PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES - United Kingdom Parliament

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Written Answers
26 MARCH 2013
Written Answers
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Mr Hoban: Once someone has been awarded universal
credit, any changes of circumstances will be taken into
account and the award adjusted accordingly, as long as
they continue to meet the entitlement conditions.
To be eligible to claim universal credit during the
roll-out, a person must meet the eligibility criteria in
place at the time. For example, during the Pathfinder, a
person must satisfy the requirements set out in Part 2 of
the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations
2013/386, irrespective of whether they have previously
been entitled to universal credit. Any person who does
not satisfy those requirements would need to claim an
existing benefit or tax credit.
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Arts
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture,
Media and Sport what information her Department
holds on the average annual salary of (a) full-time and
(b) part-time employee in the UK (i) film, (ii) music
and (iii) design industry. [150220]
Mr Vaizey: DCMS does not publish separate estimates
on earnings within the film, music and design industries.
We rely on data from the Annual Survey of Hours and
Earnings, published by the ONS.
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/annual-survey-of-hoursand-earnings/2012-provisional-results/index.html
Broadband
Helen Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport with reference to paragraph
2.7 on page 68 of Budget 2013 Red Book, how funding
for broadband programmes to support local delivery
will be reprofiled. [149946]
Mr Vaizey [holding answer 25 March 2013]: The
reprofiling exercise referred to in the Budget is designed
to unblock and accelerate delivery by aligning funding
with delivery timetables. This is an ongoing process.
Final expenditure profiles will be agreed later in the
year once local delivery timetables have been finalised.
Olympic Games 2012
Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport for what reasons
applications for Olympic marketing licences can be
rejected; and how many firms have been rejected for
each such reason in 2013 to date. [149510]
Hugh Robertson [holding answer 22 March 2013]:
Applications for licences can be refused for one of two
reasons:
because they do not meet the eligibility criteria for the scheme,
for example because the company concerned is not registered in
the UK, is not in the supply chain of the Olympic Delivery
Authority (ODA) or the London Organising Committee for the
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), or whose
contribution to the Games is incidental;
because the company provided goods or services which fall
within an excluded category. The excluded categories exist to
protect the rights of worldwide Olympic sponsors. These rights
last beyond 2012 and give exclusive rights of association to the
Games in the UK and worldwide. It is the support of these
sponsors which ensures the Games can take place—without them
there would be no Games and no opportunity for businesses to
associate with them.
Of those companies whose applications have been
rejected, 25 fall in the first category and 70 in the
second. The new scheme, launched in January 2013,
allows greater freedom for approved 2012 suppliers to
promote the goods and services they supplied to the
Games, than was permitted under the previous protocol
published by LOCOG in December 2007and updated
in September 2010.
Mr Sutcliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport what suppliers of
entertainment lighting systems can do to publicise their
involvement in the London 2012 Olympic Games; and
if she will make a statement. [149905]
Hugh Robertson [holding answer 25 March 2013]:
The provision of lighting systems falls within one of the
Scheme’s excluded categories. These exclusions exist to
protect the rights of worldwide Olympic sponsors whose
investment makes the Games possible. Companies whose
supply includes lighting services, for example installation
and design, may be eligible and I encourage them to
refer to the Supplier Recognition Scheme website for
further guidance.
The new scheme, launched in January 2013, allows
greater freedom for approved 2012 suppliers to promote
the goods and services they supplied to the Games,
than was permitted under the previous protocol published
by LOCOG in December 2007 and updated in
September 2010.
Mr Sutcliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport what definition of industrial
lighting is being used by the administrators of the
Supplier Recognition Scheme; and if she will make a
statement. [149909]
Hugh Robertson [holding answer 25 March 2013]:
The provision of lighting systems falls within one of the
excluded categories which exist to protect the rights of
worldwide Olympic sponsors whose investment makes
the games possible. Businesses which supplied lighting
equipment or systems are excluded from the scheme—this
applies to lighting used in either industrial, commercial
or residential settings. Companies whose supply
includes lighting services, for example installation and
design, may be eligible and they are encouraged to refer
to the Supplier Recognition Scheme website for further
guidance.
The new scheme, launched in January 2013, allows
greater freedom for approved 2012 suppliers to promote
the goods and services they supplied to the games,
than was permitted under the previous protocol published
by LOCOG in December 2007 and updated in
September 2010.
Mr Sutcliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for
Culture, Media and Sport how many companies have
(a) applied for and (b) been accepted on the Supplier
Recognition Scheme to date; and if she will make a
statement. [149911]
Hugh Robertson [holding answer 25 March 2013]: As
at 20 March 2013, 620 companies had applied for
licences under the Supplier Recognition Scheme run by