| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
6 Jun 2005 : Column 266W—continued
Lottery Funding
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the 10 parliamentary constituencies which received least in awards from Lottery sources in each year since 2000. [2103]
Mr. Caborn: The following lists show the 10 constituencies that received the least Lottery money in each calendar year since 2000. The constituency at the top of each list received the least Lottery money.
The 'location' of the project is based on the postcode given by the applicant, which is not necessarily where the benefit of the award will be felt. For example no single constituency would describe where a theatre tour took place.
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.
Premier League Football (TV Rights)
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions her Department (a) plans to have and (b) has had with the (i) European Commission, (ii) other Government Departments and (iii) other interested parties, regarding the collective bargaining of Premier League Football television rights. [781]
Mr. Caborn:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had a number of meetings with the FA Premier League in the last six months to discuss a wide range of issues including the future of the Premier League's broadcasting rights. At these meetings the Secretary of State has made it clear that this is a competition issue in which the Government have no locus to intervene.
6 Jun 2005 : Column 268W
The Secretary of State has had no meetings with the European Commission or other Government Departments to discuss this issue, nor has she any plans to do so in the near future.
There has been, and will continue to be, ongoing discussion between a number of Whitehall Departments, including the Department for Trade and Industry, Department for Culture Media and Sport, and Cabinet Office, the regulators, Office for Fair Trading (OFT) and Office for Communication (OFCOM), and UKREP and DG Competition about the Premier League competition case.
At these meetings the Government have made clear that this is a competition issue in which the Government have no locus to intervene.
Royal Parks Constabulary
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) whether officers serving in the Royal Parks Constabulary over the age of 55 years will be required to take part in an eligibility exercise to assess their suitability for the Metropolitan Police; [641]
(2) what the employment rights of Royal Parks Constabulary officers will be if they are over the age of 55 years but do not complete an application form to join the Metropolitan Police. [642]
Mr. Lammy: Under paragraph 2 of Schedule 13 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 the Secretary of State may by regulations impose requirements on Royal Parks Constables for the purpose of establishing whether they are eligible to become Metropolitan Police Constables or be otherwise employed by the Metropolitan Police Authority.
Under paragraph 3 of Schedule 13 the Secretary of State may terminate the Crown employment of a constable who fails to comply with or satisfy any requirement imposed in relation to him by regulations made under paragraph 2. Constables whose Crown employment is terminated in this way are not to be treated as being dismissed. The Secretary of State also has power under paragraph 8 of that Schedule to make regulations providing for the consequences of termination of a constable's Crown employment (including the power to remove any entitlement to compensation).
No regulations under any of the above provisions have yet been made. The Royal Parks will shortly be consulting constables on the terms of the transfer of staff to the Metropolitan Police and a final decision on whether to make any Regulations under these powers will be made following this consultation.
Sexual Violence Counselling (Funding)
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) rape crisis organisations and (b) other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence received funding from Lottery sources in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003 and (iv) 2004. [1550]
6 Jun 2005 : Column 269W
Mr. Caborn: The table shows the number of grants from Lottery sources made to rape crisis organisations and other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence.
| Rape crisis organisations | Other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 13 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 6 | 16 |
| 2004 | 5 | 13 |
The figures for the rape crisis organisations include all former Community Fund and New Opportunity Fund programmes, while those for projects in the other organisations only include former Community Fund programmes.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money was granted from Lottery sources to (a) individual rape crisis organisations and (b) other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence in each year since 2001. [1551]
Mr. Caborn: The table outlines the amount of money granted from Lottery sources to individual rape crisis organisations and other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence.
| Rape crisis organisations | Other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 241,063 | 1,525,724 |
| 2002 | 707,096 | 200,769 |
| 2003 | 628,287 | 386,022 |
| 2004 | 207,299 | 1,212,822 |
The figures for individual rape crisis organisations include all former Community Fund and New Opportunity Fund programmes, while those for projects in other organisations helping female survivors of sexual violence only include former Community Fund programmes.
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |