Asked by: Chris White (Conservative - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the number of people employed in the video games industry in (a) England, (b) Warwickshire and (c) Warwick and Leamington in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2013.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
In January 2014, the DCMS Creative Industries Economic Estimates showed that there were 15,000 jobs in the computer games industry in the UK in 2012. This is an increase from 2011, when there were 13,000 jobs in the computer games industry. An estimate for the number of jobs in the computer games industry in the UK in 2013 will be published as part of the next update to the Creative Industries Economic Estimates in January 2015. Estimates are based on the ONS Annual Population survey and analysis at lower levels of geography is not robust.
Asked by: Chris White (Conservative - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will update the report entitled Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 - one year on to reflect progress since that publication.
Answered by Rob Wilson
On 26 September, the Cabinet Office announced that Lord Young, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Enterprise, will lead a review of the Public Service (Social Value) Act 2012. The review will look at how the Act is working on the ground and consider whether it would be beneficial to extend it. The review will consider evidence from a range of sources and report on findings in early 2015.
Asked by: Chris White (Conservative - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of crime.
Answered by Norman Baker
Police reform is working and crime is falling. Both the independent Crime Survey and police recorded crime show crime has fallen by more than 10 per cent under this coalition government.
England and Wales are safer than they have been for decades with the Crime Survey showing crime at its lowest level since the survey began in 1981.
Asked by: Chris White (Conservative - Warwick and Leamington)
Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of how City Deals are working.
Answered by Greg Clark
Cities and Local Enterprise Partnerships are making excellent progress in implementing their City Deals.
The Coventry and Warwickshire City Deal was signed on 12 December 2013 and the Skills for Growth pilot has already registered 37 graduates, exceeding its targets.