Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has received any representations asking him to intervene in the BBC's decision to broadcast the short story, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Secretary of State has not received any representations asking him to intervene in the BBC's decision to broadcast the short story, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of Government and there is no provision for the Government to intervene in the corporation’s day-to-day operations.Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to meet the Chief Executive of Premiership Rugby; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Helen Grant
I have regular meetings with professional sports bodies to discuss a range of issues, including the stewardship of their sport. My door is always open to meet the Chief Executive of Premiership Rugby to discuss the continued health of the sport.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Rugby Football Union received from (a) his Department and (b) its subsidiary bodies in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Helen Grant
Since 2010 Sport England has invested over £40 million OF Grant-in-Aid and National Lottery money in the Rugby Football Union. This investment is being made independent of the Government.
This investment of National Lottery and Grant-in-Aid money has been to get more people playing rugby regularly, to support the development of talented players, and to support the England Women’s national team in its successful world cup campaign in August 2014.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) financial and (b) other assistance his Department is providing to support the hosting of the Rugby World Cup in 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Helen Grant
The DCMS has provided the Rugby Football Union with an underwrite of up to £25m of the tournament fee. The DCMS is also working with other Government Departments, Arm’s Length Bodies and England 2015, the tournament organisers, to deliver a series of guarantees in areas such as visas, customs, security and anti-doping. Additionally, the DCMS, Visit England and the FCO are supporting the William Webb Ellis Trophy International Tour and we will continue to support the domestic legs of the tour when it returns to the UK to mark 100 days to go.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) his Department and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Helen Grant
The table shows the lowest and highest full-time equivalent salaries paid to DCMS employees in each year specified. The highest salary is shown in bands of £5,000, in-line with the Department’s annual disclosure of senior salaries through its annual accounts and reports. The 2014-15 figures are shown as at 1 September, 2014.
Year | Lowest Salary (£) | Highest Salary (£) (given as range) |
2010-11 | 19,436 | 225,000-229,999 |
2011-12 | 20,034 | 225,000-229,999 |
2012-13 | 20,034 | 155,000-159,999 |
2013-14 | 20,234 | 150000-154999 |
2014-15 *figures as at 01/09/14 | 20,234 | 170,000-174,999 |
DCMS does not hold this information in relation to its public bodies.