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HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION

Plastic Cups

Mr. Leech: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) what percentage of plastic cups used in the House were recycled in the last period for which figures are available; [55848]

(2) what the cost of providing plastic cups for meetings in the House was in the last year for which figures are available. [55849]

Nick Harvey: The cost of plastic cups provided for Committee and meeting rooms in 2004–05 was £2,887. Plastic cups are currently incinerated as part of the waste stream to generate electricity rather than recycled. A new contract for the supply of disposable catering products is about to be awarded. It is intended that bio-degradable cups will be used in catering outlets and, subject to suitability, in Committee and meeting rooms in place of plastic cups.

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Community Radio

Ian Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the community radio licences which have been granted in England and Wales following the enactment of the Communications Act 2003. [56525]

James Purnell: Ofcom are responsible for the awarding of community radio licences. To date, Ofcom have awarded 68 community radio licences in England and Wales, the details of which they have provided below:
 
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Station name	Location
Forest of Dean Community Radio	Coleford and Newent, Forest of Dean
Angel Radio	Havant, Hampshire
Cross Rhythms City Radio	Stoke on Trent
GTFM	Pontypridd
Afan FM	Port Talbot and Neath
Express FM	Portsmouth
Angel Radio	Newport, Isle of Wight
Unity 101	Southampton
Skyline Community Radio	Hedge End, Botley, West End, Hampshire
Takeover Radio	Leicester
Ikhlas Foundation	Derby
The Eye	Vale of Belvoir, Leicestershire
Harborough FM	Market Harborough
Radio Faza	Nottingham
Radio Dawn	Nottingham
NBC Live	Nottingham
BCB	Bradford
Phoenix FM	Halifax
ALL FM	South Central Manchester
Wythenshawe FM	Wythenshawe, Manchester
Chorley FM	Chorley, Lancashire
Crescent Radio	Rochdale
Future Radio	West Norwich
Radio Asian Fever FM	Leeds, Yorkshire
Oldham Community Radio	Oldham
Tameside Community Radio	Tameside, Cheshire
Pure Radio	Stockport
Salford Community Radio	Salford, Manchester
Switch Radio	Castle Vale North East Birmingham
New Style Radio	Birmingham
Aston FM	Aston, Birmingham
Unity FM	Birmingham
The Public	West Bromwich
The 'Bridge	Stourbridge
WCR FM	Wolverhampton
Lionheart Radio	Alnwick
CBIT	Newcastle upon Tyne
The Voice	Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria
Seaside Radio	Withernsea, Holderness
Youth Community Radio	Worcester
Gloucester FM	City of Gloucester
Toradio	Pontypool and Torfaen, South Wales
West Hull Community Radio	West Hull
Radio Reverb	Brighton, West Sussex
Colchester Army Radio	Colchester, Essex
Spirit of Plymouth FM	Plymouth
Resonance FM	Central London
Desi Radio	North West London
Sound Radio	Hackney
Forest FM	Verwood, East Dorset
Wetherby Community Radio	Wetherby, Yorkshire
Kool AM	Harlow, Essex
CSR	Canterbury
Asian Star	Slough
Life FM	Stonebridge/Harlesden
NuSound Radio	Newham
Voice of Africa Radio	Newham, East London
Radio Umma	Newham, East London
Westside Community Radio	Southall, West London
Hayes Community Radio	Hayes, Middlesex
Irish FM	Hammersmith, West London
Phoenix FM	Brentwood, Essex
Link FM	Harold Wood, Essex
Bexley Community Media Association	Bexley, Kent
Bristol Community FM	Bristol
Radio Teesdale	Teesdale
Sheffield Live!	Sheffield
Burngreave Community Radio	Sheffield

Further details can be found on the Ofcom website at www.ofcom.org.uk
 
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Departmental Services (Expenditure)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies spent on (i) electricity use and (ii) water and sewerage services in each year since 1997. [46174]

Mr. Caborn: In the last five years DCMS expenditure is as follows:
£

	Electricity	Water and sewerage
2000–01	283,931	n/a
2001–02	273,750	n/a
2002–03	276,019	11,138
2003–04	253,616	11,991
2004–05	224,929	12,846

Data for earlier years are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Data for the Royal Parks are as follows:
£

	Electricity	Water and sewerage
1997–98	332,323	218,900
1998–99	258,096	231,671
1999–2000	213,269	244,680
2000–01	228,428	237,969
2001–02	208,763	190,426
2002–03	245,005	260,542
2003–04	270,154	292,341
2004–05	270,601	211,058

Digital Television

Mrs. James: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made
 
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in developing proposals to provide assistance to (a) pensioners and (b) people on low incomes to switch to digital television. [56174]

James Purnell: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave to the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster) on 6 March 2006, Official Report, column 588.

International Sporting Events

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 16 February 2006, Official Report, column 2198W, on international sporting events, if she will list the individuals concerned; and for what reasons each is visiting the Commonwealth Games. [56572]

Mr. Caborn [holding answer 6 March 2006]: The following table sets out the names and positions of the individuals who are planning to visit the Commonwealth Games and their reasons for doing so, as listed in my answer of 16 February 2006.

At the time of my previous answer, Sport England had planned to send six members of staff to the Commonwealth to represent the organisation; this total subsequently fell to three.

For the sake of completeness, I have included in the list a further seven Sport England employees who were not counted for the purposes of my previous answer because they will not in any way represent or work for Sport England at the Commonwealth Games, but will be seconded either to Team England or to the Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE) for the duration of their stay. I have also included David Higgins, who is temporarily on the Department's payroll pending establishment of the Olympic Delivery Authority.

Name	Position	Organisation	Reason for travel
Tessa Jowell MP	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport	DCMS	Official visit to support British teams
Richard Caborn MP	Minister for Sport	DCMS	Official visit to support British teams and attend meeting of Commonwealth Sports Ministers
Helen MacNamara	PPS/Tessa Jowell	DCMS	Accompanying Tessa Jowell
	PS/Richard Caborn	DCMS	Accompanying Richard Caborn
Nicola Roche	Director for Sport	DCMS	Meetings with Australian officials and accompanying Secretary of State
	Press officer	DCMS	Accompanying Richard Caborn
David Higgins	Chief Executive Designate ODA	DCMS	Attending to learn lessons from how Melbourne is staging the Games, how they are handling security and how the delivery of the facilities will leave a sustainable legacy for the city.
Sue Campbell	Chair	UK Sport	Chairing meeting of Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (CABOS), various meetings, including lunch with Australian Minister (TBC).
John Scott	International Director	UK Sport	Attending CABOS meeting and others with eg Australian Sports Commission and Sydney Olympic Park Authority.
Liz Nicholl	Director of Performance	UK Sport	Attending International Association of High Performance Sports Training Centres (IAHPSTC) Board Meetings 13–14 March. Taking overview of performances across UK teams.
Peter Keen	Performance Advisor	UK Sport	Attending various meetings, eg with Commonwealth Games Associations. Taking an overview of performances across UK teams.
Darlene Harrison	Coaching Consultant	UK Sport	Attendance at swimming holding camp on Gold Coast and coach seminar at Essendon football club. Pre-arranged meetings with elite coaches across sport in respect of potential future coaching need and numbers for 2012.
Lord Patrick Carter(20)	Chair	Sport England	Representing Sport England
Stephen Baddeley(20)	Interim Chief Executive	Sport England	Representing Sport England
Sir Andrew Foster*	Main Board Member	Sport England	Representing Sport England
Matt Crawcour	Head of Media	UK Sport	Secondment as Press Attache" to Team England
Neil Livesey	IT Manager	UK Sport	IT Support for Elite Athlete Medical Records system
Hamish McInnes(21)	Head of Governing Bodies	Sport England	Seconded to Team England as senior HQ staff liaison and support
Petta Naylor(21)	Events Manager	Sport England	Seconded to Team England to provide holding camp support; Team England events support during the Games.
Sandra Phillips(21)	Events Manager	Sport England	Event support for Team England stakeholder events during the Games period.
Vivien Smiley(21)	Communications Manager	Sport England	Seconded to Team England as a Press Officer
Di Horsley	Senior Development Manager- National Governing Bodies Team	Sport England	Seconded to Team England as HQ staff in the athletes village and at competition events
Linda Freeman(22)	Senior Development Manager- National Governing Bodies Team	Sport England	Seconded to Team England to provide HQ support in the athletes village and at competition events
Trudi Else(23)	Client / Project Manager	Sport England	Seconded to Team England to provide HQ support in the athletes village and at events.
Dr. Bruce Hamilton	Sports Physician	EIS	Secondment to UK Athletics
Neil Black	Lead Physiotherapist	EIS	Secondment to UK Athletics
Dr. Kirsten Barnes	Lead Sports Psychologist	EIS	Secondment to CGCE
Nigel Mitchell	Lead Nutritionist	EIS	Secondment to England cycling team
Paula Clayton	Sports Masseur	EIS	Secondment to England diving team
Dr. Simon Till	Sports Physician	EIS	Secondment to CGCE
Pat Dunleavy	Physiotherapist	EIS	Secondment to England swimming team
Fiona Blakelock	Physiotherapist	EIS	Secondment to England triathlon team
Lynda Daley	Physiotherapist	EIS	Secondment to CGCE
Dr. Nick Peirce	Sports Physician	EIS	Secondment to CGCE
Dr. Shauna McGibbon	Sports Physician	EIS	Secondment to CGCE
Mike Peyrebrune	Physiologist	EIS	Secondment to England swimming team
Matt Parker	Physiologist	EIS	Secondment to England cycling team
Stafford Murray	Lead Performance Analyst	EIS	Secondment to England squash team
Andy Harrison	Physiologist	EIS	Presenting at 13th Commonwealth International Sport Conference (24)
Mark Simpson	Strength and conditioning Coach	EIS	Presenting at 13th Commonwealth International Sport Conference
Mike Hughes	Performance Analyst	EIS	Secondment to England cycling team
Gavin Thomas	Physiologist	EIS	Secondment to England cycling team
Ashleigh Wallace	Physiotherapist	EIS	Secondment to England hockey team
Pete Atkinson	Strength and conditioning Coach	EIS	Secondment to England hockey team
Dr. Mike Rossiter	Sports Physician	EIS	Secondment to England hockey team
Dr. Cathy Speed	Sports Physician	EIS	Secondment to England badminton team
Nicki Combarro	Physiotherapist	EIS	Secondment to England badminton team
Dr. Ian McCurdie	Sports Physician	EIS	Secondment to CGCE
Dr. Mike Loosemore	Sports Physician	EIS	Secondment to CGCE/England boxing team
Matt Lancaster	Physiotherapist	EIS	Secondment to England athletics team
Claire Furlong	Head of Media Affairs	EIS	Secondment to CGCE
Mike Calvin	Deputy Director	EIS	Presenting at 13th Commonwealth International Sport Conference and representing EIS
Wilma Shakespeare	National Director	EIS	Representing EIS

⁽²⁰⁾ Visit funded by Sport England
⁽²¹⁾ Part funded by Sport England and the Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE)
⁽²²⁾ Funded by the CGCE
⁽²³⁾ Flights paid for by individual
⁽²⁴⁾ The 13th Commonwealth International Sport Conference takes place on 9–12 March in Melbourne. More information at http://www.cisc2006.com/Pub/pStart.asp



 
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