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Licensing

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many new licences have been granted in Swindon under the Licensing Act 2003; and what percentage were 24-hour licences. [62252]

James Purnell: This information is held by local licensing authorities.

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether it is her policy that premises granted grandfather rights under the Licensing Act 2003 should be guaranteed extended New Year's
 
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Eve opening hours notwithstanding the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2005; and if she will make a statement. [61694]

James Purnell: Those premises which, prior to 6 August 2005, applied to convert their old licence into a licence under the Licensing Act 2003, were permitted to carry over automatically such extended trading hours as were previously permitted under that licence. For those businesses and clubs engaged in the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises, apart from those where restriction orders were in force, this included an unbroken period of up to 36-hours from 11.00am on New Year's Eve which formed part of permitted hours" under the Licensing Act 1964.

However, where applicants also sought to vary the converted hours in such a way that they did not cover the 36-hour period, they should have included any additional hours for New Year's Eve in their application.

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidance her Department has issued in relation to New Year's Eve opening hours since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2005; and if she will make a statement. [61695]

James Purnell: Since the Licensing Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 came into force on 24 November 2005, no specific guidance has been published by the Department on this matter. However, my officials have taken steps to alert the trade to the possible use of Temporary Event Notices (TENs) where these can assist with particular needs.

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether premises which have opened since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 are required to request in their premises licence application extended licensing hours for new year's eve; and if she will make a statement. [61696]

James Purnell: Those premises which, prior to 6 August 2005, submitted applications for a licence to carry out licensable activities, and which sought 'grandfather rights' for extended new year's eve opening hours, are guaranteed those extended new year's eve opening hours after the coming into force of the Licensing Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 on 24 November 2005.

However, with effect from 6 August 2005, any new application under the Licensing Act 2003 would need to include all of the hours for which the applicant would wish to undertake licensable activities, including the sale of alcohol during new year's eve.

London Bombings Memorial

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport who will design the memorial for the victims of the 7 July bombings in London; and when it is scheduled to be erected. [62502]

 
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Tessa Jowell: The Government are committed to providing a fitting memorial for the victims of the 7 July bombings in London. We are currently consulting bereaved families about the sort of memorial they would like.

Once we know their views, we will go through a tendering process to recruit a designer and will work with that designer to establish a timescale for the erection of the memorial.

National Lottery

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment has been made of availability of Lottery funding and grants for projects not related to the Olympics for each year up to 2012 for each London borough; and if she will make a statement. [63104]

Mr. Caborn: Lottery funding is awarded in response to external applications, and distributors will not yet know the number of applications from London boroughs up to 2012, nor the amount that might be sought. It would not, therefore, be possible to carry out such an assessment.

We expect the non-Olympic good causes to receive up to 5 per cent. less in Lottery income, as a result of sales diversion over the eight-year period from 2005 to 2013, than they might otherwise have received. In addition, a total of up to £410 million may be needed from the proceeds of non-Olympic Lottery games between 2009–10 and 2012–13.

National Sports Foundation

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much private investment has been secured for the establishment of the National Sports Foundation; and if she will make a statement. [62932]

Mr. Caborn: The National Sports Foundation will be launched in April and will be tasked with leveraging new private investment to match that allocated by the Exchequer. No private investment has yet been secured.

Olympic Games

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans the Government have to improve transport access to the 2012 Olympic site; and what funding will be required to do so. [63006]

Mr. Caborn: The London 2012 Candidature File submitted to the International Olympic Committee in November 2004 set out the plans for transport provision in connection with the proposed site of the Olympic Park.

Provision has been made within the £2.375 billion public sector funding package to fund Olympic related transport schemes.

Olympic Sports (Sponsorship)

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total value of the
 
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corporate sponsorship of Olympic sports has been at (a) elite and (b) grassroots level in the UK in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [62941]

Mr. Caborn: The National Governing Bodies for Olympic sports have raised, and continue to raise, commercial sponsorship to benefit their elite and grassroots programmes and activities. The Government do not hold this information centrally.

In addition to the commercial sponsorship generated by the sports themselves, Sportsmatch, which was established in 1992 and is Exchequer funded through Sport England, has raised commercial sponsorship for grassroots Olympic and non-Olympic sports. An estimate of the amount raised since 1997 for Olympic sports only is as follows:

	£ million
1997–98	1.8
1998–99	1.8
1999–2000	1.9
2000–01	2.2
2001–02	1.8
2002–03	1.9
2003–04	2.3
2004–05	1.9

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate her Department has made of the total value of corporate sponsorship of Olympic sports at (a) elite and (b) grassroots level in the UK in each year until 2012; and if she will make a statement. [62942]

Mr. Caborn: The Department has not made any precise estimates of the total value of corporate sponsorship at elite and grassroots level. However, commercial sponsorship is expected to contribute in the region of £100 million between now and 2012 in supporting British elite athletes. Further discussions are taking place about how much of this will need to be raised each year to supplement the £200 million allocated to elite sport by the Exchequer, as announced in the Budget.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer also announced that the Government have allocated £34.5 million over the next two years to the National Sports Foundation (NSF) in England. This will play an important role in raising commercial sponsorship for grassroots sport. The NSF has been challenged to match the Government's allocation with private investment.

Sportsmatch, established in 1992 and Exchequer funded through Sport England, will continue to raise commercial sponsorship for grassroots projects, across Olympic and non-Olympic sports, to a maximum award of £50,000.

In addition, the National Governing Bodies for Olympic sports raise commercial sponsorship to benefit all aspects of their sport.

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