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Departmental Mass Media

Volume 494: debated on Tuesday 16 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) UK Sport, (b) Sport England and (c) Arts Council England spent on media monitoring services in each of the last three years; what proportion of such expenditure by each body was drawn from its Exchequer funding in each such year; and which organisations provided those services. (279940)

The following figures have been provided by the bodies requested. They include subscriptions to bespoke media monitoring services and the cost of press cuttings. They do not include the costs of any transcripts or recordings, fees to the Newspaper Licensing Authority, or analysis of press coverage. All figures include VAT.

Arts Council England

Financial year

£

2006-07

Artis Durrants

15,160

Romeike

11,983

Arena Durrants

24,800

Romeike

2,678

Cision

14,252

2007-08

Durrants

88,080

Cision

30,928

2008-091

Durrants

61,445

1 2008-09 is a provisional figure only, as the accounts have yet to be audited.

Note:

All expenditure is 100 per cent. Exchequer funded.

UK Sport

Financial year

£

2006-07

Precise

24,537

Newsping/Updatum

3,231

Vocus2

7,050

2007-08

Precise

35,277

Newsping/Updatum

3,231

Vocus2

7,400

2008-091

Precise

35,390

Newsping/Updatum

3,231

Vocus2

7,400

1 2008-09 is a provisional figure only, as the accounts have yet to be audited.

2 Payments to Vocus cover a number of services of which media monitoring is one. It has not been possible to assess what percentage of the overall figure is accounted for by media monitoring.

Note:

All expenditure is 100 per cent. Exchequer funded.

Sport England have been unable to provide figures within the given timeframe. I have asked the chief executive to write when figures are available and copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) his Department, (b) English Heritage, (c) the Heritage Lottery Fund and (d) the Big Lottery Fund spent on media monitoring services in 2008-09; and which organisations provided those services. (279941)

The following figures include subscriptions to bespoke media monitoring services and the cost of press cuttings. They do not include the costs of any transcripts or recordings, fees to the Newspaper Licensing Authority, or analysis of press coverage. All figures are inclusive of VAT.

2008-09

£

DCMS

Precise

52,908

Media Monitoring Unit1

45,237

1 The Department pays an annual subscription charge to the Media Monitoring Unit (part of the Central Office of Information, previously part of the Cabinet Office). This includes a number of media monitoring services.

The requested bodies advise the following figures, which like the DCMS figures, include subscriptions to bespoke media monitoring services and the cost of press cuttings. They do not include the costs of any transcripts or recordings, fees to the Newspaper Licensing Authority, or analysis of press coverage. They are inclusive of VAT.

£

English Heritage

Durrants

83,394

TNS Media Intelligence

12,887

Heritage Lottery Fund

Durrants

52,742

The Big Lottery Fund has been unable to provide the requested information in the given timeframe. I have asked the chief executive to write when figures are available, and copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House.