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Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency
Mr. Stott: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements have been made to carry out reviews of the Driver and Vehicle Testing and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland agencies. [11696]
Dr. Mowlam: Under the arrangements for quinquennial reviews for next steps agencies, it has been decided to carry out a combined review of both agencies together with the associated functions carried out by the transport licensing and enforcement branch of the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland). Consultants will shortly be invited to tender for this combined review.
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
National Lottery
Mr. Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful national lottery bids from the parliamentary constituency of Selby, indicating for each successful bid the value of the award, since the inception of the national lottery. [9971]
Mr. Banks: To date, more than £3.7 billion has been awarded to 24,631 projects throughout the UK. Of these 23 awards worth £1,557,916 have been made to projects in Selby. Details of these are set out in the table. The second table lists successful applications where it is possible to do so, though not all distributing bodies keep such records.
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| Distributing body | Unsuccessful applicant |
|---|---|
| Arts Council of England | Burton Salmon County Primary Friends of Selby Music Centre University of York Music Press |
| Heritage Lottery Fund | Streeton Hall, South Milford St. Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough Hemingbrough Minster Restoration |
| English Sports Council | North Yorkshire County Council Copmanthorpe Bowls Club North Yorkshire County Council/Fulford School Whitley Bridge Cricket Club |
| Millennium Commission | (11)-- |
| Charities Board | (12)24 Unsuccessful bids |
(11) The Millennium Commission does not record unsuccessful projects by constituency.
(12) The Charities Board does not release details of unsuccessful bids.
Theatres
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of Government funding for theatres will be given to theatres outside London next year; and if he will make a statement. [10488]
Mr. Fisher: It is a matter for the Arts Council of England, with the 10 regional arts boards, to take decisions on the balance of funding between art forms and the support of individual arts organisations.
Live Performances
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what are the terms of reference of the Arts Council's inquiry into how to disseminate live performances from lottery funded projects to wider audiences. [10088]
Mr. Fisher:
Following a review of the lottery capital programme undertaken by Adrian Ellis Associates in 1996, the Arts Council of England decided to explore the scope for wider access to performances as a result of the recording and subsequent transmission of performances in lottery funded venues.
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The Arts Council commissioned a study to explore the recording of live performances of drama, music, opera and lyric theatre and dance, relating to the following issues:
Hydra Associates was commissioned by the Arts Council of England to carry out this study and it is expected to report its findings in August.
Mr. Fabricant:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what share of United Kingdom gross domestic product the tourism industry accounted for in (a) 1978-79 and (b) 1996-97. [10833]
Mr. Tom Clarke
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: Expenditure by tourists was equivalent to between 5 and 6 per cent. of GDP in both 1978 and 1996.
Mr. Fabricant:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people were employed in the United Kingdom tourism industry in (a) 1979 and (b) 1996. [10834]
Mr. Clarke
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: In September 1979 there were 1.3 million people employed in tourism-related industries in Great Britain. In 1996 this figure was 1.8 million.
Mr. Fabricant:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many films for theatre distribution were made in Britain in each year since 1979.[10823]
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Mr. Tom Clarke
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: The number of films made for theatrical release in the United Kingdom for the years 1979-96 was as follows:
Legal:
ownership of rights to recordings;
the treatment of income generated by recordings;
the impact of existing union agreement.
Technical and design issues:
design specifications for performing arts spaces;
current best practice in design guidelines;
future trends in recording.
Artistic issues:
capturing live performance through recording;
sources of artistic and production values.
| Year | Number of films produced |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 61 |
| 1980 | 31 |
| 1981 | 24 |
| 1982 | 40 |
| 1983 | 51 |
| 1984 | 53 |
| 1985 | 54 |
| 1986 | 41 |
| 1987 | 55 |
| 1988 | 48 |
| 1989 | 30 |
| 1990 | 60 |
| 1991 | 59 |
| 1992 | 47 |
| 1993 | 67 |
| 1994 | 84 |
| 1995 | 78 |
| 1996 | 128 |
Source:
BFI/Screen Digest.
Mr. Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what was the level of cinema admissions in the United Kingdom in each year since 1979. [10829]
Mr. Clarke [holding answer 28 July 1997]: The levels of cinema admissions in the United Kingdom in the film industry for the years 1979-96 were as follows:
| Year | Admissions (millions) |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 112 |
| 1980 | 101 |
| 1981 | 86 |
| 1982 | 64 |
| 1983 | 66 |
| 1984 | 54 |
| 1985 | 72 |
| 1986 | 78 |
| 1987 | 79 |
| 1988 | 84 |
| 1989 | 95 |
| 1990 | 97 |
| 1991 | 100 |
| 1992 | 103 |
| 1993 | 114 |
| 1994 | 124 |
| 1995 | 114 |
| 1996 | 124 |
Source:
BFI/Screen Digest.
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