House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 10 Feb 2005 (pt 27)

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PE Teaching

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Department of Education and Skills regarding the quality of physical education teaching in schools. [214834]

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Mr. Caborn: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education and Skills share an ambitious PSA target connected to the national PE, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) strategy. The two Departments are working closely on this joint project, on an on-going basis.

As part of the project, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has been working with schools to help improve the quality of PE and school sport. This includes taking into account of how young people learn best, and how to improve their progress and attainment. A guide entitled Do You Have High Quality PE and Sport in Your School?" has recently been produced by the QCA. This is designed to help schools to self-evaluate the quality of their PE and sport, and help them improve the quality of their provision and make it more effective.

Another strand of the PESSCL project covers professional development and £18 million has been committed over 2003–06 to deliver this programme. Schools can draw, free of charge, from a menu of resources to help teachers provide high quality PE and school sport. Schools in 116 LEAs are already accessing the programme.

Postage

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent on postage by the Department in each year since 1997. [215025]

Mr. Caborn: The annual cost of postage is as follows:

£

1997–98 69,527

1998–99 70,018

1999–2000 66,685

2000–01 67,898

2001–02 74,168

2002–03 42,637

2003–04 62,786

	£
1997–98	69,527
1998–99	70,018
1999–2000	66,685
2000–01	67,898
2001–02	74,168
2002–03	42,637
2003–04	62,786

Publicity

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total expenditure by her Department on (a) advertising and (b) advertising and publicity was in (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98 and (iii) 2003–04; and what the estimate of cost of each will be in (A) 2004–05, (B) 2005–06, (C) 2006–07 and (D) 2007–08. [211676]

Mr. Caborn: The information is as follows:

(a) The Department incurred zero expenditure on advertising in 1996–97, 1997–98 and 2003–04. No expenditure on advertising will be incurred in 2004–05 and no expenditure is expected to be incurred in 2005–06, 2006–07 or 2007–08.

(b) The Department incurred the following expenditure on publicity (including publications, marketing literature and events):

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£

1996–97 75,562

1997–98 252,766

2003–04 533,549

	£
1996–97	75,562
1997–98	252,766
2003–04	533,549

The estimated expenditure on publicity in this, and the next three, financial years is as follows:

£

2004–05 674,000

2005–06 ⁽¹⁸⁾—;

2006–07 ⁽¹⁸⁾—;

2007–08 ⁽¹⁸⁾—;

⁽¹⁸⁾ Not yet decided

	£
2004–05	674,000
2005–06	⁽¹⁸⁾—;
2006–07	⁽¹⁸⁾—;
2007–08	⁽¹⁸⁾—;

Sports Funding

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money from the New Opportunities Fund has been spent on (a) school and (b) community sport since 2000. [214836]

Mr. Caborn: The New Opportunities Fund (now operating with the Community Fund as the Big Lottery Fund) has made available £738 million for school and community sport in England since 2000.

£581 million has been made available for New Opportunities for PE and Sport (NOPES) providing community facilities in schools. Of this, £25 million has been devolved to the Space for Sport and the Arts programme and £30 million set aside for football projects, distributed via the Football Foundation.

In 2002, £19.8 million was made available to the Out of School Hours School Sport Co-ordinators programme to resource activities that promote effective links between sport and learning. An additional £28.4 million was made available in 2004.

The Big Lottery Fund contributed £77.5 million to the Active England programme through which new and modernised sports facilities and physical activity interventions are being developed.

Playing Fields and Community Green Spaces, the largest of the Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities schemes, was granted £31.5 million of funding. The scheme has two main elements: playing fields and playing pitch strategies, which has been granted £22.3 million, and playgrounds and community play areas, which has been granted £9.2 million.

Staff Identity Passes

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of producing a staff identity pass was in the Department on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many staff identity passes have been reported lost or stolen in each year since 1997. [215091]

Mr. Caborn: The cost of producing a staff identity pass in the Department for Culture Media and Sport is £12 per person. In 2004, 50 passes were reported lost or stolen and they were deactivated immediately. Records of lost or stolen staff identity passes were not kept prior to 2004.

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Staff Training

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the costs of departmental (a) staff training days and (b) staff development days held away from the department were in each year since 1997. [213790]

Mr. Caborn: The Department offers a range of learning and development opportunities both internally within the Department and externally through other providers. All decisions about learning and development activities are focused on cost-efficiency, rather than location.

Since 1997 the total annual cost to the Department of all learning and development provision was as follows:

£

1997–1998 200,620

1998–1999 311,514

1999–2000 348,693

2000–01 309,833

2001–02 318,352

2002–03 482,573

2003–04 453,709

2004–05 305,180

⁽¹⁹⁾ To end of September 2004

	£
1997–1998	200,620
1998–1999	311,514
1999–2000	348,693
2000–01	309,833
2001–02	318,352
2002–03	482,573
2003–04	453,709
2004–05	305,180

Stationery

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the Department spent on (a) stationery and (b) office supplies in each year since 1997. [213848]

Mr. Caborn: Stationery and office equipment are accounted for jointly.

The costs in the relevant years were as follows:

£

1997–1998 155,743

1998–1999 109,798

1999–2000 170,640

2000–2001 103,413

2001–2002 110,404

2002–2003 132,339

2003–2004 172,795

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	£
1997–1998	155,743
1998–1999	109,798
1999–2000	170,640
2000–2001	103,413
2001–2002	110,404
2002–2003	132,339
2003–2004	172,795

Commencing April 2004 stationery budgets were delegated to individual units, rather than centrally funded, to increase awareness of costs.

Television Licences (Fines)

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people have been fined in each of the last three years for not possessing a television licence while using a television set. [213381]

Estelle Morris: The available information relates to all offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, the great majority of which, however, relate to television licence fee evasion. The number of people in England, Scotland and Wales ¹ fined for offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Acts ² in each of the last three years for which information is available was:

¹ Figures for Northern Ireland are not available.

² On the principal offence basis

Number

2000 105,203

2001 83,200

2002 95,757

	Number
2000	105,203
2001	83,200
2002	95,757

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