Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries in Ashfield constituency do not have free wifi; and by what date he plans that all public libraries will have access to free wifi.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Following the Ashfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2015 (Statutory Instrument 2015: No. 112), my Department estimates that one public library in the constituency does not currently have WiFi. On 18 March it was announced, as part of the Budget 2015, that £7.4m is being made available to help all public libraries to install WiFi. This programme will be run via Arts Council England who aim to launch the scheme in July 2015.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
From the HR Oracle Database, the breakdown of hourly pay for those with more than 5 people in each category is laid out in the attached table.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
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 employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
The breakdown of ethnicity within DCMS is:
White: 43%
Black: 3%
Asian: 4%
Not Declared: 48%
Other: 2%
This data is from the HR system, Oracle, and is based on employees self-declaration.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
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) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
All posts are advertised on a flexible basis. This approach significantly reduces the need for employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets the Government has set for tackling homophobia in sports; and what steps have been taken to achieve those targets in the last 12 months.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
Although the Government does not set specific targets for tackling homophobia in sports, all National Governing Bodies (NGBs) are expected to demonstrate equality in sport and many support specific programmes such as the FA with its “Football’s for Everyone” anti-discrimination plan. The Government is committed to ensuring this expectation of equality is upheld and in March 2011 called for an end to homophobia and transphobia in sport with the launch of Tackling homophobia in sport: The Charter for Action.
Since then over 40 NGBs and approximately 4,000 sports stars, fans and clubs from across the sporting world, including all professional football clubs, have signed up to the Charter.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets the Government has set for tackling homophobia in the workplace; and what steps have been taken to achieve those targets in the last 12 months.
Answered by Jo Swinson
The Government has not set targets for tackling homophobia in the workplace; however, practical advice for employers and/or employees on dealing with homophobia is available via the following Government-funded bodies: acas, the Equality and Human Rights Commission; the Equalities Advisory and Support Service; and on GOV.UK.
In March 2011 the Government published Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality: Moving Forward which set out the actions to be taken across Government to enhance equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGB&T) people. The Government is also providing match funding to the Citizens’ Advice European Union funded project to overcome barriers to employment and advancement in the workplace, which includes a specific focus on LGB&T people.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council has spent per head of population in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Arts Council England (ACE) makes its funding decisions independently of Government and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE:
Value of ACE awards to applicants resident in ASHFIELD Constituency 2009 2014
Decision Year | Value of Awards | Per-Capita* |
2009/10 | £9,706 | £0.10 |
2010/11 | £9,712 | £0.10 |
2011/12 | £13,500 | £0.13 |
2012/13 |
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2013/14 |
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* based on Mid-2011 population estimate (ONS) 101,914.
In addition, ACE made two other awards totalling £3.8m from which Ashfield can benefit