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Consultants
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies have spent on external consultants and advisers since May 1997. [102075]
Mr. Chris Smith [holding answer 13 December 1999]: The table provides the latest available information provided by my Department's agencies and non- departmental public bodies. It includes expenditure (for example, professional fees) connected with lottery projects.
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Asset Sales
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the items in the National Asset Register sold by his Department, its agencies and associated public bodies since 1 March 1999, stating in each case the amount of money realised; if he will estimate the total amount raised from such sales to date; and if he will make a statement. [104501]
Mr. Chris Smith: The Department itself has realised £6,000 from the sale of printers and servers since March 1999 and its agency, the Royal Parks Agency, has sold a building and computer equipment which generated proceeds of £120,281. The information available for the Department's associated public bodies is as listed by asset category which is in the format shown in the National Asset Register. The total proceeds from asset sales by associated public bodies amounts to £1,624,670.
- Associated Public Bodies
- (i) Arts Council of England
- Equipment, fixtures and fittings--proceeds £4,000
- Vehicles--proceeds £13,000
- (ii) British Library
- Motor vehicles--proceeds £2,150
- (iii) British Tourist Authority
- Motor vehicles--proceeds £23,000
- Fixtures and fittings--proceeds £5,000
- (iv) Crafts Council
- Furniture, fittings and equipment--proceeds £242
- (v) English Heritage
- Land and buildings--proceeds £241,500
- Equipment--proceeds £7,000
- (vi) Independent Television Commission
- Vehicles--proceeds £13,355
- (vii) Science Museum
- Plant and machinery--proceeds £12,000
- Fixtures and fittings--proceeds £2,000
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- (viii) Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C)
- Plant and equipment--proceeds £1,500
- (ix) Sport England
- Equipment and vehicles--proceeds £14,000
- (x) Tate Gallery
- Land and buildings--proceeds £1,200,000
- (xi) Victoria and Albert Museum
- Equipment--proceeds £85,923.
Departmental Consultation
Dr. Tony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the public consultation exercises on policy matters carried out by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years; who was consulted and by what means; how responses were analysed; how and in what form the results were transmitted to those responsible for the consultation; how the results of the consultation were published; and what analysis has been carried out of the extent and nature of policy changes resulting from the consultation. [106304]
Mr. Chris Smith: Public consultation is a routine element of policy formulation in the Department and its sponsored bodies. We do not, however, keep a central systematic record of the many and various consultation exercises we have conducted. This information requested by my hon. Friend could therefore be assembled only at disproportionate cost.
Premier League
Mr. Faber: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he last met the Chairman of the Premier League; where the meeting took place; and what subjects were discussed. [106555]
Kate Hoey: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State last met the Chairman of the FA Premier League on 16 September 1999 at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. I was also present at that meeting, at which a range of football issues were discussed.
Wembley Monitoring Committee
Mr. Faber: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what dates the Wembley Monitoring Committee has met; if he will list those present at each meeting; and if he will publish the minutes of the meetings. [106556]
Kate Hoey: The dates and attendees at meetings of the National Stadium Monitoring Committee meetings are as listed. The minutes of these meetings cover the views of representatives of non-governmental organisations who took part in those meetings on the understanding that discussions were in confidence, and it would not, therefore, be appropriate for them to be published.
- 17 February 1999
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Minister for Sport, Tony Banks MP
- James Purnell, No. 10 Policy Unit
- Simon Broadley, DCMS
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- Graham Bond, DCMS
- Chris Carr, DCMS
- Andy Burnham, DCMS Special Adviser
- Derek Casey, Sport England
- Ian Fytche, Sport England
- Ralph Ward, Government Office for London
- Ken Bates, Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Bob Stubbs, Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Nic Coward, Football Association
- 20 May 1999
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Minister for Sport, Tony Banks MP
- Simon Broadley, DCMS
- Colin Jones, DCMS
- Chris Carr, DCMS
- Derek Casey, Sport England
- Ian Fytche, Sport England
- John Sienkiewicz, Government Office for London
- Ken Bates, Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Bob Stubbs, Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Nic Coward, Football Association
- Sir Alan Cockshaw, English Partnerships
- 15 July 1999
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Minister for Sport, Tony Banks MP
- Philippa Drew, DCMS
- Harry Reeves, DCMS
- Colin Jones, DCMS
- Graham Bond, DCMS
- Philip Townsend, DCMS
- Chris Carr, DCMS
- Andy Burnham, DCMS Special Adviser
- Derek Casey, Sport England
- Ian Fytche, Sport England
- John Sienkiewicz, Government Office for London
- Ken Bates, Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Bob Stubbs, Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Louise Green, Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Gary Hunt, Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Hugh Thomas, World Design Team
- Nic Coward, Football Association
- Sir Alan Cockshaw, English partnerships
- Paula Hay-Plumb, English Partnerships
- Tony Winterbottom, English Partnerships
- Sir Nigel Mobbs, Wembley Task Force.
Wembley Stadium
Mr. Faber: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what advice he has received from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment concerning the design of the new Wembley Stadium. [107135]
Kate Hoey
[holding answer 27 January 2000]: The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) forwarded to the Secretary of State a copy of its letter of 16 December to Lord Foster of Thames Bank. This letter strongly supported the design which would
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meet the primary function of a football stadium, and noted how it could be converted for an athletics event but that it was essential that this provision should not compromise the stadium when used for football. CABE further stressed the importance of the work of the Wembley Task Force in ensuring the surrounding area provides a fitting environment.
Mr. Faber:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) on what date the Ellerbe Beckett report into Wembley Stadium was first received by his Department; [107136]
Kate Hoey
[holding answer 27 January 2000]: We received the DLA: Ellerbe Beckett report on Monday 29 November 1999.
Mr. Faber:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Brent, North (Mr. Gardiner) of 18 January 2000, Official Report, column 384W, on Wembley Stadium, if he will list the interested parties with which his Department held discussions; on what date those discussions were held; and if he will make a statement. [107182]
Kate Hoey
[holding answer 27 January 2000]: Between the statement in the House by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 1 December 1999, Official Report, columns 305-06 and the announcement on 22 December, discussions were held with Sport England, UK Sport, UK Athletics, the British Olympic Association, Wembley National Stadium Ltd. and the Football Association.
Mr. Faber:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his oral statement of 1 December 1999, Official Report, column 306, which bodies advised him that it seemed unlikely that Wembley could provide an appropriate venue for the World Athletics Championships. [107299]
Kate Hoey
[holding answer 28 January 2000]: The conclusions were drawn from the Ellerbe Beckett report. While Wembley National Stadium Ltd. subsequently addressed many of the issues outlined in a statement on 1 December 1999, the proposed solution was not the ideal for athletics as it required substantial investment without a lasting athletics legacy and would not have been suitable as the centrepiece for any future Olympic bid.
Mr. Faber:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Brent, North (Mr. Gardiner) of 25 January 2000, Official Report, column 163W, when (i) he and (ii) ministers in his Department first discussed the ideal focal point for the new Wembley Stadium in athletics mode with (a) Sport England, (b) Wembley National Stadium Ltd and (c) UK Athletics. [107838]
Kate Hoey
[holding answer 31 January 2000]: Stadium Australia, which I understand has minimum C60 sightlines based on a focal point on the outside edge of the outside line around the whole track, has set the
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current benchmark for quality of sightlines required for the Olympics. This was acknowledged by the Wembley design team at the recent Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry into Wembley. We were assured throughout the project that the new Wembley would be capable of being upgraded for Olympics. However, it became clear once we had seen the detailed proposals for Olympic configuration in early October last year, that Wembley did not meet this benchmark and brought into question the possibility of Wembley being the centrepiece of a future Olympic bid.
Mr. Faber:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Brent, North (Mr. Gardiner) of 25 January 2000, Official Report, column 163W, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the standards for the focal point and sight lines in the new Wembley Stadium with 80,000 seats in athletics mode are matched or exceeded by the other stadia in Europe with capacities in excess of 75,000. [107839]
Kate Hoey
[holding answer 31 January 2000]: My Department has made no specific assessment of the Wembley proposals against other stadia in Europe. In respect of the Wembley proposals we were concerned to ensure that we did not rule out the possibility of a future Olympic bid. The report from Ellerbe Beckett along with evidence from the BOA and my officials who attended the Wembley National Stadium Ltd. mock up of the proposed seating, confirmed the inadequacy of the sightlines in 80,000 athletics mode.
(2) on what date the Ellerbe Beckett report into Wembley Stadium was first made available to (a) Sport England, (b) UK Athletics, (c) the British Olympic Association and (d) Wembley National Stadium Ltd. [107137]
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