Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department are paid less than the Living Wage.
Answered by Helen Grant
DCMS does not have any direct employees who are paid less than the living wage.
DCMS is not responsible for setting pay levels for contracted workers. This is a matter for the organisations who employ them. However, we actively encourage employers to ensure that the living wage is paid and we would monitor these when contracts are being negotiated.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) women and (ii) men.
Answered by Helen Grant
DCMS does not have any direct employees who are paid less than the living wage.
DCMS is not responsible for setting pay levels for contracted workers. This is a matter for the organisations who employ them. However, we actively encourage employers to ensure that the living wage is paid and we would monitor these when contracts are being negotiated.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
Answered by Helen Grant
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which includes the Government Equalities Office, has no specific targets for increasing employeediversity. DCMS publishes its employee diversity information on data.gov.uk annually. The most recent diversity information can be found at the following link
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
Answered by Helen Grant
The table shows the proportion of staff, within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years and who have declared themselves as white British.
Year | Percentage of DCMS headcount who have been subject to disciplinary proceedings | Proportion of staff subject to disciplinary proceedings who declared themselves as white British | Proportion of staff subject to disciplinary proceedings who declared their nationality as British but ethnicity is undeclared |
1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010 | 0.2% | 100% | 0% |
1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011 | 0.7% | 67% | 33% |
1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012 | 0.4% | 50% | 50% |
1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 | 0.3% | 100% | 0% |
1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014 | 0.8% | 67% | 33% |
The figures as they relate to the period from September 2012 include the Government Equalities Office, which joined the Department in that month as part of a machinery of Government move. Before September 2012, the Government Equalities Office was part of the Home Office and the information requested for this period is not available.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration his Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
Answered by Helen Grant
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by My Rt Hon Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
Answered by Helen Grant
The table shows the proportion of staff within the Department for Culture, media and Sport who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years and declared themselves as white British.
Year | Percentage of DCMS headcount who have been dismissed | Proportion of staff dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings who declared themselves as white British | Proportion of staff subject to disciplinary proceedings who declared their nationality as British but ethnicity is undeclared |
1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010 | 0% | - | - |
1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011 | 0% | - | - |
1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012 | 0.2% | 100% | 0% |
1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013 | 0% | - | - |
1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014 | 0% | - | - |
The figures as they relate to the period from September 2012 include the Government Equalities Office, which joined the Department in that month as part of a machinery of Government move. Before September 2012, the Government Equalities Office was part of the Home Office and the information requested for this period is not available.