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Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list for (a) small and medium enterprises and (b) larger companies (i) all licences and permits issued by his Department and its agencies to companies permitting them to carry out their business, (ii) the cost of each such licence or permit in
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(A) 1997-98 and (B) 1999-2000 and (iii) the current number of companies which are in receipt of each such licence or permit. [76849]
Mr. Chris Smith
[holding answer 16 March 1999]: My Department has issued the following licences and permits:
Seventy-five permits for filming and photo shoots in Trafalgar Square were issued in 1997-98 at a total cost of £12,620. The permits are for one-off events for various organisations using Trafalgar Square for a day or part of a day for filming purposes. No permits have yet been issued for 1999-2000.
Eighty-nine media passes for news broadcasts on Trafalgar Square--these are issued free of charge.
A pigeon feed licence on Trafalgar Square in 1995 on a three year basis to BPR Investments--the value of which is commercial in confidence. This was renewed in December 1998 for a further six months.
Licences are also issued to named individuals to carry out activities on designated wreck sites. They are not issued to businesses or companies and are issued free of charge.
My Department's agency, the Royal Parks Agency, issued 362 still photography permits and 310 film licences in 1997-98 for a total of £128,000. The majority of these licences are issued to small enterprises or to individuals for such things as wedding photographs, fashion and other commercial advertisements. The majority of these licences are issued on an ad hoc basis and no figures are available centrally for 1999-2000. The licence fees are charged by the individual parks and the amount depends on the number of people and vehicles involved in the filming and the time spent in the park.
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Mr. Chaytor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidelines he has issued to the Millennium National Bid Committee relating to the provision of information to applicants whose projects are not supported by the Committee. [62581]
Janet Anderson
[holding answer 9 December 1998]: The Millennium Festival is an initiative involving eleven of the National Lottery distributing bodies. Decisions on applications for grant under Round 1 (£5,000 and over) were taken individually by each of the participating distributors according to its own criteria, rules and procedures. There is no "Millennium National Bid Committee" with a decision-making function in relation to bids, although the participating distributors do co-ordinate their Festival programmes through joint meetings of a Millennium Festival Committee for each country of the United Kingdom. These committees have an advisory function only, and focus on strategic issues such as co-ordination of procedures and timetables, funding priorities, geographical patterns of distribution and joint publicity and marketing. No Ministerial guidance has been issued to the Committee.
Mr. Alan Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if genetically modified food will be served in the Millennium Dome; [77218]
Janet Anderson:
The New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) aims to offer an exemplary experience for the forecast 12 million visitors to the Millennium Experience at Greenwich, covering all aspects of their visit. This includes the range and quality of, and information about, the food available, including genetically modified food. All caterers who will operate in the Dome will be required to meet the relevant statutory requirements concerning food labelling. In addition, the NMEC will aim to ensure that caterers in the Dome take further steps to
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implement any new guidelines which might be issued to the food industry, and to meet the public's concern for comprehensive and clear identification of food ingredients.
Mr. Grieve:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) discussions he has had and (b) proposals his Department has put forward at Council of Ministers' meetings in respect of EU fraud; and if he will make a statement. [77782]
Mr. Chris Smith
[holding answer 19 March 1999]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary on 19 March 1999, Official Report, columns 858-59.
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what involvement fleet managers have had in drawing up his Department's Green Transport Plan. [77965]
Mr. Chris Smith
[holding answer 22 March 1999]: The Department does not employ a dedicated fleet manager. The core Department leases no vehicles itself, but contracts with the Government Car and Despatch Agency (GCDA) for cars for Ministers and senior officials. The Royal Parks Agency leases its vehicles but manages them through an overall contract manager, who is currently reviewing the contract to include further green transport requirements.
Dr. Tony Wright:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. [79270]
Mr. Chris Smith:
The following table gives the information required.
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(2) if visitors to the Millennium Experience will be informed of the presence of genetically modified food in its catering facilities. [77219]
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Dr. Tony Wright:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. [79262]
Mr. Chris Smith:
The information required is as follows:
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1. Task forces
(i) Creative Industries Taskforce
(a) Creative Industries Export Promotion Advisory Group
(b) None
(c) None
(ii) The Football Taskforce
(a) The Football Taskforce Working Group
(b) None
(c) None
(iii) The Film Policy Action Committee
(a) (i) Development
(ii) Distribution
(iii) Training
(iv) Marketing
(b) None
(c) None
2. Policy Reviews
(i) Review of Film Policy
(a) (i) Film Finance
(ii) Achieving 20 per cent. Market Share
(iii) Broadening the Audience
(iv) Inward Investment
(v) Export
(vi) Training and Education
(b) None
(c) None
(ii) Review of the future funding of the BBC
(a) (i) Future Funding Issues
(ii) BBC commercial activities and the fair trading commitment
(iii) Concessionary Licensing
(b) None
(c) None.
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