Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department last met the English Football League; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
I regularly meet with senior representatives of the English Football League to discuss a wide range of issues.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is monitoring content that is publicly available on social networking sites using overt monitoring techniques.
Answered by Matt Hancock
In respect of media management and campaign communications, the DCMS communications team monitor relevant publicly available social media content to evaluate the effectiveness of government campaigns. DCMS follows Government Communications Service (GCS) Standards using the GCS Evaluation Framework https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on making doping in sport a criminal offence.
Answered by David Evennett
The case for legislation including criminal powers is currently being reviewed by the Department.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on (a) data protection, (b) sponsorship of the Information Commissioner's Office and (c) sponsorship of the National Archives.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Policy responsibility for data protection policy, sponsorship of the Information Commissioner’s Office, and sponsorship of The National Archives transferred from the Ministry of Justice to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on 17 September. My department is working with the Information Commissioner and other stakeholders to effectively deliver the Government’s objectives in these areas. The National Archives remains a non-ministerial department.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to answer Questions 205354, 205306 and 205290 tabled on 11 July 2014 for answer on 15 July 2014.
Answered by Helen Grant
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport responded to the parlimantary questions tabled by my hon. friend on 18th July.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
Answered by Helen Grant
DCMS policy on alcohol consumption on the premises is that, managers are expected to ensure that office parties do not cause disruption to the work of the office, and that drinking during working hours does not otherwise impact on the performance and reputation of the Department. In addition, all civil servants are expected to carry out standards of behaviour as set out in the Civil Service Code. Private Offices are subject to the same policy as the rest of DCMS. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-codeAsked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
Answered by Helen Grant
The Secretary of State & the ministers in the Department have not undertaken (a) media training (b) social media training in this financial year.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
Answered by Helen Grant
The Department's accounting system does not record expenditure on away days separately from other staff training and development costs. To identify and summarise these costs for the period requested would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
Answered by Helen Grant
DCMS has subscriptions to the following magazines: Broadcast, Spectator, Economist, Art Review, Art Newspaper, House magazine, Vacher’s Quarterly, New Statesman, (b) The department does not subscribe to any television channels.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
Answered by Helen Grant
The department had no spend on gym and leisure facilities or cafeteria. Decorations costs are as follows:
2013 Nil
2014 £9,208.50