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Shoreham Harbour

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will publish the dates and minutes of meetings of the Maritime Vision for Shoreham Harbour Steering Group since its inception. [42357]

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Mr. Jamieson: The Shoreham Maritime Regeneration Strategy was set up in May 1998 to foster the regeneration of Shoreham Harbour. The Shoreham Maritime Steering Group is seeking to implement this strategy and has since been holding regular meetings. Although the Government Office for the South East is a partner of the Steering Group, it is not within the remit of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions to publish the dates and minutes of these meetings.

Shoreham Harbour Link Road

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what feasibility study he has carried out into the provision of a road link between the A259 at Shoreham Harbour with the A27; and when he plans to publish the findings; [42390]

(2) what discussions he has had with Shoreham Port Authority about the provision of a link road between the A259 at Shoreham Harbour and the A27. [42356]

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Ms Keeble: No discussions have been held with Shoreham Port Authority regarding the provision of a link road between the A259 and the A27. There is no Government-led study into such a link road but there is a wider local authority study currently taking place. This work includes a variety of separate work streams looking at the regeneration potential for the port area, and the feasibility of facilitating much of the future potential for local and port development.

Fire Stations

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many functioning fire stations there were, broken down by fire brigade area, in each year since 1997. [42235]

Mr. Byers: The number of fire stations in each fire authority area in England and Wales as at 1 January from 1997 to 2002 is in the table:

Number of fire stations in England and Wales at 1 January 1997–2002

Fire authority	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Avon	23	23	23	23	23	23
Bedfordshire and Luton	14	14	14	14	14	14
Buckinghamshire	20	20	20	20	20	20
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	28	28	28	28	28	28
Cheshire	24	24	24	24	24	24
Cleveland	15	15	15	15	15	15
Cornwall	31	31	31	31	31	31
County Durham and Darlington	16	15	15	15	15	15
Cumbria	38	38	38	38	38	38
Derbyshire	31	31	31	31	31	31
Devon	58	58	58	58	58	58
Dorset	29	29	29	29	29	30
East Sussex	24	24	24	24	24	24
Essex	51	51	51	51	51	51
Gloucestershire	20	20	20	20	20	20
Greater Manchester	43	43	43	43	43	43
Hampshire	54	54	54	54	52	52
Hereford and Worcester	26	26	26	26	26	27
Hertfordshire	32	32	32	32	32	32
Humberside	31	31	31	31	31	32
Isle of Wight	10	10	10	10	10	10
Isles of Scilly	7	7	7	7	7	7
Kent and Medway Towns	66	66	66	66	66	66
Lancashire	40	40	40	40	40	40
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland	20	20	20	20	20	20
Lincolnshire	37	37	37	37	38	38
London	113	113	113	113	112	112
Merseyside	27	27	27	26	26	26
Mid and West Wales	57	57	57	57	57	57
Norfolk	40	40	40	40	40	40
North Wales	44	44	44	44	44	44
North Yorkshire	37	37	37	37	37	37
Northamptonshire	22	22	22	22	22	22
Northumberland	19	19	19	19	19	19
Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham	25	25	25	25	25	25
Oxfordshire	24	24	24	24	24	24
Royal Berkshire	20	20	20	20	20	20
Shropshire	23	23	23	23	23	23
Somerset	24	24	24	24	24	24
South Wales	50	50	50	50	50	50
South Yorkshire	24	24	24	24	24	24
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire	30	30	30	30	30	30
Suffolk	36	36	36	36	36	36
Surrey	24	24	24	24	24	24
Tyne and Wear	18	19	19	19	19	19
Warwickshire	20	20	20	19	19	19
West Midlands	41	41	41	41	41	41
West Sussex	28	28	28	28	28	28
West Yorkshire	50	50	50	50	50	50
Wiltshire and Swindon	25	25	25	25	25	25

Source:

DTLR calendar year returns.

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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Press and Public Relations

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the annual budget for communications activities, including press, public relations, marketing and internal communications, was for her Department for each financial year from 1997–98 to 2001–02. [39921]

Dr. Howells: The spend in my Department on communications activities including press, public relations, marketing and internal communications from 1997–98 to 2001–02 was:

Year	£
1997–98	493,098
1998–99	471,303
1999–2000	762,438
2000–01	775,904
2001–02	(15)602,700

⁽¹⁵⁾ Estimated outturn

Film Production

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which film production

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companies in the north-east received grants from the UK Film Council; and how much they received in the last 12 months. [40630]

Dr. Howells: One Lottery grant has been made to film production companies in the north-east in the last 12 months of £40,000 to the Northern Production Fund. The Film Council has also funded Northern Film and Media (through its Regional Investment Fund for England), which has enabled that organisation to invest non-Film Council funds in the region. This includes a total of £213,629 to film production companies and individuals for production and development activity.

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many films were produced by film production companies in the north-east in (a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998, (d) 1999, (e) 2000 and (f) 2001. [40632]

Dr. Howells: I understand from Northern Film and Media that 78 films were produced in the north-east in the period 1996 to 2001, 50 of which were produced by companies based in the region. The following list shows the start and end dates of the 50 productions.

Production Name	Production Type	Production company	Start	End
Ludwig's First at the Fair	Short film	Tyne Castle Film and Video	31 May 1995	31 August 1998
Dance For A Stranger	Short film	Ipso Facto	5 January 1996	15 January 1996
Untitled	Short film	Studio Arts TV	24 June 1996	24 June 1996
Refuge	Short film	Lightyears Films	29 August 1996	4 September 1996
The Creatives	Short film	Absolutely Productions	26 October 1996	26 October 1996
Looking	Short film	Purple Film Productions	8 January 1997	13 January 1997
An Egg's and Egg	Short film	Ipso Facto Films	24 February 1997	25 February 1997
Four Hours Insecurity	Short film	Chariot Productions	1 July 1997	8 July 1997
Wasps	Short film	Ipso Facto Films	29 August 1997	6 September 1997
Untitled	Short film	Roy Martin	16 September 1997	17 September 1997
Untitled	Short film	Carpet Films	20 September 1997	20 September 1997
Built for the Stone Age, Living in the Space Age	Short film	Wishful Thought	29 September 1997	5 October 1997
Bird	Short film	Zoo Films	28 October 1997	1 November 1997
Chariots of Desire	Short film	Odd Couple Productions	25 January 1998	29 January 1998
Sleep	Short film	Airship Films	1 March 1998	7 March 1998
Panino	Short film	Bridge and Tunnel Films	26 April 1998	1 May 1998
The Block	Short film	Shiney Beast	6 July 1998	15 July 1998
In Between	Short film	Indica Films	15 July 1998	21 July 1998
Wing	Short film	Miranda Tuffnel	31 July 1998	23 September 1998
Flying Home	Short film	Hard Place Productions	1 August 1998	5 August 1998
The Gatherers	Short film	Cumbria Film Independents	2 August 1998	6 August 1998
Psyche Out	Short film	Pilgrim Films	20 August 1998	23 August 1998
Orpheus	Short film	Ad Hoc Films	31 August 1998	30 January 1999
Mrs. Buchan	Short film	Ipso Facto Films	1 September 1998	7 September 1998
Ravine	Short film	RVK Productions	24 September 1998	27 September 1998
Heads (Tease)	Short film	Hard Place Films	13 October 1998	14 October 1998
Untitled	Short film	Ipso Facto	31 October 1998	31 October 1998
Safe	Short film	Y I Productions	25 January 1999	29 January 1999
Nasty Neighbours	Feature film	Ipso Facto	22 February 1999	23 February 1999
Untitled	Short film	Canny Productions	1 March 1999	7 March 1999
Untitled	Short film		27 May 1999	30 May 1999
Rob of the Rovers	Short film	Pinball Films	28 June 1999	1 July 1999
Mavis and the Mermaid	Short film	Shoreline Films	23 September 1999	1 October 1999
The Good, the Bad and the Feathered	Short film	Eagle Films	13 October 1999	19 October 1999
Millennium Movies	Short film	A19 Films and Video	1 November 1999	29 November 1999
Stars in Her Eyes	Short film	Ethel Factor	6 November 1999	10 November 1999
Going, Going	Short film	MJW Productions	5 December 1999	8 December 1999
Whipped Cream	Short film	Packham Pear Productions	26 February 2000	29 February 2000
Gabriel and Me	Feature film	Samuelson Productions/IMP	19 June 2000	26 June 2000
Fish	Short film	Pilgrim Films	26 July 2000	30 July 2000
Stix	Short film	Little California Films	22 September 2000	29 September 2000
Playback	Feature film	Canny Pictures	15 January 2001	28 January 2001
Grainger Town Poetry Films	Short film	International Media Productions	26 February 2001	26 February 2001
Flickerman and the Ivory Skinned Woman	Short film	Pilgrims Films	26 March 2001	29 March 2001
Ticket to Ride	Short film	Ipso Facto	24 April 2001	29 April 2001
Star Man	Short film	Yipp Films	3 June 2001	10 June 2001
Momentum	Short film	24:25 Films Ltd.	16 July 2001	20 July 2001
Sweet Dreams	Short film	International Media Productions	14 June 2001	19 June 2001
Danny and his Amazing Teeth	Short film	Ipso Facto Films	29 July 2001	2 August 2001
King of the Road	Short film	Pilgrim Films	18 July 2001	23 July 2001

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