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Sports Projects
Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her latest estimate is of the funds available annually through the Sports Lottery Fund for community sports projects. [17465]
Mr. Caborn: Sports England's income from the National Lottery for 2000–01 was £225.5 million while the forecast for 2001–02 is £214,233. As Sports England's lottery strategy makes clear, at least two thirds of funding will be invested in community facilities or activities.
Museum Attendance (South Tyneside)
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the level of museum attendance in South Tyneside was in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001; and what is the projected figure for 2002. [17407]
Mr. Caborn: I am advised by Tyne and Wear Museums and South Tyneside district council that visitor attendance at the South Tyneside museums is as follows:
| 2000 | 2001(8) | 2002(9) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbeia Roman Fort | 76,613 | 98,605 | 100,000 |
| South Shields Museum/Art Gallery | 261,924 | 217,432 | 145,000 |
| Bede's World | 44,360 | 38,000 | 50,000 |
| Customs House (Art Gallery only) | 9,000 | 10,000 | 12,000 |
| Total | 391,897 | 364,337 | 307,000 |
(8) 2001 figures are year to date plus estimate to the end of December
(9) Projected
Gambling Review
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many responses the Government have received to Recommendation 43 of the gambling review report; of these, how many (a) supported, (b) opposed and (c) were neutral. [18072]
Mr. Caborn: Seventy submissions commented specifically on this recommendation. Sixteen expressed varying degrees of support; and 54 varying degrees of opposition.
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what assessment the Government have made of the compatability of Recommendation 43 of the Gambling Review report with the Human Rights Act 1998; [18083]
- (2) what estimates the Government have made of the impact on employment if all local authorities used their powers under Recommendation 43 of the Gambling Review report to ban all types of gambling in their locality; [18074]
(3) what estimate the Government have made of the impact on levels of illegal gambling activity of local authorities using their powers under recommendation 43 of the Gambling Review report to ban all types of gambling in their locality. [17960]
Mr. Caborn: We have not yet completed our assessment of the impact of this recommendation.
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Voluntary Athletics Officials
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans her Department has for providing further support for voluntary athletics officials; and if she will make a statement. [17942]
Mr. Caborn: The Government fully recognises the contribution of volunteers to the running of sport and the need to continue to invest in their training, recruitment and support. The Government's Plan for Sport provides that Sport England should be the national advocate of volunteering in sport in England and to provide support to national governing bodies of sport in the development and implementation of volunteering strategies. Key to these strategies will be the appointment by governing bodies of National Volunteer Managers to implement the strategies and Volunteer Co-ordinators at Regional and county level to provide support and raise the profile of volunteering.
A further recognition of the importance which the Government attach to volunteers in sport, particularly in ensuring that they are well trained, is the introduction of a £7 million training programme which the Department is currently developing. The programme will aim to build on existing schemes such as the Community Sports Leader and the Junior Sports Leader Awards run by the British Sports Trust and the Youth Sports Trust's Millennium Volunteers programme to provide training for up to 50,000 volunteers, of whom around 8,000 would be older people, to be coaches, administrators, officials, leaders and mentors. The programme will run for two years beginning in April 2002.
Resorts Task Force Group
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how often the resorts task force group has met since its creation; [17870]
- (2) what work has been undertaken by the Resorts Task Force Group; and if she will make a statement. [17869]
Mr. Caborn: The Resorts Task Force was set up by the English Tourism Council (ETC) in response to the Government's tourism strategy "Tomorrow's Tourism", published in 1999, which highlighted the regeneration of our traditional resorts as one of its 15 key action points. The Task Force's remit was to suggest ways in which resorts could be repackaged for tourism purposes and to highlight examples of best practice in successful resort regeneration for tourism.
The group met five times and in the light of its advice the English Tourism Council's published its Sea Changes report in February 2001. The Government have welcomed the report and this Department has asked the ETC to consider how it can best be implemented and to what timescale. To that end, the ETC is working closely with the British Resorts Association and relevant tourism officers.
Tourism
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the effect on tourism in the Buckingham constituency of
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(a) the foot and mouth disease outbreak and (b) the terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September; and if she will make a statement. [17844]
Mr. Caborn: Our best estimate at this stage is that the revenue loss to the English tourism industry for March to October is likely to be around £3.3 billion in "value added" terms. We have not attempted to apportion an overall estimate to individual regions, such as the Buckingham constituency, or individual tourism destinations since the available data does not enable this to be done with a sufficient degree of reliability.
It is too early to predict with any accuracy what the effects of the terrorist attacks in the US are likely to be on UK tourism. Early indications are that there was a small drop in incoming tourists in September, but on the other hand a survey by the English Tourism Council found that nearly one million Britons have changed their plans from holidaying abroad to taking a trip in this country. Reports also suggest that the main impact of the drop in overseas tourists has been felt in London rather than in the regions.
Mr. Flight: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made as to the effect on tourism in Arundel and South Downs of (a) the foot and mouth disease outbreak and (b) the terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September; and if she will make a statement. [18327]
Dr. Howells: Our best estimate at this stage is that the revenue loss to the English tourism industry for March to October is likely to be around £3.3 billion in "value added" terms. We have not attempted to apportion an overall estimate to individual regions, such as Arundel and South Downs, or individual tourism destinations since the available data do not enable this to be done with a sufficient degree of reliability.
It is too early to predict with any accuracy what the effects of the terrorist attacks in the US are likely to be on UK tourism. Early indications are that there was a small drop in incoming tourists in September, but on the other hand a survey by the English Tourism Council found that nearly one million Britons have changed their plans from holidaying abroad to taking a trip in this country. Reports also suggest that the main impact of the drop in overseas tourists has been felt in London rather than in the regions.
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the level of Government grant-in-aid was to the (a) English Tourism Council, (b) Welsh Tourist Board, (c) Scottish Tourist Board and (d) Northern Ireland Tourist Board per head of population in 2000–01. [18415]
Dr. Howells: Grant-in-aid available to each national tourist board in 2000–01 was as follows:
| GIA (£ million) | Population (million) | GIA per head (£) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Tourism Council | 11.0 | 49.6 | 0.22 |
| Visit Scotland | 25.9 | 5.1 | 5.08 |
| Wales Tourist Board | 15.4 | 2.9 | 5.31 |
| Northern Ireland Tourist Board | 13.9 | 1.7 | 8.18 |
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Sport England
Mr. Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made on the Quinquennial Review of Sport England; and if she will make a statement. [18484]
Mr. Caborn: DCMS is currently engaged in the second stage of the quinquennial review of Sport England, in which we are looking at its strategic management function, its regional role, and the way in which it carries out partnership working and forges alliances. I expect the review to be completed early in the New Year, at which point I will discuss its findings with the new Chief Executive of Sport England and with Sport England's Council members, with a view to implementing the recommendations as promptly as possible.
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