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Category C Gaming Machines
Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the extent to which operators and providers of category C gaming machines (a) are crime free and (b) can meet conditions on the protection of vulnerable people. [49367]
Mr. Caborn: The Gambling Act 2005 for the first time introduces new requirements on operators of all categories of gaming machines to ensure that gambling remains crime free, and that children and vulnerable people are protected. DCMS and the Gambling Commission are working with the industry and other interested parties to develop the relevant licence conditions and codes of practice that are needed to deliver these protections. The Gambling Commission and licensing authorities will be responsible for monitoring compliance with the new requirements once they are formally implemented in September 2007.
Christmas Cards
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will estimate the cost to her Department of sending Christmas cards in 2005. [45918]
Mr. Lammy: 5,000 Christmas cards were printed at a total cost of £2,019. The cards were sent out by Second Class post.
Circus Industry
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions her Department has had with the circus industry relating to licensing proposals; and if she will make a statement. [49136]
James Purnell: I have had regular meetings with circus representatives to discuss the implications of the Licensing Act 2003, including Arts Council England, the Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain and the Circus Arts Forum. My most recent meeting was with a delegation led by the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire on 26 January 2006.
Departmental Expenditure
Mr. Weir:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the expenditure on (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff was of (i) her Department and (ii) each (A) non-departmental public body, (B) Executive agency and (C) other public body for
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which her Department is responsible in each English region in each of the last three financial years; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005–06 in each case. [40070]
Mr. Lammy: Expenditure by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on buildings, including rent and building services was services was £7,040,000, in 2002–03, £7,488,000 in 2003–04 and £7,311,000 in 2004–05; with planned expenditure of £7,300,000 in 2005–06.
Expenditure by the Department on insurance of buildings was £76,200 in 2003–04 and £88,500 in 2004–05; with planned expenditure of £107,400 in 2005–06. Insurance costs for 2002–03 could be extracted only at disproportionate cost.
Neither the Department, nor Royal Parks Agency, insure its staff.
The Royal Parks Agency, did not incur expenditure on insurance of buildings until 2005–06, when there is forecast expenditure of £7,000.
The Royal Parks Agency does not pay rent on the buildings for which it has responsibility. Its building services costs were: £6,941,000 in 2002–03, £7,738,000 in 2003–04, £7,574,000 in 2004–05 and with planned expenditure of £7,000,000 in 2005–06.
Information requested in respect of the non-departmental public bodies could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the annual expenditure on (a) fixtures and fittings, (b) general office expenses and (c) office equipment was of (i) her Department, (ii) each (A) non-departmental public body, (B) Executive agency and (C) other public body for which her Department is responsible in (1) Scotland, (2) Wales, (3) each of the English regions and (4) Northern Ireland in each of the last three financial years; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005–06 in each case. [40111]
Mr. Lammy: Expenditure by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on fixtures and fittings was £477,000 in 2002–03, £475,000 in 2003–04 and £335,000 in 2004–05; with planned expenditure of £100,000 in 2005–06.
The term general office expenses" is neither used as part of the Department's accounting procedures, nor those of the Royal Parks Agency.
Annual expenditure by the Department on office equipment, including computers, was £938,000 in 2002–03, £958,000 in 2003–04, £1,100,000 in 2004–05; with planned expenditure of £350,000 in 2005–06.
The Royal Parks Agency's accounts do not identify separately figures for fixtures and fittings and attempts to provide these would be at disproportionate cost.
Annual expenditure by the Royal Parks Agency on office equipment, including computers, was £11,000 in both 2002–03 and 2003–04, £23,000 in 2004–05, with planned expenditure of £23,000 in 2005–06.
Information requested in respect of the non-departmental public bodies could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the expenditure on (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff was of (i) her Department and (ii) each (A) non-departmental public body, (B) executive agency and (C) other public body for which her Department is responsible in (1) Scotland, (2) Wales, (3) each of the English regions and (4) Northern Ireland in each of the last three financial years; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005–06 in each case. [40112]
Mr. Lammy: Expenditure by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on buildings, including rent and building services was £7,040,000, in 2002–03, £7,488,000 in 2003 -04, and £7,311,000 in 2004–05; with planned expenditure of £7,300,000 in 2005–06.
Expenditure by the Department on insurance of buildings was £76,200 in 2003–04 and £88,500 in 2004–05; with planned expenditure of £107,400 in 2005–06. Insurance costs for 2002–03 could be extracted only at disproportionate cost.
Neither the Department, nor Royal Parks Agency, insure its staff.
The Royal Parks Agency, did not incur expenditure on insurance of buildings until 2005–6, when there is forecast expenditure of £7,000.
The Royal Parks Agency does not pay rent on the buildings for which it has responsibility. Its building services costs were: £6,941,000 in 2002–03, £7,738,000 in 2003–04, £7,574,000 in 2004–05 and with planned expenditure of £7,000,000 in 2005–06.
Information requested in respect of the non-departmental public bodies could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
English Heritage
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the level of resources English Heritage allocates to the scheduling of newly discovered monuments. [49112]
Mr. Lammy: All designation, including scheduling as well as the listing of buildings of special architectural and historical interest, and the Registers of Parks and Gardens and of Battlefields, is undertaken by the heritage protection department of English Heritage.
The heritage protection department includes 58 staff. The department's budget in 2005–06 is £2,169,000.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people English Heritage employs in the designation of ancient monuments. [49244]
Mr. Lammy:
English Heritage receives almost £130 million grant in aid from the Department. High level priorities are agreed in the funding agreement, which is co-signed by the ODPM and Defra, in recognition of the contribution English Heritage makes to the delivery of the targets in all three Departments. It is up to English Heritage to decide how much funding to allocate to specific activities.
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External Consultants
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous five years. [41206]
Mr. Lammy: Since 2004, the amounts paid to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department, are as follow:
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