Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
In the central Department for Culture, Media & Sport communications team, there are a total of 43.54 Full Time Equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.
Of this total, 13 work in the media discipline which covers press and media responsibilities.
This is the latest available data from June 2024.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many post legislative reviews (a) their Department or (b) their predecessor Department has undertaken on (i) primary and (ii) secondary legislation in each of the last five years.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The number of post legislative reviews the Department has undertaken on primary and secondary legislation in each of the last five years is not held within the Department.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of the (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by (i) their Department or (ii) their predecessor Department has undergone a post legislative review in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The number of post legislative reviews the Department has undertaken on primary and secondary legislation in each of the last ten years is not held within the Department.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Below are the estimated numbers for the pieces of primary and secondary legislation sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport over the last 10 years. It is important to note that this information is only held for internal administrative reasons and may not be exhaustive - for example, due to machinery of government changes to departmental structure in the past decade.
Year | Pieces of Primary Legislation | Pieces of Secondary Legislation |
2012 | 0 | 24 |
2013 | 2 | 13 |
2014 | 0 | 28 |
2015 | 0 | 10 |
2016 | 3 | 18 |
2017 | 4 | 28 |
2018 | 1 | 32 |
2019 | 1 | 19 |
2020 | 3 | 23 |
2021 | 6 | 19 |
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which EU directives relating to her Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The UK remains a member of the EU until we leave, with full rights and obligations of membership. This includes transposing EU legislation into UK law.
There are no EU directives relating to the Department for Culture Media and Sports’ responsibilities that are awaiting transposition into UK law.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many hours his Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Department does not hold information detailing the total hours spent on processing freedom of information requests. However, there are currently three full time employees at the Department whose primary function is to ‘oversee, respond to or coordinate obligations’ under the Freedom of Information Act.