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Peterborough
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many overnight visits (a) he and (b) his predecessor made to Peterborough in each year since 1997. [154327]
Piers
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what proportion of seaside piers are publicly owned; and how many have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded funding from the National Lottery. [155649]
Margaret Hodge: There are currently 55 piers still standing, 16 of which are owned by local authorities (LAs).
Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has received 12 applications for seaside piers, six for piers which are owned by LAs. HLF has granted funding for three of those owned by local authorities.
The breakdown of the awards for the three LA owned seaside piers is set out in the table:
| Name | Grantee | Number of p rojects | Value of a wards (£) |
|
Penarth Arts and Crafts Ltd./Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council | |||
|
Southport Pier Trust Company Ltd./Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council |
Primary Education: Football
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many primary schools do not have a football team competing in a schools league. [156636]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Of the 17,361 primary schools in England, the English Schools Football Association (ESFA) advise that approximately 5,361 do not compete in either county, district or national football competitions.
The 2005-06 School Sport Survey found that 99 per cent. of primary schools offered football during the last year and that 79 per cent. of primary schools have a link with a football club.
Radio
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with Ofcom regarding the regulation of commercial radio. [155757]
James Purnell: The regulation of radio is one of the items that I and my officials discuss in our periodic meetings with Ofcom.
Sport Action Zones
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been invested in Sport Action Zones since 2000. [155903]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Core funding for each of the 12 designated Sport Action Zones totalled £350,000 over the five years of planned investment (2000-05); meaning an overall total of £4.2 million.
A further £1.998 million Magnet funding was also awarded to the scheme. Any future investment in Sport Action Zones has been mainstreamed through Sport England's Community Investment Fund (CIF).
Sport Direct
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2007, Official Report, column 2145W, on Sport Direct, when the one stop shop is likely to be created; what work has already been undertaken to assess the most effective way of integrating different sources of sports participation information; how many civil servants are involved in the assessment process; how much has been allocated to establishing the one stop shop; and how much of such funding has been spent on development to date. [156266]
James Purnell: A number of options for delivering a one stop shop service for sport have been considered, and from the autumn this service will be accessible via the NHS Choices website. Officials discussed the most effective way of integrating sources of sports participation information with Sport England and the Department of Health.
Two DCMS civil servants were involved in the assessment process.
All costs of developing and establishing the new service have been met within existing budgets.
Sports: Elderly
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of people over the age of 60 involved in regular sports participation. [156683]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Data from the DCMS 2005-06 ‘Taking Part’ survey showed that:
10.4 per cent. of people aged 60 and over engaged in at least 30 minutes of moderate level intensity sport, at least three times a week.
29.7 per cent. of people aged 60 and over had participated in an active sport at least once in the last four weeks.
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the top 10 sports are in terms of active participation by the over 60s. [156684]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Data from the DCMS 2005-06 ‘Taking Part’ survey showed that the top 10 sports in terms of participation by people aged 60 and over are:
1. Swimming or diving (indoors)
2. Golf, pitch and putt, putting
3. Health, fitness, gym or conditioning activities
4. Swimming or diving (outdoors)
5. Cycling for health, recreation, training, competition
6. Keep fit, aerobics
7. Snooker, pool, billiards (excluding bar billiards)
8. Bowls (lawn) (outdoors)
9. Bowls (indoors)
10. Ten-pin bowling
Sports: National Lottery
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many applications for funding from (a) sports and (b) arts lottery distributors were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful in each year since 1997. [152290]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The figures in the following tables show the number of grants awarded and are derived from the Lottery Grants Database. My Department does not hold information on the number of unsuccessful applications.
| Sport England | |
| Financial year | Total number of Grants |
| Sports Council Northern Ireland | |
| Financial year | Total number of Grants |
| Sports Council Wales | |
| Financial year | Total number of Grants |
| Sport Scotland | |
| Financial year | Total number of Grants |
| UK Sport | |
| Financial year | Total number of Grants |
| Arts Council England | |
| Financial year | Total number of Grants |
| Arts Council Wales | |
| Financial year | Total number of Grants |
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