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Galleries (Liverpool)
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she approved the change of the name of the National Galleries of Merseyside to the National Galleries of Liverpool. [192886]
Estelle Morris: National Museums Liverpool was adopted as the trading name of National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM) in April 2003. As this change was purely for trading purposes, with no change to the statute establishing NMGM, there was no cause for the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to approve the change of name.
Licensing Transfer
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the transfer of licensing powers from the judiciary to local councils. [192649]
Mr. Caborn: With the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003, responsibility for liquor licensing in England and Wales will transfer from the licensing justices to licensing authorities, which are almost all local authorities. The transitional period will begin on 7 February 2005 and we expect it to be completed in November 2005. At this time, licensing justices will cease to have responsibility for issuing liquor licences. But the magistrates courts will become the body responsible for considering appeals against the decisions of the licensing authority.
Lottery Grants (City of York)
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which organisations in the City of York have received lottery grants since 1997; and what the value was of each grant dispersed. [192433]
Estelle Morris: 726 organisations in York have received lottery money. A list giving their names and the value of each award received has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
This information is freely available from the Department's searchable lottery award database at www.lottery.culture.gsi.gov.uk, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors.
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Renaissance in the Regions
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Phase Two Hub funding will be allocated to the East of England within the Renaissance in the Regions programme; and what the timetable for improvements is in the South Cambridgeshire constituency. [192738]
Estelle Morris: The 2004 Spending Review White Paper sets out the intention of the Department to extend Renaissance in the Regions to all nine regional hubs. We face a number of difficult choices and competing priorities in allocating funding from the spending review but will do all we can to take the Renaissance initiative forward.
The amount allocated to the East of England Hub for 2005–06 is £720,000. As part of the Renaissance programme, a total sum is allocated to each region and it is for each hub to determine the apportionment of funding between the hub partners.
Sports Investment
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the Government has invested in sport in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York in each year since 1997. [192424]
Mr. Caborn: Sport England, the non-departmental public body which has responsibility for the distribution of public funds (Lottery and Exchequer) to promote community sport, has invested the following amounts in (a) Yorkshire and the Humberside and (b) the City of York in each year since 1997. The funds shown include community grants and, since 1999, Awards for All grants.
| £ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire and the Humberside (including City of York) | City of York | |
| 1997 | 13,129,801 | 65,228 |
| 1998 | 9,942,602 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11,735,364 | 292,390 |
| 2000 | 36,425,303 | 30,703 |
| 2001 | 30,373,527 | 5,813 |
| 2002 | 21,061,104 | 11,854 |
| 2003 | 15,718,980 | 29,478 |
| 2004 to date | 6,161,519 | 19,666 |
| Total | 144,548,200 | 455,132 |
Supporters Direct
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assistance Supporters Direct gave to the creation of York City FC Supporters Trust. [192437]
Mr. Caborn: York City FC Supporters Trust (YCST) was formed with the assistance of Supporters Direct in 2002. The Trust has received 880 in reimbursed expenses, £120 for registering as a Trust and £500 (+ VAT) for legal fees associated with this registration.
Supporters Direct provided intensive assistance at the time of the Trust's creation. This was an unprecedented level of support and subsequently they have visited York City FC Supporters Trust on five occasions since
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to provide advice on a range of issues. The Trust was awarded "Trust of the Season" Award in earlier this year.
Tourism (Yorkshire)
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps the Government has taken to enhance staff skills in the tourist industry; and how many tourism employees have been trained on courses receiving public funding in (a) York and (b) Yorkshire since 1997. [192427]
Mr. Caborn: The importance of improving skills in the tourism industry was highlighted in the strategy document "Tomorrow's Tourism Today", which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State launched in July.
People 1st was appointed by the Government as the main Sector Skills Council covering the tourism sector in May. Sector Skills Councils are responsible for developing and leading the strategy for improving work force skills, as well as addressing issues of recruitment and retention. As one of its first tasks, People 1st is mapping regional skills shortages and existing training provision.
The full information requested about the number of tourism employees that have been trained on courses receiving public funding could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Yorkshire Forward maintains attendance figures for Welcome Host courses, which equip staff with key hospitality skills, in York and across the county. These courses are partly funded by public sources.
(a) Welcome Host attendances in Yorkshire were:
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | (28)5,000 |
| 1998 | 2,899 |
| 1999 | (28)1,700 |
| 2000 | (28)2,500 |
| 2001 | (28)1,800 |
| 2002 | 1,473 |
| 2003 | 938 |
| 2004 | (29)600 |
(28) At least.
(29) Up to October.
(b) Figures for York are held for 2002 and 2003 only, and were 63 and 78 respectively. These figures are included in (a) .
Some additional tourism-related courses were provided in Yorkshire by local authorities, and by Further and Higher Education establishments.
PRIME MINISTER
Iraq
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Prime Minister if he will request that the US Administration (a) furnish him with full details of how they intend to protect mass grave sites in Iraq from possible contamination of forensic evidence and (b) institute an inquiry into their failure to protect the site at Hatra. [192660]
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The Prime Minister: We are in regular contact with the Iraqis, the US and others about the excavation of mass graves in Iraq. We remain committed to maintaining the highest standards for the excavation of mass graves and preserving the evidence taken from the graves, which may be used in future prosecutions.
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his reply of 13 October 2004, Official Report, column 277, to the right hon. and learned Member for Folkstone and Hythe (Mr. Howard), if he will list (a) the information that has turned out to be wrong and (b) the dates when such errors were brought to his attention. [192661]
The Prime Minister: I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member on 18 October 2004, Official Report, columns 453–54W.
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing), of 13 October 2004, Official Report, column 283, when he first received the report to which he refers; and if he will place a copy in the Library. [192662]
The Prime Minister: This report was broadcast on television, radio and news websites on 13 October. A copy of the report to which I referred has been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer to the right hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Mr. Howard) on 13 October 2004, Official Report, column 277, if he will commission an inquiry into why the intelligence information which he defined as wrong was (a) furnished to and (b) accepted by the Government. [192988]
The Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friend to my statement on the Butler Report on 14 July 2004, Official Report, columns 1431–36.
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