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Legal Proceedings (Official Comment)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanism his Department uses to regulate comments by (a) Ministers and (b) officials on cases subject to ongoing legal proceedings. [183215]

Paul Goggins [holding answer 12 July 2004]: All Ministers are bound by the Ministerial Code which sets out their overarching duty—and that of Departments—to comply with the law and to uphold the administration of justice. Ministers and officials are therefore well aware of the need to avoid any prejudice to legal proceedings.

Stephen Lawrence

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures have been taken to correct the errors made by the Metropolitan police identified in the Macpherson Report; and what measures have been taken to achieve change needed to prevent similar incidents from occurring. [157529]

Ms Blears: The report of the Inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence was published in February 1999 and made 70 recommendations, mainly relating to the police service.

At the time of publication the then Home Secretary gave a commitment to publish an action plan setting out how the recommendations of the report would be taken forward. This was published in March 1999 and annual updates have been published since, the latest being published in August 2004.

The Lawrence Steering Group (LSG) was established in 1999 to oversee progress on the implementation of the recommendations. The LSG is chaired by the Home Secretary and continues to meet on a regular basis.

The majority of the SLIR recommendations have been either partially or fully implemented and work remains ongoing to fully implement those that have not and to monitor the effect implementation has had.

Copies of the latest Annual Report on progress have been placed in the Library of the House. The report contains a summary of progress against the recommendations.
 
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Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when and how the transcripts of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry of 1999 will be made available to (a) Sir William Macpherson, Bishop John Sentanu and Dr Richard Stone, (b) the National Archive and (c) the general public; and if he will make a statement. [184151]

Ms Blears: The papers emanating from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry amount to more than 80,000 pages not all of which have so far been published as part of the official report. There is a comprehensive review exercise underway to prepare material for transfer to The National Archives (TNA). Where it is possible to make the transferred material open for public inspection that will be my preferred approach. However the Inquiry examined a wide range of contributions and evidence that may not all be suitable for immediate release. The review exercise is planned to be completed by the middle of next year. My intention will be to release as much of the Inquiry's papers as possible, at the soonest date, without creating any adverse impact on necessary further investigations. It is essential that all the material is thoroughly reviewed and subjected to a detailed sensitivity appraisal before being made available for public inspection.

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Departmental Staff

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many full-time equivalent jobs (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies had in (i) Yorkshire and the Humber and (ii) the City of York in (A) 1997 and (B) the latest year for which figures are available. [191840]

Mr. Caborn: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its executive agency (The Royal Parks Agency) are based in London therefore they have no full-time equivalent jobs in (i) Yorkshire and the Humber and (ii) the City of York.

Historic Buildings (Buckinghamshire)

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the sites of historic
 
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interest in Buckinghamshire which have received grant aid since April 2001, broken down by (a) date and (b) amount awarded. [191057]

 
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Mr. Caborn: Since April 2001, the following sites of historic interest Buckinghamshire have received grant aid:

Site	Date of offer	Grant amount (£)
Castlethorp Castle	13 June 2001	925
Stowe House—Phase I	9 July 2001	320,000
Whiteleaf Hill, Bucks—Restoration	30 November 2001	360,000
St. Mary's Church Hardwick	7 January 2002	125,200
All Saint's Church, Milton Keynes	7 January 2002	147,533
Stowe House Preservation Plan—Phase II	30 January 2002	5,528,000
All Saints Church, Buckland	11 June 2002	10,368
Save Common Wood Campaign	18 June 2003	549,000
Stowe House–Phase II	19 July 2002	195,000
Stowe Landscape Garden—Doric Arch	13 August 2002	32,000
Stowe Landscape Garden—Statue of King George I	13 August 2002	20,000
Hall Barn—Gothic Temple, Beaconsfield	2 September 2002	36,000
Butlers Manor	4 October 2002	2,453
Church of St. Mary Magalen, Willen	11 December 2002	40,881
Haddenham Methodist Church	12 December 2002	78,000
Church Loft Clock—Renovation	20 November 2002	12,110
Church of St. Peter and Paul, Ellesborough	8 January 2003	65,000
St. Mary's Church, Marsh Gibbon	8 January 2003	57,000
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Radnage	8 January 2003	30,000
Former Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Boveney	13 January 2003	152,909
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Stoke Mandeville	25 March 2003	101,000
Fusion, Milton Keynes	24 June 2003	50,000
Getting to Know Bernwood Forest	31 July 2003	45.529
Burnham, St. Peter's Church, (Reredos)	28 October 2003	19,550
Project Plan for Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes	9 December 2002	35,200
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Great Brickhill	19 December 2003	64,000
Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Aston Clinton	19 December 2003	39,000
Church of St. Lawrence, West Wycombe	19 December 2003	25,000
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Drayton Beauchamp	19 December 2003	65,000
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, North Marston	19 December 2003	253,000
St. Mary's Church, Marsh Gibbon	15 January 2004	48,000
St. Mary the Virgin, Radnage, High Wycombe	31 April 2004	23,000
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Aylesbury	2 April 2004	53,000
Fishponds at Medieval Hamlet of Littlecote (SAM)	19 May 2004	1,920
Shabbington Bells Restoration Project	24 May 2004	29,257
Church of St. Mary Magalen, Willen	13 July 2004	56,000
Marble Saloon Restoration	15 September 2004	484,500

Historic Environment Champions

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many historic environment champions have been appointed. [192665]

Mr. Caborn: We understand that, to date, 85 local authorities have appointed elected Members as Historic Environment Champions and a further six have appointed senior officers as Champions.

Listed Buildings

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the total value of grants which (a) English Heritage and (b) the Heritage Lottery Fund allocated to Buckinghamshire in (i) 2001–02, (ii) 2002–03 and (iii) 2003–04 for the conservation of listed buildings. [191041]

Mr. Caborn: The total value of grants English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund allocated to Buckinghamshire for the conservation of listed buildings is as follows.

		(£)
	English Heritage	Heritage Lottery fund
2001–02	593,658	5,951,300
2002–03	524,730	182,200
2003–04	223,000	279,000

Ministers' Private Offices

Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the running costs of Ministers' private offices in her Department have been in each year since 1997. [191381]

Mr. Caborn: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 10 July 2003, Official Report, columns 945–46W, to the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Mr. Flight).

The figures for Ministerial Private Office running costs since 1998 are provided in the table. The information for 1997 is not available.
 
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	Cost (£)
2003–04	1,989,822.19
2002–03	1,840,045.10
2001–02	1,667,182.44
2000–01	1,387,142.33
1999–2000	1,307,106.16
1998–99	1,561,546.86

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