Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support the Government has provided to video games development companies in Dundee since 2010.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
In 2014 Government introduced video games tax relief to support UK games development, including eligible projects in Dundee. In addition, this Autumn, a 4-year £4 million UK Games Fund was launched. This fund, administered from Dundee and London, includes grants for young games development businesses around the UK, and there has been a strong response from Dundee games developers for calls for applications.
The Fund follows our earlier successful video games prototype fund, run by Abertay University in Dundee from 2010 - 2014, and our support for expansion of the university’s games lab which benefitted a number of Dundee games developers.
Dundee games developers are also able to access a range of other schemes including the Research and Development tax credit, the Tradeshow Access Programme and Government match-funding from the Skills Investment Fund which is managed by Creative Skillset.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support the Government has provided for the Waterfront regeneration project in Dundee.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Museum of Design, V&A Dundee will be a key central feature of the Dundee Waterfront Regeneration project. The Heritage Lottery Fund has contributed almost £14 million to the museum. The project is yet another example among many of a major national museum supporting culture outside London.Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if he will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport pays all its directly employed staff the living wage and encourages all its sponsored bodies to pay the living wage as well. The department is currently exploring the Living Wage Accreditation with a view to a decision being made by the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.