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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Art Galleries

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many publicly-funded art galleries there are in England; and how many are open to the public. [223711]

Estelle Morris: There are 94 art galleries in England that receive public funding directly from Arts Council England (ACE) or my Department.

ACE directly funds 91 art galleries and DCMS sponsors three major national art galleries: the National Gallery; the National Portrait Gallery; and the Tate. In addition, two of the national museums we sponsor, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Wallace Collection, hold substantial art collections.

All are open to the public.
 
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Many art galleries and museums also receive public funds through their involvement in programmes such as Renaissance and Creative Partnerships, or from their local authority.

Civil Servants (Relocation)

John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many civil servants in her Department have (a) been relocated and (b) been agreed for relocation in the last 12 months; and to which areas of the United Kingdom. [223918]

Mr. Caborn: There have been no civil servants from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport who have (a) been relocated or (b) been agreed for relocation in the last 12 months.

Departmental Budget

Mr. Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the most recent figures are for her Department's budget (a) in 2005–06 and (b) in each year for which projections have been made, broken down by budget sub-head. [223760]

Mr. Caborn: The information is not yet readily available in the form requested by my hon. Friend.

I have therefore set out as follows the summary details of the resource budget allocations to the Department's sectors arising from the Spending Review. The information requested will be available in the Department's Annual Report which is expected to be published at the end of April.
DCMS allocations from the 2004 Spending Review

£000
Resource	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08
Museums, Galleries and Libraries	549,188	578,115	596,115	620,115
Of which:
Museums and Galleries	384,883	400,126	415,605	423,400
Renaissance	20,000	30,000	32,000	45,000
British Library	120,768	124,751	127,493	129,295
Arts	367,921	412,996	412,996	412,996
Of which:
Arts Council	367,155	412,155	412,155	412,155
Heritage (including Royal Parks)	179,578	180,858	182,358	188,858
Of which:
English Heritage	121,355	123,836	125,336	126,336
National Heritage Memorial Fund	—	—	—	5,000
Quality and Innovation fund for Culture	0	0	0	6,000
Tourism	54,143	54,614	55,614	55,614
Of which:
VisitBritain	48,580	49,051	50,051	50,051
Gambling	3,478	2,684	2,684	2,684
Of which:
Gaming Board	3,478	2,684	2,684	2,684
Broadcasting and CI	123,660	123,151	123,151	123,751
Of which:
Film Council UK	24,154	23,545	23,545	23,545
Sport	120,643	123,912	151,412	156,912
Of which:
Sport England	81,118	87,616	87,616	87,616
UK Sport	27,738	29,532	29,532	29,532
Football Licensing Authority	1,128	1,264	1,264	1,264
Other Sport	—	—	27,500	33,000
Total allocations	1,398,611	1,476,330	1,524,330	1,566,930

 
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London 2012

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether it is her policy that new sports facilities built in London should support the London 2012 bid. [223692]

Tessa Jowell: The plans for the London 2012 Olympic venues have been developed in close co-operation with sports bodies to ensure that, if the bid is successful, facilities meet the needs of sports in the capital and around the country for many years to come.

On 16 March, Sport England launched Active Places Power, which has been designed to help local authorities and sports organisations to identify gaps in provision and to form strategies for sports facility investment. This will be particularly important if London stages the 2012 Olympic games, in order to plan for new training venues around the country.

At present, the UK does not have adequate training facilities for domestic or visiting athletes and the new Lee Valley athletics centre, at Pickett's Lock, is just one example of a facility that will help to meet this shortfall, thus complimenting the proposed Olympic venue competition provision.

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what criteria were used in making the decision to locate the new athletics facility for London announced on 21 March at Pickett's Lock rather than the proposed site for London 2012. [223693]

Tessa Jowell: The decision to locate a new athletics centre in the Lee Valley, at Pickett's Lock, was taken in 2002 by UK Athletics following a detailed site selection exercise. The overall selection criteria included: site compatibility; lottery funding criteria; capital viability; revenue viability; deliverability and readiness; location; planning permission; transportation; regeneration and other miscellaneous issues in relation to support for elite athletes.

The Lee Valley athletics centre will be completed in 2006 and is part of UK Athletics' London wide strategy to have a synthetic outdoor track in every London borough, supported by a range of indoor centres across London.

At present, the UK does not have adequate training facilities for domestic or visiting athletes and the Lee Valley athletics centre will help to meet this shortfall, thus complimenting the proposed Olympic venue competition provision.
 
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Sports Funding

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what Sport England's policy is on sports' national governing bodies discussing reductions in their funding with the media. [223694]

Mr. Caborn: Sport England announced its four-year funding for 32 National Governing Bodies of Sport on 1 February 2005. All Governing Bodies were informed of these decisions prior to the publication of the funding media release on the Sport England website. Substantial press coverage followed the announcement, with both increases and decreases in funding widely covered. The Governing Bodies were at full liberty to discuss their funding with key internal and external audiences. Sport England has not changed—nor does it intend to change—this policy of open discussion.

UK Sport

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the new Chair of UK Sport was the candidate recommended by the interview panel. [223696]

Tessa Jowell: In accordance with the Code of Practice of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, the panel offered Ministers a choice of candidates judged to be suitable against the established selection criteria.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Anti-corruption

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value was of business supported by the Export Credits Guarantee Department for Rolls-Royce under interim anti-bribery and corruption arrangements between May and November 2004. [219354]

Mr. Alexander: Zero.

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value was of business supported by the Export Credits Guarantee Department for BAE Systems under interim anti-bribery and corruption arrangements between May and November 2004. [219356]

Mr. Alexander: £750 million.

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what changes there have been in the rules in respect of bribery and corruption in contracts involving UK businesses in recent months; and if she will make a statement. [207276]

 
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Mr. Alexander: ECGD introduced new anti-bribery and corruption procedures in May 2004. Revised procedures came into force on 1 December 2004, which took account of concerns expressed by customers and their representative trade associations about the workability of some aspects of the procedures.

On 18 March 2005, the Export Credits Guarantee Department launched a consultation on the changes to its anti-bribery and corruption procedures introduced in

December 2004. Details of this can be found on its website at www.ecgd.gov.uk

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