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British Tourism Authority

Mr. Fraser: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many invitations to sports tourism events have been received from the British Tourism Authority by the Minister for Sport; how many she has accepted; and how many events she has attended. [139437]

Kate Hoey [holding answer 21 November 2000]: I attended the joint Ministerial launch of the British Tourism Authority's sports tourism strategy on 11 January

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2000 along with my colleague the Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting. I have received no other written invitations to a sports tourism event.

Cabinet War Rooms

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what request he has received for compensation for the damage caused to the Cabinet War Rooms and their contents. [140137]

Mr. Alan Howarth: I have received no such request. I am advised that any conservation work, required to restore the limited damage to fabric and objects at the Cabinet War Rooms, will be at no cost to public finances.

Subtitling

Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis) of 30 October 2000, Official Report, column 330W, when he will announce conclusions concerning his review of the statutory requirements for the provision of subtitling, signing and audio description services on digital terrestrial television; and if he will make a statement. [140383]

Janet Anderson: We are still considering the responses to the consultation paper issued as part of the review, and expect to announce our conclusions later this year.

Wembley Stadium

Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what conditions he has asked Sport England to attach to a new Lottery agreement with Wembley National Stadium Ltd.; [139885]

(2) if a new Lottery agreement between Sport England and Wembley National Stadium Ltd. will include provision for future major sporting events such as a Commonwealth or Olympic Games to be based in London. [139851]

Kate Hoey: The content of any revised or new lottery funding agreement between Sport England, the Football Association (FA) and Wembley National Stadium Ltd. (WNSL) is a matter for the parties and not the Government. However, in considering the terms of the application made by the FA and WNSL to vary the Wembley Lottery Funding Agreement, including the removal of the requirement to stage athletics, Sport England consulted interested parties including the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In replying, we have made clear our view that the new Wembley Stadium should be available on a cost-only basis for those Olympic events whose staging does not involve major infrastructure work to the stadium.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Wind Power

Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much subsidy has been paid to the wind power generating industry for electricity generated in each year since the introduction of the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation. [139924]

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Mrs. Liddell: Payments from the Fossil Fuel Levy made to generators of electricity from renewable sources under contracts awarded under the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) represent the above-market cost of the electricity generated.

Payments made to the wind power generating industry for each year since the introduction of the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) are as follows:

Year	£ million
1990-91	0.1
1991-92	0.4
1992-93	5.7
1993-94	24.4
1994-95	34.1
1995-96	28.5
1996-97	35.9
1997-98	36.8
1998-99	35.1
1999-2000	7.3

The amounts represent payments under NFFO arrangements for England and Wales and exclude payments under comparable arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The reason for the lower figure for 1999-2000 is that contracts under the 1990 and 1991 NFFO orders (NFFO1 and 2) terminated on 31 December 1998.

Road Fuel

Mr. Peter Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 21 November 2000, Official Report, column 105W, what evidence there is concerning the relationship between fuel prices at the pumps and the recent fall in wholesale gasoline prices. [140357]

Mrs. Liddell: Fuel prices at the pumps are influenced, among other things, by wholesale gasoline prices. The relationship between the two depends on short and long-term competitive market forces in both the wholesale and retail markets.

Support Aid Restrictions

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had recently with Ministers in other EU member states on the operation of support aid restrictions where companies are bidding for projects in less-developed countries. [140096]

Mr. Caborn: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has had no recent discussions on these matters with Ministers in other EU member states.

Working Time Regulations

Mr. Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many decisions by tribunals there have been in respect of breaches of the working time regulations (a) on holiday entitlements and (b) on maximum working hours. [140253]

Mr. Alan Johnson: (a) To date there have been 416 decisions at Employment Tribunals, in Great Britain, registering the Regulations as the primary grounds for

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complaint. ETS records do not distinguish between different entitlements under the Regulations, but it is believed that the majority relate to paid annual leave.

(b) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities enforce the provisions in the Regulations related to weekly working time limits, limits on night-working and health assessments for night-workers and these are therefore not a matter for the tribunals. The HSE have resolved 416 complaints, 13 of which required Improvement Notices. The HSE have not initiated any prosecutions to date. There are currently no central records of local authority enforcement, but at least one case brought by a local authority has led to a prosecution for breach of the provisions on health assessments for night-workers.

United Kingdom Exports

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the value of goods from the United Kingdom exported to non-EU countries for onward export to third countries. [140010]

Mr. Caborn: There are no estimates for the value of goods exported from the United Kingdom to non-EU countries for onward export to third countries.

HM Customs and Excise are the Department responsible for collecting and recording statistics on the movement of goods with other countries. Trade with non-EU countries is recorded from customs declarations submitted at exportation. UK exports are produced on the basis of the declared final country of destination. Some trade in goods recorded as exports to non-EU destinations may subsequently be shipped to other destinations--for instance, as part of further commercial transactions. Information on such movements would not be available to the UK.

The collection and provision of statistical information is kept under regular review.

However, there are no immediate plans to collect information on goods exported from the United Kingdom to non-EU countries and subsequently re-exported to third countries.

Oil

Mr. Opik: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the timelag of (a) increases and (b) decreases in prices following a change in crude oil barrel prices; and if he will make a statement. [140248]

Mrs. Liddell: There can be a delay of some four to six weeks before the impact of change of crude price is seen at the pumps. However, the length and magnitude of such an effect is dependent on competitive pressures within the supply chain.

Mr. Opik: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the relationship between oil company profits and changes in barrel prices; and if he will make a statement. [140249]

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Mrs. Liddell: In general, oil companies which engage in the production and sale of crude oil will have greater net earnings as the price of oil rises. For each company, the impact of price changes will, however, depend on the profitability of their other businesses.

Fuel Duty

Mr. Opik: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to ensure that the reductions on fuel duty announced in the pre-Budget Statement will be passed on by oil companies to consumers; and if he will make a statement. [140250]

Mrs. Liddell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mr. Bradley) on 21 November 2000, Official Report, column 105W.

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