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National Endowment for Science, Technology andthe Arts
Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the ideas sponsored by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts which have gone into commercial production. [162575]
Estelle Morris: Of 430 awards to date, 143 investments have been made through the Invention and Innovation Programme (which is the programme most relevant to commercial production). 40 projects have gone beyond the prototyping stage and have, therefore, a product or service that is available to buy. Of these 32 have actually sold a product.
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is an early stage investor, supporting projects long before they reach their production phase. As such, given that NESTA has only been in existence for five years, we would not expect most of their awardees to have reached the stage of commercial production.
The 32 projects that have achieved a sale are as follows. Projects details are available in the Annual Reports of NESTA that are laid before the House.
| Project Name | Individual |
|---|---|
| Amphibious Vehicle | David Royle |
| Transition Sailing Rig | Dr. Richard Dryden |
| DECOi Ltd. | Mark Goulthorpe |
| Aquadraulics Ltd. | Michael Brisland |
| Walltransform | Glenn Melvin |
| MusicWheels 'a musical revolution' | Duncan Betts |
| Benchrover | Ian Stuart |
| Bacteria Detection in Food Borne Disease | Osborn Jones |
| DEVL Duddon Electronics Vehicle Logger | Eddie Clunan |
| Protein Music | Dr. Helen Linda Long |
| Moviposter | Michael Medora |
| Surface Monitoring Fluorimeter | David Ward |
| RoBAT | Colin Barker |
| Fueler | Mark Howarth |
| Combustion | Paul Cockle |
| Great British Theatre on Video | Robert Marshall |
| Kre8 SYSTEM | Stewart Dunn |
| Jericho Products | James Philips |
| WarpFilms Project | Steve Beckett |
| Anamorphic micro | Justin Thomas |
| Eyeball Swimming Pool Security | Richard Mansfield |
| The High Tide Organ | Liam Curtin |
| Seawater Greenhouse | Charlie Paton |
| PsychologyOnline | Sue Wright |
| Imprint Pharmaceuticals Limited | Kevin Maynard |
| Monitored Dosage System | David Fenn |
| Medipure Limited | Jim Daly |
| STesT Leak Radar | Mark Harper |
| Changing Handles for Good | Glen Heavenor |
| Hypertag | Jonathan Morgan |
| Safety Riding Wear | Vicky Sharpe |
| NanoSight Ltd. | Bob Carr |
Opinion Sampling
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her estimate is of total expenditure by her Department on (a) focus groups and (b) opinion polls in each year from 1995–96 to 2003–04; and if she will make a statement. [162753]
Mr. Caborn: Total annual Departmental expenditure on focus groups and opinion polling during the period between 1996–97 and 2003–04 was £29,820 on focus groups during 2001–02 and £34,662 and £74,701 on opinion polling during 2001–02 and 2002–03.
Police Transfers
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether an officer in the Royal Parks Constabulary who is within two years of retirement at age 60 years will be eligible for transfer to the Metropolitan police. [160347]
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Mr. Caborn: Although the normal retirement age for Metropolitan police officers is 55, they may be granted annual extensions of service up to the age of 60 subject to the satisfaction of certain eligibility tests. An officer in the Royal Parks Constabulary who is 58 or over at the time the RPC is merged with the Metropolitan Police Service (which of course depends on the passage of the appropriate legislation, which has not yet been brought forward) will be considered for attestation as an MPS officer on this basis.
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Running Tracks
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what grants have been made for running tracks in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) Merseyside, (c) Lancashire and (d) Cheshire in each year since 1997; and what the amounts were in each case. [162154]
| Cheshire | Cumbria | Greater Manchester | Lancashire | Merseyside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Sum of Award (£) | — | — | 2,768,000 | — | — |
| Count of Award | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1998 Sum of Award (£) | — | — | 847,520 | 1,059,975 | — |
| Count of Award | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1999 Sum of Award (£) | 4,152 | 1,944 | — | 3,500 | — |
| Count of Award | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 2000 Sum of Award (£) | 7,600 | — | 1,394 | 17,753 | 29,818 |
| Count of Award | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2001 Sum of Award (£) | 15,662 | 7,097 | — | 20,989 | 4,890 |
| Count of Award | 4 | 2 | — | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 Sum of Award (£) | 10,580 | 6,835 | — | 86,446 | 174,730 |
| Count of Award | 3 | 3 | — | 22 | 10 |
| 2003 Sum of Award (£) | 407,464 | 13,307 | 223,285 | 139,250 | 55,208 |
| Count of Award | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 4 |
The table shows Sport England Community athletics awards including the Community Capital and Community Athletics Refurbishment Programme grants, as well as Awards for All grants.
Science Strategy
Dr. Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she has taken to enhance science in her Department since the publication of the Government's science strategy Investing in Innovation. [162241]
Estelle Morris: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responded to the science agenda outlined in "Investing in Innovation" in several ways since its publication in July 2002.
DCMS is the first department to take part in the cross-cutting review now being conducted by the Office for Science and Technology, which was advocated in the document. DCMS recognises that a number of its sponsored bodies, in particular the Natural History Museum and the Science Museums, have a key role to play in science education and can make major contributions to the Government's drive to improve further the quality of science teaching in schools and colleges, the scientific knowledge of young people entering the workforce, the image of science within society and the scientific understanding of the public generally.
In February 2003, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) which is sponsored by DCMS, received an additional 50 million bringing its endowment up to 250 million and an extra 45 million to use as revenue expenditure until 2006. NESTA now plans to spend over 20 million a year on UK creativity and innovation in science, technology and the arts.
DCMS is continuing to develop a Research Strategy which coordinates social science research with our Non Departmental Public Bodies.
Sport Expenditure
Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent per capita in grant-in-aid for sport in England in each of the last five years. [162162]
Mr. Caborn: The Department for Culture Media and Sport's grant-in-aid funding for Sport England in 1998–99 was £36.49 million, in 1999–2000 was £37.52 million, in 2000–01 was £38.32 million, in 2001–02 was £43.16 million and in 2002–03 was £80.32 million, as illustrated. These figures do not reflect the grant-in-aid funding which the Department provides to UK Sport.
| Grant-in-aid funding(£ million) | Population totals (million) | Funding per capita (£) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | 36.49 | 48.7 | 0.75 |
| 1999–2000 | 37.52 | 48.9 | 0.77 |
| 2000–01 | 38.32 | 49.1 | 0.78 |
| 2001–02 | 43.16 | 49.3 | 0.87 |
| 2002–03 | 80.32 | 49.5 | 1.62 |
Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library the latest available research showing what each European Union member country spends in direct government expenditure per capita on sport. [162163]
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Mr. Caborn: No direct comparison of government expenditure per capita on sport by European Union member states has been made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport or the Sports Councils the Department funds. Meaningful comparisons are difficult because of the differences between the ways sport is structured and financed from country to country.
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Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding has been provided to promote (a) hockey, (b) rugby, (c) soccer, (d) cricket and (e) other sports in Greater London in each of the last five years. [162342]
Mr. Caborn: The information requested is in the following table.
| Hockey | Rugby Union | Football | Cricket | Other Sports | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 Sum of Award | 189,067 | 949,625 | 936,950 | 27,554 | 23,147,854 |
| Count of Award | 4 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 136 |
| 2000 Sum of Award | 712,024 | 27,130 | 3,875,902 | 156,826 | 11,583,244 |
| Count of Award | 8 | 6 | 106 | 50 | 341 |
| 2001 Sum of Award | 1,771,412 | 570,793 | 594,067 | 601,326 | 33,474,131 |
| Count of Award | 7 | 16 | 87 | 45 | 296 |
| 2002 Sum of Award | 615,458 | 309,952 | 2,569,851 | 1,275,456 | 28,488,443 |
| Count of Award | 9 | 10 | 103 | 60 | 476 |
| 2003 Sum of Award | 22,518 | 625,640 | 533,837 | 3,189,745 | 2,288,964 |
| Count of Award | 5 | 9 | 122 | 54 | 320 |
The table shows Sport England Lottery awards benefiting a number of schemes and programmes in London including the Safer Sports Grounds initiative, Active Sports, English Institute of Sport, Active Communities Development Fund, Sport Action Zones, Football Youth Development, Community Capital and Community Athletics Refurbishment Programme grants, as well as Awards for All grants.
Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Lottery expenditure has been allocated to sporting projects in each of the past five years, broken down by Lottery distributor. [162166]
Estelle Morris: Money raised by the National Lottery specifically for Sport is distributed by five organisations, the Sports Councils in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and by UK Sport. The figures in the table, provided by the distributors for the DCMS Lottery Awards database show the figures requested.
| 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE | 256,787,756 | 281,896,436 | 322,534,774 | 200,525,814 | 49,348,483 |
| SI | 4,850,455 | 5,339,265 | 1,263,666 | 275,798 | 275,039 |
| SS | 16,814,905 | 23,316,761 | 26,155,900 | 22,321,475 | 13,840,748 |
| SU | 26,777,576 | 64,905,697 | 16,896,624 | 9,686,653 | 7,320,776 |
| SW | 4,060,990 | 13,171,753 | 7,367,111 | 26,937,069 | 7,324,815 |
| Total | 309,291,682 | 388,629,912 | 374,218,075 | 259,746,809 | 78,109,861 |
In addition to these totals, Lottery money is directed to sport projects through other channels. Awards for All is a scheme funded by all of the Lottery good causes, which makes small awards across the good cause sectors. In the financial year 2002/03, Sport England contributed 9.770m to this scheme and in the following year, £12.5m. Total Awards for All spend attributable sporting projects was £13.608m in 2002–03 and 15.581 in 2003–04.
Lottery money has also been spent on sporting projects by the New Opportunities Fund, which has a remit to award money in relation to health, education and the environment. The New Opportunities for PE and Sport programme has made awards of £32,343,179 in 2002–03 and £142,734,236 in 2003–04. The Active England programme has made £17,699,899 of awards in 2003–04.
Elements of other NOF programmes have also funded sport projects. The awards in the table have been made under the Playing Field and Community Green Spaces programme.
| £000 | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 765,432 |
| 2002 | 11,810,847 |
| 2003 | 15,322,777 |
Sport related projects have also been awarded Lottery money by NOF under the Out of School Hours Learning Programme, as in the table below.
| £000 | |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 32,881,535 |
| 2000 | 56,987,670 |
| 2001 | 48,393,488 |
| 2002 | 13,815,153 |
| 2003 | 1,065,337 |
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