Asked by: Nic Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The Department’s energy is supplied by HMRC, from whom DCMS leases office space. As such we have no direct contact or relationship with any supplier.
CO2 emissions are calculated at a building level and we are unable to accurately report on the Department’s emissions. DCMS does not have control over the building wide activities of other departments based at 100 Parliament St, or policies around building sustainability made by HMRC.
Asked by: Nic Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his Department's policy to sign up to the UK Steel Charter.
Answered by Margot James
We have discussed the procurement of steel with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which has asked all Government departments to consider guidance on steel procurement and to notify of any upcoming opportunities for industry.
More broadly, the Government is committed to supporting the steel sector to realise the broader commercial opportunities that are open to it, which could be worth an additional £3.8 billion a year by 2030. We are establishing the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – backed by up to £315m of investment – to help businesses with high energy use (including steel companies) to cut their bills and transition UK industry to a low carbon future. We are also providing up to £66m through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to help steel and other foundation industries develop radical new technologies.
Asked by: Nic Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel Charter.
Answered by Margot James
We have discussed the procurement of steel with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which has asked all Government departments to consider guidance on steel procurement and to notify of any upcoming opportunities for industry.
More broadly, the Government is committed to supporting the steel sector to realise the broader commercial opportunities that are open to it, which could be worth an additional £3.8 billion a year by 2030. We are establishing the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – backed by up to £315m of investment – to help businesses with high energy use (including steel companies) to cut their bills and transition UK industry to a low carbon future. We are also providing up to £66m through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to help steel and other foundation industries develop radical new technologies.
Asked by: Nic Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what role his Department plans to play in the adoption of the updated Nutrient Profile Model due for issue during 2018.
Answered by Margot James
The Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care as the lead department on the development of the updated Nutrient Profile Model, which will be put forward for public consultation shortly.
The adoption of the model is a matter for Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority.
Asked by: Nic Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress her Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with the public procurement guidelines published by the Government in April 2016.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has does not carry out any function requiring the procurement of steel.
Asked by: Nic Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his plans are for the body that will replace the BBC Trust.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Government will set out its plans for the future of the BBC in a White Paper in the Spring.
Asked by: Nic Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to embed the family test into its policy making.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Officials in my Department have liaised with DWP as the lead Department for the Family Test to embed it into the policy process. Thiscould includetraining officials on applying the Test, disseminating relevant evidence, learning materials and best practice.