Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Diwali celebrations he, his predecessor or Ministers in his Department attended in 2014 and 2015.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Government ministers were in attendance at the Prime Minister's Diwali reception at No 10 Downing Street to celebrate the biggest festival in the Hindu calendar. Due to prior diary commitments, DCMS ministers were unable to attend Diwali celebrations this year in their official capacity.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if Ministers in his Department plan to attend Lancashire Day celebrations on 27 November 2015.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
"Lancashire Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Lancashire, and as you know, it is of great importance to your constituents. Thank you for the invitation to this fantastic event. Ministers' diaries are unfortunately very busy, but we hope the day is a success."
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which local planning authorities in 2014 (a) complied with their duty under section 69(2) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and (b) designated conservation areas accordingly.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The information requested is not held by Government.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Department purchases the following newspapers each week:
The Sun M-F x 3 |
Financial Times M-F x 3 |
Times M-F X 3 |
Daily Telegraph M-F X 4 |
Independent M-F X 3 |
Guardian M-F X 3 |
Daily Mail M-F X 3 |
Daily Express M-F X 3 |
Daily Mirror M-F X 3 |
Racing Post M-F X1 Racing Post Saturday X 1 Racing Post Sunday X 1 Guardian Saturday X 1 |
Financial Times Saturday X 1 |
Independent-Saturday X 1 |
Daily Mail Saturday X 1 |
Daily Express Saturday X 1 |
Sun Saturday X 1 |
Times Saturday X 1 |
Daily Mirror Sat X 1 |
Daily Telegraph Saturday X 1 Sunday Times X 1 Sunday Telegraph X 1 Independent on Sunday X 1 |
Observer X 1 Mail On Sunday X 1 |
Sunday Express X 1 |
Sunday Mirror X 1 |
The Sun On Sunday X 1 |
Spectator X 3 |
New Statesman X 1 Arts Review X 1 |
The total amount spent on newspapers for Financial Year 2014-15 was £9659.16
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what iftar events Ministers in his Department attended in an official capacity during Ramadan in 2015.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Neither myself, the Secretary of State or the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage have attended any Iftar events in an official capacity during Ramadan in 2015.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which women's (a) rugby, (b) cricket and (c) football matches (i) he and (ii) Ministers of his Department have attended in an official capacity since taking office.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Since the new Government has been formed, both I, the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, and the Secretary of State have yet to attend any women’s rugby, cricket and football matches in an official capacity. The Minister for Sport and Tourism has attended the Kent Girls and Ladies League Final and she is scheduled to attend the Ladies Ashes in August.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have to visit (i) the Guild Wheel, (ii) Preston North End Football Club, (iii) the Harris Museum and Art Gallery and (iv) other sites in Preston in an official capacity in the next year.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
A regional visit plan has not been finalised. However, at this time there are no current plans for myself, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage or the Secretary of State to visit Preston.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to commemorate the tercentenary of the Battle of Preston in 1715.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The DCMS does not have any plans to commemorate the tercentenary of the Battle of Preston.
However, Government does recognise the importance of events like the Battle of Preston, and through the Heritage Lottery Fund, have made £10m available for projects marking some of the UK’s most important anniversaries and commemorative events.
Details on how to apply to this contestable fund can be found here - http://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/news-features/funding-anniversaries
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which tourist and cultural attractions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department (i) have visited and (ii) plan to visit in (A) Preston constituency, (B) Lancashire, (C) North West England and (D) London in 2014.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how often Lancashire has specifically been featured in his Department's overseas promotion of tourism in the UK in the last four years.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
Lancashire features strongly in VisitBritain’s marketing activity on their consumer website. Lancashire is also featured in a number of the GREAT Britain Campaign pillar guides for journalists including the Golf Coast via Sport is GREAT, the Ribble Valley Food Trail via Food is GREAT and Carnforth, as the location of the film Brief Encounters, under Culture is GREAT. Blackpool features prominently via VisitBritain’s video portal and on their consumer website. This promotional activity is paying dividends with 253,000 inbound visits to the region in 2013 spending £143 million in the county. This compares to 239,000 and £105 million in 2012.