Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much VisitBritain spent on the promotion of tourism to London under its GREAT-funded international campaigns in financial years (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23, and (c) 2023-24.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
As VisitBritain’s GREAT-marketing campaigns cover the whole of Britain, they do not break down spend by specific regions.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's publication on ministerial travel data for July to September 2022, what the cost was of the (a) plane tickets and (b) accommodation used by the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology and the Digital Economy on his visit to Indonesia from 30 August to 3 September 2022.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government publishes on gov.uk details of the total cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (visas, accommodation, meals). But as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad, nor details of those accompanying them.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against her Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 30 November 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
In the calendar year 2022, there were 694 purchases with a value of less than £500 made against the Department’s budget using a government procurement card. The total cost of those purchases was £89,996.23.
From 1 January 2023 to 30 November 2023, there were 631 purchases with a value of less than £500 made against the Department’s budget using a government procurement card. The total cost of those purchases was £77,550.10.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many government procurement cards were held by people to make purchases against her Department’s budget as of (a) 31 December 2022, (b) 31 March 2023 and (c) 31 December 2023.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Procurement cards assist with the reduction in procurement bureaucracy, boost efficiency, support the Government’s prompt payment initiative for Small and Medium businesses, and help maintain cash flow to suppliers. Controls are in place that limit purchase types and values in line with individual departmental controls, and procurement cards are held by officials, not Ministers or Special Advisers.
As of 31 December 2022, the Department had 21 government procurement cards held by DCMS colleagues to make purchases against the Department’s budget.
As of 31 March 2023, the Department had 23 government procurement cards held by DCMS colleagues to make purchases against the Department’s budget.
As of 31 December 2023, the Department had 15 government procurement cards held by DCMS colleagues to make purchases against the Department’s budget.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's gender pay gap report 2023, published on 30 November 2023, what proportion of (a) female and (b) male staff in the scope of the report's calculations received non-consolidated bonuses in the period covered by the report.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
In the period covered by our 2023 Gender Pay Gap report, the percentage of men and women receiving a non consolidated bonus is 86.5% and 85.1% respectively.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the contract awarded by her Department to Frontier Economics on 16 November 2023 under procurement reference 103726, if she will publish the specification of requirements in that contract.
Answered by John Whittingdale
The invitation to tender (ITT) in relation to procurement reference 103726 has been published on Contracts Finder.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the awayday held for staff in her Department's policy group on 29 November 2023, how many members of staff attended; what activities did it involve; and whether any costs were incurred in addition to the hire costs for the venue.
Answered by John Whittingdale
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Policy Group away day was attended by approximately 360 people in person, with approximately 35 joining online.
The away day was an opportunity for staff working on different policy areas to develop skills, network with other policy professionals and learn about the sectors the Department supports.
The away day was structured in two parts, with informative visits to various organisations within the Department's sectors within central London taking place in the morning, and a conference taking place at Lord’s Cricket Ground in the afternoon.
The afternoon featured three main activities. These included an interactive session delivered by the Department’s Policy Profession on skills and skills gaps within the Group, a session on communication and the art of explanation by an external speaker, and a session on including the “Youth Voice” in policy, led by one of the Department’s arms-length bodies.
Costs incurred were in relation to venue hire, which included catering and an audio visual package. The venue was chosen after an extensive search and procurement process, as well as for its links to one of the sectors the Department oversees. No costs were incurred for any of the morning visits, nor for any of the afternoon sessions.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for her Department on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
Answered by John Whittingdale
Please refer to the published data at the below links:
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s data is displayed in the below table providing FTE and Headcount figures at the requested dates:
Year | Headcount | FTE |
2011 | 570 | 560 |
2016 | 1210 | 1160 |
2020 | 1280 | 1250 |
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
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 6 December 2022 to Question 97596 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Incentives, what the value was of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for her core Department as performance-related bonuses in 2022-23.
Answered by John Whittingdale
Attracting, retaining and motivating highly skilled individuals is essential for the Civil Service to deliver for the British people. This is why pay must be fair and competitive as well as affordable to the taxpayer. Performance-related bonuses and vouchers are a key part of this, and are standard practice across government.
During the financial year period of 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023, DCMS awarded a total of £138,500 in non cash vouchers to staff.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the contract awarded to Momart Ltd on 25 July 2023, procurement reference 103763, what the series of artworks were for which her Department required the services of an artwork shipping and transportation company.
Answered by John Whittingdale
The artwork referenced was transported for display at the British Embassy in Washington DC from the Government Art Collection (GAC), which promotes British art, culture and creativity through displays in UK Government buildings worldwide.
Please see the following table, which includes the series of artworks referenced in the request.
GAC | Artist/Maker | Title | Medium | Date |
15293 | Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens | Design for the Cenotaph | Pen and ink and crayon on paper | October 1919 |
18271 | Frank Bowling | Kaieteurtoo; Poured Paintings | Acrylic on canvas | 1975 |
19033 | Andrew Pierre Hart | Alter-native trace S3:E3s: Valerie and The illusion transmitters | oil on canvas |
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11021 | John Hoyland | 28.4.73 | Acrylic on canvas | 1973 |
19115/1 | Rana Begum | 1163 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/2 | Rana Begum | 1164 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/3 | Rana Begum | 1165 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/4 | Rana Begum | 1166 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/5 | Rana Begum | 1167 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/6 | Rana Begum | 1168 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/7 | Rana Begum | 1169 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/8 | Rana Begum | 1170 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/9 | Rana Begum | 1171 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/10 | Rana Begum | 1172 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/11 | Rana Begum | 1173 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/12 | Rana Begum | 1174 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/13 | Rana Begum | 1175 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/14 | Rana Begum | 1176 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/15 | Rana Begum | 1177 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/16 | Rana Begum | 1178 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/17 | Rana Begum | 1179 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
19115/18 | Rana Begum | 1180 Foil | spray paint on aluminium foil | 2022 |
18792 | Laura Gannon | Enormous Changes at the last minute | Acrylic and ink on primed linen | 2018 |
19003 | Yinka Shonibare CBE | Diana of Versailles (Diana) | fibreglass sculpture, hand painted Dutch wax batik, watercolour globe | 2019 - 2020 |
3560 | Ivon Hitchens | June Poppy | Oil on canvas |
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18922 | John Rainey | The Deflatables; XUK | porcelain | 2019 |
19039 | Grayson Perry | Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley | tapestry | 2021 |
4956 | Vanessa Bell | Flowers | Oil on canvas | 1930s |
6416 | Winifred Nicholson | Flower Piece | Oil on canvas | late 1920s |
8177 | Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson | Tiller Girls | Oil on canvas | 1926(?) |
10956 | Bridget Riley | Blaze IV | Reproduction print | 1963 |
12198 | Patrick Heron | Three Cadmiums, Four Discs | Oil on canvas | April 1966 |
12716 | Eileen Agar | Guardian of Memories | Oil, crayon and collage on board | 1938 |
17281 | Yuko Shiraishi | Grey and Red (2) | Oil on canvas | 1994 |
17329/1 | Cornelia Parker | Feather that went to the Top of Everest; Up Down Charm Strange; [In the jacket of Rebecca Stevens, the first British woman to climb Mt. Everest] | Photogram | 1997 |
17329/2 | Cornelia Parker | Feather that went to the South Pole; Up Down Charm Strange; [In the sleeping bag of Sir Ranulph Fiennes on his trip across Antarctica] | photogram | 1998 |
17329/3 | Cornelia Parker | Feather from Benjamin Franklin's Attic; Up Down Charm Strange; [With thanks to the Benjamin Franklin Museum] | photogram | 1998 |
17329/4 | Cornelia Parker | Feather from Freud's Pillow; Up Down Charm Strange; [From his couch] [With thanks to the Freud Museum] | photogram | 1998 |
17329/5 | Cornelia Parker | Raven Feather from the Tower of London; Up Down Charm Strange | photogram | 1998 |
17329/6 | Cornelia Parker | Feather from a Wandering Albatross; Up Down Charm Strange; [With thanks to the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge] | photogram | 1998 |
17513 | Mark Power | GERMAN BIGHT Thursday 24 August 1995; The Shipping Forecast | Silver gelatin print with text sand-blasted on glass | 2000 |
19031 | Kudzanai-Violet Hwami | Tongue on Fire | oil and acrylic on canvas | 2021 |
19106 | Lindsey Mendick | A Girl After My Own Heart | glazed ceramic | 2022 |
19107 | Lindsey Mendick | A Sense of Occasion | glazed ceramic | 2022 |
19108 | Lindsey Mendick | National Treasure | glazed ceramic | 2022 |
19109 | Lindsey Mendick | She's Only Gone and Done It | glazed ceramic | 2022 |
19110 | Lindsey Mendick | Swelling with Pride | glazed ceramic | 2022 |
19111 | Lindsey Mendick | You Do It So Well | glazed ceramic | 2022 |
19114/4 | Rachel Whiteread | Untitled (Bubble); TenTen; TenTen | lithograph on paper | 2022 |
18824/15 | Tacita Dean | Foreign Policy (screenprint edition); TenTen | screenprint on paper | 2019 |
19016/12 | Lubaina Himid | Old Boat, New Weather; TenTen | Screenprint | 2021 |
18007 | Mark Titchner | Everything Beautiful is Far Away | Unique archival inkjet print on Diabond (aluminium and acrylic sheet) | 2003-2005 |
18023 | Mark Titchner | Only the First Step is Difficult | Unique archival inkjet print on Diabond (aluminium and acrylic sheet) | 2005 |
18408 | Alan Kitching | Printing in London 1476-1995 | Coloured letterpress | 1995 |
16803 | Joe Tilson | Apollo Pythion | Lift ground etching | 1990 |
16352 | Sir Howard Hodgkin | Sand | Hand-coloured lithograph | 1983-1985 |
16351 | Sir Howard Hodgkin | Blood | Hand-coloured lithograph | 1983-1985 |
12777 | R B Kitaj | Four in America; In Our Time: Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part | Screenprint | 1970 |
18556 | Raymond Spurrier | Carmel | Screenprint |
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18846 | Corin Sworn | The Slow Liquidity of Glass | C-type photograph on paper | 2013 |
10094 | Alistair Grant | Blush II | Lithograph |
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10093 | Alistair Grant | Blush I | Lithograph |
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17408 | Boyd and Evans | Wupatki, Arizona | Cibachrome photograph | 1999 |
14496 | Bryan Organ | Stars and Stripes | Colour etching and aquatint | 1976 |
14495 | Bryan Organ | Stars and Stripes | Colour etching and aquatint | 1976 |
14494 | Bryan Organ | Stars and Stripes | Colour etching and aquatint | 1976 |
14493 | Bryan Organ | Stars and Stripes | Colour etching and aquatint | 1976 |
18882 | Shauna McMullan | 165 Stars, Found in GWL Lending Library | digital pigment fine art print on paper | 2012 |
18778 | Walter Stoneman | Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) | Photograph | 1941 |
17616 | Marta Marcé | Untitled | Lithograph | 2001 |
18555 | Raymond Spurrier | Rubber Stamp Works, New Orleans | Screenprint |
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13368 | Noel Forster | Fairfield | Acrylic on linen | 1977 |
18146/4 | Hew Locke | The Prize; The Rivington Place Portfolio | Digital images with silkscreen cut into 43 pieces and re-collaged onto a three dimensional object, with | 2006 |
11512 | John Hoyland | Grey Blue on Green; The New York Suite | Screenprint | 1971 |
11513 | John Hoyland | Red Block on Pink; The New York Suite | Screenprint | 1971 |