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Redundancy Pay

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the extent to which agency workers can claim statutory redundancy pay; and if she will make a statement. [118504]

Alan Johnson: Individuals, including agency workers, dismissed by their employers for reason of redundancy, will be entitled to the statutory redundancy payment if they are employees working under contracts of employment and have worked continuously for the same employer for at least two years since the age of 18. Whether or not an individual is an employee is a mixed question of fact and law, which, in the event of a dispute, can be decided by a court on the basis of the facts of the case. We are, therefore, unable to make an exact assessment of the extent to which agency workers can claim statutory redundancy pay.

Regional Development Agencies

Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her reply of 21 May 2003, Official Report, column 767W, (1) if she will set out in respect of each region the amount allocated in respect of each of her indicators; [118214]

Alan Johnson: The following table shows the amount of money initially allocated to each of the Agencies for the current financial year in respect of each of the indicators. The allocation formula was approved by my

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right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in August 2002. The intention is that it will be reviewed at the time of the next Spending Review.

Indicator
Regional Development Agencies(5)I(6)II(7)III(8)IV(9)V(10)VI(11)VII(12)VIII(13)IX
Advantage West Midlands552356719987
East of England5512011142976
East Midlands541529353466
London560509122266
North West56365913412698
One North East52231345810754
South East5710012124138
South West of England5421122162756
Yorkshire Forward5527256749876

(5) Flat rate allocation for all RDAs, to cover common administrative overheads.

(6) Population size.

(7) Gross Domestic Product per head, where the richest region gets zero.

(8) Research and Development expenditure per head with the weakest regions benefiting most.

(9) Population of Rural Priority Areas.

(10) Number of people living in the most deprived 10 per cent. of wards.

(11) The hundred poorest authorities in terms of unemployment rate.

(12) The amount of derelict land and pre-used land with planning permission.

(13) The proportion of the working age population classed as partly skilled or unskilled.


CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Sport (Child Obesity)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to her answer of 24 March, Official Report, column 53W, on child obesity, how many young people were targeted by Sport England's physical activity exercises in each of the last five years; what proportion of those young people who took part were identified as clinically obese; and what proportion of those young people identified as clinically obese saw their weight fall below clinically obese levels. [117841]

Mr. Caborn: This information is not available.

Freeview

Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will estimate the percentage of the UK population able to receive Freeview digital television. [118337]

Dr. Howells: I understand from the BBC that at Freeview's launch in October 2002, coverage stood at 72.3 per cent. of UK households. By the end of July 2003, Freeview coverage to correct domestic antennas in good condition is expected to stand at 73.1 per cent. of UK households. Further information can be obtained from Freeview's website at: www.freeview.co.uk.

Independent Cinemas

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the future of small independent cinemas. [118505]

Dr. Howells: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on 4 June 2003, Official Report, column 467W.

Lindisfarne Gospels

Joyce Quin: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the

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British Library about the number of facsimile copies of the Lindisfarne gospels that have been produced; whether copies of the gospels of the type given by the Library to Durham Cathedral and to Lindisfarne are available for purchase commercially; and if she will make a statement. [117315]

Dr. Howells: The production and distribution of facsimile copies of the Lindisfarne Gospels is a matter for the British Library and the publisher. It is not therefore an issue about which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had discussions. However, we understand that the publisher has made 980 copies available for sale. This will help to recoup the substantial investment in the development of the facsimile and, to the extent that copies are purchased by other libraries, will help to make them available more widely.

Lottery Funding

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much lottery funding was spent in the fair share target areas in each of the last 10 years. [118008]

Mr. Caborn: The following table, which is based upon information supplied to us by the distributing bodies for the National Lottery awards database, shows (in alphabetical order) how much lottery money has been awarded in the fair share target areas in each calendar year since 1995. The figures for 2003 go up to 1 June.


    Note:
Lottery awards were made from 1995 onwards. The Fair Share initiative began in April 2002.

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£

Local authority19951996199719981999
Isle of Anglesey1,019,251897,393892,171491,0851,374,265
Ards100,000269,279366,674941,652410,786
Ashfield230,200310,743399,091244,9821,598,645
Ballymena165,0755,351,404807,373231,6404,372,978
Barking and Dagenham110,7001,100,4304,082,5212,402,9991,483,523
Barnsley6,155,2111,042,7431,023,2441,413,8354,490,642
Basildon369,139574,517130,900174,742825,518
Belfast8,215,12811,078,47761,479,19117,254,12620,927,712
Blackpool142,3281,337,640634,2981,616,2522,323,526
Blaenau Gwent243,253898,913389,187644,588717,779
Blyth Valley1,121,758185,985276,36470,549990,718
Bolsover146,297216,92898,9731,603,2461,721,742
Bolton399,9813,039,7982,287,3803,654,1663,955,193
Bournemouth1,193,530705,4792,926,8151,768,6301,019,078
Brent359,5483,324,8712,098,9041,939,972122,870,051
Burnley157,1702,716,3281,376,210901,2711,849,724
Caerphilly743,4772,193,777663,327886,1442,631,248
Castlereagh420,953441,0501,007,249481,9332,723,360
City of Kingston upon Hull1,649,7562,225,10623,289,9802,751,9945,585,934
Coleraine338,51688,613291,914391,977854,501
Craigavon195,9051,847,581458,632989,6273,728,189
Darlington284,0001,360,033179,2721,904,1021,431,807
Derby1,377,5283,604,6092,593,2712,016,0515,623,164
Doncaster40,460,0852,987,9991,181,9652,904,8397,518,607
Dudley1,181,5264,303,9154,621,8503,365,4424,190,638
Dundee City2,827,1667,020,0255,696,7186,244,6361,866,273
Dungannon331,798658,2181,797,645516,1201,821,376
Ellesmere Port and Neston01,434,629810,600651,550674,183
Enfield172,8841,636,30912,521,210880,7846,529,037
Glasgow City46,042,74031,246,325108,167,01728,677,40119,399,236
Great Yarmouth532,905484,214972,806457,795683,393
Hyndburn229,496350,6161,401,229184,792202,532
Kirklees1,915,23710,847,9567,794,8002,397,6485,016,901
Knowsley2,171,2941,383,189197,265164,5832,360,325
Limavady124,500310,727811,948674,336311,054
Lisburn198,0721,541,5211,279,4921,815,2621,237,931
Londonderry2,046,9363,747,7315,852,2065,870,3812,482,380
Luton576,5424,217,919541,947510,5633,171,524
Moyle226,821297,389141,290717,248254,285
Neath Port Talbot266,3681,996,974992,799782,3751,964,458
Newry and Mourne1,398,1651,568,2441,056,3741,490,2862,397,328
Newtownabbey41,001918,965474,049812,168278,890
North East Lincolnshire649,4751,103,662415,254429,1422,117,857
North Lanarkshire1,204,2501,046,400829,6092,503,5194,614,528
North Somerset3,027,1291,173,798377,5243,356,4431,676,757
Oldham634,6821,525,9533,826,9951,519,6992,208,801
Omagh596,7791,048,252771,523608,7139,313,056
Pendle1,047,0661,227,688195,53198,8021,128,751
Peterborough754,1197,986,5601,659,0402,426,9392,657,190
Portsmouth44,713,6746,668,0601,520,9182,975,5523,007,875
Renfrewshire206,1062,331,658603,464935,4853,650,779
Rochdale1,557,0571,629,0831,116,4363,709,8592,474,751
Rotherham715,253821,55623,553,449788,8622,797,444
Salford1,162,59770,106,645923,626903,3902,749,605
Sandwell953,9325,902,9244,240,8046,725,3327,667,592
Sefton276,757792,7992,808,7413,907,7893,074,110
Solihull853,823382,483795,542133,7791,611,985
South Ayrshire757,6901,337,835387,098579,4751,192,659
South Lanarkshire2,155,6173,547,4879,197,5562,914,0155,928,908
St. Helens1,552,8801,119,3618,911,8821,024,1863,610,484
Stockton-on-Tees972,8306,789,2601,188,977706,2146,185,635
Strabane182,500898,902490,648962,433608,609
Swindon274,3042,079,6959,195,2402,123,5285,755,274
Tameside2,248,3561,592,000904,2141,330,1632,071,880
Telford and Wrekin1,279,0052,580,6643,052,833841,6847,063,890
Tendring512,5571,022,643941,427540,454764,496
Thanet400,070795,107432,7201,899,0803,806,303
Trafford345,8772,972,6611,181,2882,693,4872,537,394
Wakefield536,2645,564,8484,122,8374,515,6134,646,931
Walsall1,511,17816,710,2341,954,0815,406,7282,332,477
Waltham Forest432,6101,863,734782,1025,613,4542,789,588
Wansbeck194,155410,794160,282895,488630,324
Waveney771,421499,497412,4221,432,691556,379
West Lancashire409,7862,123,42859,340780,740264,942
Wigan386,3101,055,4147,640,8615,389,4444,345,964
Wirral1,275,9582,316,4831,695,8482,081,3147,617,952
Wrexham856,8554,879,329662,8692,619,8522,541,937
Total201,291,162285,671,459361,079,132179,267,120371,873,541

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£

Local authority200020012002To June 2003
Isle of Anglesey606,9431,061,2682,076,84099,460
Ards266,440633,333906,678573,961
Ashfield681,7702,280,0916,560,617879,578
Ballymena892,3069,030,106734,561169,270
Barking and Dagenham1,722,8443,547,6884,112,5091,348,100
Barnsley3,623,9412,795,1083,501,8473,775,111
Basildon368,4081,451,3381,067,878466,525
Belfast9,785,81615,475,37212,642,8032,626,883
Blackpool5,041,2503,051,422997,6241,603,886
Blaenau Gwent736,5342,520,4102,973,398205,421
Blyth Valley576,112863,528692,476247,375
Bolsover235,4063,746,556876,060912,659
Bolton14,751,9623,455,4016,663,9863,270,829
Bournemouth743,4321,210,6221,248,9021,194,060
Brent4,916,1013,440,9673,906,683995,425
Burnley658,1701,312,5821,847,925335,947
Caerphilly881,2483,586,9462,506,3971,716,825
Castlereagh1,051,401400,248783,125439,944
City of Kingston upon Hull2,438,5746,054,55512,495,8451,353,691
Coleraine649,421203,474354,0141,015,447
Craigavon802,070769,6661,213,0661,472,550
Darlington420,4592,350,4575,116,652943,999
Derby1,910,95510,381,1262,165,2612,229,053
Doncaster1,998,5963,477,5469,082,990814,927
Dudley3,027,5132,542,8703,364,3311,748,000
Dundee City1,837,7206,520,2273,312,9891,452,797
Dungannon1,092,5251,015,621537,701355,381
Ellesmere Port and Neston858,4891,591,528760,096875,787
Enfield1,381,31510,750,4222,132,7312,080,693
Glasgow City17,299,98020,415,00826,012,36610,782,044
Great Yarmouth556,5743,119,5752,749,8981,469,036
Hyndburn947,403925,977243,231422,691
Kirklees3,367,2705,492,1558,221,7773,307,023
Knowsley3,305,2725,334,0661,500,1583,104,484
Limavady255,4651,550,273489,278104,006
Lisburn1,216,895756,8131,299,170159,640
Londonderry2,916,6185,349,6663,951,296480,099
Luton1,527,4212,105,1763,262,9892,136,932
Moyle223,870119,088294,595238,784
Neath Port Talbot1,513,7691,979,7112,455,748412,577
Newry and Mourne1,883,7011,633,451874,089308,005
Newtownabbey385,192517,033798,041105,839
North East Lincolnshire1,292,4582,603,9052,201,061553,129
North Lanarkshire2,589,2472,889,9473,545,118600,334
North Somerset867,6661,736,0562,199,3771,675,609
Oldham3,552,1603,736,5243,752,0432,397,181
Omagh1,071,588762,2201,377,794880,223
Pendle776,735899,8431,669,096750,777
Peterborough2,097,6941,799,7763,292,755958,456
Portsmouth4,502,6163,222,5465,765,705755,639
Renfrewshire1,043,9011,509,6842,828,021287,961
Rochdale4,313,7353,001,4813,287,5762,593,384
Rotherham2,504,1165,525,9978,013,6562,556,955
Salford6,218,08310,748,9382,275,65513,452,066
Sandwell3,852,42921,872,3375,334,8564,337,235
Sefton5,800,8943,033,1872,218,6383,345,229
Solihull1,220,5431,697,6021,916,0262,097,737
South Ayrshire1,409,5311,313,5031,112,8231,071,370
South Lanarkshire2,303,3832,279,1525,823,062666,028
St. Helens1,414,9471,960,9623,249,4854,176,001
Stockton-on-Tees1,661,4802,218,5035,778,0012,808,915
Strabane1,347,4621,144,024507,434312,888
Swindon1,229,0332,467,5512,069,569577,002
Tameside2,333,0372,040,2176,762,0401,569,224
Telford and Wrekin3,799,9121,173,3481,342,409628,877
Tendring636,514899,7871,732,132296,608
Thanet1,414,3512,019,3881,826,958996,162
Trafford3,432,2131,853,8791,838,432880,464
Wakefield8,234,8624,335,39410,113,6023,427,842
Walsall2,169,3325,643,0894,507,4132,769,316
Waltham Forest2,491,4693,751,3702,500,6373,023,997
Wansbeck837,1001,739,6231,760,008870,357
Waveney352,9981,718,5831,089,222959,359
West Lancashire572,241680,4362,574,310641,944
Wigan1,422,4834,139,5553,360,1383,077,344
Wirral3,985,9922,664,26310,292,3604,286,150
Wrexham1,095,193972,6232,868,861402,770
Total183,204,549264,873,763267,574,894128,919,277

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