built.

Industry-led discussions are ongoing regarding increased support for grassroots music venues from larger events and venues, and DCMS actively supports these sector-led initiatives. Whilst we have no current plans to mandate a ticket levy, Ministers and officials continue to engage with industry to understand the challenges and review opportunities to strengthen the financial resilience of the grassroots music sector.

Television: Broadcasting Programmes
Asked by: Rupa Huq (Labour - Ealing Central and Acton)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect television production in the UK.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government has set out a clear plan to grow the creative industries by a further £50 billion and add another 1 million jobs by 2030. That includes supporting the growth of television and film production.

Since 2010, the Government has introduced a range of tax reliefs across the creative industries, including expanded relief for film and high-end television. Our screen sector tax relief alone is estimated to be worth more than £13 billion in GVA to the UK economy. The Government’s support for the independent television production sector continues to be underpinned by the hugely successful terms of trade regime. The Media Bill, currently before Parliament, therefore protects and updates the regime, as well as public service broadcasters’ independent production quotas, to reflect changes in technology and the way viewers are watching content.

We have also taken a number of additional steps to ensure that British film and television companies are able to invest in production, expand their businesses and offer opportunities for cast and crew across the UK. This is why in the Spring Budget we have announced a number of generous tax reliefs for the sector, including a 40% relief on business rates for eligible studio spaces in England until 2034 and a 5% increase in tax relief for visual effects costs, which will not be subject to the 80% cap in the High End TV Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit. This will incentivise high-end television productions to remain in the UK for both filming and their visual effects. The Government will continue our wider support for the sector by investing in studio infrastructure, supporting innovation, and promoting independent content through the UK Global Screen Fund.

Gambling: Ombudsman
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on establishing an ombudsman for the gambling sector since publication of the Gambling Review in April 2023.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

We are working at pace with industry and all stakeholders in the sector, including the Ombudsman Association, to ensure customers have access to an ombudsman that is fully operationally independent in line with Ombudsman Association standards, and is fully credible in the eyes of customers. As set out in the white paper, it is important that the body adjudicates fairly and transparently all complaints regarding social responsibility or gambling harm issues where an operator is not able to resolve these.

We remain clear that if this approach does not deliver as we expect, or shortcomings emerge regarding the ombudsman’s remit, powers or relationship with industry, the government will actively explore the full range of options to legislate to create a statutory ombudsman.

Streaming
Asked by: Nick Fletcher (Conservative - Don Valley)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Ofcom's review of video-on-demand services' (a) age ratings and (b) other audience protection measures, as required by section 32 of the draft Media Bill, is sufficiently thorough.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Media Bill will give Ofcom an enhanced ongoing duty to assess all video-on-demand providers’ audience protection measures – such as age ratings, content warning, and parental controls – to ensure that the systems put in place are effective and fit for purpose, as they have done with broadcast television.

Music Venues: Finance
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of the live music industry on introducing a ticket levy on large scale music arenas to support grassroots live music.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector and developing homegrown talent.

That is why we are supporting live music through a range of measures. This includes an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) successful Supporting Grassroots Music fund, as set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June. This expands and extends ACE’s existing grassroots fund, and takes our total investment in grassroots music through the fund to almost £15 million since 2019. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young and emerging artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.

This is in addition to other Government support including the Culture Recovery Fund, which provided over £200m of support for live music venues, the £800m Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, alongside the cross-sector grants, loans, and reduction of VAT on tickets to 5%. Further, over £3 million was provided during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund.

Music venues are also eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief, with a 75% relief up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. This relief was extended for a further year during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. DCMS and DLUHC are also working closely with the sector to revise planning guidelines to ensure that new developments engage with existing music venues before being built.

Industry-led discussions are ongoing regarding increased support for grassroots music venues from larger events and venues, and DCMS actively supports these sector-led initiatives. Ministers and officials continue to engage with industry to understand the challenges and review opportunities to strengthen the financial resilience of the grassroots music sector.

Music Venues: Finance
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to provide urgent support to grassroots music venues at risk of closure in the context of increased costs.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector and developing homegrown talent.

That is why we are supporting live music through a range of measures. This includes an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) successful Supporting Grassroots Music fund, as set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June. This expands and extends ACE’s existing grassroots fund, and takes our total investment in grassroots music through the fund to almost £15 million since 2019. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young and emerging artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.

This is in addition to other Government support including the Culture Recovery Fund, which provided over £200m of support for live music venues, the £800m Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, alongside the cross-sector grants, loans, and reduction of VAT on tickets to 5%. Further, over £3 million was provided during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund.

Music venues are also eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief, with a 75% relief up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. This relief was extended for a further year during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. DCMS and DLUHC are also working closely with the sector to revise planning guidelines to ensure that new developments engage with existing music venues before being built.

Industry-led discussions are ongoing regarding increased support for grassroots music venues from larger events and venues, and DCMS actively supports these sector-led initiatives. Ministers and officials continue to engage with industry to understand the challenges and review opportunities to strengthen the financial resilience of the grassroots music sector.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: BBC
Asked by: Lord Birt (Crossbench - Life peer)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments made by the retiring Chair of the BBC about the increasing frequency of interventions on BBC matters by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of the Government. As it is a public service broadcaster funded by licence fee-payers, it is right that the Government engages constructively with the BBC to ensure that it upholds the highest standards expected by the public.

As its sponsor department, DCMS maintains regular contact with the BBC on a number of issues. DCMS is grateful for Dame Elan Closs Stephens's constructive engagement whilst Acting Chairman of the BBC.

Film and Television: Government Assistance
Asked by: Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the film and television industry in England, including the freelance workforce, and to encourage investment from the US, following the industrial action by Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists in 2023.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

His Majesty’s Government has set out a clear plan to grow the creative industries by a further £50 billion and to add another 1 million jobs in the sector by 2030. That includes supporting the growth of the television and film industry.

Since 2010, HM Government has introduced a range of tax reliefs across the creative industries, including expanded relief for film and high-end television. Our screen sector tax relief is estimated to be worth more than £13 billion in Gross Value Added to the UK economy.

We have taken a number of additional steps to ensure that British film and television companies are able to invest in production, expand their businesses, and offer opportunities for cast and crew across the UK, in spite of production disruption resulting from the pandemic and the recent strike action in the United States of America.

This includes the £500 million Film and TV Production Restart Scheme and the Culture Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas. To build on this, and support the industry not only to survive but to thrive, the Government has taken further actions. This includes our support for the British Film Institute and British Film Commission, which has helped drive a near doubling of UK studio capacity, and the £28 million UK Global Screen Fund, which is expanding the global reach of UK independent content. The sector also benefits from the continued success of our screen sector tax reliefs (for film, high-end TV, animation and children’s TV), which in 2021–22 provided £792 million of support for over 1,000 projects.

We recognise the impact of the American strikes on the film and TV workforce. HMRC has a ‘Time to Pay’ policy which may provide some support to affected cast and crew. This policy allows people experiencing temporary financial difficulty to schedule their tax debts in affordable, sustainable, and tailored instalments with no maximum repayment period. These arrangements can be applied to any tax debt and are flexible, so they can be amended if circumstances change.

In the Creative Industries Sector Vision, the Government set out an ambition to improve the job quality and working practices of the sector, including supporting the high proportion of freelancers in the sector. This includes promoting fair treatment and working practices, enhancing support networks and resources for creative freelancers through Creative UK's Redesigning Freelancing initiative. DCMS and the industry will also continue to work together to produce an action plan in response to the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre’s Good Work Review, and proposals include the recent launch of the British Film Institute’s £1.5 million Good Work Programme for screen. The Government will continue to work with the BFI and the newly established screen sector Skills Task Force to support a strong skills pipeline in the sector and attractive careers pathways into the industry.

Sports: Facilities
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her letter to the hon. Member for Warrington North dated 5 March 2024, reference INT2024/01623/DC, what funding her Department has invested in grassroots sport facilities in each parliamentary constituency since 2021.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

We are committed to ensuring that every child, no matter their background or ability, has the opportunity to play sport and be active.

Between 2021 and 2025, the UK Government is delivering a historic level of direct investment of over £400 million to build or upgrade thousands of grassroots facilities across the UK.

This includes £327 million across the whole of the UK between 2021 and 2025, including £25 million for the Lionesses Futures Fund. All projects are publicly available and can be found by financial year here.

We are also investing £21.9 million to renovate over 3,000 tennis courts across Scotland, England and Wales between 2022 and 2024. Completed projects are publicly available to see here.

In England, we have provided £60 million via the Swimming Pool Support Fund in 2023/24 to support public swimming pool providers with immediate cost pressures, and investment to make facilities sustainable in the longer-term. Phase one projects can be viewed here, with phase two projects to be announced in due course.

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport also wrote to all MPs in early March, detailing the amount of funding and the different projects supported by the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, the Park Tennis Court Renovation Programme, and the Swimming Pool Support Fund, in their constituency.

Gambling: Advertising
Asked by: Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of gambling advertising on (a) gambling-related harms and (b) levels of (i) at-risk and (ii) problem gambling in young people.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

In our approach to gambling advertising, we have struck a balanced and evidence-led approach which tackles aggressive advertising that is most likely to appeal to children, while recognising that advertising is an entirely legitimate commercial practice for responsible gambling firms.

In April last year, HM Government published a White Paper on gambling which outlined a comprehensive package of reforms to make gambling safer following an exhaustive assessment of the evidence, including on gambling advertising. We concluded that further action on advertising was needed, which is why we and the Gambling Commission are introducing measures to tackle the most aggressive and harmful advertising practices by preventing bonuses being constructed and targeted in harmful ways, giving customers more control over the marketing they receive, and introducing messaging about the risks associated with gambling.

This supplements the already robust rules in place to ensure that gambling advertising is socially responsible and that it cannot be targeted at or strongly appeal to children. This includes specific licence conditions for operators, including the requirement to abide by the UK Advertising Codes, which further regulate how gambling operators advertise. The UK Advertising Codes were strengthened in 2022, with new protections for children and vulnerable adults.

Media: Euthanasia and Suicide
Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - Devizes)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with Ofcom to undertake a review of the adequacy of guidance to the media on the reporting of (a) assisted suicide, (b) euthanasia and (c) other suicide cases.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Guidance on how broadcasters report assisted suicide, euthanasia and other suicide cases is a matter for Ofcom as the UK’s independent broadcasting regulator. Ofcom are required by law to keep the Broadcasting Code and any accompanying guidance under review.

In the UK, there is an independent self-regulatory regime for the press. The Government does not intervene in what the press can and cannot publish or oversee the work of press regulators.

Mermaids: Finance
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department provided funding to the charity Mermaids UK in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

DCMS has provided no funding to the charity Mermaids UK in 2021, 2022, or 2023.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Domestic Visits
Asked by: Pat McFadden (Labour - Wolverhampton South East)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to which domestic destinations Ministers in her Department and its predecessor Departments have attended overnight visits in each of the last three financial years.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

I refer the Hon. Member to my response to UIN 17516, on the 12th March 2024.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Defamation
Asked by: Thangam Debbonaire (Labour - Bristol West)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions have Ministers in her department informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

DCMS has no record of the information requested.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
Asked by: Thangam Debbonaire (Labour - Bristol West)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public appointments she has made since her appointment.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

From 7 February 2023 to 12 March 2024 the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced 53 new regulated appointments and 48 regulated reappointments; of these 41 new appointments and 32 reappointments were made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport as appointing authority.



Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 7th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Culture Secretary speech at The Big Creative UK Summit
Document: Culture Secretary speech at The Big Creative UK Summit (webpage)
Thursday 7th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Lord Parkinson at Heritage Day hosted by The Heritage Alliance
Document: Lord Parkinson at Heritage Day hosted by The Heritage Alliance (webpage)
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew speaks at the Gambling with Lives Parliamentary Forum
Document: Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew speaks at the Gambling with Lives Parliamentary Forum (webpage)
Friday 15th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Two Members reappointed to to UK Sport Board
Document: Two Members reappointed to to UK Sport Board (webpage)
Thursday 14th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Sir Robbie Gibb reappointed as BBC Board Member for England
Document: Sir Robbie Gibb reappointed as BBC Board Member for England (webpage)
Thursday 14th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Mr Guto Bebb appointed as Interim Chair of S4C
Document: Mr Guto Bebb appointed as Interim Chair of S4C (webpage)


Department Publications - Transparency
Thursday 7th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Sport England Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
Document: Sport England Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 (webpage)
Thursday 7th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Sport England Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
Document: Sport England Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 (PDF)


Department Publications - Statistics
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: UK employer survey on skills for artificial intelligence
Document: UK employer survey on skills for artificial intelligence (webpage)
Thursday 14th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Total Income of DCMS-funded cultural organisations 2022/2023
Document: (ODS)
Thursday 14th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: Total Income of DCMS-funded cultural organisations 2022/2023
Document: Total Income of DCMS-funded cultural organisations 2022/2023 (webpage)
Thursday 14th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators 2022/23
Document: DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators 2022/23 (webpage)
Thursday 14th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators 2022/23
Document: (ODS)



Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport mentioned

Calendar
Monday 11th March 2024 9:30 a.m.
Scottish Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Angus Robertson MSP - Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture at Scottish Government
View calendar


Parliamentary Debates
Post Office Legislation
13 speeches (5,411 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) analysis of what actually happened and why, over many years, there was a persistent type of activity and a culture - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Buscombe (Con - Life peer) Allan Leighton, Alice Perkins, and Susannah Storey—who I gather is now the Permanent Secretary at the Department - Link to Speech

Business of the House
99 speeches (12,069 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Tim Roache’s time as GMB general secretary, when he ran what has been described as a “casting couch culture - Link to Speech

Asylum and Migration
59 speeches (20,303 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) In conclusion, for Parliament to be able to do its job, we need a major culture change at the Home Office - Link to Speech
2: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) Either way, it is clear that the culture within the Home Office is one that does not respect parliamentary - Link to Speech

St Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UK
48 speeches (16,992 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Westminster Hall
Northern Ireland Office
Mentions:
1: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab - Salford and Eccles) centre, St Kentigern’s, Chorlton Irish Club and the Southern—you name it—to hear the music, arts and culture - Link to Speech
2: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) na Gaeilge, an opportunity everywhere to use the Irish language, and to celebrate Irish language and culture - Link to Speech
3: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) the regular volunteers, who do a brilliant job, as part of the charity, of promoting Irish identity, culture - Link to Speech
4: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, which is rightly recognised as one of the centres of Irish culture - Link to Speech

Extremism Definition and Community Engagement
77 speeches (11,449 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) the targeting of groups in our society, but extremism is on the rise, driven in no small part by the culture - Link to Speech
2: Imran Hussain (Lab - Bradford East) It is a further draconian attempt to continue the Tory agenda of culture wars. - Link to Speech
3: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) Friend reassure me that nothing in this statement will add to the increasing culture, in what should - Link to Speech
4: George Galloway (WPB - Rochdale) It is obviously true that this is part of the culture war wallpaper that is being created for the general - Link to Speech
5: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) of free speech, sustained by a free and independent press, is a critical part of our democratic culture - Link to Speech

Cancer: Staffing
19 speeches (1,665 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) sure that employees have good working conditions and feel valued, and that there is an understanding culture - Link to Speech

United Kingdom: Union
33 speeches (19,703 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) With that change of culture, we shall strengthen and safeguard the union. - Link to Speech
2: Lord Udny-Lister (Con - Life peer) due course.The union of the United Kingdom has been forged through centuries of shared history and culture - Link to Speech
3: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) He spoke about the range of things that unify us: language, culture, history, ancestry and, perhaps most - Link to Speech

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
110 speeches (25,012 words)
Report stage
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) fund that is 75% backed by the UAE.The action taken to date by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture - Link to Speech
2: Lord Moore of Etchingham (Non-affiliated - Life peer) It is important to look at the rules, which DCMS is doing, but it is not really about that. - Link to Speech
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) Secretary of State has championed press and media freedom from her very first moment at the Department for Culture - Link to Speech

National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill
69 speeches (21,473 words)
2nd reading
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Robin Millar (Con - Aberconwy) As he pointed out, culture is an investment with a real economic return, and that is something that the - Link to Speech
2: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) He will have heard the saying many times in the local government world that, “Culture eats strategy for - Link to Speech
3: Robin Millar (Con - Aberconwy) Friend makes a good point, in that, first, culture does eat strategy. - Link to Speech

Presumption of Parental Involvement in Child Arrangements
9 speeches (4,404 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Kate Kniveton (Con - Burton) ”The report said that these issues were underpinned by a number of themes, including a “pro-contact culture - Link to Speech

Sport: Gambling Advertising
26 speeches (10,845 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) announced that front-of-shirt advertising for gambling is to end by the end of 2025-26 season, but the Culture - Link to Speech
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) That is something that the Culture, Media and Sport Committee recommended in its report published last - Link to Speech
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) is quite significant.At this point, I want to pay tribute to all the team over at the Department for Culture - Link to Speech

National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill
36 speeches (4,766 words)
Committee of the whole House
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) Lady on the importance of arts, culture and the other areas she mentioned, which is precisely why the - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
131 speeches (9,552 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Wales Office
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I am told that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with Sport England, as the agent - Link to Speech

Gas-fired Power Stations
43 speeches (5,298 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) existing capacity market, or will he admit that it is just the Government’s latest attempt to stoke a culture - Link to Speech
2: Alan Whitehead (Lab - Southampton, Test) Or, as has been said, is it an attempt to conjure a culture war out of climate and energy policy, with - Link to Speech

Budget Resolutions
181 speeches (50,203 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) Westminster, the council has been forced to agree devastating cuts to local services, including the arts, culture - Link to Speech
2: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) in regions such as the south-west.I also welcome the Chancellor’s recognition of the importance of culture - Link to Speech

BBC World Service
19 speeches (1,782 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) I think we have a policy of using culture as a diplomatic weapon. - Link to Speech

Health and Wellbeing Services: Essex
15 speeches (11,816 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) Our plan commits to improving retention by improving culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
149 speeches (9,412 words)
Monday 11th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) Supporting teacher wellbeing is crucial to our commitment to a supportive culture in schools, and for - Link to Speech

Business and Trade
3 speeches (277 words)
Monday 11th March 2024 - Ministerial Corrections
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) As a former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, he will also know that 71% of our services - Link to Speech
2: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) As a former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, he will also know that 79% of our services - Link to Speech

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
121 speeches (23,637 words)
Report stage
Monday 11th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) enacted, to ensure a balanced system of collective actions before the CAT which will not lead to a culture - Link to Speech

International Women’s Day
73 speeches (36,012 words)
Friday 8th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) experience and examples, some of which can be defined by organisations, but a lot of it is about the culture - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Friday 15th March 2024
Report - Twenty-First Report - Levelling up funding to local government

Public Accounts Committee

Found: All three funds have overlapping investment themes around regeneration, culture and transport, but the

Thursday 14th March 2024
Written Evidence - Mr Jean Paul France
CHA0039 - The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory

The UK Government’s engagement regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory - Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories

Found: As individuals with unique values, culture, and a rich heritage, the Chagossians find themselves seemingly

Thursday 14th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - IPSA Business Plans 2024-25

Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Found: We will develop a customer -centric culture that empowers our people to ensure rigour, add value and

Thursday 14th March 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes of Joint Committee on Human Rights Session 22 - 23

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport relating to the Online

Thursday 14th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding the Committee's Urban Green Spaces inquiry, dated 14 March 2024

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Found: The drive for profit and the culture of the housebuilding sector incentivises high density builds

Thursday 14th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter to the Foreign Secretary relating to Chagossians, dated 12/03/2024

Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories

Found: Participants raised that they have asked for a community centre in Crawley, to share Chagossian culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Written Evidence - 24hourlondon
FON0061 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee

Found: We had a meeting at the DCMS two weeks ago with two civil servants, so the government is aware of

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Written Evidence - UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)
GRI0124 - A flexible grid for the future

A flexible Grid for the future - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: everyone, rather than a select few. 1 https://ukerc.ac.uk/about/edi/ We aim to foster an inclusive culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, relating to Parliamentary Scrutiny of Institutions with Devolved Powers, dated 19 December 2023

Liaison Committee (Commons)

Found: This Protocol will focus on ensuring that each institution has a sustained culture of scrutiny, that

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Department of Health and Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health Security Agency, NHS England, and Department for Health and Social Care

Public Accounts Committee

Found: that is fair to say.To your very important first question on whether we are creating the right culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Written Evidence - Women in the Fire Service
FRS0001 - Fire and Rescue Service

Fire and Rescue Service - Home Affairs Committee

Found: What was culture like before the reports were published (spotlight report, LFB report) The reports

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Home Secretary regarding the publication of the Angiolini report, dated 1 March 2024

Home Affairs Committee

Found: interest to the committee, including on police vettin g, the police response to indecent expos ure, and culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Report - Fourth Report - Accessibility of products and services to disabled people

Women and Equalities Committee

Found: The second policy to be paused was a commitment for the then Department for Digital, Culture Media and

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Report - Twentieth Report - Monitoring and responding to companies in distress

Public Accounts Committee

Found: Charities HC 250 6th Public Sector Pensions HC 289 7th Adult Social Care Markets HC 252 8th COVID 19: Culture

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Written Evidence - British Chambers of Commerce
HSC0002 - High streets in towns and small cities

High streets in towns and small cities - Built Environment Committee

Found: Instead, food and drink, culture and housing are as important.

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - NS&I 2023-24 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum

Treasury Committee

Found: In delivering our objectives, we want to inspire a stronger savings culture and we believe everyone

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - HM Treasury 2023-24 Supplementary Estimate memorandum tables

Treasury Committee

Found: Taskforce DSIT -0.3 -0.3 National Cyber Programme CO 0.1 0.1 Economic Deterrence Initiative FCDO 4.0 4.0 DCMS

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science and Technology Committee (Lords)

Found: Sarah Munby: I wonder if I might just say something about culture, because I suspect it is part of

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - Supplementary Estimates Memoranda 2023-24 - PHSO

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: timely service, according to international Ombudsman principles. 3) Objective 3: We contribute to a culture

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Oxford University, Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office

Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: The culture is important.

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Oral Evidence - St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington, The Catholic Church, Church of England, Baptist Union of Great Britain, Home Office, Home Office, and Home Office

Home Affairs Committee

Found: That was the culture that I experienced.

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Written Evidence - Free Church of England
REL0002 - Asylum decision-making and conversion to Christianity

Home Affairs Committee

Found: It would become fairly evident if an individual, especially one from a different context or culture

Monday 11th March 2024
Written Evidence - Liverpool John Moores University
FON0057 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee

Found: Journalism Practice, 18:1, 158-180, DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2023.2169186 4Department for Digital, Culture

Monday 11th March 2024
Written Evidence - News Media Association
FON0056 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee

Found: Media: an engine of original news content and democracy”, December 2016; and Pg.37 Mediatique for DCMS

Monday 11th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, and Department for Work and Pensions

Public Accounts Committee

Found: Peter Schofield: Exactly, you always need to watch for that, but it is part of the culture that Helga

Monday 11th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Scottish Government, Scottish Government, and Scottish Government

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: progress in this area, and still absolutely none from the DCMS.

Monday 11th March 2024
Special Report - Second Special Report - A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: To address the limitations in the regulations, in 2022 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and

Friday 8th March 2024
Written Evidence - LGB Alliance
FON0054 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee

Found: They must ensure that staff networks have no influence on editorial work or the culture of the organisation

Friday 8th March 2024
Report - Sixth Report - Sexism in the City

Treasury Committee

Found: A lot of that is culture within individual firms.

Friday 8th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chair and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: Culture Strategy and Measures : o In addition to the work already taken to address issues of culture

Friday 8th March 2024
Report - Nineteenth Report - MoD Equipment Plan 2023–2033

Public Accounts Committee

Found: Charities HC 250 6th Public Sector Pensions HC 289 7th Adult Social Care Markets HC 252 8th COVID 19: Culture

Friday 8th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chair and the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: It is as much an organisational culture as a set of rules.

Thursday 7th March 2024
Written Evidence - News UK
FON0055 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology

The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee

Found: complaints and issues of inaccuracy are taken very seriously throughout the organisation, and the culture



Written Answers
British Overseas Territories: Departmental Responsibilities
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Friday 15th March 2024

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on their responsibilities to the overseas territories.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

As the Minister for Overseas Territories, I [Minister Rutley] regularly meet Ministers across Government on priority areas of work progressed by their departments, and on issues requiring cross departmental collaboration. This includes recent meetings with Ministers from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, HM Treasury, Ministry of Justice, Home Office and Ministry of Defence.

Each UK Government Department has nominated a Minister with responsibility for the OTs, in support of the long-standing position that each Department should engage and support the OTs in their areas of responsibility. These Ministers meet quarterly as a Ministerial Group chaired by myself, as the FCDO Minister for the Overseas Territories.

South Asia: Development Aid
Asked by: Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) actual, and (2) projected, aid contributions to individual countries in South Asia, broken down by category of project.

Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We do not have a breakdown by project category of future spend. Programme allocations are continually reviewed to respond to changing global needs, including humanitarian crises, fluctuations in GNI and other ODA allocation decisions.

We do have information on project category spend for previous calendar years which is published in the statistics on international development. This data is based on calendar year not financial year and covers the whole of HMG. Please see below data based on 2022, the last available calendar year.

2022

2022 Total

Row Labels

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Nepal

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Administrative costs (non-sector allocable)

£273,832

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£150,105

£0

£423,938

Advanced technical and managerial training

£0

£0

£0

-£54,390

£0

-£2,535

£0

£0

-£56,924

Agricultural development

£1,292,411

£0

£0

£47,020

£0

£0

-£1,361,746

£0

-£22,316

Agricultural policy and administrative management

£0

£2,809

£0

-£152

£0

£0

£0

-£253,566

-£250,909

Agricultural research

£0

£0

£0

£240,948

£0

£0

£7,715

£0

£248,663

Agricultural services

£0

£0

£0

-£2,274,286

£0

£0

£0

£0

-£2,274,286

Anti-corruption organisations and institutions

£2,518,313

£576,402

£0

£0

£0

£175,805

£144,143

£0

£3,414,663

Basic drinking water supply

£0

£350,000

£0

£0

£0

£219,574

£0

£0

£569,574

Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£639,497

-£1,361,746

£0

-£722,250

Basic health care

£707,157

£250,000

£0

£0

£0

£2,994,645

£387,457

£0

£4,339,258

Basic life skills for adults

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£258,611

£0

£0

£258,611

Basic nutrition

£0

£712,997

£0

£0

£0

£14,770

£0

£0

£727,767

Basic sanitation

£0

£350,000

£0

£0

£0

£37,522

-£2,723,493

£0

-£2,335,971

Biodiversity

£0

£22,328

£0

£165,389

£74,068

£961,707

£37,573

£67,842

£1,328,907

Business development services

£0

£0

£0

£96,736

£0

£0

£0

£0

£96,736

Business policy and administration

£0

£0

£0

£565,783

£0

£0

£437,513

£0

£1,003,296

Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution

£4,130,547

£1,981,030

£0

£0

£0

£4,399

£2,225,242

£1,355,856

£9,697,073

Communications policy and administrative management

£0

£0

£0

£0

£127,531

£0

£44,422

£0

£171,953

COVID-19 control

£0

£23,407

£0

£802,602

£0

£0

£5,949

£0

£831,958

Culture

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£61,341

£0

£61,341

Culture and recreation

£0

£0

£0

-£22,408

£0

£0

£85,158

£0

£62,750

Decentralisation and support to subnational government

£0

£0

£0

£0

£138,288

£2,475,959

£0

£0

£2,614,248

Democratic participation and civil society

£250,000

£1,394,795

£0

£0

£57,419

£973,571

£443,327

£0

£3,119,111

Domestic revenue mobilisation

£0

-£728,536

£0

£193,016

£0

£117,203

£1,059,571

£0

£641,254

Education and training in water supply and sanitation

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£12,737

£0

£0

£12,737

Education facilities and training

£0

£115,830

£0

£0

£0

£0

£1,464,741

£0

£1,580,571

Education policy and administrative management

£0

£577,278

£0

£97,983

£0

£0

£3,077,249

£0

£3,752,510

Educational research

£0

£361,000

£0

-£266,036

£0

£188,423

£594,639

£0

£878,026

Elections

£0

£12,027

£0

£0

£0

£0

£900

£0

£12,927

Electric mobility infrastructures

£0

£0

£0

£70,000

£0

£0

£0

£0

£70,000

Electric power transmission and distribution (centralised grids)

£0

£0

£0

£68,700

£0

£173,312

£0

£0

£242,012

Emergency food assistance

£128,041,086

£8,635,594

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£136,676,679

Employment creation

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

-£255,005

£0

£0

-£255,005

Ending violence against women and girls

£21,461,697

£1,009,135

£0

£0

£0

£728,846

£3,068,578

£0

£26,268,255

Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies

£0

£0

£0

-£889,376

£0

£1,200,806

£0

£0

£311,430

Energy policy and administrative management

£0

£50,553

£0

£158,146

£0

£368,287

£0

£0

£576,985

Energy research

£0

£0

£0

£23,688

£0

£147,098

£0

£0

£170,786

Energy sector policy, planning and administration

£0

£0

£0

£1,479,122

£0

£0

£0

£0

£1,479,122

Environmental education/training

£0

£0

£48,668

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£48,668

Environmental policy and administrative management

£635,676

£6,904,699

£0

£24,064,426

£0

£4,380,855

£5,812,804

£0

£41,798,459

Environmental research

£0

£120,723

£0

£3,082,518

£0

£863,732

£0

£0

£4,066,974

Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility

£0

£102,902

£0

£0

£0

£234,377

£0

£0

£337,279

Family planning

£265,080

£565,862

£0

£0

£0

£102,500

£3,660,244

£0

£4,593,686

Financial policy and administrative management

£0

£0

£0

£507,690

£0

£0

£301,387

£0

£809,077

Formal sector financial intermediaries

£0

£0

£0

£49,665

£0

£0

£0

£0

£49,665

Health education

£338,898

£0

£0

£0

£0

£219,770

£0

£0

£558,668

Health personnel development

£0

£273,503

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£273,503

Health policy and administrative management

£0

£1,760,392

£0

£3,122,660

£0

£2,298,530

£343,452

£0

£7,525,034

Higher education

£911,301

£649,203

£172,288

£2,693,479

£214,955

£434,329

£1,992,063

£395,690

£7,463,308

Human rights

£0

£1,775,384

£0

£0

£183,646

£0

£0

£0

£1,959,030

Immediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitation

£4,081,072

£2,602,056

£0

£0

£0

£1,382,031

£12

£0

£8,065,171

Industrial development

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£317,516

£0

£0

£317,516

Industrial policy and administrative management

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£1,102,394

£0

£0

£1,102,394

Infectious disease control

£0

£344,911

£0

£106,589

£0

£721,591

£3,657

£0

£1,176,748

Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries

£1,133,493

£0

£0

£65,012

£0

£129,305

£0

£0

£1,327,810

Information and communication technology (ICT)

£0

£277,978

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£277,978

Legal and judicial development

£0

£562,328

£0

£0

£207,433

£219,762

£1,059,545

£23,435

£2,072,502

Legislatures and political parties

£0

£0

£0

£0

£86,128

£28,936

£0

£0

£115,064

Livestock

£1,133,493

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£1,133,493

Low-cost housing

£0

£0

£0

£7,590

£0

£0

£0

£0

£7,590

Material relief assistance and services

£133,863,525

£7,210,063

£0

£0

£0

£367,000

£13,753,266

£1,840,000

£157,033,854

Media and free flow of information

£0

£27,380

£0

£0

£85,021

£201,771

£0

£0

£314,172

Medical research

£0

£349,577

£0

£3,227,794

£0

£153,028

£1,625,422

£0

£5,355,821

Medical services

£0

£0

£0

£19,694

£0

£0

£0

£0

£19,694

Monetary institutions

£0

£0

£0

-£4,122,509

£0

£367,746

£0

£0

-£3,754,763

Multi-hazard response preparedness

£0

£3,119,353

£0

£0

£0

£2,296,059

-£346,074

£0

£5,069,339

Multisector aid

£10,000,000

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£10,000,000

Multisector education/training

£179,070

£2,964,257

£0

£10,757,244

£0

£1,082,590

£5,089,541

£1,148,813

£21,221,516

Participation in international peacekeeping operations

-£26,486,939

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

-£26,486,939

Personnel development for population and reproductive health

£0

£628,071

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£628,071

Population policy and administrative management

£0

£63,206

£0

£0

£0

£49,325

£159,552

£0

£272,083

Primary education

£677,795

£1,749,487

£0

£96,754

£0

£0

£1,368,615

£0

£3,892,652

Privatisation

£4,424

£0

£0

£62,081

£0

£0

£0

£0

£66,505

Public finance management (PFM)

£0

-£4,128,373

£0

£0

£0

£820,701

£1,854,023

£0

-£1,453,650

Public sector policy and administrative management

£34,999

£576,042

£0

£859,780

£0

£789,046

£91,270

£0

£2,351,137

Relief co-ordination and support services

£59,853,084

£2,072,828

£0

£0

£0

£0

£6,022,939

£0

£67,948,851

Removal of land mines and explosive remnants of war

£5,000,000

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£5,000,000

Reproductive health care

£1,369,857

£1,435,386

£0

£52,362

£0

£490,359

£1,851,776

£0

£5,199,740

Research/scientific institutions

£378,625

£1,287,873

-£72,577

£740,328

£0

£1,049,080

£908,916

£2,760

£4,295,005

Road transport

£0

£0

£0

-£1,137,143

£0

£2,256,726

£1,800

£0

£1,121,383

Rural development

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£202,165

£0

£0

£202,165

Security system management and reform

£0

£43,536

£0

£0

£458,799

£69,946

£0

£0

£572,281

Site preservation

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development

£5,530

£0

£0

£1,245,753

£0

£0

£0

£0

£1,251,283

Social Protection

£0

£1,351,346

£0

£39,879

£0

-£345,949

£226,615

£0

£1,271,891

Solar energy for centralised grids

£0

£0

£0

£117,792

£0

£648,694

£0

£0

£766,486

Statistical capacity building

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£353,100

£0

£0

£353,100

Teacher training

£0

£508,061

£0

£0

£0

£0

£663,698

£0

£1,171,759

Trade facilitation

£5,530

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£133,722

£0

£139,252

Trade policy and administrative management

£6,637

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£203,275

£0

£209,912

Transport policy and administrative management

£0

£0

£0

£69,054

£0

£128,892

£1,200

£0

£199,146

Tuberculosis control

£0

£29,991

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£29,991

Upper Secondary Education (modified and includes data from 11322)

£338,898

£897,000

£0

£0

£0

£0

£985,293

£0

£2,221,190

Urban development

£0

£0

£0

£542,146

£0

£0

£0

£0

£542,146

Urban development and management

£0

£1,050,000

£0

£78,000

£0

£695,269

£781,523

£0

£2,604,792

Vocational training

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£646,527

£0

£0

£646,527

Waste management/disposal

£0

£0

£0

£14,424

£0

£0

£0

£0

£14,424

Water resources conservation (including data collection)

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£219,574

£0

£0

£219,574

Water sector policy and administrative management

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£31,842

£0

£0

£31,842

Water supply - large systems

£0

£0

£0

£0

£0

£737,655

£0

£0

£737,655

Water supply and sanitation - large systems

£0

£0

£0

-£1,137,143

£0

£0

£0

£0

-£1,137,143

Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions

£0

£1,800,998

£0

£0

£0

£59,406

£1,444,631

£0

£3,305,036

Grand Total

£352,405,092

£54,672,670

£148,379

£45,728,404

£1,633,288

£37,241,408

£57,842,803

£4,580,830

£554,252,874

Maternity Services: Finance
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional £165 million of annual funding provided by NHS England to improve maternity and neonatal care, which will rise to £186 million a year this year, and how this will directly improve babies’ health and development outcomes.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The investment within maternity and neonatal services supports the delivery of NHS England's three-year delivery plan, which will make maternity and neonatal care safer, more personalised, and more equitable for women and babies.

The plan outlines the investment we are making in listening to women and families, growing, retaining, and supporting our workforce, developing, and sustaining a culture of safety, and underpinning more personalised and equitable care. The plan sets out success measures for trusts, integrated care systems, and NHS England, to monitor the impacts and improvements at every level.

Digital Technology
Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government response to paragraph 62 of the Third Report of Session 2022-23 by the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee on Digital exclusion, HL 219, published on 20 October 2023, what progress the dedicated cross-Whitehall ministerial group has made.

Answered by Saqib Bhatti - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government established a cross-Whitehall ministerial group in response to a recommendation from the House of Lords Communication and Digital Committee’s report on ‘Digital Exclusion’, published in June 2023. The ministerial group aims to drive progress and accountability on digital inclusion priorities across Government.

The first ministerial group meeting took place in September 2023, chaired by the then Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Paul Scully. Ministers attended from the Cabinet Office, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Department for Culture, Media & Sport, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, and His Majesty's Treasury.

The group agreed to undertake a departmental mapping exercise to drive and increase coherence across departmental work. It has also discussed specific priority issues, including the viability of each department joining device donation scheme, options to increase the accessibility of parking payments and accessibility of online government services. The group will receive an update on these issues at its next meeting later this month.

Extracurricular Activities
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support local partnerships between schools and youth organisations to support educational enrichment work in schools.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

Enrichment programmes encompass a wide range of activities, including sports, art, drama, outdoor experiences, debating, volunteering, business, tech or cooking. These activities can have a significant positive impact on young people, including on their academic progress and wellbeing and the department is committed to ensuring young people have access to high quality extra curricular opportunities.

Schools are best placed to understand and meet the specific needs of their pupils, and have flexibility to decide what range of extra curricular activities to offer. However, the department does support a range of initiatives to expand access to high quality extra curricular activities through schools, such as working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to offer the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to all state secondary schools in England.

The Shared Outcomes Fund was originally set up in 2019 to incentivise departments to work collaboratively across challenging policy areas to deliver better value for citizens. In the Third Round of HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund the Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport was were awarded a total of £3.4 million for the delivery of the Enrichment Partnerships Pilot (EPP), more information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-outcomes-fund-round-three. The EPP aims to improve the enrichment offer of up to 200 secondary schools in Education Investment Areas, testing whether greater coordination locally can enhance school enrichment offers, develop local partnerships and promote greater collaboration between schools on extra curricular activities.

The government has also invested £289 million to support the expansion of wraparound childcare for primary school children in England. Schools’ enrichment and extra curricular offers may interact with, complement and support the delivery of wraparound childcare provision. The department is supporting and encouraging schools to continue to offer enrichment and extra curricular activities and to consider how these activities can be delivered in a way that supports working parents. This may include working with local private providers who can support schools to deliver activities in a regular and reliable way.

Advanced Research and Invention Agency
Asked by: Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has plans to measure the impact of the Advanced Research and Innovation Agency.

Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

ARIA was established to focus on projects with the potential to produce transformative technological change with long-term benefits, and was set up as a flagship of the government’s agenda to cut bureaucracy in research. ARIA has maximum autonomy over its research and project choice, its procedures and its institutional culture.

ARIA will be responsible for evaluating the impact of its programmes. As set out in ARIA’s Framework Agreement, ARIA’s performance shall be formally reviewed after 10 years of operations.

Civil Servants: Equality
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which external (a) speakers and (b) organisations have spoken in Civil Service diversity, equity, and inclusion training since 2020.

Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

In the Autumn Statement last year, the Chancellor set out that the Government is considering introducing a presumption against external EDI spending and increasing ministerial scrutiny of EDI spending whilst streamlining EDI training and HR processes with a view to getting value for the taxpayer.

The Civil Service offers limited diversity and inclusion specific training through the cross Civil Service learning offer. The Civil Service work with a range of external suppliers to design and deliver these courses, a full list of which is provided here. Speakers are not part of the training provided in the learning offer.

  • Civil Service Expectations - e-learning course

  • Collaborating effectively in cross-cultural teams - MindGym

  • Creating an Inclusive Culture - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd

  • Creating Inclusive Virtual Teams - Bailey & French

  • Creating Team Inclusivity - Capital Training Ltd

  • Cultivating your Cultural Intelligence - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd

  • Dealing with Everyday Racism - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd

  • Disability inclusive management - KPMG Specialist Faculty

  • Ignite inclusion - MindGym

  • Inclusive leadership - KPMG Specialist Faculty

  • Leading inclusive teams - KPMG Specialist Faculty

  • Managing Inclusion - Korn Ferry

  • Modern Leadership – skills for managing a diverse workforce - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd

  • Neurodiversity in the workplace - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd

  • Power of choice - Korn Ferry

  • Respect Training - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd

  • Sexual Harassment - Red Snapper

  • Understanding multiple perspectives - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd

  • Working with different cultures – a Managers Toolkit - Berkshire Consultancy Ltd

Animal Experiments
Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has commissioned independent research to make a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of using (a) dogs as a second species and (b) new non-animal scientific approaches in toxicological testing.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The use of dogs as a second species in toxicological testing remains an important step in the development of safe new medicines, treatments, technologies, and other chemicals. The use of animals in science is highly regulated, and includes a three-tier system of licensing which licenses each establishment, project, and individual involved in performing regulated procedures involving animals.

Currently, there is no independent research commissioned by the Government, that makes a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of using dogs as a second species and new non-animal scientific approaches in toxicological testing. Instead, the Government’s current approach is to actively support and accelerate advances in biomedical science and technologies to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research and importantly, to avoid some of the scientific limitations of animal models of human diseases. This includes stem cell research, the development of cell culture systems that mimic the function of human organs, imaging, and new computer modelling techniques.

UK Research and Innovation remains strongly committed to supporting the development of techniques that replace, reduce, and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs), and provides core funding for the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs). The NC3Rs works nationally and internationally to drive the uptake of 3Rs technologies and ensure that advances in the 3Rs are reflected in policy, practice, and regulations on animal research.

NHS: Discrimination
Asked by: Baroness Manzoor (Conservative - Life peer)
Friday 8th March 2024

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent of racism and discrimination within the NHS; what steps NHS England are taking to collate data on this issue; and how they disseminate best practice to improve working culture within the NHS.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The National Health Service is one of the most diverse organisations in this country. As of September 2023, 27.3% of hospital and community health service staff reported an ethnic minority background. However, data shows that disabled staff, staff from ethnic minority background, and staff with other protected characteristics face a worse experience of working in the NHS when it comes to abuse, bullying and harassment, and career progression.

Since 2016, NHS England has published an annual Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) report. Implementation of the WRES is a requirement for NHS commissioners and NHS healthcare providers, including independent organisations through the NHS standard contract. The WRES enables NHS organisations to better understand how they are performing against nine indicators covering issues such as board representation, career progression, and bullying and harassment. They are required to develop action plans to progress and improve against the indicators.

In June 2023, NHS England published the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Improvement Plan that sets out targeted actions to address prejudice and discrimination in the NHS workforce. NHS England has also provided guidance to assist trusts and integrated care boards in adopting an improvement approach to the implementation of this plan. It is supported by a repository of good practice and a dashboard, to enable organisations to measure progress.



Parliamentary Research
Easter, Christian culture and heritage - CDP-2024-0062
Mar. 13 2024

Found: Easter, Christian culture and heritage



Bill Documents
Mar. 14 2024
Bill 183 2023-24 (as introduced) - large print
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2024
Bill

Found: , Media and Sport, 2023-2492 Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2023-24 Departmental Expenditure

Mar. 14 2024
Bill 183 2023-24 (as introduced)
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2024
Bill

Found: film and video licensing, the Gambling Commission and regulatory regimes and schemes.Department for Culture



National Audit Office
Mar. 15 2024
Use of artificial intelligence in government (webpage)

Found: Money and tax People and operations Project and service delivery Risk and resilience Society and culture

Mar. 14 2024
Department for Business and Trade 2022-23 (PDF)

Found: computer system installed in post offices from 1999, issues related to postmasters’ contracts and the culture

Mar. 14 2024
Department for Business and Trade 2022-23 (webpage)

Found: Money and tax People and operations Project and service delivery Risk and resilience Society and culture

Mar. 13 2024
Civil service leadership capability (webpage)

Found: Money and tax People and operations Project and service delivery Risk and resilience Society and culture

Mar. 13 2024
Report - Civil service leadership capability (PDF)

Found: Leaders also need to know what the civil service expects of them in terms of setting the right culture

Mar. 13 2024
Summary - Civil service leadership capability (PDF)

Found: Leaders also need to know what the civil service expects of them in terms of setting the right culture

Mar. 08 2024
Report - Rail reform: the rail transformation programme (PDF)

Found: DfT’s plan for reform involved changing the accountabilities, finances, and culture of the rail industry

Mar. 08 2024
Rail reform: the rail transformation programme (webpage)

Found: Money and tax People and operations Project and service delivery Risk and resilience Society and culture

Mar. 08 2024
Summary - Rail reform: the rail transformation programme (PDF)

Found: DfT’s plan for reform involved changing the accountabilities, finances, and culture of the rail industry



Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 14th March 2024
HM Treasury
Source Page: Spring Finance Bill published to cut tax for working families
Document: Spring Finance Bill published to cut tax for working families (webpage)

Found: The films we make are vital to our culture expression and creativity - they reflect a diverse and global



Department Publications - Transparency
Thursday 14th March 2024
HM Treasury
Source Page: FRAB minutes and associated papers: 23 November 2023
Document: FRAB 151 (02) 2022-23 Reporting Cycle Update (PDF)

Found: Those outstanding are three Ministerial Departments (DHSC, DCMS and MoJ), three non-Ministerial Departments

Thursday 14th March 2024
HM Treasury
Source Page: FRAB minutes and associated papers: 23 November 2023
Document: FRAB 151 (03) NAO update to FRAB November 2023 (PDF)

Found: International Trade •FCO/DfID (now FCDO) Post recess: •HM Treasury •Defence •Transport •BEIS •HMRC •Justice •DCMS

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Evaluating the impact of BII industries, technology and services (ITS) portfolio
Document: 2021 evaluation of BII’s financial institutions portfolio (PDF, 7.6 MB) (PDF)

Found: products, manage risk, manage compliance and manage the entire process of changing their organisational culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Evaluating the impact of BII industries, technology and services (ITS) portfolio
Document: 2022 evaluation of its infrastructure portfolio (PDF, 2 MB) (PDF)

Found: Culture of corruption in-country holds back company performance and achieving DI targets.Government keen



Department Publications - Guidance
Wednesday 13th March 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: Ukraine business guide: helping UK businesses trade with Ukraine
Document: Ukraine business guide: helping UK businesses trade with Ukraine (PDF)

Found: P rofessional culture 1 5 4. S anctions and corruption 20 4 .1. O verview 20 4 .2.

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: British High Commission Accra: Ghana portfolio evaluation
Document: Volume 5: Pro forma contract (webpage)

Found: You will maintain an organisational culture that prioritises safeguarding, including by delivery of training

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024 (PDF)

Found: Arts and Culture endorsement Arts and C ulture field track record requirements GTE 3.1.

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: British Embassy Oman Campaign Goal 3: Evaluation
Document: Volume 5: Pro forma contract (webpage)

Found: You will maintain an organisational culture that prioritises safeguarding, including by delivery of training

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Fingermark visualisation manual: second edition
Document: Fingermark visualisation manual: second edition (webpage)

Found: visualisation guidance for forensic laboratories Explore the topic Policing Society and culture



Department Publications - Policy and Engagement
Wednesday 13th March 2024
HM Treasury
Source Page: British Council framework document
Document: British Council framework document (webpage)

Found: Explore the topic Education, training and skills Corporate information Foreign affairs Arts and culture



Department Publications - Statistics
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: Horizon Compensation Advisory Board research papers
Document: Horizon Compensation Advisory Board: paper on behaviour and psychology (PDF)

Found: The prevailing culture, around investigations for example, is exemplified by some of the examples shown



Department Publications - Research
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Source Page: Opinion on the implications of castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs
Document: AWC opinion on the implications of castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs (PDF)

Found: and Finishing Lambs for Better Returns (2020). 12 https://www.nationalsheep.org.uk/for -the-public/culture

Monday 11th March 2024
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: Equity in medical devices: independent review - final report
Document: Equity in medical devices: independent review - full report (web accessible) (PDF)

Found: Ethnicity is usually reserved for classifying humans on the basis of characteristics related to culture

Monday 11th March 2024
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: Equity in medical devices: independent review - final report
Document: Equity in medical devices: independent review - full report (print ready) (PDF)

Found: Ethnicity is usually reserved for classifying humans on the basis of characteristics related to culture

Monday 11th March 2024
Department for Transport
Source Page: DfT: Independent Complaints Assessor report for 2022 to 2023
Document: DfT: Independent Complaints Assessor report for 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: policy and legislative basis of its action and why it regarded its handling as in line with its Just Culture



Department Publications - Consultations
Monday 11th March 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Source Page: Energy code reform: code manager licensing and secondary legislation
Document: Energy code reform: consultation on code manager licensing and secondary legislation (PDF)

Found: industry perception of their performance. 43 It also carries a lower risk of creating a ‘box -ticking’ culture



Department Publications - Policy paper
Friday 8th March 2024
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Shattering the silence about menopause: 12-month progress report
Document: Shattering the Silence about Menopause: 12-Month Progress Report (PDF) (PDF)

Found: My focus therefore continues to be on direct employer engagement as a means to transform workplace culture



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Mar. 15 2024
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Source Page: New powers to turn the North East into film and TV powerhouse
Document: New powers to turn the North East into film and TV powerhouse (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said: We’re sticking to our plan to grow the creative industries by a

Mar. 15 2024
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Source Page: NDA celebrates the wealth of nuclear expertise in Wales
Document: NDA celebrates the wealth of nuclear expertise in Wales (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: By creating a culture of innovation, the NDA will power forward sustainable and rapid decommissioning



Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics
Mar. 15 2024
Environment Agency
Source Page: Use of research in climate change adaptation: participatory research
Document: Use of research in climate change adaptation: participatory research: report (PDF)
Statistics

Found: researcher to help foster relationships and overcome institutional barriers (e.g., organisational culture

Mar. 14 2024
Ofqual
Source Page: Vocational and other qualifications quarterly: October to December 2023
Document: (ODS)
Statistics

Found: 1.397 8970 8835 -0.015 11 Social Sciences 30 20 -0.31 36175 41650 0.151 12 Languages, Literature and Culture

Mar. 14 2024
Ofqual
Source Page: Vocational and other qualifications quarterly: October to December 2023
Document: Vocational and other qualifications quarterly: October to December 2023 (webpage)
Statistics

Found: Qualifications in Languages, Literature and Culture saw a notable percentage increase in certificates

Mar. 14 2024
NHS Digital
Source Page: Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, January 2024, by provider
Document: Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, January 2024, by provider (webpage)
Statistics

Found: discussion and debate between patients, clinicians, providers and commissioners, which is needed in a culture



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Mar. 14 2024
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: CMA Annual Plan 2024 to 2025
Document: Annual Plan 2024 to 2025 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: appropriate information in support of our respective statutory functions, and more generally foster a culture

Mar. 14 2024
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 29 May 2023
Document: FOI 23/330 - attachment 1 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: A, I Behaviour Changing and improving - You will be driving change and a culture of continuous improvement

Mar. 14 2024
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 29 May 2023
Document: FOI 23/351 - attachment 1 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: bacteraemia, Bacteraemia, Bacterial toxaemia, Bacterial translocation, B acteroides bacteraemia, Blood culture

Mar. 14 2024
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 4 December 2023
Document: FOI 23/774 - attachment 2 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Blood and pleural fluid culture was negative for infect ious condi tions.

Mar. 14 2024
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 25 December 2023
Document: FOI 23/806 - attachment 14 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: A 5 ml aliquot of the supernatant (equal to 1 g feed) was transferred to a 30 ml culture tube containing

Mar. 11 2024
Small Business Commissioner
Source Page: Office of the Small Business Commissioner annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: Office of the Small Business Commissioner Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 (print-ready version) (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Our vision is a payment culture in the UK where small businesses get paid quickly and fairly for the

Mar. 11 2024
Small Business Commissioner
Source Page: Office of the Small Business Commissioner annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: Office of the Small Business Commissioner Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Our vision is a payment culture in the UK where small businesses get paid quickly and fairly for the

Mar. 11 2024
Small Business Commissioner
Source Page: Office of the Small Business Commissioner annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: Office of the Small Business Commissioner Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 (large-print version) (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Our vision is a payment culture in the UK where small businesses get paid quickly and fairly for the



Non-Departmental Publications - Policy paper
Mar. 14 2024
Public Sector Fraud Authority
Source Page: Government Counter Fraud Functional Strategy 2024-2027
Document: Cross Government Counter Fraud Functional Strategy 2024-2027 (PDF) (PDF)
Policy paper

Found: The Function has also been important in driving a culture of innovation and ambition, recognising that

Mar. 13 2024
British Council
Source Page: British Council framework document
Document: British Council framework document (webpage)
Policy paper

Found: Explore the topic Education, training and skills Corporate information Foreign affairs Arts and culture



Non-Departmental Publications - Open consultation
Mar. 12 2024
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: Consultation on the proposal to make a market investigation reference into veterinary services for household pets in the UK
Document: Veterinary services for household pets in the UK: Consultation on proposed market investigation reference (PDF)
Open consultation

Found: For example, CVS states a strategic objective ‘to have a culture of recommending the best possible treatments

Mar. 11 2024
Ofgem
Source Page: Energy code reform: code manager licensing and secondary legislation
Document: Energy code reform: consultation on code manager licensing and secondary legislation (PDF)
Open consultation

Found: industry perception of their performance. 43 It also carries a lower risk of creating a ‘box -ticking’ culture

Mar. 08 2024
Ofsted
Source Page: Ofsted Big Listen
Document: Ofsted Big Listen (webpage)
Open consultation

Found: shape of our education and regulatory inspections, our ways of working and the craft of inspecting culture



Deposited Papers
Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: SH_Letter_to_Sandwell_Commissioners_070324.pdf (PDF)

Found: see that you mention that the Council is now more resilient, improvement is more embedded in the culture

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: SH_Sandwell-letter_to_leader_070324.pdf (PDF)

Found: Commissioners consider that the Council is more resilient; that improvement is more embedded in the culture

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: SH_Letter_to_LCC_commissioners_070324.pdf (PDF)

Found: your report, including property services and certain corporate functions such as risk management and culture

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: 240307_LCC_Directions.pdf (PDF)

Found: people of Liverpool; b) rebuild the governance capacity of the Authority, addressing the deep- seated culture

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: Sandwell_MBC-Commissioners_Fourth_Report-20_Dec.pdf (PDF)

Found: Continued improvement in the culture and behaviours exhibited by members and officers. f.

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: 2201_CIPFA_report_Sandwell.pdf (PDF)

Found: At the time of the review CIPFA felt the Authority ha d an outdated financial management culture ,

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: 240228_TVCA_initial_response_letter.pdf (PDF)

Found: recommendations made by the Tees Valley Review and to ensure that they are incorporated both into the culture

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: 240307_LCC_Directions_EM.pdf (PDF)

Found: establish and implement a cultural change programme which embeds a customer focus, performance management culture

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: 220203_LGA_CPC_report_for_Parly.pdf (PDF)

Found: Delivering sustained change in organisatio nal culture requires a multi -faceted programme management

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Local government stewardship: Reports and letters regarding developments in statutory interventions in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council and Thurrock Council and the Tees Valley Mayor’s initial response to independent review. 12p.
Document: 231215_Sandwell_VfM_Governance_review_Grant_Thornton.pdf (PDF)

Found: This includes changing the organisational culture in relation to complaints so that they restore balance

Thursday 14th March 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Source Page: Framework document: Animal and Plant Health Agency. 33p.
Document: APHA_Framework_Doc_signed_19-02-24.pdf (PDF)

Found: part of the regular discussions between sponsor teams and APHAs , as part of a shared ‘no surprises’ culture

Friday 8th March 2024
Department for Transport
Source Page: I. Rail Reform Bill: delegated powers memorandum. 26p. II. Rail Reform Bill: explanatory notes. Incl. annex. 27p. III. Plan for Rail. Impact Assessment supporting the draft Rail Reform Bill. Incl. annexes. 123p. IV. Letter dated 26/02/2024 from Huw Merriman MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding 3 documents for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: Reform.pdf (PDF)

Found: accountability with respect to the Great British rail ways , to sit with the IRB, ending t he blame culture




Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Select Committee Publications
Monday 11th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, 12 March 2024
Scottish Languages Bill

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Found: promoting, facilitating and supporting the use of the Gaelic language, and (b) developing Gaelic culture

Monday 11th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Convener, Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee, 11 March 2024
Second EU Law Tracker Report

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: Second EU Law Tracker Report Letter from the Convener, Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture

Wednesday 6th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, 6 March 2024
Parliamentary scrutiny of proposed national outcomes

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Found: potential • Communities: We live in communities that are inclusive, empo wered, resilient and safe • Culture

Friday 1st March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from UNISON to the Convener, 1 March 2024
Policing and Mental Health 1 March 2024

Inquiry: Policing and mental health
Committee: Criminal Justice Committee

Found: As the recent HMICS report on culture outlines staff feel secondary to officer considerations and the

Thursday 29th February 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Baroness Drake to Rt Hon Michael Gove MP following the fifth meeting of the Interparliamentary Forum, held on 29 February 2024.
Inter Parliamentary Forum Scrutiny of Common Frameworks

Inquiry: Inter-Parliamentary Forum
Committee: Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Found: Northern Ireland; Rt Hon Angus Robertson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture

Thursday 8th February 2024
Correspondence - Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, Angus Robertson MSP providing a response to the Committee's letter sent on the 27 November 2023, response received 8 February 2024
EU Alignment - response from the Scottish Government

Inquiry: Continuity Act
Committee: Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Found: the Scottish Government Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture


Correspondence - Scottish Government update on Scotland's 2022-2032
Suicide Prevention Strategy

Inquiry: Suicide Prevention Strategy
Committee: Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Found: • We are building a learning culture across our equalities work, whereby we bring back learning



Scottish Cross Party Group Publications
Agenda for the meeting on 27 February 2024 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Food
Published: 27th Feb 2024

Found: Outcome 5 : Scotland has a thriving food culture with a population who are interested in and educated

Agenda for the meeting on 19 April 2023 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Germany
Published: 19th Apr 2023

Found: between Scotland and Rheinland Pfalz and areas of work under our Statement of Intent covering education, culture



Scottish Government Publications
Friday 15th March 2024
Children and Families Directorate
Source Page: UNCRC: Embedding Children’s Rights in Public Services Reference Group - 21 August 2023
Document: UNCRC: Embedding Children’s Rights in Public Services Reference Group - 21 August 2023 (webpage)

Found: Our hope is that the projects funded will result in changes in culture, policy and practice to support

Friday 15th March 2024
Children and Families Directorate
Source Page: Children and Families: National Leadership Group minutes - 23 January 2024
Document: Children and Families: National Leadership Group minutes - 23 January 2024 (webpage)

Found: These include supporting the workforce; leadership culture; improving data and information sharing; and

Friday 15th March 2024
Children and Families Directorate
Source Page: UNCRC Implementation Embedding in Public Services Group minutes: 15 May 2023
Document: UNCRC Implementation Embedding in Public Services Group minutes: 15 May 2023 (webpage)

Found: bodies and local authorities to develop a child’s rights-based approach and embed children’s rights into culture

Thursday 14th March 2024

Source Page: Transport Scotland data for Corran Narrows ferry or fixed link options: FOI release
Document: Corran_Narrows_Outline_Feasibility_Study_v2.3 (PDF)

Found: reduction targets Increase resilience of Scotland’s transport system from disruption and promote a culture

Thursday 14th March 2024
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Health Workforce Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Source Page: NHS Forth Valley Assurance Board minutes: 26 January 2024
Document: NHS Forth Valley Assurance Board minutes: 26 January 2024 (webpage)

Found: The following points were noted:LeadershipCultureThe first phase of the culture journey was looking into

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Public Service Reform Directorate
Source Page: Participation Handbook
Document: Participation Handbook (PDF)

Found: Improving opportunities for participation means moving away from ‘doing to’ or ‘doing for’ towards a culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Public Service Reform Directorate
Source Page: Participation Handbook
Document: Participation Handbook (webpage)

Found: government.Improving opportunities for participation means moving away from ‘doing to’ or ‘doing for’ towards a culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
EU Directorate
Source Page: Scotland’s International Network Reporting: FOI Release
Document: Document 4 (PDF)

Found: with officials at the French Culture Ministry and French media outlets.

Wednesday 13th March 2024
EU Directorate
Source Page: Scotland’s International Network Reporting: FOI Release
Document: Document 2 (PDF)

Found: the OECD & UNESCO –showcasing Scotland’s key strengths on topics such as wellbeing economy and culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
EU Directorate
Source Page: Scotland’s International Network Reporting: FOI Release
Document: Document 3 (PDF)

Found: deliver online Celtic Film Festival screenings and panel discussion, which aimed to promote Celtic culture

Wednesday 13th March 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Minister for Energy attendance at the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavik in October 2023: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300381920 - Information Released - Documents (PDF)

Found: Fisheries, Gender Equality, Culture, Environment, Finance).

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Chief Economist Directorate
Source Page: Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th Quarter 2023
Document: Public Sector Employment Scotland Tables Q4 2023 (ODS)

Found: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, Office of Rail and Road, UK Statistics Authority, Cabinet Office, Department

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Source Page: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 27 September 2023: EIR release
Document: FOI 202300378332 - Information Released - Doc 2 (PDF)

Found: lead the delivery aspects of the Islands Programme, support to our local authority partners for their culture

Tuesday 12th March 2024
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Source Page: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 27 September 2023: EIR release
Document: FOI 202300378332 - Information Released - Doc 1 (PDF)

Found: Real progress is being made and we are on schedule to imminently introduce the new Agri culture Bill

Monday 11th March 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence regarding United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA): FOI release
Document: FOI 202400398300 - Information Released - Annex C (PDF)

Found: Scottish Government attendees Humza Yousaf MSP, First Minister (FM); Christina McKelvie, Minister for Culture

Monday 11th March 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence regarding United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA): FOI release
Document: FOI 202400398300 - Information Released - Annex A (PDF)

Found: ; Minister for Culture, Europe & International Development

Monday 11th March 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence regarding United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA): FOI release
Document: FOI 202400398300 - Information Released - Annex B (PDF)

Found: This matter has been considered by the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs & Culture

Friday 8th March 2024
Children and Families Directorate
Source Page: UNCRC Strategic Implementation Board minutes: January 2024
Document: UNCRC Strategic Implementation Board minutes: January 2024 (webpage)

Found: The aim is to empower everyone within the system to make the culture changes we want to see.JH explained

Friday 8th March 2024
Learning Directorate
Source Page: Curriculum reform subgroup minutes: November 2023
Document: Curriculum reform subgroup minutes: November 2023 (webpage)

Found: It was highlighted that culture days had formed the majority of the activity in relation to bids for

Thursday 7th March 2024
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care communications during December 2022 - January 2023: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300384476 - Information Released - Annex A - B (PDF)

Found: Affairs and Islands ; Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture

Thursday 7th March 2024
Digital Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence relating to the UK Government's AI safety summit: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300383965 - Information Released - Correspondence (PDF)

Found: Sent: Monday, October 30, 2023 4:52 PM To: Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs & Culture

Thursday 7th March 2024

Source Page: Scottish Forestry’s Corporate Risk Register: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300384296 - Information Released - Risk Register (Excel)

Found: framework of principles around our new ways of working, then there is a risk to our maintaining our culture

Thursday 7th March 2024

Source Page: Visas for culture and creative sectors: Letter to Home Secretary
Document: Visas for culture and creative sectors: Letter to Home Secretary (webpage)

Found: Visas for culture and creative sectors: Letter to Home Secretary

Thursday 7th March 2024

Source Page: Towards a robust, resilient wellbeing economy for Scotland - Report of the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300384427 - Information Released - AGER - Summary Paper (PDF)

Found: Recommendation 14 – recommendation met Given the contribution of the arts, culture and creative sector

Wednesday 6th March 2024
Education Reform Directorate
Source Page: Establishment of the Centre for Teaching Excellence: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300381669 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Teaching Excellence Redacted News | Communications Team Leader Constitution, External Affairs and Culture

Wednesday 6th March 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs overseas visits: FOI release
Document: Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs overseas visits: FOI release (webpage)

Found: Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs overseas visits: FOI release

Wednesday 6th March 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs overseas visits: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300384169 - Information Released - November 2012 (PDF)

Found: Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs overseas visits: FOI release

Wednesday 6th March 2024
External Affairs Directorate
Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs overseas visits: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300384169 - Information Released - December 2013 (PDF)

Found: Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs overseas visits: FOI release

Wednesday 6th March 2024
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Scotland's Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan: Equality Impact Assessment
Document: Scotland’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan Equality Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: focus on toxic masculinity, culture ideals).

Tuesday 5th March 2024
Digital Directorate
Source Page: Amount of records destroyed in accordance with Record Management Policy from 2019 - date: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300384324 - Information Released - Record Destruction (Excel)

Found: of Civil Service Commissioners Code: 2008-20092019-01-22 00:00:00qA167922Europe External Affairs and Culture

Tuesday 5th March 2024

Source Page: Senior Civil Service pay: March 2019
Document: Senior Civil Service pay: March 2019 (webpage)

Found: 99,999GaryGillespieDirectorDG Economy1Chief Economist95,000 - 99,999JonathanPryceDirectorDG Economy1Director for Culture

Tuesday 5th March 2024

Source Page: Senior Civil Service pay: March 2020
Document: Senior Civil Service pay: March 2020 (webpage)

Found: 99,999GaryGillespieDirectorDG Economy1Chief Economist100,000 - 104,999JonathanPryceDirectorDG Economy1Director for Culture

Tuesday 5th March 2024

Source Page: Senior Civil Service pay: March 2021
Document: Senior Civil Service pay: March 2021 (webpage)

Found: 104,999DominicMunroDirectorDG Economy1Director for Strategy100,000 - 104,999JonathanPryceDirectorDG Economy1Director for Culture

Tuesday 5th March 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Information relating to nuclear energy and power in Scotland: EIR release
Document: FOI 202300382897 - Information Released - Annex A - C (PDF)

Found: In the past month, people have travelled to Edinburgh to experience the vibrant culture of the Fringe



Scottish Written Answers
S6W-25971
Asked by: Mundell, Oliver (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Dumfriesshire)
Thursday 14th March 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether any representatives from the Scottish Government attended the World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, and, if so, who.

Answered by Stewart, Kaukab

From Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March Glasgow hosted the World Athletics Indoor Championships for the first time in Scotland and only the third time in the United Kingdom. A total of 586 athletes from 128 countries across all six continental areas competed in Glasgow, watched by more than 22,000 ticketed spectators from 37 countries, and the event produced two world records, five championship records, ten area records and 54 national records.

The World Athletics Indoor Championships provided yet another opportunity to further enhance Scotland's reputation not only as The Perfect Stage for hosting Major Events but also as a welcoming place to live and work, study, visit and do business.

Given these excellent opportunities for engagement with key stakeholders, the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport and the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care attended separate athletics sessions in the Emirates Arena. In addition the Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development attended the Welcome Reception hosted jointly by the World Athletics President and the Glasgow City Council Provost. A senior Scottish Government Official also attended two civic receptions and sporting activity.

The Emirates Arena was also the venue for a meeting of the UK Inter-Ministerial Group for Sport, chaired by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport. This was attended by Ministers from all home nations.

S6W-25683
Asked by: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Scottish Labour - Glasgow)
Tuesday 5th March 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people are on the Co-Production Group for the Centre of Teaching Excellence, and how many of these are serving teachers.

Answered by Gilruth, Jenny - Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills

There are currently 25 members of the Co-Production Group. Six are serving teachers, and two additional secondary teachers have been invited to join the group, which will bring the total to eight. The following stakeholders are represented:

  • Teachers and practitioners
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
  • Education Scotland
  • Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
  • Scottish Council of Deans of Education (SCDE)
  • General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS)
  • Association of Directors of Education (ADES)
  • Education Institute of Scotland (EIS)
  • NASUWT
  • School Leaders Scotland (SLS)
  • AHDS
  • Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCiS)
  • Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA)
  • CLD Standards Council
  • Early Years Scotland
  • Scottish Social Services Council
  • National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture

The Co-Production Group is one part of the overall co-production process. Ongoing additional engagement with teachers and stakeholders will take place as part of the design process.



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Public participation in the Scottish Parliament: Understanding the core
Friday 15th March 2024
This report is the result of a SPICe academic fellowship in which Dr Ruth Lightbody, Glasgow Caledonian University, responds to one of the recommendations from the 2022 Citizens' Panel on Public Participation in the Scottish Parliament, that the organisation ‘Build a strong evidence base for deliberative democracy to determine its effectiveness and develop a
View source webpage

Found: accessible, representative of Scotland's rich and diverse population, and built into the political culture



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
General Question Time
39 speeches (20,411 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Portfolio Question Time
115 speeches (54,930 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) Good progress is being made across all areas of leadership, culture and governance, and, given the strong - Link to Speech

Scotland’s Economy
56 speeches (74,827 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Fraser, Murdo (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) clusters of excellence to deliver Scottish exporting success, and supporting key investments to create a culture - Link to Speech

Business Motions
2 speeches (1,555 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) 20242.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Constitution, External Affairs and Culture - Link to Speech

Additional Support for Learning Inquiry
224 speeches (184,621 words)
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None support workers have for communication, planning and working together effectively, and that leads to a culture - Link to Speech
2: None school box rather than the school box being willing to change around the child.Again, it is about a culture - Link to Speech
3: None Buildings are a factor, but school culture is a factor as well, and sometimes just fairly minor changes - Link to Speech
4: None learning and development, where there is still that capacity.Some of that good practice is to do with culture - Link to Speech

Topical Question Time
28 speeches (19,925 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Choudhury, Foysol (Lab - Lothian) to monitor and regulate how and why funding is awarded by Creative Scotland and how it ensures that culture - Link to Speech
2: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) regularly attends evidence sessions of the Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture - Link to Speech
3: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) Mr Kerr will also appreciate that the culture department, which works with me, as cabinet secretary, - Link to Speech

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
135 speeches (124,485 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) As Mark Griffin alluded to earlier, culture and the arts require significant public subsidy from not - Link to Speech
2: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) I agree with him whole-heartedly on the vital role that culture plays in all our lives in Scotland and - Link to Speech
3: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) Investing in our arts and culture, our tourism infrastructure and our festivals is absolutely critical - Link to Speech

Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
194 speeches (150,503 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None If we had the culture that we are proposing, that sort of dialogue would be happening in the mediation - Link to Speech

Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
52 speeches (131,123 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) They were victims of corporate greed, official incompetence and a political culture that systematically - Link to Speech

International Women’s Day
39 speeches (94,870 words)
Thursday 7th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) privilege to open the debate and make my first opening speech to the Parliament as the Minister for Culture - Link to Speech
2: Gallacher, Meghan (Con - Central Scotland) I take the opportunity to welcome Kaukab Stewart to her post as Minister for Culture, Europe and International - Link to Speech
3: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) Added to that, we have the rise of incel culture and those who promote it, and the latent toxic masculinity - Link to Speech

Emma Caldwell Case
28 speeches (28,128 words)
Thursday 7th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) I point members to “HMICS Thematic Inspection of Organisational Culture in Police Scotland”, which was - Link to Speech
2: Maguire, Ruth (SNP - Cunninghame South) It is clear that a significant number of women were failed not just by a culture of misogyny in Strathclyde - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
90 speeches (48,657 words)
Thursday 7th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) We have written to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on a number of occasions - Link to Speech
2: Mackay, Rona (SNP - Strathkelvin and Bearsden) Either you embed this in a new culture in a court of uniform practice across the country, or you try - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Those changes in culture, processes and practice are clearly necessary. - Link to Speech

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement
49 speeches (52,149 words)
Thursday 7th March 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) a very warm welcome to the sixth meeting in 2024 of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture - Link to Speech

Additional Support for Learning Inquiry
92 speeches (87,342 words)
Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None A culture of inclusion would mean teachers saying, “Everyone, we’re taking a movement break.”The decision - Link to Speech

Ending Violence in Schools
45 speeches (72,046 words)
Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) That shift in popular culture—normalising of abuse that was long thought to have been consigned to the - Link to Speech
2: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) If we want to eradicate rape culture and gender-based violence from our schools, it is essential that - Link to Speech
3: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) The reporting of violence sits in the culture of employment. - Link to Speech

Decision Time
29 speeches (38,717 words)
Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture - Link to Speech

Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2 speeches (2,370 words)
Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture - Link to Speech

Scotland’s Place in the World
133 speeches (118,880 words)
Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) Singapore, China and other countries around the world, whether that is in terms of our history, our culture - Link to Speech
2: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) I completely agree with Mr Ewing’s sentiment on that.The culture paper, which runs to 55 pages, aims - Link to Speech
3: Golden, Maurice (Con - North East Scotland) When the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee recently reviewed the Scottish - Link to Speech