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Lottery Sports Fund
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Lottery money has been allocated to the Lottery Sports Fund for each of the last four years; and how much is planned to be allocated in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02. [118783]
Kate Hoey: The total amount of Lottery proceeds (including interest) allocated to sport for 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 was:
| Year | Amount of Lottery proceeds |
|---|---|
| 1996-97 | 314 |
| 1997-98 | 368 |
| 1998-99 | 307 |
| 1999-2000 | 273 |
The total Lottery proceeds (including a notional estimate for interest) to be allocated to Sport for 2000-01 and 2001-02 have been estimated using the Lottery income scenarios which the Department sent to distributing bodies in October 1999:
| Year | Forecast income |
|---|---|
| 2000-01 | 245 to 292 |
| 2001-02 | 226 to 298 |
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many awards have been made to date by the Lottery Sports Fund; how many have been made for tennis; and what is the total amount spent on tennis projects from the Lottery funds to date. [118784]
Kate Hoey: The five distributing bodies of the Lottery Sports Fund have made over 6,300 awards to sport since the inception of the National Lottery in November 1994. Of these, nearly 600 awards have been made to tennis projects with a total value of over £29 million.
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Lottery Arts Fund
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what is the allocation per head from the Lottery Arts Fund since its establishment for Waverley Borough Council; and which local authority has had the (a) largest and (b) lowest allocation per head; [118787]
- (2) how much money has been allocated to the Lottery Arts Fund since its establishment; and how much was spent from the fund in Surrey in each of the last three years; [118785]
(3) how many awards have been made from Lottery funds to arts centres for capital projects. [118786]
Mr. Alan Howarth: I have asked the Arts Council of England, as the main distributing body of lottery money for the arts, to provide this information. When it is available, I will write to the right hon. Member and place a copy in the Library of the House.
Picketts Lock
Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with the British Olympic Association about the suitability of the proposed athletics facility at Picketts Lock to host the 2012 or 2016 Olympics. [118114]
Kate Hoey [holding answer 10 April 2000]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I met representatives of UK Athletics, UK Sport, Sport England, the British Olympic Association and London International Sport on 24 March to discuss the bid for the 2005 World Athletics Championships. At that meeting, the British Olympic Association indicated that they were content with Picketts Lock as having the potential for facilities to stage an Olympic Games.
Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he last visited Picketts Lock, Enfield. [118111]
Kate Hoey [holding answer 10 April 2000]: Neither my right hon. Friend nor I have visited Picketts Lock recently.
Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what financial (a) help and (b) guarantees his Department has offered to UK Athletics for the development of Picketts Lock; [118215]
- (2) what discussions he has had with the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority about the long-term ownership and use of the proposed athletics stadium at Picketts Lock; [118110]
(3) what discussions he has held with (a) Railtrack and (b) ministerial colleagues in the DETR about improving rail links to Picketts Lock, Enfield; [118112]
(4) what discussions he has held with Ministerial colleagues in the DETR about improving road links to Picketts Lock, Enfield; [118109]
(5) what external advice he has received on the likely timetable of works for the development of a major athletics facility at Picketts Lock, in relation to (a) design, (b) planning, (c) demolition of existing facilities and (d) construction; [118113]
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(6) what discussions he has had with (a) the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and (b) Enfield Council about the proposed athletics facility at Picketts Lock; and what financial support they have offered for the project. [118117]
Kate Hoey [holding answer 10 April 2000]: UK Athletics is to be congratulated on securing both the 2003 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham and 2005 World Athletics Championships in London at Picketts Lock. UK Athletics is now continuing the process of drawing up detailed proposals for developing the site, including proposals for road and rail links. That process will involve discussions with the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, the London Borough of Enfield, Sport England, UK Sport, the Government Office for London and my Department, among others.
Prior to making the bid presentation to the IAAF in Paris, UK Athletics and Sport England undertook extensive discussions with a range of parties across London to determine the optimum site for staging the 2005 championships in London. During that process representatives from UK Athletics and Sport England and an official from my Department met representatives of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and the London Borough of Enfield on 21 March to discuss the feasibility of the Picketts Lock site for staging the championships. At that meeting, the Park Authority indicated that funds were already earmarked in its business plan for developing the Picketts Lock site and both capital and revenue contributions might be forthcoming to a world- class athletics facility on that site.
National Lottery
Charlotte Atkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral statement by the Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting, of 11 April 2000, Official Report, column 11WH, if he will set out the Government's position on not-for-profit bidders for the next licence to run the National Lottery. [119305]
Mr. Chris Smith: We have maintained the policy of seeking (and welcoming) any bids from efficient not-for-profit operators; but the selection of the next operator of the National Lottery is a matter for the National Lottery Commission, not the Government. Subject to ensuring that players are protected and the Lottery is run with all due propriety, the Commission will award the next licence to the bidder likely to raise the most for the good causes. Any comments made by my hon. Friend the Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting during the course of the debate on 11 April should not be interpreted as contradicting this position in any way.
Spoliation Advisory Panel
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will announce the membership and terms of reference of the Spoliation Advisory Panel. [119219]
Mr. Alan Howarth: Following consultation on our proposals on both the membership and the terms of reference, I am now able to do so. In establishing the Spoliation Advisory Panel the Government's aim, by
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providing an alternative to litigation, is to facilitate a just resolution of claims made for cultural objects that may have been looted in the Nazi era between 1933 and 1945.
The membership of the Panel will be:
Chair: The right hon. Sir David Hirst
Mr. Donell Deeny QC
Professor Richard Evans
Sir Terry Heiser
Professor Peter Jones
Mr. Martin Levy
Mr. Peter Oppenheimer
Professor Norman Palmer
Ms Anna Southall
Dr. Liba Taub
Baroness Warnock.
The constitution and Terms of Reference proposed for the Panel are as set out. These have been revised as a result of consultation and the Government believe they offer a fair way forward. The Panel will be able to advise not only claimants and those who hold the items in question in their collections, but also the Government. The Government intend that the Panel should begin work as soon as possible.
Spoliation Advisory Panel
Constitution and Terms of Reference
Members of the Panel
1. The members of the Spoliation Advisory Panel (the Panel) will be appointed by the Secretary of State on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit. The Secretary of State shall appoint one member as Chairman of the Panel.
Resources for the Panel
2. The Secretary of State will make available such resources as he considers necessary to enable the Panel to carry out its functions, including administrative support provided by a Secretariat (the Secretariat).
Functions of the Panel
3. The task of the Panel is to consider claims from anyone (or from any one or more of their heirs), who lost possession of a cultural object (the object) during the Nazi era (1933-45), where such object is now in the possession of a UK national collection or in the possession of another UK museum or gallery established for the public benefit (the institution). The Panel shall advise the claimant and the institution on what would be appropriate action to take in response to such a claim. The Panel shall also be available to advise about any claim for an item in a private collection at the joint request of the claimant and the owner.
4. In any case where the Panel considers it appropriate, it may also advise the Secretary of State
(a) on what action should be taken in relation to general issues raised by the claim, and/or
(b) where it considers that the circumstances of the particular claim warrant it, on what action should be taken in relation to that claim.
5.(a) In exercising its functions, while the Panel will consider legal issues relating to title to the object (see paragraph 7(d) and (f)), it will not be the function of the Panel to determine legal rights, for example as to title;
(b) The Panel's proceedings are an alternative to litigation, not a process of litigation. The Panel will therefore take into account non-legal obligations, such as the moral strength of the claimant's case (paragraph 7(e)) and whether any moral obligation rests on the institution (paragraph 7(g));
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(c) Any recommendation made by the Panel is not intended to be legally binding on the claimant, the institution or the Secretary of State;
(d) If the claimant accepts the recommendation of the Panel and that recommendation is implemented, the claimant is expected to accept the implementation in full and final settlement of his claim.
Performance of the Panel's functions
6. In performing the functions set out in paragraphs 3 and 4, the Panel's paramount purpose shall be to achieve a solution which is fair and just both to the claimant and to the institution.
7. For this purpose the Panel shall:
(a) make such factual and legal inquiries, (including the seeking of advice about legal matters, about cultural objects and about valuation of such objects) as the Panel consider appropriate to assess each claim as comprehensively as possible;
(b) assess all information and material submitted by or on behalf of the claimant and the institution or any other person, or otherwise provided or known to the Panel;
(c) examine and determine the circumstances in which the claimant was deprived of the object, whether by theft, forced sale, sale at an undervalue, or otherwise;
(d) evaluate, on the balance of probability, the validity of the claimant's original title to the object, recognising the difficulties of proving such title after the destruction of the Second World War and the Holocaust and the duration of the period which has elapsed since the claimant lost possession of the object;
(e) give due weight to the moral strength of the claimant's case;
(f) evaluate, on the balance of probability, the validity of the institution's title to the object;
(g) consider whether any moral obligation rests on the institution taking into account in particular the circumstances of its acquisition of the object, and its knowledge at that juncture of the object's provenance;
(h) take account of any relevant statutory provisions, including stipulations as to the institution's objectives, and any restrictions on its power of disposal;
(i) take account of the terms of any trust instrument regulating the powers and duties of the trustees of the institution, and give appropriate weight to their fiduciary duties;
(j) where appropriate assess the current market value of the object;
(k) formulate and submit to the claimant and to the institution its advice in a written report, giving reasons, and supply a copy of the report to the Secretary of State, and
(l) formulate and submit to the Secretary of State any advice pursuant to paragraph 4 in a written report, giving reasons, and supply a copy of the report to the claimant and the institution.
Scope of Advice
8. If the Panel upholds the claim in principle, it may recommend either:
(a) the return of the object to the claimant, or
(b) the payment of compensation to the claimant, the amount being in the discretion of the Panel having regard to all relevant circumstances including the current market value, but not tied to that current market value, or
(c) an ex gratia payment to the claimant, or
(d) the display alongside the object of an account of its history and provenance during and since the Nazi era, with special reference to the claimant's interest therein; and
(e) that negotiations should be conducted with the successful claimant in order to implement such a recommendation as expeditiously as possible.
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9. When advising the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(a) and/or (b), the Panel shall be free to recommend any action which they consider appropriate, and in particular may, under paragraph 4(a), direct the attention of the Secretary of State to the need for legislation to alter the powers and duties of any institution.
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