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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the procurement reference BIP662297110 published on the Contract Finder website on 28 January, if she will publish the (a) key objectives, (b) agreed baselines, (c) key performance indicators and (d) key data sources that will be used to monitor and evaluate the qualitative and quantitative success of the Unboxed festival up to the end of March 2023; and whether those evaluation criteria have been approved by her Department.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The campaign objectives are to increase awareness and to drive physical attendance and online engagement for each of the 10 commissions, commensurate to the scale and nature of the specific commission being promoted. The baseline for awareness was 4% at the beginning of the programme (YouGov). Attendance, online engagement and awareness will be the key indicators and UNBOXED, an arm’s length body, will be working with KPMG, who are leading the evaluation, alongside BMG who are measuring awareness levels. Formal evaluation delivered by KPMG is due to be published in early 2023.
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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the procurement reference BIP668138573 published on the Contract Finder website on 16 February, which company has been contracted to provide educational marketing and communication services; and what progress that company has made in ensuring the (a) distribution and (b) use of the suite of digital resources developed to engage students in the nationwide learning and participation programme accompanying the Unboxed festival.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
UNBOXED has contracted Everfi to promote events activity, schools engagement and digital participation opportunities across the UK as part of the UNBOXED programme. This includes supporting UNBOXED’s learning and participation programme which aims to reach school children across the UK, through lesson packs, workshops and other creative material. The outputs and outcomes of this work will be included in the formal evaluation of UNBOXED, due to be published in early 2023.
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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the procurement reference BIP689900898 published on the Contract Finder website on 12 May, how many international delegates are expected to (a) visit the Unboxed festival between 13 June and 30 September and (b) have their (i) accommodation, (ii) meals and (iii) activities organised under the terms of that contract.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The contract that has been advertised is for a single supplier to support the delivery and management of two international delegation visits. Each delegation will include 12 people per delegation from across the world (24 in total) to drive international engagement. The first will take place during August in Scotland and will explore the future of UNBOXED projects including the potential for them to tour overseas. The second delegation is themed on art in the public realm and will be in England during September. Each delegation is a 5 day programme with a travel day either side. This has been co-funded between UNBOXED and the British Council.
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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what total cost to the public purse, inclusive of VAT, was incurred by her Department between May 2018 and May 2022 for media buying services provided under the Crown Commercial Service's media buying framework agreement reference RM6003.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Between 1st May 2018 and 30th April 2022, the Department spent a total of £718,632.36 (inclusive of VAT) on Media Buying services provided under Crown Commercial Service’s Media Buying Framework Agreement, RM6003.
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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the procurement reference BIP694971327 published on the Contract Finder website on 1 June, if she will publish the key performance indicators for the marketing campaign funded by her Department to promote the Unboxed festival up to the end of December 2022; and whether those key performance indicators have been approved by her Department.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The three key performance indicators for the marketing campaign are Awareness, Attendance and Online Engagement. UNBOXED, which is an arm’s length body, will be working with KPMG as lead evaluator, and BMG who are measuring awareness levels.
Formal evaluation delivered by KPMG is due to be published in early 2023.
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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on 19 May, if she will provide the source of the opinion poll that stated 53 per cent of the UK public were unaware that Channel 4 is currently in public ownership.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The polling cited by the Secretary of State was conducted by the consultants Redfield and Wilton who found that 53% of people thought Channel 4 was privately owned.
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 tendered by her Department on 31 March 2022 with procurement reference 102915, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) level and (b) adequacy of knowledge and understanding of (i) civil servants and (ii) Government Ministers relating to harmful misinformation and disinformation online.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The contract opportunity is a re-tender of an existing contract for misinformation and disinformation monitoring and analysis services to support the Counter Disinformation Unit, which brings together capabilities and expertise from across Government to provide a comprehensive picture of the scope, scale, and reach of misinformation and disinformation.
Ministers and officials work closely with a range of partners with different expertise, including social media platforms, academia, civil society organisations, and commercial partners to ensure a whole society approach to tackling the evolving threat of disinformation and misinformation online.
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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the full Statement of Requirements for which her department tendered a contract on 31st March under procurement reference 102915, regarding the monitoring and analysis of potentially harmful misinformation and disinformation online.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The contract opportunity is a re-tender of an existing contract for misinformation and disinformation monitoring and analysis services to support the Counter Disinformation Unit to provide a comprehensive picture of the scope, scale, and reach of misinformation and disinformation.
The contract has been published in accordance with relevant transparency requirements pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) and is currently live. Given the sensitive nature of the contract opportunity relates in part to national security, a statement of requirement is only available upon signing a non-disclosure agreement.