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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Advertising and Obesity
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of links between television advertising and obesity in children. [165031]
Estelle Morris: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made no separate assessment of links between TV advertising and obesity in children but the Department continues to participate in the consultations being undertaken by the Food Standards Agency on the possible impact of broadcast advertising on childhood obesity.
The Secretary of State has also asked Ofcom to examine the adequacy of its codes regulating the content of broadcast advertising of food to children and Ofcom has indicated that it will make its own assessment of the evidence.
The impact of food promotion must be considered in the context of the wide range of factors which may have an influence on the increase in childhood obesity, which the Government are addressing through a number of cross-departmental initiatives.
Community Fund
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of Community Fund grants have been distributed to wards in the 20 per cent.most deprived wards in the country according to the 2000 indices of deprivation. [164629]
Estelle Morris: The specific information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, the joint Community Fund/New Opportunities Fund Fair
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Share initiative aims to make Lottery funding more readily available to disadvantaged communities in 77 local areas, which so far have not received their fair share of Lottery funding. The 77 Fair Share areas were selected on the basis of deprivation and low levels of Lottery funding. In England, the levels of deprivation were determined by the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000.
Funding (Redbridge)
Linda Perham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent from central government funds per capita on cultural and sporting activities in the London Borough of Redbridge since 1997. [164880]
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Mr. Caborn: Central government funds have been spent on cultural and sporting activities in the London Borough of Redbridge since 1997 as follows:
The London Borough of Redbridge received funds directly from DCMS in 2000–01 through the DCMS/Wolfson Fund. The Borough was part of a consortium of ten local authorities that received a total of £160,000 for Reader Development projects. It is not possible to determine what proportion of this money was allocated to Redbridge.
The London Borough of Redbridge has received the following funds from the Department's directly-funded non-departmental public bodies since 1997.
| Financial year | Grant (£) | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 8,000 | To support year 2 (of 3) Partnership funding to implement an arts education development programme |
| 1998–99 | 8,000 | To support year 3 (of 3) Partnership funding to implement an arts education development programme |
| 2000–01 | 1,000 | Towards the cost of dance company residencies in schools as part of the Redbridge Dance Festival 2001 |
| 2003–04 | 10,000 | Towards the costs of outreach and education activities linked to Redbridge Dance Festival 2004, and research and planning to support |
| Total | 27,000 |
| Financial year | Grant (£) | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 70,000 | Since 1997, English Heritage has offered 10,000 p.a. towards the cost of employing a Conservation Officer at Redbridge Council |
| 1999–2000 | 6,848 | Chapel at Wanstead Hospital |
| 2000–01 | 25,000 | Repairs to the Portico at Valentines Mansion |
| 2003–04 | 3,000 | Repairs to "Temple", The Avenue, Wanstead |
| 71,000 | Contribution of £12,000 to costs of Stage 1 preparatory works towards major repairs to the Chapel of St. Mary and St Thomas, Ilford, with agreement to a further £59,000 towards repairs following successful completion of Stage 1. | |
| Total | 175,848 |
The total funding from both Arts Council England and English Heritage since 1997 is £202,848. Based on a resident population of 238,635 as measured in the 2001 Census, this equates to £0.85 per person.
Expenditure on cultural services in Redbridge is also supported by the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services (EPCS) block of the formula grant. The amount of money that a local authority spends on cultural services is a matter for each individual authority.
Licensees
Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding will be offered by her Department to help licensees meet the terms of the Licensing Act 2003; and if she will make a statement. [165077]
Mr. Caborn: We have made it repeatedly clear that the licensing regime to be established under the Licensing Act 2003 should permit the full recovery of the licensing authorities' costs of administration, inspection and enforcement under that regime. We do not consider that taxpayers should subsidise applicants for authorisations under the 2003 Act, save in two instances. During the passage of the Licensing Bill, we gave undertakings in both Houses that schools, sixth form colleges and village, parish or other community halls would be exempted from fees associated with the provision of regulated entertainment. The licensing authorities' costs in these cases will be met by central Government. When compared with the continued operation of the existing licence regimes, we estimate that industry will save £1.97 billion over the first 10 years of the operation of the new regime.
Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidance her Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to licensees regarding the Licensing Act 2003; and if she will make a statement. [165109]
Mr. Caborn: The Guidance laid in Parliament on 23 March under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 is guidance to licensing authorities on the discharge of their functions under the 2003 Act, but we hope that it will also be beneficial and helpful to future applicants for authorisations under that Act.
More generally extensive guidance about the Licensing Act 2003 can be found on the DCMS website (www.culture.gsi.gov.uk). In addition, we continue to work closely with local government representatives, representatives of performers, trade associations and other stakeholders on the dissemination of information that will assist potential licensees in understanding their duties and responsibilities under the new Act.
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National Lottery
Mr. Breed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much National Lottery funding has been allocated to sporting projects in Cornwall in the past five years, broken down by lottery distributor. [165720]
Estelle Morris: The information shown in the table is broken down by calendar year. It is derived from information supplied to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport by the Lottery distribution bodies, although the Lottery funding totalled in the table came exclusively from Sport England.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 67,966 |
| 2000–01 | 142,000 |
| 2001–02 | 192,096 |
| 2002–03 | 104,104 |
| 2003–04 | 12,018 |
The New Opportunities Fund, the Community Fund and the Awards for All programme also channel funding into projects that may involve an element of sport, however it is not possible to identify this precisely.
OFCOM Consultations
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the consultations launched by Ofcom since October 2003, broken down by (a) estimated cost, (b) length of consultations and (c) number of responses; and if she will make a statement. [165009]
Estelle Morris: The matter raised the responsibility of OFCOM as independent regulator. Accordingly, my officials have asked the Chief Executive of Ofcom to respond directly to the hon. Member. Copies of the Chief Executive's letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Physical Activity
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate her Department has made of progress towards achieving the physical activity target established in Game Plan; and if she will make a statement. [165005]
Mr. Caborn: The first national survey to measure physical activity levels in the population since the publication of Game Plan was the 2003 Health Survey for England, which is likely to report in December 2004.
In the absence of these data it is difficult to estimate progress against the target established in Game Plan, other than that which can be inferred from ongoing strategies to increase participation in sport and physical activity.
We will include initial proposals for monitoring and evaluation of measures to increase physical activity in a forthcoming ACT discussion document to be published shortly.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what research her Department has commissioned on physical activity,
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broken down by the (a) cost, (b) recipient of the contract and (c) number of copies of the research published; whether it was published online; and if she will make a statement. [165006]
Mr. Caborn: Sport England, a non departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, is working with other Government Departments and Agencies including the Department of Health and the Health Development Agency to undertake research in this area.
This will contribute to the work of the Activity Co-ordination Team (ACT) created in response to the joint Department for Culture, Media and Sport/Strategy Unit Report Game Plan. ACT has reviewed existing Government research and will include a draft research strategy in a forthcoming ACT discussion document to be published shortly.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received from (a) Sport England, (b) the regional sports boards, (c) the Department for Health, (d) the Treasury, (e) the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and (f) other Government bodies on the physical activity target set in the Game Plan; and if she will make a statement. [165007]
Mr. Caborn: The Activity Co-ordination Team is considering the feasibility of the Game Plan target and how a partnership between Government, the wider public sector, private and voluntary sectors can work together to meet it. Derek Wanless recommended that the Government's physical activity targets be reviewed. ACT will shortly be publishing a discussion document on delivering increased physical activity, including appropriate targets.
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