House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 30 Nov 2000 (pt 1)

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Written Answers to Questions

Thursday 30 November 2000

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Millennium Dome

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many recruits from the New Deal for Young People (a) have worked and (b) are working in the Millennium Dome. [134827]

Janet Anderson: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he last met the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to discuss the Dome. [135415]

Janet Anderson [holding answer 30 October 2000]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had no meetings with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to discuss the Dome.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the meetings he has attended since September 1999, together with their dates, at which the future use of the Millennium Dome site was discussed, indicating who was in attendance at each meeting. [139167]

Janet Anderson [holding answer 20 November 2000]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State attended meetings on 1 December, 13 December and 15 December 1999, at which the future use of the Millennium Dome was discussed.

These meetings were attended by Lord Falconer, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and Shareholder of the New Millennium Experience Company, Andrew Smith, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and Hilary Armstrong, Minister for Local Government and the Regions. Officials from the Competition Team, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), English Partnerships (EP), the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC), and the Millennium Commission (MC) were also present.

New Millennium Experience Company

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what advice he has received, from whom, and when, as to the solvency of the New Millennium Experience Company; [134495]

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Janet Anderson [holding answer 26 October 2000]: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the New Millennium Experience Company's fulfilment of the requirements placed upon it by section 221 of the Companies Act 1985, with particular reference to the requirement to maintain a record of its assets and liabilities. [134430]

Mr. Marshall-Andrews: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will place in the Library documents communicating to the New Millennium Experience Company indemnities for the directors of the company, as referred to in the National Audit Office report, HC 936. [138418]

Janet Anderson: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to my hon. and learned Friend and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people on the payroll of the New Millennium Experience Company have received remuneration through offshore accounts. [140424]

Janet Anderson [holding answer 27 November 2000]: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list those contracts entered into by the New Millennium Experience Company which have not complied with public procurement procedures. [140556]

Janet Anderson [holding answer 27 November 2000]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 21 November 2000, Official Report, columns 138-39W.

Departmental Employees (New Deal)

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people his Department employs under the New Deal for Young People. [137955]

Mr. Chris Smith: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Picketts Lock

Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if a new Lottery agreement between Sport England and Wembley National Stadium

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Ltd. excluding athletics from Wembley, will be concluded before the feasibility studies into Picketts Lock, Enfield, are concluded; [139853]

Kate Hoey [holding answer 27 November 2000]: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Sports Injuries

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent by his Department on research into the prevention of sports injuries in the last three years. [140665]

Kate Hoey [holding answer 28 November 2000]: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949

Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will amend the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 to ensure that inquiry officers are prevented from entering private property unless they have reasonable grounds for suspecting that television is being watched illegally. [141095]

Janet Anderson: TV Licensing's inquiry officers have no authority to enter any premises without the owner's or occupier's consent, unless authorised to do so by a search warrant issued by a justice of the peace in England, Wales or Northern Ireland or, in Scotland, a sheriff. Under section 15(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (as amended), a justice of the peace or a sheriff may issue a warrant if satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under the Act has been or is being committed, and that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found on the premises specified. The Government consider that this provides adequate safeguards and therefore have no plans to amend the 1949 Act.

Athletes (Lottery Funding)

Mr. Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what age limitations apply to athletes seeking lottery funding. [141202]

Kate Hoey: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Cycling

Mr. Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many velodromes operated in the United Kingdom in the last four years; where they were; how many velodromes are proposed to be closed; and if he will make a statement; [141203]

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(a)

(b)

(3) what his estimate is of the number of cyclists who use the Manchester velodrome. [141201]

Kate Hoey: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Disabled Tourists

Mr. Fearn: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to make English tourist resorts more attractive to disabled tourists. [141271]

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