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Waste Recycling
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list for each of the Merseyside local authorities the proportion of household waste re-cycled in the last three years for which figures are available. [220540]
Mr. Morley: The proportion (percentage) 1 of household waste sent for recycling or composting for each of the Merseyside local authorities in the last three years is presented in the following table:
(4) All figures are rounded
Source:
Best Value Performance Indicator Data (BVPI 82a and b)
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
2012 Olympics
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what public funding has been allocated to facilitating the visit of the International Olympic Committee evaluation team to London in February. [216080]
Tessa Jowell: The bid company London 2012 oversaw all the arrangements for the Evaluation Commission's visit to London in February. The majority of the London 2012's funding comes from my Department and the London Development Agency, with a substantial element coming from private sponsorship and fundraising activities. I understand from London 2012 that £530,000 of costs are directly attributable to the visit. This figure is largely associated with the production cost of the three days of presentations, plus hiring hotel venue space and providing technical support. A further £150,000 was spent on preparations ahead of the visit.
Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the total cost of (a) promoting and (b) hosting the 2012 Olympics in London. [216003]
Tessa Jowell: The information requested is as follows:
(a) The bid company London 2012 is responsible for the majority of the promotional work for the Bid. The budget for Marketing and Communications within London 2012's budget is £7.45 million. The Government and the London Development Agency also jointly fund and manage a budget of £10 million to finance activities that support the Bid.
(b) The cost of hosting the 2012 Olympics is £1.5 billion, which covers the operational and organisational costs of staging the Games for the period from 2005 until 2014. This will be met almost entirely from broadcast rights, sponsorship and ticket sales.
The costs were reported to Parliament in the usual way, and were reported in the Culture, Media and Sport report A London Olympic Bid for 2012", which was published on 23 January 2003.
British Art Market
Mr. Swire:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her Department's estimate is of
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the cost to the British art market of the European Union's Directive 2001/84/EC, Artist's Resale Right Directive, if (a) royalty collection is made compulsory and (b) the royalty rate is set at five per cent. [217663]
Ms Hewitt: I have been asked to reply.
(a) Based on figures provided by the art market it is estimated that the cost of transactions would be reduced from approximately £38 per artwork if the right is managed by individual artists to approximately £28 per artwork if the right is administered by a single collecting agency. The Patent Office has asked in its present consultation for views on whether collective management of resale royalties should be made compulsory.
(b) The directive provides an option for increasing the royalty rate paid on the first €50,000 of the sales price from 4 per cent. to 5 per cent. The UK is not currently proposing to use this option and therefore no estimate of costs based on this rate has been made.
Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her Department's estimate is of the proportion of art sales that may be diverted from the United Kingdom following implementation of European Union Directive 2001/84/EC, Artist's Resale Right Directive. [217665]
Ms Hewitt: I have been asked to reply.
A number of factors influence the choice of location of a sale, including the location at which the highest price will be achieved and seller's fees. It seems likely that for many sales the cost of relocating would exceed any saving on royalty and would prevent diversion. In addition, based on figures provided by the art market for the 2001–02 season, the total value of the market was £4,227 million and of this £442 million (approximately 10 per cent.) worth of these sales would attract a royalty payment if the right was applied to works by living and deceased artists. If the right was applied only to works by living artists £64.8 million (less than 2 per cent.) worth of the total value of sales would attract a royalty payment. The Patent Office has asked interested parties during the present consultation for any information which would help complete the partial impact assessment, and will be commissioning further economic analysis during the consultation process.
Lottery Funding
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Heritage Lottery funding was awarded in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in 2004–05; and how many projects were awarded funding. [220184]
Mr. Caborn: The total amount of Heritage Lottery funding that was awarded in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in 2004–05 was £35,765,038 and the number of projects was 117.
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Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what priorities she has set for lottery funding. [220835]
Estelle Morris: Priorities for lottery funding are as set out in lottery legislation and policy directions. These include the need to ensure that all parts of the UK have access to lottery funding. Each distributor has been given appropriate directions which they are required to publish in their annual reports and accounts (copies are available in the Library of the House).
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to amend the criteria for lottery awards to ensure that poorer areas receive a higher level of award. [220836]
Estelle Morris: Individual lottery distributors set their own criteria on awards independently of Government, taking into account national lottery legislation and policy and financial directions to them. These policy directions require them to ensure that all parts of the UK have access to lottery funding. The arts, sports and heritage distributors have also been directed to take account of the scope for reducing economic and social deprivation at the same time as ensuring benefits for the arts, sport and heritage.
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