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Cullen Report
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions by what date he estimates the recommendations of Lord Cullen's report will be fully implemented. [47517]
Mr. Jamieson: Lord Cullen recommended that all his recommendations be fully implemented within three years of the publication of his final report, ie by September 2004.
The Health and Safety Commission will publish regular reviews of progress, including implementation dates.
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Staff Numbers
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff have been employed by her Department in each of the last 10 years. [42453]
Dr. Howells: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office on 19 March (Official Report, column 295W).
Human Rights Act
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many cases have been brought
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against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost to public funds to date in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments. [45093]
Dr. Howells: Human rights are now integrated in the general law and are rarely the sole basis for a challenge. The department is involved in comparatively little litigation. However, it has been involved to date in three cases where proceedings have been brought which raise issues under the Human Rights Act 1998. It is often difficult to attribute costs specifically to the human rights aspects of cases, so it is not possible to give an aggregate figure for legal costs defending human rights points. The department has not to date made any compensation payment associated with a Human Rights Act case.
Independent Television Commission
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what costs the ITC has incurred in advising her Department on the creation of OFCOM. [46594]
Dr. Howells: This is a matter for the ITC.
Ofcom
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations her Department has received from the ITC on the issue of preparation for OFCOM; and what form they have taken. [46591]
Dr. Howells: The ITC has welcomed the proposals to establish OFCOM and has been closely involved, along with the other regulators who will go to make up OFCOM, in the early preparations for creating the new body.
Underspend
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) capital and (b) revenue underspend in her Department is expected to be in the financial year 2001–02. [47804]
Dr. Howells [holding answer Wednesday 10 April 2002]: Estimated outturn figures for 2001–02 will be published in the Budget Report on 17 April.
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Ministerial Travel
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many times Ministers in her Department have travelled abroad at taxpayers' expense since March 2001; what countries they visited; and what the total cost of each visit was. [47108]
Mr. Caborn [holding answer Wednesday 10 April 2002]: Since 1999 this Government have published an annual list of all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more during each financial year. The Government have also published on an annual basis the cost of all Ministers' visits overseas. Copies of the lists are available in the Libraries of the House. The 1999 list contained information on all such visits undertaken from 2 May 1997 to 31 March 1999. Details for travel undertaken in the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 will be published as soon as possible after the end of the current financial year.
Appointments
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list all the boards, committees and trustees that (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department are wholly or partly responsible for appointing members to, listing for each one (i) the total membership of each board, committee or trustees, (ii) the procedure for making each appointment, (iii) the remuneration made and (iv) the term of office. [48376]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer Wednesday 10 April 2002]: The bodies for which I am wholly or partly responsible for the appointment of members are set out in the following table. This includes appointments made by other Ministers in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on my behalf and appointments made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, or through him, by Her Majesty The Queen, on which I advise. The table also includes bodies where appointments are the responsibility of others, but where I have an approving role. There are also bodies where I am responsible for making some appointments but where I have no role in others. Appointments which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments follow procedures which meet the requirements of her Code of Practice. For other appointments, the spirit of the Commissioner's Code is encouraged. Appointments to DCMS sponsored bodies are usually for terms of between three and five years.
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Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list all the individuals that (a) she and her predecessors and (b) Ministers in her Department and their predecessors have appointed to boards, committees and trustees since 2 May 1997. [48378]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer Wednesday 10 April 2002]: The information you requested is being placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The list shows people who have been appointed or reappointed since 2 May 1997 by myself or by predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Chris Smith). This includes appointments which have been made by Ministers in my Department on my behalf. It
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does not include appointments made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister or, through him, by Her Majesty The Queen, on which I advise.
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