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Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which football clubs receive Government funding to operate community schemes; what assessment he has made of these schemes; and if he will make a statement. [161873]
Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in time available before Prorogation.
Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many grade (a) I, (b) II* and (c) II listed buildings there are. [157222]
Margaret Hodge: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how much has been spent on the administration of the Peoples £50 million Lottery contest; [161459]
(2) how much the Big Lottery Fund has granted to the (a) Black Country Consortium Ltd, (b) Eden: the Edge, (c) Sherwood: The Living Legend and (d) the Sustrans Connect2 projects; and for what purposes; [161461]
(3) how much was allocated to each organisation bidding for the Peoples £50 million Lottery contest by the Big Lottery Fund in order to help prepare for participating in the contest. [161463]
James Purnell [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much lottery funding was awarded to projects in (a) Wirral South, (b) Wirral, (c) Merseyside, (d) the North West and (e) England per head of population in each of the last five years. [154798]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The figures for grants awarded during the last five completed financial years for the areas requested are set out in these tables. The Departments Lottery Grants Database is searchable at www.lottery.culture.gov.uk and uses information supplied by the Lottery distributors. The population figures used are the mid-2005 estimates of the Office for National Statistics, except in the case of Wirral, South where the population figures used are the mid-2004 estimates of the Office for National Statistics.
Wirral, South parliamentary constituency population 73,771 | |||
Financial year | Amount awarded (£) | Number of grants | Per capita (£) |
Wirral metropolitan borough council population 313,100 | |||
Financial year | Amount awarded (£) | Number of grants | Per capita rounded to nearest pence (£) |
Merseyside c ounty population 3,367,100 | |||
Financial year | Amount awarded (£) | Number of grants | Per capita rounded to nearest pence (£) |
The North West region population 6,846,200 | |||
Financial year | Amount awarded (£) | Number of grants | Per capita rounded to nearest pence (£) |
England population 50,431,700 | |||
Financial year | Amount awarded (£) | Number of grants | Per capita rounded to nearest pence (£) |
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2007, Official Report, column 1604W, on the Olympic Games, (1) for what reason no agendas were drawn up for the meeting after 9 March; [160282]
(2) for what reason the meeting of 9 March 2006 was cancelled. [159885]
Tessa Jowell: I have been asked to reply as Minister for the Olympics.
Pursuant to my answer of 3 September 2007, Official Report, column 1604W, I can confirm that the meeting of the Cost Review Group on 9 March 2006 took place. It was the meeting scheduled for 19 April 2006 that was cancelled, for diary reasons.
Copies of agendas for the Cost Review Group meetings of 7 February 2006, 9 March 2006 and 25 April 2006, have now come to light, and I am arranging for these to be placed in the House Library.
Mr. Skinner: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding has been allocated to public libraries in Derbyshire in the last five years. [161443]
Margaret Hodge: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Departments expenditure was in real terms on the Royal Parks in each year since 1997. [158298]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 22 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he attended the International Rugby Board rugby World Cup Final in an official capacity; and if he will make a statement. [161274]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Both my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I attended the Rugby Board Rugby World Cup final in an official capacity as guests of the International Rugby Board.
I congratulate the England team on a tremendous effort in reaching the final and playing with such determination and pride. I am sure their performance will inspire many young people to get involved in rugby.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement on the provision and location of facilities to enable British competitors in pistol shooting to practise legally within the UK prior to the 2012 games. [159569]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Agreement has been reached in principle on the use of Ministry of Defence ranges by a small squad of elite pistol shooters. The Home Office is currently considering how best to take this forward.
It will be for Scottish Ministers to decide what arrangements should apply in Scotland.
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many pensioners in the Walsall, North constituency were eligible for a free television licence in each year since its inception. [161744]
James Purnell: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made towards improving the productivity of (a) the tourism industry, (b) the creative industries and (c) the leisure industries. [160142]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 25 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what activity was funded by the public purse in Australia to encourage visitors to the UK in summer 2007; and how much was spent. [161400]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effect of the 2007 foot and mouth disease outbreak on tourism in the South East; whether he has allocated additional funds to promote tourism in this area since August 2007; and if he will make a statement. [161399]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 29 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many treasure finds were reported in (a) 2006, (b) 2005, (c) 2004 and (d) 2003; and if he will make a statement. [156842]
Margaret Hodge: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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