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Antisocial Behaviour Orders
David Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders were made in the West Midlands by constituency in the last 12 months. [45131]
Mr. Denham: From 1 June 2000 official statistics on the number of anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued are based on quarterly returns from Magistrates' Courts Committees (MCCs) and are not presently designed to give figures below MCC level. The latest available data covers the period to the end of September 2001. In the 12 months ending September 2001, 37 ASBOs were issued within the West Midlands MCC area.
Project Sponsorship
Mr. Beith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of his Department's projects have received sponsorship since 1997, including (a) details of the sponsor, (b) the nature of the project, (c) the date of the project, (d) the total cost of the project and (e) the amount of money involved in the sponsorship deal. [48403]
Angela Eagle [holding answer 11 April 2002]: The information available on projects that have received sponsorship since 1997, including details of sponsor, nature and date of the project, total cost and the amount of money involved in the sponsorship deal is as follows:
| Sponsor | Sponsorship Value £ | Total Cost £ | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Gas | 30,000* | 2.25 million | April 2000 |
| Electricity Association | 30,000 | ||
| British Telecom | 3,000 | ||
| Water United Kingdom | 200,000 |
For further information, provided below are details for non-monetary sponsorships. The value of the sponsorship has been calculated as "added value" to the campaign. It is not cash received by the Home Office.
| Sponsor | Sponsorship Value £ | Total Cost £ | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| B & Q | 7,560 | 305,000 | November 1997/ |
| March 1998 | |||
| Tesco | 5,693 | ||
| Moorhouses Brewery | 6,600 |
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| Sponsor | Sponsorship Value £ | Total Cost £ | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duracell | 309,250 | 370,000 | January 1999 |
| El Electronics | 26,000 | ||
| Homebase | 16,000 | ||
| Woolworths | 6,000 | ||
| B & Q | 5,000 | ||
| Focus Do It All | 30,000 | ||
| Kidde Safety | 11,500 |
| Sponsor | Sponsorship Value £ | Total Cost | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Alert | 5,000 | 1.33 | |
| million | August/ | ||
| September 1999 | |||
| Morphy Richards | 10,775 | ||
| Comet | 386,600 | ||
| Curry's (Dixons Group) | 27,500 |
| Sponsor | Sponsorship Value £ | Total Cost £ | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safestyle UK plc | 12,500 | 345,000 | February 2000 |
| Sponsor | Sponsorship Value £ | Total Cost £ | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comet | 41,133 | 5 million | September 2000 |
| First Alert | 6,774 | ||
| BBC Worldwide | 44,600 | ||
| GMTV | 450,000 | ||
| El Electronics | 31,390 | ||
| Homebase | 9,000 | ||
| Woolworths | 124,230 | ||
| B&Q | 52,000 |
| Sponsor | Sponsorship Value £ | Total Cost £ | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAC Auto | 15.015 million | July 2000 To date | |
| Windscreens | 303,000 | ||
| RAC | 180,000 | ||
| Lycos | 29,000 | ||
| Kwik-Fit | 130,000 | ||
| Ford | 150,000 | ||
| Retainagroup | 189,500 | ||
| Tracker | 38,800 | ||
| NCP | 40,000 | ||
| AA Insurance | 180,500 |
| Sponsor | Sponsorship Value £ | Total Cost £ | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolt.com | 19,000 | 1.1 million | November 2001–March 2002 |
| Yahoo | 22,000 | ||
| MSN | 22,000 |
Premier Services
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the service agreement aspect of the contract with Premier Services can be placed in the public domain. [53216]
Angela Eagle: Yes. Those parts of the contract with Premier Services that are not commercially confidential or subject to the Official Secrets Acts 1911 and 1989 will
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be made available to the public. The service aspect of the contract will in due course be published on the Home Office website and copies placed in the Library.
Correspondence
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will to reply to the letter to him dated 30 January from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. Jawad Farooqi. [53953]
Mr. Blunkett: I wrote to my right hon. Friend on 26 April 2002.
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Tourism (National Insurance Contributions)
Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the cost to the tourism industry of the proposed increase in employers' national insurance contributions. [52757]
Dr. Howells [holding answer 29 April 2002]: It is estimated that the changes to employers' national insurance contributions announced in the Budget will increase pay costs on average by 0.7 per cent next year.
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Fraud
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the estimated level of losses to fraud and corruption was in (a) her Department's Vote 1 budget and (b) her Department's Vote 2 budget for (i) 1999–2000 and (ii) 2000–01. [54704]
Dr. Howells: In respect of the DCMS's Vote 1 budget, I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife on 14 January 2002. In respect of Vote 2, which relates to the BBC licence fee, for which the Department has responsibility to Parliament for balancing the grant voted to the BBC with the receipts received from the licence payers, there were no losses due to fraud or corruption in the years in question.
Digital Television
Mr. Levitt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of the population in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) each United Kingdom region and (c) the High Peak constituency is able to receive a digital terrestrial television signal; and if she will make a statement. [54619]
Dr. Howells: The percentage of population predicted to be able to receive a digital terrestrial signal in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is as follows:
| Homes covered (per cent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC Multiplex | Digital 3 & 4 Multiplex | Multiplex A | Multiplex B | Multiplex C | Multiplex D | Core | |
| UK (Current) | 81 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 74 | 68 |
| Scotland (Launch) | 84 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 80 | 78 |
| Wales (Launch) | 62 | 60 | 62 | 59 | 55 | 55 | 42 |
| Northern Ireland (Launch) | 72 | 72 | 64 | 66 | 72 | 58 | 57 |
Figures provided by the Independent Television Commission (comparable information for the English regions is not available).
I understand from the Independent Television Commission that Digital Terrestrial Television signals from the Winter Hill, Sheffield, Chesterfield, and Emley Moor transmitters are predicted to be available to some areas of the High Peak constituency. Coverage maps are available on the Digital Television Group website: www.dtg.org.uk.
Mr. Levitt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures the Government will take to ensure that the quality of the analogue signal is maintained during digital roll-out; and if she will make a statement. [54618]
Dr. Howells: The Government are committed to ensuring that terrestrial analogue signals will be maintained until everyone who can currently get the main public service broadcasting channels in analogue form can receive them on digital systems. The Independent Television Commission (ITC) require that any changes made by the broadcasters to the digital terrestrial television transmitter network conform with the ITC Code of Practice on Changes to Transmission and Reception Arrangements. This requires the continued reception of analogue services, to an acceptable technical quality, to those viewers affected by digital terrestrial services.
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