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Departmental Asset Sales

Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the items sold by his Department, its agencies and associated public bodies from those listed in the National Assets Register of November 1997; if he will give in each case the amount of money realised; if he will estimate the total cash raised from such sales to date; and if he will make a statement. [70408]

Mr. Chris Smith [holding answer 11 February 1999]: The Department itself has sold no assets since November 1997 and its agency, the Royal Parks Agency, has sold one horse which generated proceeds of £2,800. The information for the Department's associated public bodies is listed by asset category, which is in the format as shown in the National Asset Register. The total proceeds from asset sales by associated public bodies amounts to £195,082.

Associated Public Bodies

(i) Arts Council of England

Equipment, fixtures, and fittings--proceeds £1,000

Works of Art--proceeds £9,000

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(ii) British Tourist Authority

Motor Vehicles--proceeds £11,000

Fixtures and fittings--proceeds £4,000

(iii) English Tourist Board

Computer Equipment--proceeds nil

(iv) British Library

Motor Vehicles--proceeds £5,397

(v) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)

Computer Equipment--proceeds £1,000

(vi) Imperial War Museum

Exhibitions--proceeds £31,115

(vii) Museums & Galleries Commission

Fixtures and Fittings--proceeds £1,045

(viii) National Maritime Museum

Equipment and Vehicles--proceeds £180

(ix) Natural History Museum

Land and Buildings--proceeds £125,000

(x) British Film Institute

Motor Vehicles--proceeds £3,000

(xi) Channel 4 Wales

Plant and Equipment--proceeds £1,000

(xii) English Heritage

Plant and Fixtures--proceeds £1,050

Equipment--proceeds £1,295

Departmental Expenditure

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer of 11 January 1999, Official Report, columns 29-30, if he will list the expenditure not included in his answer incurred by (a) his agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (b) the Central Office of Information for relevant work carried out for his Department. [71026]

Mr. Chris Smith [holding answer 15 February 1999]: No expenditure has been spent on behalf of my Department by its agency, non-departmental public bodies or the Central Office of Information. However, the following expenditure has been incurred by my Department's agency and non-departmental public bodies from their own resources.

	£
Public Opinion Research	2,849,124
TV, Radio and Newspaper Advertising	12,507,977
Direct Mail	1,056,080

The figures may also include expenditure met from non government funding.

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer of 11 January 1999, Official Report, columns 29-30, if he will list the expenditure not included in his answer incurred (a) by task forces and review bodies, (b) by focus groups, (c) on market research and (d) for publications and publicity; and if he will list the bodies which incurred the expenditure. [71027]

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Mr. Chris Smith [holding answer 15 February 1999]: The following expenditure has been incurred by my Department's task forces and review bodies. I have no focus groups.

Title	Cost incurred to date £
Creative Industries Task Force	53,000	Publication costs for the Mapping Document into Creative Industries
The Football Task Force	112,825	Costs incurred, including the publication of three Reports
The Film Policy Action Committee	78,300	All Industry cost-benefit analysis report
	9,400	London Film Market feasibility study
Review of Film Policy	23,345	Cost of producing the report "A Bigger Picture"
	60,479	Consumer research costs
Review of the List of Nationally Important Sporting Events which must be made available on Free-to-Air Terrestrial TV Channels	1,924	Costs incurred to date
Independent review of the Future of the Royal Opera House and the English National Opera	17,385	Report publication costs
15,057
Title	Other costs incurred to date
The Library and Information Commission's public library network implementation Committee	200,000	Costs incurred to date

Mr. Maclean: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what reviews, task forces and advisory groups have been established by his Department since 1 May 1997; what costs they have incurred to date; and what reports they have published. [71520]

Mr. Chris Smith: The following table gives the information required.

Title	Costs incurred to date(9)	Reports published
Task Forces
Creative Industries Task Force: to recommend steps to maximise the economic impact of the UK creative industries at home and abroad	£53,156--Publication of the Mapping Document including design, print and paper costs and arrangements for the launch, cost £53,000. Refreshments for 8 meetings of the Taskforce held so far have cost £156	Mapping Document into the Creative Industries published in November 1998
The Football Taskforce: established to investigate and recommend measures to deal with public concern on a number of issues associated with the game.	£112,825 of which the costs to the Department are £64,604, and costs to the English Sports Council are £48,221	Eliminating Racism from Football report published 30 March 1998 Improving Facilities for Disabled Supporters report published 29 July 1998. Investing in the Community report published 11 January 1999.
The Film Policy Action Committee: established to take forward the recommendations of the Film Policy Review	(i) £78,300	(i) All Industry cost-benefit analysis report published in November 1998.
	(ii) £9,400	(ii) London Film Market feasibility study expected to report Spring 1999.
A group of sponsorship experts will assist sports currently in receipt of tobacco sponsorship to find replacement sponsors by: assessing the needs of each sport; offering advice on best practice in establishing commercial relationships with sponsors; and, assist the sports in making links with potential new sponsors	Nil	The group provides advice direct to the sports affected.
Advisory Groups(10)
Tourism Forum	£4,200	Advice given to Ministers on an ad-hoc basis
Music Industry Forum	Nil	Advice given to Ministers on an ad-hoc basis
Reviews
Review of Film Policy	£81,824--Cost of producing the report "A bigger Picture" was £23,345. Costs of consumer research was £60,479	"A Bigger Picture" published March 1998
Review of arrangements for celebrating the Millennium	Nil	June 1997
Review of the National Lottery, leading to the publication of a White Paper	Nil	White Paper published 21 June 1997
Review of Policy on Admission Charging by National Museums. (Subsumed within the Departmental Spending Review).	Nil	Departmental Spending Review consultation document published 24 July 1998
Review of the List of Nationally Important Sporting Events which must be made available on Free-to-Air Terrestrial TV Channels	£1,924	Reported to Ministers on 20 March 1998 and announced 20 June 1998
An independent review of the Future of the Royal Opera House and the English National Opera	£32,442, which include publication costs at £17,385	Report published on 30 June 1998
Review of the Future Funding of the BBC	Nil spend to date	Report not due to be published until July 1999
Review of the efficiency and effectiveness of Government sponsored museums and galleries	Nil spend to date	Report due to Ministers during 1999
Working Group on Legal Deposit	Costs, which covered refreshments, were met by the British Library	Report published 17 December 1998
The Library and Information Commission's public library network implementation Committee	£200,000	Report "Building the New Library Network" published October 1998

(9) DCMS staff costs for all reviews, taskforces and advisory groups were met from within the Department's existing running costs.

(10) This excludes Advisory NDPBs which have been established since 1 May 1997.

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