Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
The Secretary of State & the ministers in the Department have not undertaken (a) media training (b) social media training in this financial year.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
The Department's accounting system does not record expenditure on away days separately from other staff training and development costs. To identify and summarise these costs for the period requested would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
DCMS has subscriptions to the following magazines: Broadcast, Spectator, Economist, Art Review, Art Newspaper, House magazine, Vacher’s Quarterly, New Statesman, (b) The department does not subscribe to any television channels.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
The department had no spend on gym and leisure facilities or cafeteria. Decorations costs are as follows:
2013 Nil
2014 £9,208.50