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Government: Standards

Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what overarching studies he plans to undertake as part of his responsibility to make Government work better. [149224]

Edward Miliband: The Prime Minister has already taken several steps to make Government work better. The Prime Minister announced Machinery of Government changes on 27 June, creating the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Department for Innovation,
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Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. On 3 July the Prime Minister announced a series of constitutional reform measures in the Green Paper entitled “The Governance of Britain”. On 12 June the Cabinet Secretary also announced changes to structures within the Cabinet Office designed to strengthen policy, strategy and co-ordination at the centre of Government.

The Cabinet Office has an overarching purpose of making Government work better. As Minister for the Cabinet Office, I and the Prime Minister will keep this under review, and I will provide the Prime Minister with advice as I see fit.

Ministerial Policy Advisers: Standards

Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he expects to issue a revised version of the Special Advisers’ Code. [149230]

Edward Miliband: A revised version of the Model Contract for Special Advisers, incorporating the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, will be published in due course.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Manpower

Norman Baker: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how the (a) officials and (b) budget of the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister are deployed. [149229]

Edward Miliband: The Deputy Prime Minister’s Office has been disbanded and its residual responsibilities and its functions have been transferred to the Cabinet Office.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many complaints have been received concerning possible breaches of the regulation protecting the use of the Olympic symbol, motto and other words relating to the Olympics; and how many prosecutions have been initiated for breaches of the regulations protecting the use of the Olympic symbol, motto and other words relating to the Olympics. [148584]

Tessa Jowell: Prosecutions and actions for infringement are initiated by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (LOCOG) and other bodies. To date, no prosecutions or actions for infringement have resulted in any judgments of the court in favour of or against LOCOG. LOCOG has written “cease and desist” letters to a number of organisations to remind them of the provisions in place under the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 and the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 which provides protection for the Olympic symbol and other words and representations relating to the Olympics, Paralympics and London 2012.


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The Government Olympic Executive (GOE) within DCMS has also had informal exchanges with a number of organisations to give them information about the provisions.

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what plans she has to visit the National Sports Academy at Lilleshall in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games. [149036]

Tessa Jowell: I will be pursuing a programme of visits to the English regions and Devolved Administrations and plan to include Lilleshall in that programme.

Social Exclusion Unit: Pilot Schemes

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2007, Official Report, column 1673W, on the social exclusion unit: pilot schemes, what pilot projects were (a) initiated and (b) supported by the social exclusion unit and the social exclusion task force prior to the publication of the Reaching Out action plan; and which of those since have been implemented on a national basis. [147565]

Edward Miliband: Prior to the publication of the social exclusion task force (SETF) report ‘Reaching Out: An Action Plan on Social Exclusion’, the social exclusion unit (SEU) produced over 40 reports. Many of these refer to piloting new approaches which have been initiated and taken forward by various Government Departments, local authorities and the voluntary and community sector. Important SEU documents include reports on rough sleeping, neighbourhood renewal and teenage pregnancy.

The SETF supports the piloting and testing of new approaches which may help tackle social exclusion either on a local or national scale. We recognise the need for good evaluation of pilot programmes so that findings and best practice can be disseminated and implemented.

Culture, Media and Sport

British Film Institute: Archives

Mr. Tom Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement on the future of the British Film Institute and its role in conserving archive material. [149613]

Margaret Hodge: The British Film Institute (BFI) has a unique role in providing education and promoting knowledge and understanding of film. BFI also leads on the conservation of film and TV in the UK. In response to the challenges and opportunities faced by the moving image archive sector, the BFI, in partnership with the UK Film Council and film agencies across the UK, has developed a strategy to secure the UK's screen heritage and increase access to it. This strategy is currently undergoing consultation.


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Departmental Studies

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2007, Official Report, column 1360W, on departmental studies, when he intends to place the rest of the requested documents in the Library. [148948]

Margaret Hodge: The following studies have been published and can now be placed in the Library:

The following studies are not yet complete but will be placed in the Library on completion:

Departments: Crime

Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what criminal offences have been created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department since October 2006. [149595]

Margaret Hodge: Section 3 of the Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007 creates two new criminal offences. The offences relate to the Digital Switchover Help Scheme and make it an offence to disclose information supplied under the Act without lawful authority. The offence under section 3(1) makes it an offence for a “relevant person” to make such a disclosure and the offence under section 3(2) makes it an offence for a range of persons connected with the relevant person to make such a disclosure.

Departments: Non-departmental Public Bodies

Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2007, Official Report, column 90W, on Departments: non-departmental public bodies, what the (a) capital costs and (b) revenue operating costs were of each of the non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible in each of the last five years; and what change this represented in each case from the previous year. [146118]

Margaret Hodge: The information requested is drawn from the Department’s records and is shown in the following tables.


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Operating grant allocated to DCMS non-departmental public bodies
£000
Revenue costs
Final outturn Provisional outturn Plans
Body 2003-04 +/- 2004-05 +/- 2005-06 +/- 2006-07 +/- 2007-08

British Museum

31,304

-7,874

23,430

13,130

36,560

3,028

39,588

1,985

41,573

Natural History Museum

29,618

991

30,609

8,944

39,553

-1,811

37,742

4,173

41,915

Imperial War Museum

13,544

7,403

20,947

-761

20,186

-3,430

16,756

2,171

18,927

National Gallery

11,606

-5,442

6,164

11,495

17,659

-2,281

15,378

6,938

22,316

National Maritime Museum

13,912

162

14,074

319

14,393

864

15,257

154

15,411

National Museums Liverpool

14,565

2,452

17,017

-1,302

15,715

3,688

19,403

-427

18,976

National Portrait Gallery

5,278

-393

4,885

560

5,445

-113

5,332

1,536

6,868

National Museum of Science and Industry

33,355

792

34,147

-1,349

32,798

-576

32,222

2,012

34,234

National Coal Mining Museum of England

2,410

260

2,670

-244

2,426

102

2,528

131

2,659

Tate Gallery

27,124

-3,231

23,893

931

24,824

2,630

27,454

4,225

31,679

Victoria and Albert Museum

28,197

-2,789

25,408

3,105

28,513

3,257

31,770

7,500

39,270

Wallace Collection

1,861

842

2,703

-443

2,260

222

2,482

174

2,656

Museum of Science and Industry Manchester

3,099

310

3,409

-839

2,570

1,139

3,709

62

3,771

Museum of London

6,274

232

6,506

-174

6,332

-375

5,957

1,252

7,209

Sir John Soane’s Museum

2199

-1,405

794

-4

790

364

1,154

-82

1,072

Horniman Museum

3281

228

3,509

23

3,532

200

3,732

218

3,950

Geffrye Museum

1,256

95

1,351

-20

1,331

63

1,394

162

1,556

Royal Armouries

5,775

486

6,261

-894

5,367

1,297

6,664

748

7,412

National Football Museum

100

0

100

0

100

0

100

0

100

People’s History Museum

150

0

150

0

150

6

156

8

164

Tyne and Wear Museums

1,100

100

1,200

10

1,210

651

1,861

465

2,326

Design Museum

200

68

268

72

340

143

483

-80

403

British Library(1)

397,936

-316,922

81,014

1,463

82,477

-9,761

72,716

19,623

92,339

Public Lending Right

7,292

149

7,441

-68

7,373

318

7,691

-9

7,682

Museums Libraries and Archives Council

13,547

-227

13,320

89

13,409

1,333

14,742

-271

14,471

Arts Council of England

325,873

38,957

364,830

31,843

396,673

-373

396,300

20,655

416,955

Football Licensing Authority

2,035

-936

1,099

32

1,131

19

1,150

111

1,261

UK Sports Council

23,578

1

23,579

5,153

28,732

22,852

51,584

11,387

62,971

Sport England

30,748

40,227

70,975

10,104

81,079

-23,489

57,590

22,073

79,663

Royal Household

17,157

-1,600

15,557

650

16,207

-100

16,107

0

16,107

English Heritage(1)

313,986

-193,709

120,277

4,150

124,427

2,561

126,988

-3,252

123,736

National Heritage Memorial Fund

5,000

0

5,000

2

5,002

-6,940

-1,938

1,938

0

Churches Conservation Trust

3,000

0

3,000

626

3,626

-122

3,504

-442

3,062

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

2,979

858

3,837

645

4,482

-793

3,689

1,001

4,690

Visit Britain

48,758

-945

47,813

845

48,658

83

48,741

859

49,600

UK Film Council

18,733

3,917

22,650

-1,959

20,691

3,337

24,028

-1,668

22,360

The National Film and Television School

2,600

0

2,600

100

2,700

0

2,700

0

2,700

National Lottery Commission

-99

1,600

1,501

7,372

8,873

-555

8,318

5,683

14,001

Spaces for Sport and Arts

0

0

0

Gaming Board for Great Britain/Gambling Commission

2,342

1,362

3,704

5,762

9,466

4,548

14,014

-9,794

4,220

(1) 2003-04 transferring pensions costs.

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