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Ministerial Travel
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many air miles were accrued through departmental ministerial travel in 2004–05, broken down by Minister; how many were (a) foregone and (b) donated to charity, broken down by charity; and whether air miles accrued by officials were required to be (i) foregone and (ii) given to charity. [17330]
Tessa Jowell: I have accrued 49,908 air miles from Ministerial, travel in 2004–05.
No air miles were accrued by other Ministers.
Ministerial travel is conducted in accordance with the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers. Guidance for Ministers on the use of air miles is set out in the Ministerial Code. The guidance makes clear that air miles should be used only for official purposes or else foregone. However, if it is impracticable to use the benefits for Government travel, there is no objection to Ministers donating them to charity of these is permissible under the terms of the airline's scheme and the charity is one chosen by the airline.
Similar rules are in place for officials.
My air miles were collected in order that they will go towards helping young athletes with their travel costs.
Ministerial Visits
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many times she has visited (a) Dacorum and (b) Hertfordshire in her official capacity in the last 12 months; and what the purpose was of each visit. [29921]
Tessa Jowell:
During the last 12 months I have not visited Dacorum but have visited Hertfordshire twice. Details are in the following table.
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| Venue | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2005 | Hockerill anglo- European College, Bishops Stortford | Speech to school leavers |
| 20 October 2005 | Richard Hale School, Hertford | To view the school sports facilities |
National Lottery
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what lottery funding is available for grass root sports clubs in the west midlands region. [29801]
Mr. Caborn: The following amounts of lottery money have been made available to grass root sports clubs in the West Midlands region in this financial year: £3,000,000 from the Community Investment Fund; £500,000 for the Football Foundation and £400,000 through the Awards for All scheme. Active England, which funds a range of projects benefiting grass root sports clubs, will also have invested £10,100,000 in the West Midlands region over the period 2002–03 to 2005–06.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value has been to date of national lottery grant applications made by organisations in Southend-on-Sea; how many lottery grant applications have been made by organisations in Southend-on-Sea; and how many lottery grant applications in Southend-on-Sea have been approved. [30070]
Mr. Caborn:
This Department has never collected comprehensive information on either the number or value of applications for lottery grants received by the distributing bodies.
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Since the start of the lottery there have been 330 awards made in Southend-on-Sea borough council area. This information is derived from the Department's lottery award database, searchable at www.lottery.culture.gov.uk, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been paid out in grants from lottery funds to organisations in Southend-on-Sea (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the Essex total. [30071]
Mr. Caborn: Since the start of the lottery, £12.4 million of lottery money has been awarded in the Southend-on-Sea borough council area. This is 5.2 per cent. of the total awarded in Essex (£237.9 million). It is not possible to provide a geographical breakdown of lottery payments.
This information is derived from the Department's lottery award database, searchable at www.lottery.culture.gov.uk, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors.
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) lottery bids have been submitted by and (b) grants have been awarded to organisations in each of the six constituencies in Gloucestershire in each year for which figures are available; and what the size of the grant was in each case. [31087]
Mr. Caborn: The Department does not hold information on Lottery applications. There have been almost 2,000 awards in the six parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire. The number, and total value, of awards in each constituency in each year are given in the following tables. The information is derived from the Lottery Awards Database, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors.
(4) To date.
(5) To date.
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Non-departmental Public Bodies
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list those of her Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which the Government are required (a) to consult prior to legislative proposals and (b) to publish their response to advice from. [20107]
Mr. Lammy: The Government are not required to consult prior to legislative proposals or to publish their response to advice in respect of any of the advisory non-departmental public bodies for which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department have a statutory base; which (a) publish their advice to Government, (b) publish an annual report and (c) lay an annual report before Parliament; and whether it is under a statutory requirement in each instance. [20108]
Mr. Lammy: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has a statutory responsibility to publish and lay before Parliament an annual report on the operation of the Treasure Act, and this includes information which arises from recommendations made by the Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC). However, the committee does not have a statutory base or statutory requirement to publish its advice to Government.
There is no statutory base or statutory requirement to publish advice to Government, publish an annual report or to lay an annual report before Parliament, for any of the other advisory non-departmental public bodies for which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) hold public meetings, (b) conduct public consultation exercises, (c) conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, (d) publish a register of members' interests, (e) publish agendas for meetings and (f) publish the minutes of meetings; and whether it is under a statutory requirement in each case. [20109]
Mr. Lammy: The information is as follows.
Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites (ACHWS)
English Heritage, which provides administrative support to the Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites (ACHWS), compiles a register of members' interests in relation to the ACHWS which is available to the public on request. The agendas and minutes of ACHWS meetings are not published but are available on request. The intention is to publish them on the internet in future.
ACHWS do not hold public meetings, conduct public consultation exercises or conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests. There is no statutory requirement to perform any of the functions outlined in this question.
Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection
The Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection publishes abridged versions of minutes. These can be found at www.gac.culture.gov.uk. The
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Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection do not hold public meetings, conduct public consultation exercises, conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, publish a register of members' interests or publish agendas for meetings. There is no statutory requirement to perform any of the functions outlined in this question.
The Advisory Council on Libraries (ACL) publishes a briefing report (summary of the minutes of meetings) on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's website.
ACL do not hold public meetings, conduct public consultation exercises, conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, publish a register of members' interests or publish agendas for meetings. There is no statutory requirement to perform any of the functions outlined in this question.
The Casino Advisory Panel is still considering how it will go about making its recommendations to the Secretary of State. However, it will be expected to consult as widely as possible in formulating its recommendations—this is likely to include the conducting of public consultation exercises and consultation exercises with outside commercial interests.
The panel will make available a register of members' interests on request and plans to publish its meeting agenda and minutes. There is no statutory requirement for the panel to do any of these tasks.
The Legal Deposit Advisory Panel conducts consultation exercises with outside commercial interests. A register of members' interests is not published; however, there is a register which is open to the public (who can call the Department and request to view it).
The panel has only held one meeting so far and the minutes of the meeting have not been published. It is considering publishing summarised minutes on the DCMS website but has not agreed this with the chair of the panel yet. The panel do not hold public meetings, conduct public consultation exercises, conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests or publish agendas for meetings. There is no statutory requirement to perform any of the functions outlined in this question.
Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art
A register of Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art (RCEWA) members' interests is held by its secretariat and details can be obtained from the secretariat at the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Minutes of RCEWA policy discussions and case hearings held since 1 January 2005 are published on the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council's website.
RCEWA do not hold public meetings, conduct public consultation exercises, conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests or publish agendas for its meetings. There is no statutory requirement to perform any of the functions outlined in this question.
Spoliation Advisory Panel
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The Spoliation Advisory Panel does not hold public meetings or conduct public consultation exercises or consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, though it does consult individuals and organisations as part of its evidence gathering.
It does not publish a register of members' interests, agendas for meetings or minutes of meetings. There is no statutory requirement to perform any of the functions outlined in this question.
Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC)
The Treasure Valuation Committee has in the past accepted requests for non- members to attend its meetings. There is no statutory requirement to publish the minutes of the meeting, but it is part of the DCMS publication scheme that a record of each meeting should be published on the DCMS website.
TVC do not conduct public consultation exercises, conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, publish a register of members' interests or publish agendas for meetings. There is no statutory requirement to perform any of the functions outlined in this question.
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