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An individual based in one area can receive legal help and representation from a legal service provider
based in another. The following table shows the amounts paid to legal service providers based in Wales across all areas of legal aid.
Figures for the Crown court are based on the bills paid for proceedings in Crown court locations based in Wales and Chester.
| £ million | |||||
| Legal aid paid for licensed work in civil matters—including representation where available | Legal aid paid for controlled work in civil matters limited to legal advice and assistance | Legal aid paid for legal advice given in criminal matters and also representation in criminal proceedings in the magistrates' courts | Legal aid paid under individual case contracts in lengthy and complex criminal cases (VHCCs) | Legal aid paid by the Crown court locations in Wales and Chester | |
| ((1)) Data not available | |||||
Legal Aid: Wellingborough
Mr. Bone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many firms provide legal aid services in Wellingborough; and what the average number of such firms is per constituency. [131664]
Vera Baird: The Legal Services Commission (LSC) does not hold data based on constituency boundaries. However, in the Wellingborough area there are currently eight contracted legal aid providers. The local need for legal aid provision will vary due to a number of factors, such as population and affluence, and a crude average is unlikely to reflect the true need of the local area. As at 31 March 2006, there were 4,101 legal aid providers in England and Wales.
Prisoners
Mr. Laws: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many and what percentage of prisoners (a) began and (b) completed a course resulting in a (i) educational and (ii) professional qualification whilst in prison in each of the last five years. [129913]
Phil Hope: I have been asked to reply.
Data were not previously collected in a format that would enable the information requested to be provided. However, since the introduction of the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) across England with effect from 31 July 2006, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is collecting information about offender learners and their achievements. The following data relate to full qualifications, or units towards full qualifications, achieved by offenders in custody over the age of 16 since that date.
| Month | Total number of learners at start of month | New learners (included in column 1) | Full/part qualifications achieved | Full/part qualifications achieved as a percentage of total learners( 1) |
| (1) Individual learners may achieve more than one full/part qualification | ||||
Unpaid Fines
Peter Bottomley: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many liability orders for unpaid (a) council tax, (b) business rates, (c) parking charge notices and (d) child support and unexecuted magistrates court warrants for unpaid fines were issued in (i) London and (ii) elsewhere in England in the last period for which figures are available. [130856]
Ms Harman: My Department does not collect management information on numbers of liability orders issued by magistrates courts.
Culture, Media and Sport
Museum Collections
12. Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage museums to share their collections and take them into schools in West Lancashire. [131518]
Mr. Lammy: As a result of our investment in the Renaissance in the regions programme, we have seen a 50 per cent. increase in engagement between school-aged children and museums since 2003. This has come about through more school visits and a seven-fold increase in participation in learning outreach activities.
Freeview
13. Mr. Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the allocation of sufficient spectrum to Freeview to ensure its ability to offer higher definition television. [131519]
Mr. Woodward: We have received a number of representations about the digital dividend review including some on high definition.
However, issues about spectrum use are the responsibility of Ofcom. We will continue to consider stakeholders' and Ofcom’s views.
Racism in Sport
14. Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provides towards campaigns to prevent racism in sport; and if she will make a statement. [131520]
Mr. Caborn: Sport England provides an annual grant of approximately £300,000 to Sporting Equals, which champions race equality in sport.
Also through Sport England, the Government provide funding to the Football Foundation, the UK's largest sports charity, which supports anti-racism campaigns in football like ‘Kick it Out' and ‘Show Racism the Red Card'.
Culture: Huddersfield
15. Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department has provided for cultural activity in Huddersfield in the last 10 years. [131521]
Mr. Lammy: The programmes provided by my Department and its non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) over the last decade have made a significant contribution to the provision of culture in Huddersfield.
Events such as the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival have undoubtedly played an important role in improving the quality of life in the town. In early 2007 the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival was awarded £389,500 from Arts Council England; this investment will help to secure the long-term future of one of Europe's leading international new music festivals.
Football Governance
16. Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met the football authorities to discuss governance of football. [131522]
Mr. Caborn: I have met representatives of the Football Association to discuss governance of football on a number of occasions, most recently on 7 March 2007.
The proposals outlined by Lord Burns in his review of the FA were passed in October, when the FA Council voted to implement every single reform.
However, The FA shareholders must also approve them and I understand they are due to meet on 29 May.
School Sports
17. Barbara Keeley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on Government support for competitive sport in schools. [131523]
Mr. Caborn: Through the national school sport strategy the Government are revitalising competitive school sport
The 2005-06 school sport survey showed that:
97 per cent. of schools held a competitive sports day,
71 per cent. of pupils were involved in intra-school competition, and
37 per cent. of pupils from years 4-11 were involved in inter-school competition, up 12 per cent. on 2004.
We are developing a network of competition managers across school sport partnerships to continue to improve the quality and quantity of competitive school sport. In addition, we have established the UK school games.
Arts: Hartlepool
Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Government funding local artists in (a) Hartlepool constituency and (b) Tees Valley sub-region received in each of the last 10 years. [130888]
Mr. Woodward: The tables show the Arts Council’s funding commitments to local artists in Hartlepool and Tees Valley in the last 10 years. Local artists are defined as individual artists living in Hartlepool or Tees Valley. Grant in aid figures exclude grants given to regularly funded organisations.
| (a) Local artists in the Hartlepool constituency | ||
| £ | ||
| Grant in aid | Lottery | |
| (b) Local artists in the Tees valley sub-region | ||
| £ | ||
| Grant in aid | Lottery | |
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