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Table 2 lists the total amount allocated to local authority PFI projects (in the form of PFI credits) during the relevant financial year.
| Table 2: PFI credits | |
| £ million | |
| Amount | |
The evaluation of PFI bids is handled by DCMS, Sport England, MLA and the 4ps; but given the number of organisations involved in assessing bids for DCMS PFI credits, a costing of the assessment process is not available.
Licensed Premises
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) on-licensed and (b) off-licensed premises have lost their licences in each of the last five years. [69403]
Mr. Woodward: Data for the number of justices' licences revoked in England and Wales were collected every three years and are available for a 12-month period to the 30 June 2004 as detailed in the following table:
| Year to 30 June | Total on-licensed premises revoked | Total off-licensed premises revoked | Total revocations |
| Source: DCMS Statistical Bulletin: Liquor Licensing: England and Wales, July 2003 to June 2004, Table 5. |
Licensing Fees
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the recommendation by the Better Regulation Commission to reduce licensing fees payable under the Licensing Act 2003 by voluntary bodies; and if she will make a statement. [66832]
Mr. Woodward: I am currently considering the Better Regulation Commission's report and expect to make a formal response shortly.
However, the impact of fees on not-for-profit groups and events, as well as other sectors, is already being considered by the Independent Licensing Fees Review Panel, which will report in the autumn.
London 2012 Olympics
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) her Department, (b) UK Sport, (c) the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, (d) the British Olympic Association on behalf of the Olympic Sport national governing bodies, (e) the Youth Sport
Trust and (f) the National Sports Foundation are seeking to raise in sponsorship from the private sector before the London 2012 Olympics. [70346]
Mr. Caborn: The information requested is set out as follows:
(a) My Department does not, at this time, have any plans to directly engage in the raising of sponsorship moneys from the private sector prior to the London 2012 Olympics;
(b) UK Sport will seek to raise £100 million in the run up to 2012 to benefit and support our high performance athletes;
(c) The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games' (LOCOG) current budget is approximately £2 billion. This money will be generated through ticket sales and merchandising as well as the sale of broadcast and sponsorship rights. LOCOG will be seeking to maximise the amount of money that they can raise from their sponsors to help fund the Games and achieve the overall target of £2 billion.
(d) This information is not held by my Department;
(e) The Youth Sport Trust is a charitable organisation and responsible for its own fundraising programme. However I can confirm that they have already secured sponsorship from Visa for the organisation of the 2006 UK School Games.
(f) The National Sports Foundation has been tasked with generating a total of £30 million additional investment into grass-roots and community sport over the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08, and this will include moneys raised from private sponsors. Any activity beyond 2008 will be contingent on the outcomes of the next Comprehensive Spending Review.
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she will take (a) to prioritise and (b) to prevent conflicts of interest relating to the raising of private sector sponsorship in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics; and if she will make a statement. [70384]
Mr. Caborn: It is my intention that we effectively and successfully harness the passion that exists for sport in this country and provide effective mechanisms for those who wish to invest in or sponsor sport at all levels. My Department will, therefore, ensure that robust strategies are put in place precisely so that we can maximise the amount of new money flowing into sport, and avoid any possibility of these problems arising.
Preventing Extremism Together
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to implement the recommendation in the Preventing Extremism Together report to set up a unit to monitor the representation of Islam in the media. [69288]
Mr. Woodward: There are currently no plans to take forward this recommendation.
Schools Olympics
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what involvement (a) UK Sport, (b) the British Olympic Association and (c) the individual sport national governing bodies will have in the staging of the Schools Olympics announced in the Budget. [70347]
Mr. Caborn: The Youth Sport Trust have held initial discussions with the British Olympic Foundation, the charitable arm of the British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association to integrate and embed the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games' ideals and values into the UK School Games (UKSG).
Arrangements for the UKSG for 2007-11 are being finalised. However, the National Governing Bodies (Swimming, Fencing, Athletics, Table Tennis and Gymnastics) that are participating in the UKSG 2006 are responsible for the competition format, team selection and technical requirements of their sport in this event, as well as assuming responsibility for the developmental work around the National Competition Framework and engaging the National School Sport Associations in that process.
UK Sport has no formal contracted involvement with the UK School Games but it is supporting the event in two ways:
Ensuring that the performance and competition structures build on and link in with the World Class Performance Pathway; and
Advising on the drug testing procedures for the Games
UK Sport will also be using the event to promote Drug Free Sport through their 100 per cent. ME Outreach programme.
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many school sport organisations were consulted before the announcement of a Schools Olympics in the 2006 budget; and what representations she received in response to the consultation. [70441]
Mr. Caborn: Prior to the announcement of the UK School Games (UKSG) 2006, as Minister for Sport, I co-ordinated a meeting with key partners. This included the National Council for School Sport (NCSS), (the representative body of the National School Sport Associations in England) and the NGB's from Athletics, Swimming, Gymnastics, Table Tennis and Fencing. The schools associations in England and the Home Countries were informed of these proposals, and an update of the meeting was sent to the Scottish Schools Federation.
The Youth Sport Trust, the organisation responsible for the UKSG 2006 has confirmed support from the School Sport Associations and NGB's.
Details of the UK School Games (UKSG) for 2007-11 have not been finalised.
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which body is responsible for the organisation of the Schools Olympics announced in the Budget; and what role the private sector will play in the project. [70442]
Mr. Caborn: The lead responsibility for the UK School Games (UKSG) 2006, rests with the Youth Sport Trust. Sponsorship has been secured from Visa.
Arrangements for the UKSG for 2007-2011 have not been finalised. However the Millennium Commission has recently invited applications from organisations willing to organise the UKSG in 2007-11 and which it
is intended will receive funding from the Trust which the Commission, the Big Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and the Government plan to establish to support a diverse range of cultural and sporting initiatives associated with the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. It is our expectation that, as with the Glasgow event, these Games would also attract private sponsorship.
Communities and Local Government
Crown Immunity
Mrs. Dean: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the majority of the immunity afforded to the Crown in respect of planning legislation will be revoked. [70756]
Yvette Cooper: The legislation required to remove the Crown's immunity from planning legislation has been made and will be laid before Parliament shortly.
Housing
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations her Department has received since 4 May on the proposed demolition of urban terraced housing in northern cities. [69959]
Yvette Cooper: We have received no representations of this kind since 4 May, but the majority received prior to this date are in support of the proposals put forward by the nine housing market renewal pathfinders.
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the delivery by her Department of the necessary additional infrastructure for housing expansion in North Northamptonshire. [70182]
Yvette Cooper: Infrastructure investment must support housing growth, using a mix of funding from mainstream programmes, investment by the private sector and top-up funding from the growth areas programme.
The Government are encouraging local delivery partners to focus on identifying, prioritising and sourcing investment in their locations—based on their individual circumstances and priorities, and using a mix of public and private funding.
Northamptonshire county council has commissioned EDAW consultants to undertake a study of the infrastructure requirements in North Northamptonshire. This work was supported by funds from my Department.
Delivery of the necessary infrastructure to support additional housing in the growth areas will be undertaken by a wide range of public and private organisations. Substantial funding has already been provided by my Department for those infrastructure schemes already identified to support growth, through
growth area funding, and jointly with DfT through community infrastructure fund.
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will revise the housing expansion target for North Northamptonshire contained in the Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-regional spatial strategy. [70185]
Yvette Cooper: There are no plans at present to revise this target.
Infrastructure
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how many occasions in the last two years personnel from the growth areas directorate have visited North Northamptonshire to discuss additional infrastructure provision, broken down by district council area. [70188]
Yvette Cooper: My officials from Growth Areas Division have been in regular contact with the local delivery vehicles in North Northamptonshire over the last two years to discuss growth issues, including infrastructure provision.
Local delivery vehicles have been established in most of the major locations of growth to drive the delivery of new homes and infrastructure. In North Northamptonshire the local authorities have been members of the delivery vehicles Catalyst Corby and North Northants Together and are founding members of the newly announced North Northants Development Company—a merger of the two organisations. The North Northants Development Company will continue to work with their partners to assess priority infrastructure requirements and suitable funding sources.
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her latest estimate is of the cost of infrastructure for (a) schools, (b) health services, (c) transport, (d) water and sewerage and (e) other services required to accompany housing expansion in North Northamptonshire. [70189]
Yvette Cooper: Infrastructure investment must support housing growth, using a mix of funding from mainstream programmes, investment by the private sector and top-up funding from the growth areas programme.
Northamptonshire county council has commissioned EDAW consultants to undertake a study of the infrastructure requirements in North Northamptonshire. This work was supported by funds from my Department.
The Government are encouraging local delivery partners to focus on identifying, prioritising and sourcing investment in their locations—based on their individual circumstances and priorities, and using a mix of public and private funding.
Assessing the infrastructure requirements for growth is a complex and lengthy process. It needs to assess the detailed layout of a development as it evolves and to allow for changing approaches to service provision affecting what is needed and when.
Work and Pensions
Financial Assistance Scheme
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how much on average has been paid (a) per person and (b) to each terminally ill person from the Financial Assistance Scheme; [66467]
(2) how many (a) people and (b) people who are terminally ill are eligible for payments from the Financial Assistance Scheme; [66471]
(3) how many (a) people and (b) people who are terminally ill have received payments from the Financial Assistance Scheme in each month since the scheme started. [66472]
James Purnell: To date, 43 people have been assessed as eligible for payments. Four of these are not yet being paid as they have not reached age 65. None of those eligible are terminally ill.
The gross average payment is £2,291.64 a year, or £190.97 a month. The following table details the number of payments made in each month since the first payments in December 2005.
| Payments made each month | |
| Number | |
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