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Working Neighbourhoods Fund
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Torbay of 31 January 2008, Official Report, column 592W, on the Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF), how the criteria for WNF differs from the criteria previously used to allocate Deprived Areas Fund. [189403]
John Healey: Following Spending Review 2004 the Deprived Areas Fund (DAF) was allocated to wards based on benefit claim rates. The following wards attracted DAF allocations:
Any ward with a benefit claim rate of 25 per cent. or above; and
Any ward in the 10 local authorities with the lowest employment rates with a benefit claim rate of 20 to 25 per cent.
Three criteria were used to determine eligibility for the Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF):
Any authority that has 20 per cent. or more of its lower super output areas (LSOAs) in the most deprived decile on the employment domain; or
Any authority that has 20 per cent. or more of its lower super output areas (LSOAs) in the most deprived decile on the overall IMD; or
Any authority that ranks among the top 40 districts on an equally weighted measure of key benefit claim rate and employment rate.
Local authorities were only required to meet one of the above criteria to qualify for the fund.
Culture, Media and Sport
Alcoholic Drinks: Advertising
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had on the introduction of bans on (a) the broadcasting of alcohol advertising before 9 p.m., (b) sponsorship by the alcohol industry of sporting, music and other entertainment events aimed primarily at young people and (c) the marketing of pre-mixed alcoholic drinks aimed at young people. [189454]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Government’s national alcohol strategy, ‘Safe. Sensible. Social.’ includes a commitment to look at the relationship between alcohol price, promotions (including advertising), consumption, and harm. Discussions on these issues are ongoing within Government.
Archaeology
Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent meetings he and officials in his Department have had with finds liaison officers on the Portable Antiquities Scheme; and what assessment he has made of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council’s proposals for funding for the Scheme in 2008-09. [185612]
Margaret Hodge: The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) recognises that the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is of national importance. The British Museum and the MLA are fully committed to the continued success of the PAS and are working together with other stakeholders to ensure that this is achieved.
My right hon. Friend the Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (James Purnell) met the Finds Liaison Officer for the North West region in December 2007.
The PAS is funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and administered on their behalf by the British Museum. Any assessment regarding the scheme is therefore a matter for the MLA and the British Museum.
English Sports Council: Education
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether Sport England has made any representations on the amount of physical education training undertaken by primary school teachers as part of their initial teacher training since 1997. [189590]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 26 February 2008]: The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) have responsibility for the provision of teacher training.
The focus of Sport England is on community sport. We are not aware that it has made any representations on the amount of physical education training included in primary initial teacher training.
Mass Media: Middle East
Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will hold discussions with UK (a) print and (b) broadcast news providers under the Public Diplomacy Strategy on the balance of media coverage of the Israel/Palestinian conflict. [188147]
Dr. Howells: I have been asked to reply.
We currently have no plans to hold any such discussions.
National Lottery: Braintree
Mr. Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which projects were awarded funding by the Big Lottery Fund in Braintree constituency in each of the last five years. [189346]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The grants awarded by the Big Lottery Fund and its predecessors, the Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund, in each of the last five completed financial years for the Braintree constituency are listed in the following table.
The information is location specific. That is, the list includes only grants that are specific to locations in the constituency and excludes grants that might have gone to addresses in the constituency, to headquarters offices for example, but are not otherwise related to it. The Department’s lottery grants database is searchable at www.lottery.culture.gov.uk and uses information supplied by the lottery distributor.
| Grants awarded by the Big Lottery Fund during the last five completed financial years to the constituency of Braintree | |||
| Distributing body | Recipient | Award date | Award amount (£) |
National Lottery: Northern Ireland
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much revenue was raised from National Lottery ticket sales in Northern Ireland in each financial year since 1997. [189436]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is not readily available. The national lottery operator, Camelot, does not collect ticket sales information on a country basis. However, an analysis of sales data by postcode area is available in the Libraries of both Houses and provides information up to 2004.
Playing Fields: Planning Permission
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2008, Official Report, column 1001, on planning permission: playing fields, if he will provide a break down of applications approved in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05 by region. [189628]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested, broken down at a regional level, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Sports
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the top 10 sports were in terms of active participation by (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 14 to 16, (ii) 17 to 21, (iii) 22 to 24, (iv) 25 to 30, (v) 31 to 35, (vi) 36 to 40, (vii) 41 to 55, (viii) 56 to 59 and (ix) 60 years and over in the latest period for which figures are available. [188999]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The following table shows the top 10 sports in terms of active participation by males and females in various age ranges. The data are from Sport England’s Active People survey (2005-06), and considers sports participated in at least once in the last 28 days.
Data are unavailable for males and females aged 14 to 16-years-old.
| Males | Percentage |
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