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Shipping

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government are taking to implement the recommendation of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch on the role of fatigue and minimum manning in ship groundings and collisions. [190636]

Mr. Jamieson: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has instigated a survey, to run from November 2004 to March 2005, into safe manning levels across Europe. The
 
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survey will examine the manning levels required by different European administrations according to vessel size and types. It will also study accident investigations where levels of manning or fatigue have contributed to the cause. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency will present the findings to the International Maritime Organization and also to the European Commission. The findings will inform efforts to improve manning levels on merchant ships through international legislation.

Guidance on the use of lookouts on the bridge will be detailed in a new Marine Guidance Note (MGN) on safe watch keeping which is soon to go out to consultation.

Speed Limits

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many local authorities have introduced 20mph zones on roads around schools where this is practicable. [191329]

Mr. Jamieson: The installation of 20mph zones is a matter for individual local highway authorities. As such this information is not held centrally.

DEFENCE

Armed Services Pay

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the pay scales of each armed service. [191735]

Mr. Caplin: With the exception of Chief of the Defence Staff and Medical and Dental Officers in the Volunteer Reserve Forces, all armed forces personnel are on tri-Service incremental pay scales. All Medical and Dental Officers in the reserve forces are due to move onto a new tri-Service incremental pay system from 1 April 2005. The pay of all members of the armed forces is revised annually on the basis of independent recommendations that the Government receive from the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) and the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB). Copies of the 2004 Reports of the SSRB and AFPRB can be found in the Libraries of both Houses.

Flight ZD576

Mr. Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether, in reviewing the decision of the Board of Inquiry in relation to the crash of Flight ZD576, the reviewing air marshals consulted any third party before coming to their conclusions. [191633]

Mr. Ingram [holding answer 15 October 2004]: Legal advice was provided for the benefit of the reviewing officers. In giving evidence to the House of Lords' Select Committee on 27 September 2001, Sir John Day referred to this advice [House of Lords Session 2000–2001, Select Committee on Chinook ZD576, HL Paper 25(i), page 120 para 282 A].

Medical Discharges

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have been medically discharged from each of the three Services since 2002; and if he will make a statement. [183345]

 
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Mr. Caplin: The numbers of medical discharges from the armed forces (both trained and untrained UK regular personnel) are given in the following tables (all figures have been rounded to the nearest 10):
Naval Service

	Financial Year
	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Trained	420	350	290
Untrained	130	60	60
Total	540	410	350

Army

	Financial Year
	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Trained	470	490	340
Untrained	620	560	610
Total	1,090	1,060	950

RAF

	Financial Year
	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Trained	140	110	260
Untrained	20	20	20
Total	170	130	280

Parliamentary Questions

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when he will answer the question, reference 146166, tabled by the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South on 29 December 2003, on accommodation for junior ranks of the Services; [160911]

(2) when he will answer the question from the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South, reference 160911, tabled on 9 March 2004; [173351]

(3) when he expects to reply to (a) question 146166, tabled on 29 December 2003 and (b) the pursuant questions (i) 160911, tabled on 10 March and (ii) 173351 tabled on 11 May; and what the reasons are for the delay in replying. [182346]

Mr. Caplin: I replied to the hon. Member on 22 July 2004, Official Report, column 524W. The delay in responding was due to difficulties in confirming figures.

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will answer the question of 5 May 2004, from the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South, on ship-borne surface-to-surface missiles, ref 171863. [187046]

Mr. Ingram: I replied to the hon. Member on 8 September 2004, Official Report, column 1302W.

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Boxing

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment was made, as part of the Government's recent efforts to promote boxing as a
 
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sport among young people, of the cumulative health effects of repeated blows to the head suffered by boxers; and what her Department's policy is on reducing injuries and deaths among boxers. [190752]

Mr. Caborn: Boxing's governing bodies, under the guidance of Sport England, are required continuously to research and implement new safety measures. In amateur boxing, such measures have included the reduction in the duration of rounds of boxing from 3 to 2 minutes, a reduction in the weight categories from 3 kgs to 2 kgs for Junior Competition (Under 15) and an increase in the size of competition gloves from 8oz to 10oz. Amateur Boxing is also the only sport which requires and provides a comprehensive and updated medical history card for every participant which is completed by a doctor every time a competitor participates.

The introduction of these safety factors throughout the UK has seen a marked reduction in the number of bouts stopped by a referee. Evidence of this can be gained from the recent Olympic Games in Athens where out of 276 bouts contested, only one was stopped and this involved Great Britain's Amir Khan.

The Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAofE) recommended the introduction of the "Kid Gloves" programme (a non-contact form of boxing). The programme offers a disciplined and controlled environment where young people can learn to box in a drug and alcohol free environment.

British Museum

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funds her Department made available to the British Museum in (a) 1996–97 and (b) 2003–04. [192347]

Estelle Morris: In 1996–97, grant in aid allocated by DCMS to the British Museum was £33,196,000. In 2003–04 the allocation was £37,669,000.

Funds are also available to DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries through specific project funding streams. In 2003–04 the British Museum was allocated three such awards: £400,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Foundation Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund; £115,000 of strategic commissioning funding to promote partnerships with regional museums; and £50,000 towards the Africa Project (the first part of a three year programme of funding for this project).

Consultants

Mr. Maples: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the contracts awarded by her Department to consultants in each of the last five years, stating in each case (a) the name of the consulting company, (b) the value of the contract and (c) the purpose for which the contract was awarded; and if she will make a statement. [191741]

Mr. Caborn: Details of consultancy contracts from 1999 onwards are as follows.
 
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Title	Contractor	Start date	Value of contract (£)
Industry Adviser to Design Partners	Christine Losecaat	2003	20,000
Fitness For Purpose Consultant	Health Food and Safety Solutions	2003	16,000
Capital of Culture—Final Sift	Kingshurst Consulting Group	2003	16,875
Capital of Culture—Destination Marketing Consultant	Tom Buncle	2003	6,000
Assessment of Costs and Benefits—London Olympic Bid 2012	PricewaterhouseCoopers	2003	38,000
Review of Heritage Protection Legislation	Gillian Ashmore	2003	50,000
Project to Professionalise DCMS's Process for Making Public Appointments	Odgers, Ray and Berndtson	2003	20,000
Legal Work—Sale of the Horserace Totalisator Board	Linklaters	2003	150,000
Consultancy Services—Tourist Data Project	Denis Allnutt	2003	15,750
Remembrance Day Services	Interserve FM	2003	37,448
Consultancy Services—IPR in the Digital Environment	Anthony Lilley	2003	5,000
Independent Review of BBC Online	Philip Graf	2003	80,000
Museum Partnership Programme	Research Centre for Museums and Galleries	2003	155,136
360 Degree Feedback	Ask Europe PLC	2003	130,070
Consultancy Services—Organisation of Reform and Modernisation Seminar	Shared Intelligence	2004	6,565
Role and Contribution of Culture to Regeneration in UK	London Metropolitan University	2004	19,000
Tourism Satellite Account	Welsh Economy Research Unit, Cardiff Business School	2004	63,850
Tourism Productivity Study	University of Nottingham	2004	45,547
Independent Review of BBC Online: Economic Adviser	Europe Economics	2004	18,000
Independent Review of BBC Online: Media Adviser	Spectrum Strategy Consultants	2004	205,000
Scoping Survey of Culture and Sport in the UK	BMRB	2004	43,267
S4C Review—Translation Services	prysg Translation Services	2004	5,000
Children—Museums Education Strategy	Morris Hargreaves Mclntyre	2004	12,000
BBC Charter Review: Independent Adviser	Terry Burns	2004	18,000
Total			1,176,508
Capital of Culture consultants	Kingshurst Consulting Group	2002	30,480
Independent Review of BBC News 24	Richard Lambert	2002	30,000
Adviser—European Capital of Culture	Robert Palmer	2002	30,000
E-Commerce Impact Study on Tourism	PricewaterhouseCoopers	2002	43,750
Industry Export Groups: Industry Adviser	Tim Gardom Associates	2002	8,700
Review of BBC News 24 Opinion Survey	Market and Opinion Research International (MORI)	2002	14,700
Come into Coaching	Sue Burgess Consultancy	2002	9,000
Touchstone Change Management Consultant	Stanton Marris	2002	85,000
Financial Advisor—Apethorpe Hall	Atkins Management Consultants	2002	17,290
Cultural Facilities Register	Experian Bus Strategies/BOP	2002	42,400
Total			311,320
Lottery Grants Pilot Study	DTZ Pieda	2001	15.345
COL—Digital Services	SRU Limited	2001	20,000
Protecting the future of DCMS/CITF sectors of the economy	Business Strategies Ltd.	2001	18,000
Staff Survey	ORC International	2001	12,000
BBC Fair trading	R Whish	2001	6,345
COL Digital services Phase II	SRU Limited	2001	17,500
QUEST Research Programme	MORI	2001	64,500
Listed Places of Worship (LPW)	Liberata	2001	1 ,300,000
Internal Audit resources	AHL Limited	2001	70,000
Commonwealth Games review	PricewaterhouseCoopers	2001	58,500
COL formation legal advisers	Withers	2001	7,500
Consultancy support to horse race levy scheme	Organisation Consulting Partnership	2001	40,000
Total			1.571,190
Consultancy support to a staff attitude survey	ORC International	2000	13,130
Transparency of BBC's financial reporting	Pannel Kerr Forster	2000	27,300
Total			40,430
Efficiency Review of Government Sponsored Museums and Galleries	Deloitte and Touche	1999	27,500
Consultancy: Advice on Risk Management Systems for DCMS	KPMG	1999	11,836
Attitude Survey Research in Support of the BBC Funding Review	Mori	1999	15,660
Consultancy to study the BBC's financial projections and expenditure plans.	PKF	1999	18,000
Royal Armouries Consultancy	PricewaterhouseCoopers	1999	21,500
Consultancy Service to Investigate E-Commerce Best Practice in the Cultural Sectors	Spectrum	1999	26,790
Quest—Business Risk Management Strategies—Consultancy	PWC	1999	24,220
Total			145,506

 
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