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Orthopaedics

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many overseas orthopaedic surgeons are working in independent sector treatment centres; and of these, how many are registered with the Royal College specialist register. [174473]

Mr. Hutton: The specialist register is maintained and published by the General Medical Council (GMC). All doctors working unsupervised in independent sector treatment centres (IS-TCs) are required to be included in that register.

There are four overseas surgeons currently delivering orthopaedic surgical procedures within the IS-TCs programme. All four are included on surgical specialist registers maintained by the GMC.
 
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Skin Cancer

Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what research he plans to commission into the incidence of pre-cancerous skin lesions in England; [174122]

(2) what research his Department has funded into the incidence of skin cancers in England in the last five years. [174123]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The Department has not funded any specific research into the incidence of skin cancers in England in the last five years, and has no plans to commission specific research into the incidence of pre-cancerous skin lesions in England. Increased incidence in melanoma is due to greater overexposure to sunlight. Since 1997 the Department's policy research programme has spent £1.89 million on research relating to skin cancer, including projects on risk factors, health education and primary prevention.
 
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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Arts Council

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent by the Arts Council in each of the last five financial years, broken down by local authority. [176984]

Estelle Morris: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost

Arts Warehouse Fire

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the items of contemporary art (a) destroyed and (b) damaged by the fire at the arts storage warehouse in East London on 25 May; and if she will make a statement. [176713]

Estelle Morris: The contents of the warehouse are a matter for Momart Ltd. and its clients. No works of art from the Government Art Collection were stored in the warehouse at the time of the fire, nor were any works from the collections held by the national museums and galleries, or any works indemnified under the Government Indemnity Scheme.

Arts Council England is seeking to confirm the whereabouts of two works from the Saatchi Gift, a large body of work recently donated to the Arts Council Collection. It is also feared that the Crafts Council, which has received direct funding from the Arts Council since 1999, lost a number of pieces from its collection, and a full list will be published in due course.

Bullying

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the projects which have received Lottery funding to enable children to combat bullying. [176266]

Estelle Morris: Lottery distributors have awarded the following amounts on projects that have the explicit aim of combating bullying:

the Community Fund has allocated £5 million;

Arts Council England has allocated £10,211;

Awards for All has allocated £69,096;

New Opportunities Fund has allocated £1.7 million; and

the Heritage Lottery Fund allocated £2,700.

Please note that these figures refer only to projects that specifically aim to reduce bullying.

The list of projects is long and I am arranging for the detailed list to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Community Radio

Mr. Dhanda: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the impact of community radio on small commercial radio stations. [176210]

 
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Estelle Morris: This issue was considered in Anthony Everitt's independent evaluation of community radio, particularly in section 5.7 of "New Voices", copies of which are available from Ofcom. The report concluded that community radio stations should usually be able to receive up to half their income from advertising sales and sponsorship but that small commercial stations should be given some protection in certain circumstances. In addition, this Department is considering the representations made on this issue as part of the consultation on the draft Community Radio Order. We are also proposing to ask Ofcom to review the impact of the community radio sector two years after the first community radio licence is awarded.

We expect to lay the Community Radio Order in June.

Correspondence

Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will obtain a reply to the letters dated 18 March and 22 April from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton to the Community Fund with regard to Highfield Country Park. [177431]

Estelle Morris: I understand that the Community Fund replied to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton's letter of 18 March 2004 on 2 June. Unfortunately the Community Fund has not been able to trace his second letter of 22 April.

Creative Partnerships Programme

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of the Creative Partnerships programme was in its first full year. [176459]

Estelle Morris: In 2002–03, £15 million was allocated to Creative Partnerships, of which £6.2 million had been spent by 31 March 2003, after two school terms of the programme. The amount spent during the third term will be included in Arts Council England's accounts for 2003–04. Figures for this year are not yet available.

Departmental Administration Budget

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of administration costs in her Department for (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06, broken down by (i) salary and (ii) other costs. [176456]

Mr. Caborn: The information requested on administration costs is contained in the table:
£ million

	2004–05	2005–06
Pay	19.5	19.5
Non-pay	28.5	31.5

Departmental Budget

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of her Department's annual budget is administered through non-departmental public bodies. [176421]

 
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Mr. Caborn: The information requested is shown in the table:

	Percentage
2002–03
Actual outturn	82.40
2003–04
Expected outturn	82.40
2004–05
Budget	83.43
2005–06
Budget	84.03

Departmental Priorities

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what strategic issues have been given priority by her Department's Strategy, Policy and Delivery Division. [176458]

Mr. Caborn: The work of the Division reflects the strategic priorities of my Department as a whole. These are children and young people, community, the economy and modernising delivery.

Licensing Act

Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether new licence fee revenues under the Licensing Act 2003 are intended to cover the cost of local authority implementation and enforcement. [177386]

Mr. Caborn: Fees under the Licensing Act 2003 will be set centrally at a level that allows the full recovery of the costs of administration, inspection and enforcement associated with the new system. We have agreed to an independent review of the fees and costs once the new system is in operation, and these will be kept under regular review.

Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when her Department will advise local authorities of the commencement of the transitional period for implementing the Licensing Act 2003. [177387]

Mr. Caborn: The timetable for full implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 is dependent on Parliamentary approval of the draft Guidance to licensing authorities, which was laid before Parliament on 23 March 2004. Following parliamentary approval the Secretary of State can issue the Guidance to licensing authorities and name the first appointed day which will mark the start of the nine-month transitional period. The first appointed day will be at least six months after the Guidance is issued by the Secretary of State.

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