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Young Offenders: Unemployed
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of 16 to 18-year-olds convicted of an offence in the last three years for which figures are available were not in education, employment or training; and if he will make a statement. [135318]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Data relating to the educational, employment or training status of young offenders upon conviction are not recorded centrally. However, the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has a performance indicator to ensure that 90 per cent. of all young people supervised by youth offending teams are in suitable full time education, training or employment at the end of their Order. These data are published in the YJB annual statistics and are available on their website:
Culture, Media and Sport
Cultural Heritage: Iraq
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to protect sites of cultural significance in Iraq from further damage by looters; and if she will make a statement. [134163]
Tessa Jowell: The protection of cultural sites in Iraq is now a matter for the Government of Iraq. Nevertheless, the British Government and our forces deployed in Iraq take very seriously the need to respect, protect and preserve these sites and institutions and we do what we can to support the Government of Iraq in this. For example:
We introduced the Iraq (United Nations) Sanctions Order 2003. Among other things this made it an offence to deal in Iraqi cultural property removed from Iraq after 6 August 1990.
In September 2006, the Metropolitan Police formally returned an 11th century manuscript and an ancient Aramaic incantation bowl, confiscated from illegal traders in 2003, to the Iraqi Government.
In February 2004, the British Council hosted a "Not for Sale" conference in Geneva on the traffic of artefacts from Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond for which the Government provided £20,000 in funding.
This is in addition to the work undertaken by the British Museum and British Library, for which I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27 April 2007, Official Report, column 1327W.
Departments: Information Technology
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was of each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed by her Department with outside suppliers over the last five years. [136135]
Mr. Lammy: It is not possible to answer this question save at disproportionate cost.
Departments: Internet
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for which Government websites she is responsible; how many visitors each received in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the cost (a) was of establishing and (b) has been of maintaining each site. [135718]
Mr. Lammy: My Department cannot provide all the information as requested without disproportionate cost. However costs for 2005-07 and visitor information for 2006 and a list of websites for which my Department is responsible is as follows:
My Department is responsible for 17 websites, the majority of which were developed in house using existing resources. Costs are supplied for the period 2005-06 and 2006-07.
| Period | Site | Set up costs (£) | Maintenance costs (£) | Subtotal (£) |
Figures for Flying the Union Flag, Casino Advisory Panel and Mobility of Collections are counted as part of the main departmental website.
Figures for National Lottery Awards, Digital Television Switchover, Culture Online and Creative
Economy Programme are not included because the information could not be collated without disproportionate cost.
| Unique visitor figures for the period January-December 2006 | |
| Website | Visitors |
| (1) March-December 2006 | |
| Year established, websites and web addresses | ||
| Year established | Website | URL |
| (1) Transferred to digitaluk in 2006 | ||
Departments: Pressure Groups
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what meetings took place between Ministers in her Department and outside interest groups between 1 January and 31 March; and what the date of each such meeting was. [131027]
Mr. Lammy: Ministers and civil servants meet a large number of people and groups in the course of their official duties.
Details of all Ministers appointments with outside interest groups from 1 January to 31 March can be found on the DCMS website at:
I am also placing copies of the list in the House Libraries.
Departments: Sick Leave
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people took sick
leave for stress in her Department in the last 12 months; and what percentage of the total staff number this represents. [135477]
Mr. Lammy: The Department had eight people take sick leave for stress in the last 12 months. This represented 1.5 per cent. of the total number of staff.
Gambling
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2007, Official Report, column 710W, on gambling advertising, how much her Department has ring-fenced to spend on advertising the dangers of problem gambling ahead of the implementation of the Gambling Act 2005. [135821]
The Responsibility in Gambling Trust is currently developing a strategy for a national public awareness campaign to include signposting to help and information on responsible gambling. My Department is working closely with the trust on this strategy and fully supports their work in this area.
The trust has already funded an awareness campaign aimed at young people. The campaign is currently being rolled out to schools and youth clubs through children’s charity TACADE.
Labour Party: Fund Raising
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether funding from (a) the Lottery and (b) her Department is being provided to any of the patrons of the Labour Party sports fundraiser to be held in July. [135565]
Mr. Caborn [holding answer 3 May 2007]: Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, DBE and Darren Campbell have both received Athlete Personal Awards under UK Sport’s World Class Performance Programme, which is national lottery funded. Dame Tanni is still receiving support under the programme.
Licensing Laws
Mr. Anthony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many late licences have been (a) submitted and (b) approved since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 in (i) England and (ii) Great Yarmouth. [135197]
Mr. Woodward: We do not hold this information centrally. The Licensing Act 2003 devolved the administration of the licensing regime to individual licensing authorities, and Great Yarmouth Licensing Authority should hold information about licensed premises in their area.
However, broad estimates collated by the Department in November 2006, based on a very small sample of licensing authorities, suggested that a fifth of pubs, bars and clubs in England and Wales are licensed to sell alcohol until 11pm at the latest; roughly a third until midnight; and around another third are licensed until 1am at the latest.
Museums and Galleries: Finance
Mr. Anthony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on museums in (a) England and (b) Great Yarmouth in each of the last 30 years for which figures are available. [135198]
Mr. Lammy: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Paul Holmes) on 8 February 2007, Official Report, column 1138W in respect of expenditure back to 1997-98.
The Annual Reports of the former Department of National Heritage are in the House Library and include expenditure out-turns for museums and galleries dating back to1987-88, when museums were the responsibility of the Office of Arts and Libraries:
| Central Government Expenditure Voted in Estimates: Museums and Galleries | |
| Out-turn (£ million) | |
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