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Special Advisers

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on how many occasions between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisors have travelled abroad in an official capacity; what places were visited; and how much each visit cost. [126673]

Mr. Caborn: No departmental or non-departmental travel abroad was undertaken by any Special Advisors for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport between the periods of 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003.

All travel undertaken by Special Advisers is undertaken fully in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Management Code.

Sports Funding

Mr. Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value of Sport England's Exchequer grant aid was to each national governing body in (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02, (c) 2002–03 and (d) 2003–04. [125220]

Mr. Caborn: The figures are shown in the following table.
 
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£

Governing body grants	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Angling—National Federation of Anglers	45,625	80,500	40,000	43,000
Angling—National Federation of Sea Anglers	30,000	38,250	47,500	49,000
Angling—Salmon and Trout Association	25,000	32,000	40,000	43,000
Archery—Grand National Archery Society	0	0	0	15,000
Association Football—Football Association	132,000	108,000	0	144,000
Athletics—Amateur Athletics	193,000	293,000	293,000	315,000
Badminton—Badminton Association	280,000	280,000	280,000	280,000
Basketball—EBBA	457,500	473,334	491 ,833	450,000
Boxing—Amateur Boxing Association	49,333	98,001	46,107	91,666
Canoeing—British Canoe Union	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000
Cricket—England and Wales Cricket Board	262,250	284,500	207,125	179,000
Cycling—British Cycling Federation	270,000	270,000	202,500	270,000
Equestrian—British Equestrian Federation	40,000	40,000	42,500	50,000
Fencing—British Fencing Association	45,000	50,000	50,000	50,000
Fitness—Exercise Association	28,000	0	0	0
Golf—Golf Foundation	94,000	92,000	92,000	92,000
Gymnastics—British Amateur Gymnastics	200,000	200,999.8	200,000	200,000
Hockey—English Hockey Foundation	470,000	450,000	450,000	450,000
Ice Skating—National Ice Skating	25,000	16,750	13,750	15,000
Judo—British Judo Association	79,551	121,000	125,000	125,000
Karate—English Karate	31,250	16,250	0	35,000
Lacrosse—English Lacrosse Association	213,750	151,250	140,000	140,000
Mountaineering—British Mountaineering Council	72,778	65,000	65,000	65,000
Movement and Dance—English Amateur Dance	8,500	8,500	8,500	8,500
Movement and Dance—English Folk Dance and Song Society	17,000	17,000	17,000	17,000
Movement and Dance—Health and Beauty Exercise	15,000	15,500	15,500	15,000
Movement and Dance—Keep Fit Association	37,333	36,667	36,000	36,000
Movement and Dance—Margaret Morris Movement	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000
Movement and Dance—CCPR	27,913	42,000	41,870	14,000
Movement and Dance—Medau Society	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
Netball—All England Netball Association	447,500	460,000	443,375	430,000
Rowing—Amateur Rowing Association	200,000	250,000	262,500	262,500
Rugby League—British Amateur Rugby League Association	320,000	320,000	150,000	130,000
Rugby League Joint Policy Board	0	0	190,000	190,000
Rugby Football—Rugby Football Union	297,188	225,312	200,000	200,000
Rugby Football—RFU for Women	131,666	150,000	141,333	139,000
Sailing—Royal Yachting Association	100,000	130,000	130,000	130,000
Shooting—English Shooting Council	7,000	24,125	4,875	1,500
Skiing—English Skiing Council	50,000	30,000	50,000	40,000
Squash—Squash Rackets Association	252,500	242,500	307,119.8	240,000
Swimming—Amateur Swimming Association	330,000	340,000	340,000	340,000
Table Tennis—English Table Tennis Association	450,000	435,000	435,000	435,000
Triathlon—British Triathlon Association	30,000	40,000	75,000	60,000
Volleyball—English Volleyball Association	208,000	208,000	208,000	208,000
Water Skiing—British Water Ski Federation	35,000	35,000	38,000	35,000
Weightlifting—British Weightlifters Association	40,000	39,999	40,001	40,000
Wrestling—British Wrestling Association	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000
Petanque—British Petanque Association	3,750	0	5,000	5,000
Caving—National Caving Association	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000
Handball—British Handball Association	7,000	7,000	7,000	7,000
Orienteering—British Orienteering Association	82,500	90,000	90,000	90,000
Rounders—National Rounders Association	23,500	32,000	32,000	32,000
Surfing—Surf Life Saving Association	6,787	4,612	8,750	7,000
Real Tennis—Tennis and Rackets Association	12,000	12,000	8,000	8,000
Tug-Of-War	4,567	6,583	3,250	3,000
Softball—British Softball Association	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000
Yoga—British Wheel of Yoga	7,084	10,000	10,000	10,000
Baseball—Baseball Federation	16,000	16,001	15,000	16,000
British Roller Sports Federation	—	0	0	20,000
English Ice Hockey Association	—	0	0	20,000
Modern Pentathlon Association of Great Britain	—	0	0	5,000
	6,481,825	6,658,634	6,409,389	6,566,166

Tourism

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has allocated for the promotion of tourism in the UK in 2003–04. [126516]

 
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Mr. Caborn: This Department has allocated over £54 million this year in order to promote tourism in Britain to both the overseas and domestic markets, as follows
 
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	£ million
2003–04
VisitBritain grant-in-aid
Overseas promotion	35.5
Domestic promotion	10.4
Transition funds for reform	2.0
Total	47.9
Other
RDAs	3.6
London	1.9
EnglandNet (Invest to Save)	1.2
Tourism total	54.6

In addition, DCMS spends over £1 billion per year on, for example, the arts, royal parks and palaces, museums and galleries, much of which directly benefits tourism.

Tourism (Northumberland)

Mr. Denis Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people were employed in the tourism industry in Northumberland in each of the last five years. [126725]

Mr. Caborn: The information requested is not available. Employment statistics for the tourism industry are available only for the whole of Great Britain and for England. The most recent data are for June 2002. These are shown in the following table with the figures for the previous four years.
Employment in the tourism related industries⁽¹⁵⁾ in Great Britain and England

As at June	Number of jobs(16) in Great Britain	Number of jobs in England
1998	1,990,000	1,560,000
1999	2,070,000	1,780,000
2000	2,140,000	1,830,000
2001	2,160,000	1,820,000
2002	2,180,000	1,830,000

⁽¹⁵⁾ The tourism-related industries are short-stay accommodation, restaurants and cafes, bars and nightclubs, travel agencies and tour operators, libraries, museums and other cultural activities, sport and other recreation activities.
⁽¹⁶⁾ Includes both employees and the self-employed.
Source:
DCMS analysis of National Statistics Sources.

Written Ministerial Statements

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department since 29 October 2002. [126619]

Mr. Caborn: As of 16 July 2003, the Department for   Culture, Media and Sport had made 31 written ministerial statements since 29 October 2002.

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