Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Facebook about the experiment they conducted on users to influence their emotions in 2012.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Neither the Secretary of State or I have not sought specific legal advice on the recent research carried out by Facebook. In the first instance, I believe it is a matter for the Information Commissioner's Office to determine whether UK data protection laws have been breached.
Neither have we made any estimate on the number of UK citizens that may have been subject to the research recently published by Facebook, nor had discussions with Facebook or the US administration about this. I have received a briefing paper from Facebook regarding this research, ahead of giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on social media data.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the US administration about Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Neither the Secretary of State or I have not sought specific legal advice on the recent research carried out by Facebook. In the first instance, I believe it is a matter for the Information Commissioner's Office to determine whether UK data protection laws have been breached.
Neither have we made any estimate on the number of UK citizens that may have been subject to the research recently published by Facebook, nor had discussions with Facebook or the US administration about this. I have received a briefing paper from Facebook regarding this research, ahead of giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on social media data.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has sought legal advice on Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Neither the Secretary of State or I have not sought specific legal advice on the recent research carried out by Facebook. In the first instance, I believe it is a matter for the Information Commissioner's Office to determine whether UK data protection laws have been breached.
Neither have we made any estimate on the number of UK citizens that may have been subject to the research recently published by Facebook, nor had discussions with Facebook or the US administration about this. I have received a briefing paper from Facebook regarding this research, ahead of giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on social media data.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the regional distribution is of Arts Council England's Catalyst funds.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The £100 million Catalyst programme is supporting the culture and heritage sector's efforts to strengthen their fundraising expertise and build long-term financial resilience across the country.
Regional breakdown of grants awarded by the Arts Council England:
Catalyst: Building Fundraising Capacity, Catalyst: Capacity Building and Match Funding and Transforming Arts Fundraising.
Amount committed:
Region | £ | % |
London | 10,199,987 | 25.7% |
East Midlands | 2,575,072 | 6.5% |
West Midlands | 3,627,294 | 9.1% |
North East | 2,367,058 | 6.0% |
North West | 4,310,188 | 10.9% |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 6,076,001 | 15.3% |
South East | 2,935,806 | 7.4% |
East of England | 2,517,687 | 6.3% |
South West | 4,941,791 | 12.4% |
Wales | 156,562 | 0.4% |
Grand Total | 39,707,446 |
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Catalyst: Endowments
Amount awarded at offer stage - distribution of funds depends on fundraising level
Region | £ | % |
London | 18,500,000 | 60.7% |
East Midlands | - | 0.0% |
West Midlands | 3,000,000 | 9.8% |
North East | 2,000,000 | 6.6% |
North West | 2,000,000 | 6.6% |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 3,000,000 | 9.8% |
South East | 1,000,000 | 3.3% |
East of England | 1,000,000 | 3.3% |
South West | - | 0.0% |
Wales | - | 0.0% |
Grand Total | 30,500,000 |
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Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens subject to Facebook's experiment on users' emotions in 2012.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Neither the Secretary of State or I have not sought specific legal advice on the recent research carried out by Facebook. In the first instance, I believe it is a matter for the Information Commissioner's Office to determine whether UK data protection laws have been breached.
Neither have we made any estimate on the number of UK citizens that may have been subject to the research recently published by Facebook, nor had discussions with Facebook or the US administration about this. I have received a briefing paper from Facebook regarding this research, ahead of giving evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on social media data.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of library users reported success in obtaining a specific book in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The detail requested is not held centrally by this Department, nor is it collected by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy as part of the annual public library statistics provided by individual library authorities.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of requests for books were met within (a) seven, (b) 15 and (c) 30 days in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The detail requested is not held centrally by this Department, nor is it collected by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy as part of the annual public library statistics provided by individual library authorities.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the aggregate opening hours per 1,000 population were for all public libraries in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The detail requested is not held centrally by this Department, nor is it collected by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy as part of the annual public library statistics provided by individual library authorities.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 18 of Investing in Britain's Future, Cm 8669, produced in June 2013, how he intends to spend the £250 million allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
With local match funding, the £250m allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17 will enable superfast broadband coverage to be extended to 95% of premises by 2017. The Department announced indicative funding allocations for local broadband project areas in February 2014. The first procurements for projects using this funding are now under way.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many electronic workstations were made available in each public library per thousand population in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The detail requested is not held centrally by this Department. However the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) collect, annually, from the individual library authorities comprehensive information relating to library service provision in the United Kingdom, which includes data relating to the questions raised. Copies of CIPFA statistics are available in the House Library.