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Diversity/Social Inclusion

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what targets her Department has set for public libraries to promote (a) diversity and (b) social inclusion. [66290]

Mr. Lammy: There are no DCMS set targets for public libraries in these areas. However, by their very nature, public libraries are institutions that are safe,
 
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neutral and welcoming to all and most of the services they provide are free. Provisional DCMS adult participation data showed, for example, that adults from black and ethnic minority backgrounds had higher rates of attendance at public libraries than those from white ethnic backgrounds.

In addition, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), one of DCMS's sponsored bodies, is leading on work to develop impact measures to encourage improved provision to whole communities including, for example, those who rely on home library services. This is in addition to the MLA's advice to library staff on matters such as addressing access and equal opportunities for people with disabilities.

East Midlands (Tourism Deficit)

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the estimated regional tourism deficit was for the East Midlands area in (a) money and (b) numbers of visitors in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [67036]

James Purnell: The estimated expenditure and visits from inbound, outbound and domestic tourism in the East Midlands are shown in the following tables. Figures are provided for 2000 to 2004, the latest year for which data are available.

Expenditure
Inbound and outbound tourism
£ million

Overseas residents' spending in the East MidlandsEast Midlands residents' spending abroadDifference
20002501,475-1,225
20012651,653-1,388
20022851,688-1,403
20033011,854-1,553
20044482,027-1,579




Source:
International Passenger Survey (East Midlands = Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire)





Domestic tourism
£ million

UK residents' spending in the East MidlandsEast Midlands residents' spending in the UK (excluding East Midlands)Difference
20001,1691,621-452
20011,1821,635-453
20021,3851,694-309
20031,3521,775-423
20041,2011,514-313




Source:
United Kingdom Tourism Survey (East Midlands = East Midlands Development Agency Area)




Visits
Inbound and outbound tourism
Thousands

Overseas residents' visits to the East MidlandsEast Midlands residents' visits abroadDifference
20008203,485-2,665
20017883,880-3,092
20028653,868-3,003
20039844,129-3,145
20041,0614,469-3,408




Source:
International Passenger Survey (East Midlands = Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire)





 
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Domestic tourism
Thousands

UK residents' visits to the East MidlandsEast Midlands residents' visits in the UK (excluding East Midlands)Difference
200010,4999,758741
20019,57710,268-691
200210,91410,451463
20039,6138,993620
20048,0327,220812




Source:
United Kingdom Tourism Survey (East Midlands = East Midlands Development Agency Area)




These tables exclude expenditure and visits by domestic leisure day visitors as these figures are not available over the required time period. Please note the latter two tables refer to number of visits not visitors.

Sample sizes at regional levels will be small and so estimates will be subject to a high margin of error. Caution should therefore be exercised when interpreting the data.

United Kingdom Tourism Survey data for 2004 should be treated with particular caution owing to concerns about the methodology used to produce these figures. An extensive review of this survey has since taken place and a new methodology has been adopted.

Due to the level of non-response to the question of area of residence on the International Passenger Survey, figures for expenditure and visits by East Midlands residents abroad are likely to be slightly under-estimated.

Gambling

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps the Gambling Commission will take to ensure that the findings of the prevalence study are sufficiently robust to allow Parliament fully to consider the causes of problem gambling by gambling type. [66833]

Mr. Caborn: No gambling prevalence study, on its own, can identify the causes of problem gambling. However, a series of studies, carried out with regularity and consistency, such as those planned by the Gambling Commission, can provide data to assist in the identification of factors which are associated with an enhanced risk of problem gambling.

High Definition Television

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of new television sets being sold are estimated to be high definition ready. [65874]

James Purnell: According to Ofcom, around 40 per cent. of 'high-end' TV sales (plasma, LCD, rear projection) are now estimated to be high definition ready. We do not have a figure for the percentage of total TV sales, but it would be lower.
 
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Licensing

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received on the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 in South East London; and if she will make a statement. [65679]

James Purnell: The Department has received a number of representations concerning the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 in South East London, Last year I received a representation about the Act from the hon. Member, enclosing correspondence from a constituent about carol singing under the Licensing Act 2003, to which I replied on 6 March 2006.

We are currently monitoring and evaluating the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 nationally, but it is too early as yet to draw firm conclusions.

Ed Balls: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether an assessment has been made of the impact of the change in licensing hours on the (a) Wakefield district and (b) Normanton constituency; and if she will make a statement. [66023]

James Purnell: The Department has made no specific assessment of the impact of the change in licensing hours on the Wakefield district or the Normanton constituency. We are currently monitoring and evaluating the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 nationally, but it is too early as yet to draw firm conclusions.

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the impact of the change in licensing hours in (a) Coventry South and (b) the West Midlands region as a whole. [66497]

James Purnell: The Department has made no specific assessment of the impact of the change in licensing hours in Coventry South and the West Midlands region. We are currently monitoring and evaluating the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 nationally, but it is too early as yet to draw firm conclusions.

Millennium Projects

John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the millennium projects with a capital cost in excess of £25 million; and what the (a) deficit and (b) surplus was of each project for each financial year since 2000. [64943]

Mr. Caborn: Millennium Commission funded projects with a total capital cost of over £25 million are set out in the table.

The Commission monitors projects to satisfy itself that capital assets funded by lottery grant remain in use, and requires projects to provide it with their annual reports and to notify it if they cease operating or become insolvent. To date, three projects out of 223 supported by the Commission have ceased to operate. However, information about the individual performance of each project is not held centrally.
 
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Project nameTotal project grant £Project cost £
The New Millennium Experience602,673,592789,000,000
The Eden Project56,374,862116,720,971
Tate Modern51,357,700136,288,768
Millennium Point50,499,058112,857,055
At-Bristol47,666,774104,409,948
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff46,360,000141,000,000
The Odyssey Project45,681,57592,815,477
National Cycle Network44,127,202208,433,110
The Renaissance of Portsmouth Harbour40,016,69397,561,291
The Glasgow Science Centre37,303,98376,933,109
UHI Millennium Institute35,869,00099,732,265
The Millennium Link33,814,81084,541,876
International Centre for Life33,408,13767,060,771
The Forum32,476,60067,978,065
National Space Centre32,375,12384,892,973
Wales Millennium Centre31,700,000108,173,704
The British Museum Great Court30,000,00062,755,913
The Millennium Seed Bank27,399,40183,410,000
The Deep24,256,80352,536,365
Hampden—Scotland's 'Field of Dreams'24,200,00060,000,000
Magna23,108,55845,837,456
Changing Places22,911,33958,267,855
Sheffield—Remaking the Heart of the City22,700,27945,221,155
National Botanic Garden of Wales22,243,37543,110,000
The Lowdry20,951,000106,310,000
Manchester Millennium Quarter20,090,00043,901,562
Our Dynamic Earth18,070,93339,147,902
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal14,851,24132,836,000
Mile End Park14,722,00933,166,075
Millennium Coastal Park13,750,00029,900,000
Durham Millennium City13,334,71328,689,063
Rochdale Canal Restoration11,923,00025,703,400
Millennium Forest for Scotland11,532,00329,198,917
The Phoenix Initiative10,614,50028,211,042
21st Century Halls for England10,543,72826,392,551
Golden Jubilee Bridges8,684,00052,022,885
Reviving Spa Culture7,853,98428,607,100
Trans Pennine Trail6,370,36825,618,269
Rich Mix Centre5,050,00025,850,000


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