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Counterfeit Goods

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Trade

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and Industry regarding the sale of counterfeit and illegal music album sales; and if she will make a statement; [85305]

(2) how many illegally produced music singles and albums she estimates to have been sold in the UK in 2002; [85307]

(3) she has made of the total cost in 2001 of illegal sales of music singles and albums; and what measures she is taking to prevent this. [85306]

Dr. Howells: This Department and the Department for Trade and Industry work together closely on the fight against music piracy and the protection of copyright, and are in regular contact with the industry on these issues. Among other things, the Government supported the Private Member's Bill introduced by the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable), which was enacted on 20 November as the Copyright, etc. Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002; this increased the maximum sentence for copyright offences from two to 10 years' imprisonment and an unlimited fine. Furthermore, the role of this Department's new music industry adviser, Stephen Navin, includes the provision of advice on combatting piracy. The British Phonographic Industry estimates that the total value of commercially pirated singles and albums in 2001 totalled £27.6 million; information on the number of illegally produced records in 2002 is not yet available.

Grants

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the grants funded by her Department for which individual members of the public and organisations may apply; and if she will make a statement as to (a) the total of such funding in the last financial year, (b) the total number of awards and (c) their administrative costs. [82193]

Dr. Howells: The information you requested is as follows:

2001–02 grant	Total number of awards	Total value of grants paid (£000)
Designated Museums Challenge Fund (administered by Resource)	56	8,465
Wolfson Public Libraries Fund (administered by Resource)	16	2,580
Spaces for Sport and Art (administered by Sport England on behalf of DCMS and DfES)	306	579
Listed places of worship	707	1,659

This table covers grants paid directly by the Department or by its NDPBs from ring-fenced monies allocated by the Department for a specific scheme to which individuals or organisations may apply. Grants paid to third parties by NDPBs from general grant-in-aid or lottery funds have not been included in the table.

The administration of the specified grant programmes is carried out by a number of different units within the department and relevant NDPBs to which a range of staff make a contribution. It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of these costs centrally other than for the listed places of worship, where administration costs incurred in the last financial year were nil.

Heritage Grant Fund

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures her Department has taken to transfer responsibility of the Heritage Grant Fund; and if she will make a statement. [83755]

Dr. Howells: Responsibility for the Heritage Grant Fund was transferred to English Heritage on 1 April 2000.

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Museums

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been (a) made available through her Department's challenge fund and (b) spent in each year since 1998–99 by each museum; and if she will make a statement. [83734]

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Dr. Howells: The 62 museums with designated collections have each received awards from the designation challenge fund, administered by Resource: the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, to help meet the costs of caring for and interpreting their designated collections. The awards are set out in the following table.

Designation challenge fund awards 1999–2004£

	Amount awarded			Total awarded	Awards made
Ref/name of museum	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	1999–2002	2002–04
1 University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum	54,193.44	96,613.52	146,845.48	297,652.44	100,025.00
2 University of Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	32,732.69	88,879.78	83,701.06	205,313.53	11,400.00
3 University of Cambridge, Whipple Museum of the History of Science	48,000.23	164,815.96	113,562.38	326,378.57	99,912.00
4 Courtauld Gallery, London	50,000.14	75,000.00	75,000.00	200,000.14	100,000.00
5 University of Manchester, Manchester Museum	50,004.00	47,071.17	113,068.00	210,143.17	50,000.00
6 University of Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery	44,690.00	115,000.00	122,000.00	281,690.00	86,500.00
7 University of Oxford, Ashmolean Museum	60,000.00	100,291.93	102,329.26	262,621.19	154,800.00
8 University of Oxford, Museum of the History of Science	150,000.00	58,000.00	0.00	208,000.00	0.00
9 University of Oxford, Museum of Natural History	31,420.69	114,639.84	102,276.49	248,337.02	86,843.00
10 University of Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum	59,484.00	122,885.97	129,972.00	312,341.97	149,716.00
11 University of Reading, Rural History Centre	62,076.30	95,244.04	87,709.08	245,029.42	91,500.00
12 Horniman Museum, London	96,295.78	99,812.00	63,500.00	259,607.78	157,000.00
13 Museum of London	0.00	117,970.67	232,029.34	350,000.01	153,000.00
14 Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester	34,408.69	135,000.00	89,401.00	258,809.69	91,750.00
15 Birmingham City Museums and Art Gallery	66,482.56	170,000.00	187,974.00	424,456.56	239,178.00
16 Leeds Museums and Galleries	63,319.00	36,469.92	116,000.00	215,788.92	0.00
17 Manchester City Art Galleries	60,112.00	31,843.42	84,220.44	176,175.86	92,810.00
18 Stoke-on-Trent Museums Service	104,036.80	110,280.60	106,417.04	320,734.44	96,476.00
19 Tyne and Wear Museums(32)
20 York Museum Service	90,193.15	129,812.49	200,660.21	420,665.85	100,000.00
21 Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum	30,000.00	0.00	770,000.00	800,000.00	500,000.00
22 Bowes Museum	57,383.50	29,906.50	95,400.00	182,690.00	222,000.00
23 Wiltshire Heritage Museum	35,000.00	45,815.17	20,423.37	101,238.54	0.00
24 Dulwich Picture Gallery	52,000.00	80,000.00	59,687.79	191,687.79	52,723.00
25 Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust	71,520.00	90,106.00	99,654.21	261,280.21	80,000.00
26 Jewish Museum	62,960.00	73,989.76	76,171.00	213,120.76	97,533.00
27 London Transport Museum	52,500.00	95,000.00	95,500.00	243,000.00	50,000.00
28 Mary Rose Trust	77,658.00	120,000.00	137,770.20	335,428.20	100,000.00
29 National Motor Museum	31,298.66	63,166.59	123,208.81	217,674.06	71,395.00
30 National Tramway Museum	33,054.20	97,273.56	215,181.74	345,509.50	100,000.00
31 Wordsworth Trust	66,149.07	86,080.00	86,882.00	239,111.07	67,400.00
32 Museum of British Road Transport, Coventry	20,000.00	100,000.00	100,000.00	220,000.00	145,000.00
33 Tank Museum, Bovington Camp	50,000.00	88,221.20	79,117.26	217,338.46	135,000.00
34 Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums	6,060.00	44,218.00	56,117.82	106,395.82	40,000.00
35 Northampton Museums and Art Gallery	60,000.00	80,000.00	160,000.00	300,000.00	0.00
36 Norfolk Museums Service	86,776.36	112,994.14	182,617.60	382,388.10	249,813.00
37 Harewood House	78,197.63	99,225.00	177,097.00	354,519.63	196,000.00
38 Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham	77,751.00	48,657.54	30,000.00	156,408.54	68,475.00
39 University College London, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology	62,618.35	104,634.96	125,510.69	292,764.00	137,158.00
40 Colchester Museums	42,188.82	85,080.00	57,960.00	185,228.82	48,000.00
41 Exeter City Museums and Art Gallery	117,297.39	173,389.08	71,867.89	362,554.36	99,700.00
42 Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum	26,034.56	114,460.00	64,000.00	204,494.56	27,760.00
43 Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham	22,849.09	68,554.23	75,320.19	166,723.51	0.00
44 National Museum of Labour History, Manchester	64,216.67	96,949.38	83,580.00	244,746.05	86,760.00
45 University of Cambridge, Sedgwick Museum of Geology	50,731.55	148,479.21	178,029.79	377,240.55	178,000.00
46 University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge	36,355.00	33,025.00	219,361.00	288,741.00	100,230.00
47 Southampton City Council Cultural Services	43,928.00	39,528.44	62,031.20	145,487.64	50,000.00
48 Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester	74,949.66	64,000.00	75,800.00	214,749.66	10,000.00
49 Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery	46,331.52	59,925.25	69,278.40	175,535.17	50,000.00
50 Royal Pavilion, Libraries and Museums	28,250.00	0.00	0.00	28,250.00	135,000.00
51 Bristol Museums and Art Galleries	59,492.42	73,639.45	112,693.05	245,824.92	96,644.00
52 National Waterways Museum	52,533.36	116,608.00	93,184.50	262,325.86	50,000.00
53 The Wedgwood Museum Trust	0.00	42,880.88	61,250.00	104,130.88	5,000.00
55 Roman Baths Museum and Museum of Costume, Bath	0.00	43,625.18	109,874.82	153,500.00	50,000.00
56 Museum of Artillery in the Rotunda	0.00	101,250.00	91,589.20	192,839.20	0.00
57 Sir John Soane's Museum	0.00	95,000.00	82,360.00	177,360.00	81,007.00
58 Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art	0.00	83,393.21	32,882.31	116,275.52	0.00
59 Kingston upon Hull City Museums and Art Galleries	0.00	67,871.48	58,855.12	126,726.60	0.00
60 Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust	0.00	120,536.78	70,444.61	190,981.39	0.00
61 Lancashire County Museums Service, Textile Industry Collection	0.00	32,693.85	122,210.28	154,904.13	80,000.00
62 Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England	0.00	50,955.27	31,613.58	82,568.85	94,400.00
Joint Manchester Project	25,000.00	—	—	25,000.00	30,000.00
Totals	2,858,534.28	5,080,764.42	6,671,191.21	14,610,489.91	5,445,908.00

⁽³²⁾Joint project with Beamish—see number 21

Note:

Awards for 1999–2002 have now been spent. New awards made in July 2002 for the period 2002–04 total sum not yet claimed by grant recipients.

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Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures her Department has taken to maintain the quality of exhibitions in major museums funded by her Department since the removal of entry charges; and if she will make a statement. [83739]

Dr. Howells: The day-to-day operation of Government-funded museums and galleries, including the staging of exhibitions, is a matter for the Boards of Trustees and management of such bodies. In October 2002, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, announced the provision of increased grant-in-aid to the national museums and galleries to enable them to continue the Government's highly successful policy of free admission.

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