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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the membership and terms of reference of the Creative Industries Task Force; what publications and reports have been completed to date; what work is underway; and what measures the group has taken to promote creative...

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 April 2001

For answer on

2 May 2001

Answered on

2 May 2001

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the membership and terms of reference of the creative industries taskforce; what publications and reports have been completed to date; what work is under way; and what measures the group has taken to promote creative works among members of ethnic minorities, including the Irish community in Britain. [159554] Janet Anderson: The creative industries taskforce was established in 1997. Its terms of reference were "to provide a forum in which Government Ministers could come together with a few senior industry figures to assess the value of the creative industries, analyse their needs in terms of Government policies and identify ways of maximising their economic impact". It commissioned the first creative industries mapping documents, published in November 1998, and agreed a work programme in December 1998 to analyse key generic issues impacting on the creative industries. The reports and publications commissioned by the creative industries task force were: Creative Industries Mapping Document, November 1998 Exports: Our Hidden Potential, November 1999 UK Television Exports Inquiry, November 1999 Internet Inquiry: Snapshot of a Rolling Wave, February 2000 The Regional Dimension: the Report of the Regional Issues Working Group, February 2000 Report from the Intellectual Property Group of the Creative Industries Task Force, March 2000 Your Creative Future, April 2000 Report on the Finance Conference: Connecting Creativity with Capital, May 2000 Creative Industries Mapping Document, March 2001. Having fulfilled its initial remit, the taskforce was wound up in June 2000. The work of ensuring its analysis is turned into action is now being carried forward by the ministerial creative industries strategy group, whose current membership is: Right hon. Chris Smith, MP Right hon. Hilary Armstrong, MP Patricia Hewitt, MP Stephen Timms, MP Janet Anderson, MP Dr. Kim Howells, MP Michael Wills, MP Baroness Scotland of Asthal Michael McGimpsey, MLA Jenny Randerson, AM Allan Wilson, MSP. In terms of activities currently under way, we are working with Universities UK towards establishing a creative industries higher education forum to promote better communication between education and industry; we are encouraging the development of innovative approaches to funding creative businesses and are planning a finance good practice workshop this summer; we are examining the possibility of organising a workshop on creative industries in a rural environment to be held this autumn; we will shortly report to the better regulation taskforce on the regulatory burden facing creative businesses; Scottish Enterprise has identified the creative industries as a key industry cluster and announced a £25 million support programme over five years; the Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure, in partnership with three other Departments in the Northern Ireland Assembly, has launched a consultation exercise called "Unlocking Creativity" providing a career path from school to work; and we have established a creative industries statistical review group to consider how to improve data collection on the creative industries. We are also encouraging regional players such as the regional development agencies and cultural consortiums to work together to maximise the potential of the creative industries in their area, and similarly with local authorities, in terms of developing their cultural strategies. Through efforts at these levels, we look to promote creative opportunity for all, including the Irish community in Britain.

Date

2 May 2001

Reference

159554; 367 c656-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What assessment he has made of the contribution of the creative and communications industries to the UK economy; and if he will make a statement. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.

Asked by

Fiona Mactaggart (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 2000

Reference

128967; 353 c616-7W;353 c614-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what evaluation the Creative Task Force has made of the impact of the Internet; and if he will make a statement. - Inc details of inquiry set up by task force.

Asked by

Lord Risby (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 November 1999

Reference

95908; 337 c151W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the members of the Creative Industries Task Force; on how many occasions since its establishment it has met; who was present at each meeting; what its work in progress is; and what conclusions it has...

Asked by

Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 February 1999

For answer on

3 March 1999

Answered on

3 March 1999

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the members of the Creative Industries Task Force; on how many occasions since its establishment it has met; who was present at each meeting; what its work in progress is; and what conclusions it has reached to date. [72905] Janet Anderson: The members of the Creative Industries Task Force are as follows: Right hon. Chris Smith MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Chairman) Ministerial and official representatives of: The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions The Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Department of Trade and Industry HM Treasury The Department for Education and Employment The Minister for Women The Scottish Office The Welsh Office The Northern Ireland Office The British Council The Office of Science and Technology No. 10 Policy Unit DCMS officials Industry advisers: Lord Alli--Planet 24 Richard Branson/Robert Devereux--Virgin Group Plc Janice Hughes--Spectrum Strategy Consultants Alan McGee--Creation Records Gail Rebuck--Random House UK Ltd. Eric Salama--WPP Group Plc Paul Smith--Paul Smith Ltd. Charles Allen{1}--Granada Group Prof. Stephen Heppell{1}--Ultralab Lord Puttnam (until July 1998) {1} Appointed January 1999. The Creative Industries Task Force has met seven times since its establishment in June 1997. Alongside these seven meetings, there has been extensive contact with individual Task Force members about specific elements of the work programme. Those present at each meeting were as follows: First meeting--8 October 1997 The right hon. Chris Smith MP Geoffrey Robinson MP Peter Mandelson MP Richard Caborn MP Derek Fatchett MP Barbara Roche MP Dr. Kim Howells MP Joan Ruddock MP Sam Galbraith MP Tony Worthington MP Sir Robert May Waheed Alli Richard Branson Robert Devereux Janice Hughes Alan McGee Lord Puttnam Gail Rebuck Eric Salama Paul Smith DCMS and other Government Departmental officials Second meeting--17 December 1997 The right hon. Chris Smith MP Geoffrey Robinson MP Derek Fatchett MP Mark Fisher MP Barbara Roche MP Dr. Kim Howells MP Sam Galbraith MP Waheed Alli Janice Hughes Alan McGee Lord Puttnam Gail Rebuck Paul Smith DCMS and other Government Departmental officials Third meeting--18 February 1998 The right hon. Chris Smith MP Geoffrey Robinson MP Richard Caborn MP Derek Fatchett MP Mark Fisher MP Dr. Kim Howells Barbara Roche MP Joan Ruddock MP Sir Robert May Dr. David Drewry Waheed Alli Robert Devereux Janice Hughes Gail Rebuck Eric Salama DCMS and other Government Departmental officials Fourth meeting--5 May 1998 The right hon. Chris Smith MP The right hon. Tom Clarke CBE MP Richard Caborn MP Derek Fatchett MP Dr. Kim Howells Sir Robert May Waheed Alli Robert Devereux Janice Hughes Gail Rebuck Eric Salama Dr. Ken Robinson, Chairman, the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education Stuart Till, Co-chair, the Film Policy Review Group DCMS and other Government Departmental officials Fifth meeting--16 July 1998 The right hon. Chris Smith MP Geoffrey Robinson MP Richard Caborn MP Dr. Kim Howells MP Barbara Roche MP Tony Worthington MP Win Griffiths MP Dr. David Drewry Robert Devereux Alan McGee Lord Puttnam Gail Rebuck Eric Salama Stephen Carter, J Walter Thompson DCMS and other Government Departmental officials Sixth meeting--26 October 1998 The right hon. Chris Smith MP Richard Caborn MP George Mudie MP Barbara Roche MP Peter Hain MP Janet Anderson MP Sir Robert May Lord Alli Janice Hughes Gail Rebuck Eric Salama Kevin Kane, Scottish Enterprise DCMS and other Government Departmental officials Seventh meeting--14 December 1998 The right hon. Chris Smith MP Richard Caborn MP Barbara Roche MP Kim Howells MP Sir Robert May Janice Hughes Gail Rebuck Eric Salama Mathilda Joubert, the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education Michael Trickey, Arts Council of Wales DCMS and other Government Departmental officials. Work on the Task Force The early work on the Creative Industries Task Force focused on mapping activity in the UK creative industries and assessing its economic value. The Task Force was responsible for the Creative Industries Mapping Document, which was published in November 1998. The Mapping Document has a practical application, besides providing a statistical analysis of the economic health of the creative industries. The Creative Industries Task Force has now embarked on an ambitious work programme for the next 12-15 months, building on the findings in the Mapping Document. There are three key strands to the programme: (a) a focus on generic issues which affect the creative industries such as the skills base, finance for creative ventures, export promotion and intellectual property. Sub-Groups, led by Task Force members, will look at these issues; (b) an additional Sub-Group led by Richard Caborn will consider issues impacting on the creative industries at a regional level; and (c) a series of short, generally industry-related, inquiries will be carried out.

Date

3 March 1999

Reference

72905; 326 c741-5W

House

House of Commons

Lords debate on motion to call attention to increased time for leisure activities and the pressures and problems this causes

Lords debate on motion to call attention to increased time for leisure activities and the pressures and problems this causes. Motion withdrawn.

Lead member

Lord Walpole

Answering member

Viscount Falkland

Department

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

13 January 1999

Reference

596 c222-53

House

House of Lords

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representatives there are on the Creative Industries Task Group and Film Policy Review who have a background in the technical side of their industry.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 December 1998

Reference

61425; 322 c189-90W;322 c190W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action will be taken, following the creative industries mapping exercise, to (a) protect intellectual property rights, (b) stimulate creativity and innovation amongst young people, (c) improve access to venture capital in new ways and (d) promote creative industry...

Asked by

Lord Risby (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 November 1998

For answer on

19 November 1998

Answered on

19 November 1998

Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what action will be taken, following the creative industries mapping exercise, to (a) protect intellectual property rights, (b) stimulate creativity and innovation amongst young people, (c) improve access to venture capital in new ways and (d) promote creative industry exports. [59781] Janet Anderson: The Government are committed to ensuring that British talent is able to reap the rewards of its creativity. We are negotiating in Europe on the draft Copyright Directive and with counterparts in other countries on frameworks for intellectual property management and ways of helping industry combat piracy. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Employment set up the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education last year to look at creative and cultural development in young people. We expect a draft report shortly and we shall consider its recommendations in detail. My Department is reviewing a possible networking seminar in conjunction with the DTI in the first half of next year, to bring together creative entrepreneurs with venture capitalists, corporate venturers and business angels, in order to facilitate understanding between them and establish ways in which they can work together. The Creative Industries Export Promotion Advisory Group, which was set up at the Creative Industries Task Force's recommendation, is drawing up a series of export strategies based on clusters of creative industries which share certain characteristics. We anticipate that we will publish those in the course of next year.

Date

19 November 1998

Reference

59781; 319 c781-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total cost was of the creative industries task force; what the cost was of printing and distributing the mapping documents; how many mapping documents were printed; and what the cost of each document was. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Lord Risby (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 1998

Reference

59780; 319 c782W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, How many people are employed in the cultural and creative industries. (Failed OPQ) - Inc figs.

Asked by

Christine Russell (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 1998

Reference

319 c65W; 57266

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of the creative industries in (a) the North West Region, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside in terms of (i) jobs, (ii) turnover, (iii) company formation and (iv) tourism. - Inc...

Asked by

Louise Ellman (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 June 1998

Reference

314 c460W; 46233

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, What measures he will take to ensure that his Department's creative industries Task Force works with the proposed regional development agencies to develop arts-based businesses. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Louise Ellman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 June 1998

Reference

42011; 313 c44W

House

House of Commons

Lords debate on unstarred question on what plans they have to support the arts in education, in particular appropriate financial support to drama students so that the future of theatre arts in Britain may be secured

Lead member

Lord Tope

Answering member

Baroness Blackstone

Department

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Questions for short debate

Date

30 March 1998

Reference

588 c81-97

House

House of Lords

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from the Creative Taskforce and the Film Industry Review Group concerning the future of the London Film Commission.

Asked by

Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 1998

Reference

31528; 307 c390W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the members of the creative industries taskforce.

Asked by

Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 1997

Reference

16035; 301 c13W

House

House of Commons

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