Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process his Department has for allocating funds for the payment for copyright licenses by the Government; and what funds were allocated for such payments in each of the last five years.
Answered by Simon Kirby
Government departments buy copyright licences according to their needs from their departmental budgets. Funds are not allocated by HM Treasury specifically for licensing and departmental procurement. This type of procurement is a matter for individual departments.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he is making in renegotiating the agreement with the Copyright Licensing Agency to facilitate the scanning and photocopying of documents by Government Departments where secondary royalties may be payable.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Cabinet Office currently coordinates the purchase of a cross-Government copyright licence on behalf of Departments and is considering a proposal from the Copyright Licence Agency.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to create a single copyright licensing arrangement across Government.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Cabinet Office currently coordinates the purchase of a cross-Government copyright licence on behalf of Departments and is considering a proposal from the Copyright Licence Agency.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role his Department has in ensuring compliance with copyright licensing conditions across Government.
Answered by Simon Kirby
Government departments are required to comply with the law including the law of copyright. To this end they enter into licensing arrangements and monitor compliance locally. The Accounting Officer within each department is responsible for ensuring legal compliance.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding his Department provides for the renewal of Government copyright licences.
Answered by Simon Kirby
Government departments buy copyright licences according to their needs from their departmental budgets. This includes any contributions made to shared licensing arrangements across government.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will convene a joint meeting with organisations representing writers to discuss issues related to that profession.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will meet the Writers' Guild to discuss issues related to writers.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will meet the Society of Authors to discuss issues related to authors.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will meet with the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society to discuss issues related to writers.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings she has had with (a) individual writers and (b) representatives of writers since her appointment.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.