House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 18 Nov 2004 (pt 31)

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Green Ministers

Mr. Horam: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many departmental Green Ministers there have been since 1997. [198312]

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Estelle Morris: There have been five DCMS Green Ministers.

Horseracing

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) whether she has received any representations to extend the life of the Horserace Betting Levy Board; [199050]

(2) what discussions she has had with the British Horseracing Board about the recent European Court of Justice decision concerning modernisation of British horseracing; and what the conclusions were; [199051]

(3) what assessment she has made of the impact the recent European Court of Justice ruling will have on the implementation of the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004; [199052]

(4) what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent European Court of Justice ruling on the modernisation of British horseracing. [199053]

Mr. Caborn: Following the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice in relaxation to database rights the British Horseracing Board asked the Government to extend the Horserace Betting Levy. The Government is not currently persuaded that the ruling provides sufficient reason to suspend the planned timetable for the implementation of the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act; but I met the Chairman of the Board on 15 November to discuss the implications of the ruling. We agreed to meet again to discuss this issue further in the light of the full assessment, which the Board will now be undertaking.

Legislation

Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what pieces of legislation passed in the last 30 years that the Department is responsible for remain to be brought into force, broken down by year of enactment. [195627]

Mr. Caborn: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Lottery Funding

Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the annual Sports Lottery has distributed in grants since 1994. [198334]

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Mr. Caborn: Information on Lottery distribution, in terms of the amounts authorised for payment out of the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF) to the distributing bodies for payments to grant recipients, can be obtained from the National Lottery Distribution Fund Annual Accounts for the years 1994–95 to 2002–03 inclusive. In each year's Accounts, a table headed "Reconciliation of amounts available to distributing bodies" gives the amounts "Authorised for payment to distributing bodies". This equals the amount drawn down from the NLDF by the distributors. The aggregate amounts drawn down by the sports distributors in each financial year from 1994–95 are given in the following table. Copies of the full NLDF accounts are available in the House of Commons Library.
Total drawn down from the NLDF by sports Lotterydistributing bodies

£

1994–95 1,830,056

1995–96 40,079,523

1996–97 104,059,408

1997–98 188,291,343

1998–99 397,379,272

1999–2000 316,688,360

2000–01 292,540,885

2001–02 359,233,902

2002–03 377,493,781

	£
1994–95	1,830,056
1995–96	40,079,523
1996–97	104,059,408
1997–98	188,291,343
1998–99	397,379,272
1999–2000	316,688,360
2000–01	292,540,885
2001–02	359,233,902
2002–03	377,493,781

The NLDF Annual Accounts for 2003–04 are currently being audited prior to publication.

Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 8 November, Official Report, column 513W, on the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), if she will issue general guidelines to the HLF to permit the trustees to support projects relating to the heritage of the UK but located overseas. [198337]

Mr. Caborn: The National Heritage Acts 1980 and 1997 do not exclude applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund from applicants incorporated abroad, or which relate to projects based abroad, nor do existing policy directions from the Secretary of State do so. However Trustees of the Fund have decided that, because of difficulties of public access and involvement in projects based abroad, these projects will continue to be a low priority.

Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Heritage Lottery funding has been awarded on average to each unitary authority in England in each year since 1997. [198665]

Mr. Caborn: The information is in the following table:
Heritage Lottery Fund awards awarded to unitary authorities in England in each year since 1997

Sum of net decision value (£)
Calendar year

Local authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Bath and North East Somerset 1,286,700 483,900 1,476,000 157,400 0 2,931,412 284,600

Blackburn with Darwen 0 25,900 622,500 29,035 2,679,400 18,090 1,625,785

Blackpool 13,700 0 0 0 407,000 208,400 4,896,700

Bournemouth 2,060,125 15,000 178,000 0 943,100 0 211,000

Bracknell Forest 101,000 0 0 0 1,077,000 0 50,000

Brighton and Hove 8,390,575 1,257,344 0 1,273,700 44,550 277,400 798,400

Bristol, City of 328,300 4,822,600 2,784,000 10,029,850 5,399,500 3,153,309 928,200

County of Herefordshire 684,770 600,200 723,500 83,600 1,758,800 810,500 1,442,999

Darlington 15,300 20,100 99,000 2,835,000 0 113,283 45,700

Derby 9,250 3,457,000 34,300 779,950 1,946,000 153,061 1,024,800

East Riding of Yorkshire 645,391 565,600 192,379 3,487,000 164,550 1,594,732 351,600

Halton 0 105,000 19,800 49,000 45,200 0 2,626,800

Hartlepool 5,532,750 75,000 71,400 1,002,000 80,000 32,900 34,600

Isle of Wight 0 139,500 4,729 591,000 3,186,500 1,027,670 1,076,856

Kingston upon Hull, City of 3,500,000 625,400 0 0 5,251,769 1,288,050 115,100

Leicester 159,900 96,800 1,413,100 150,679 422,900 131,682 1,912,450

Luton 0 0 457,500 0 1,022,000 60,200 69,100

Medway 1,574,300 3,165,481 2,650,200 2,474,527 1,135,313 4,309,607 267,155

Middlesbrough 132,730 0 4,093,000 770,000 463,300 878,450 113,300

Milton Keynes 0 0 346,600 0 49,900 40,881 124,400

North East Lincolnshire 25,996 0 0 55,800 299,000 48,668 44,300

North Lincolnshire 43,600 0 54,900 928 361,300 49,280 436,300

North Somerset 133,800 1,715,825 4,627,171 132,860 1,108,655 426,350 106,500

Nottingham 554,900 913,933 970,200 222,160 68,000 1,016,438 5,346,900

Peterborough 500,910 54,000 659,000 290,000 0 1,356,200 69,100

Plymouth 4,642,150 0 540,848 407,000 0 2,487,300 228,000

Poole 0 436,700 16,000 89,600 75,600 16,547 0

Portsmouth 272,200 512,200 50,200 1,081,850 499,200 4,274,800 127,021

Reading 3,862,825 188,750 8,400 1,568,500 179,000 49,900 932,800

Redcar and Cleveland 40,500 24,624 1,152,600 870,900 0 24,000 50,000

Rutland 16,600 0 67,500 0 20,700 370,685 0

Slough 0 0 0 58,200 0 56,000 126,978

South Gloucestershire 140,000 0 772,000 181,100 3,458 64,610 0

Southampton 3,542,575 0 1,054,578 692,709 0 476,900 668,000

Southend-on-Sea 0 120,000 1,530,000 0 0 0 49,300

Stockton-on-Tees 0 0 14,100 0 2,633,900 5,000 236,200

Stoke-on-Trent 135,300 2,543,880 2,222,504 1,320,800 206,600 631,300 178,792

Swindon 8,047,900 496,400 3,148,350 0 0 500,000 5,074,300

Telford and Wrekin 52,600 134,427 5,993,500 16,800 250,000 90,000 99,935

Thurrock 88,800 0 0 0 65,700 110,500 142,006

Torbay 26,400 104,300 420,500 4,814,100 0 38,934 680,800

Warrington 99,900 86,000 0 0 0 716,250 41,100

West Berkshire 707,700 0 0 0 0 4,384,583 149,500

Windsor and Maidenhead 27,000 234,000 0 21,900 0 0 0

Wokingham 60,000 0 0 77,600 5,170,000 104,508 0

York 2,328,612 2,697,570 173,400 431,700 4,836,800 433,684 1,026,644

Grand Total 49,785,059 25,717,434 38,641,759 36,047,248 41,854,695 34,762,062 33,814,021

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Sum of net decision value (£)
	Calendar year
Local authority	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Bath and North East Somerset	1,286,700	483,900	1,476,000	157,400	0	2,931,412	284,600
Blackburn with Darwen	0	25,900	622,500	29,035	2,679,400	18,090	1,625,785
Blackpool	13,700	0	0	0	407,000	208,400	4,896,700
Bournemouth	2,060,125	15,000	178,000	0	943,100	0	211,000
Bracknell Forest	101,000	0	0	0	1,077,000	0	50,000
Brighton and Hove	8,390,575	1,257,344	0	1,273,700	44,550	277,400	798,400
Bristol, City of	328,300	4,822,600	2,784,000	10,029,850	5,399,500	3,153,309	928,200
County of Herefordshire	684,770	600,200	723,500	83,600	1,758,800	810,500	1,442,999
Darlington	15,300	20,100	99,000	2,835,000	0	113,283	45,700
Derby	9,250	3,457,000	34,300	779,950	1,946,000	153,061	1,024,800
East Riding of Yorkshire	645,391	565,600	192,379	3,487,000	164,550	1,594,732	351,600
Halton	0	105,000	19,800	49,000	45,200	0	2,626,800
Hartlepool	5,532,750	75,000	71,400	1,002,000	80,000	32,900	34,600
Isle of Wight	0	139,500	4,729	591,000	3,186,500	1,027,670	1,076,856
Kingston upon Hull, City of	3,500,000	625,400	0	0	5,251,769	1,288,050	115,100
Leicester	159,900	96,800	1,413,100	150,679	422,900	131,682	1,912,450
Luton	0	0	457,500	0	1,022,000	60,200	69,100
Medway	1,574,300	3,165,481	2,650,200	2,474,527	1,135,313	4,309,607	267,155
Middlesbrough	132,730	0	4,093,000	770,000	463,300	878,450	113,300
Milton Keynes	0	0	346,600	0	49,900	40,881	124,400
North East Lincolnshire	25,996	0	0	55,800	299,000	48,668	44,300
North Lincolnshire	43,600	0	54,900	928	361,300	49,280	436,300
North Somerset	133,800	1,715,825	4,627,171	132,860	1,108,655	426,350	106,500
Nottingham	554,900	913,933	970,200	222,160	68,000	1,016,438	5,346,900
Peterborough	500,910	54,000	659,000	290,000	0	1,356,200	69,100
Plymouth	4,642,150	0	540,848	407,000	0	2,487,300	228,000
Poole	0	436,700	16,000	89,600	75,600	16,547	0
Portsmouth	272,200	512,200	50,200	1,081,850	499,200	4,274,800	127,021
Reading	3,862,825	188,750	8,400	1,568,500	179,000	49,900	932,800
Redcar and Cleveland	40,500	24,624	1,152,600	870,900	0	24,000	50,000
Rutland	16,600	0	67,500	0	20,700	370,685	0
Slough	0	0	0	58,200	0	56,000	126,978
South Gloucestershire	140,000	0	772,000	181,100	3,458	64,610	0
Southampton	3,542,575	0	1,054,578	692,709	0	476,900	668,000
Southend-on-Sea	0	120,000	1,530,000	0	0	0	49,300
Stockton-on-Tees	0	0	14,100	0	2,633,900	5,000	236,200
Stoke-on-Trent	135,300	2,543,880	2,222,504	1,320,800	206,600	631,300	178,792
Swindon	8,047,900	496,400	3,148,350	0	0	500,000	5,074,300
Telford and Wrekin	52,600	134,427	5,993,500	16,800	250,000	90,000	99,935
Thurrock	88,800	0	0	0	65,700	110,500	142,006
Torbay	26,400	104,300	420,500	4,814,100	0	38,934	680,800
Warrington	99,900	86,000	0	0	0	716,250	41,100
West Berkshire	707,700	0	0	0	0	4,384,583	149,500
Windsor and Maidenhead	27,000	234,000	0	21,900	0	0	0
Wokingham	60,000	0	0	77,600	5,170,000	104,508	0
York	2,328,612	2,697,570	173,400	431,700	4,836,800	433,684	1,026,644
Grand Total	49,785,059	25,717,434	38,641,759	36,047,248	41,854,695	34,762,062	33,814,021

Ministerial Visits

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what ministerial visits are planned for each Minister in her Department in the next six months; and if she will make a statement. [195077]

Mr. Caborn: The following ministerial visits have been planned:

Planned visits

Secretary of State—2005

19 January East Midlands

26 January Yorks and Humber

8–9 February North West

20–26 February South Africa

1–2 March North East

8–9 March South West

Richard Caborn—2005

31 January North West

1 February East Midlands

9 February South East

15 February Essex

22 February Yorks and Humberside

17 March North West

Estelle Morris

2004

25 November North East

7 December North West

16 December West Midlands

2005

21 January West Midlands

26 January South West

4 February West Midlands

11 February West Midlands

15 March South East

Andrew McIntosh

2004

3 December North East

2005

21 January South East

2 March South East

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	Planned visits
Secretary of State—2005
19 January	East Midlands
26 January	Yorks and Humber
8–9 February	North West
20–26 February	South Africa
1–2 March	North East
8–9 March	South West

Richard Caborn—2005
31 January	North West
1 February	East Midlands
9 February	South East
15 February	Essex
22 February	Yorks and Humberside
17 March	North West

Estelle Morris
2004
25 November	North East
7 December	North West
16 December	West Midlands
2005
21 January	West Midlands
26 January	South West
4 February	West Midlands
11 February	West Midlands
15 March	South East
Andrew McIntosh
2004
3 December	North East
2005
21 January	South East
2 March	South East

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