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Departmental Press

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which keywords or terms his Department has monitored in the media in each of the last three years. (224955)

The only search terms held by Department are those currently used to supply press cuttings. These are set out as follows:

Departmental

Department for Culture, Media and Sport /DCMS

Andy Burnham

Gerry Sutcliffe

Barbara Follett

Tessa Jowell

Stephen Carter

Jonathan Stephens

Dame Liz Forgan

Darra Singh

Parminder Vir

Sport (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

Sport (OICW sports policy, the running of sport in the UK and major international sports issues affecting sport in the UK.)

Sport in schools

Sport England

UK Sport

Drugs in sport

The Football Association/FA (OICW FA policy, NICW individual events.)

Illegal payments in UK football transfers

Wembley Stadium

Football hooliganism (OICW violence at football matches by British fans.)

Gambling (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

The Gambling Act 2005

Gambling (OICW Government policy and social issues.)

The Tote

Lottery (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

The National Lottery (NICW individual winners or coverage of ways to pick winning numbers.)

The National Lottery Commission

The Big Lottery Fund

Arts and Culture (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

Culture (OICW Government policy and funding of the arts.)

Museums and galleries (OICW Government policy, funding, stolen art articles and export bans. NICW single exhibitions.)

Performing arts (OICW Government policy and funding. Not reviews.)

Theatre (OICW issues concerning the health of the British theatre industry and individual theatres receiving public funds. Not reviews.)

Arts Council England

The UK art market and auctions (OICW the industry, NICW individual auctions unless they are particularly important or of high value)

The British Library

Libraries (OICW articles on the running and funding of libraries.)

The Parthenon Sculptures (aka Elgin Marbles, OICW the sculptures being held by the British Museum.)

The Poet Laureate

Architecture (NICW individual companies unless for a major building project.)

Heritage (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

English Heritage

World Heritage Sites

The Heritage Lottery Fund

Listed buildings (OICW the administration and upkeep of listed buildings and additions to the listed buildings register.)

Statues (OICW major events, celebrations and restorations of public statues.)

Artefacts

Flag flying (OICW flag flying on public buildings.)

Spoliation (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

Spoliation

The Spoliation Observation Panel

Royal Parks (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

The Royal Parks (Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, St. James’s Park, Green Park, Richmond Park, the Regent’s Park, Bushy Park, Greenwich Park and Brompton Cemetery.)

The Royal Parks Agency

Broadcasting (Only substantive stories are included, a passing mention is not.)

Public service broadcasting

BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 (OICW funding, the license fee, corporate or business issues and ratings. Not TV listings or programme reviews.)

Digital TV

Radio (OICW corporate news, regulation, listening statistics and digital radio, including the Digital Radio Working Group.)

Broadband TV (no pictures)

Audio Visual Media Services Directive (AVMS)

The BBC Trust

Ofcom (OICW broadcasting.)

Press (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

The Press Complaints Commission

UK newspaper industry (OICW business/corporate issues and regulation issues.)

Film (Only substantive stories not a passing mention.)

The British film industry (Not reviews.)

Film piracy

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)

Films on the internet

The UK Film Council

The British Film Institute (BFI)

Film tax issues

Fashion Industry (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

The UK Fashion industry (OICW UK fashion industry business issues. NICW product news or reviews.)

Tourism (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

The UK tourism industry (OICW industry/business issues.)

Visit Britain

Visit London

Music Industry (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

The UK music industry (OICW business/industry issues, music exports, copyright, downloading, music copyright, music downloads and music piracy.)

Live Music Forum

Licensing (Only substantive stories, not a passing mention.)

The Licensing Act 2003

Alcohol (OICW Government policy on alcohol and social issues.)

Lap dancing clubs (OICW licensing regulations.)

Video and Computer Games (Only substantive stories not a passing mention.)

Video and computer games (OICW industry news, education and violent or controversial games.)

Byron Review

Key to acronyms:

OICW: Only in connection with

NICW: Not in connection with

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on newspapers in each of the last five years. (231341)

The information in the following table represents expenditure incurred by the Department's Library and Information Centre on subscriptions for hard copy and online magazines, newspapers, books and other publications, access to specific research databases, the Stationery Office and other parliamentary information sources as well as legal online and hard copy updating services.

The amount spent by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on newspapers can be disaggregated only at disproportionate cost.

£

2003-04

157,676.65

2004-05

147,396.80

2005-06

147,303.56

2006-07

157,823.81

2007-08

172,769.84

2008-09 (to date)

149,894.41

Note:

The 2008-09 figures have yet to be audited and are therefore subject to change.