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Commercial Secrets: Theft
Mr. Gummer:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what guidance he issues to companies offered suspected stolen information about the financial affairs of their associates and competitors. [192865]
Mr. Thomas:
A company offered information on the financial affairs of its associates and competitors which it suspects is stolen is advised to report the matter to the police.
Departmental Data Protection
Mr. Weir:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether confidential or personal information has been compromised through the loss of property from his Department and its predecessor since 1997. [193442]
Mr. Thomas:
Except in exceptional cases, when it is in the public interest, it has been the policy of successive governments not to comment on breaches of security. However, following the publication of the Data Handling Procedures in Government: Interim Progress Report on 17 December 2007, Official Report, column 98WS, all Departments will cover information assurance issues in their annual reports.
Foreign Investment in UK: Japan
Andrew Rosindell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many Japanese investors invested in British industries in 2007; what assessment he has made of the contribution of such investment to the UK economy; and what steps the Government is taking to increase such investment. [192206]
Mr. Thomas:
UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) records information on foreign direct investment (FDI) where UKTI has been directly involved, or where its Regional Partners have become aware of investment.
25 Mar 2008 : Column 76W
Japan is a key FDI investor for the UK, and in 2006-07 UKTI recorded 80 decisions to invest in the UK by Japanese investors, creating over 2,786 new jobs. Two private sector independent sources of business information, Bureau van Dijk and Toyo Keizai, have, respectively, recorded the total stock of Japanese companies in the UK in 2007 at 1,795, and the jobs created in the UK by Japanese companies at 92,882.
UKTI has the lead role within Government for delivering trade development and inward investment services for business. In 2006, UKTI launched its five year strategy “Prosperity in a Changing World”, which is aimed at maximising the UK’s ability to attract FDI, by winning market share in new high growth markets, helping businesses internationalise, and by supporting R and D intensive companies.
Government Offices for the Regions
Julia Goldsworthy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which of his Department’s programme budgets were administered by the Government Offices of the Regions in each of the last five years. [195174]
Mr. McFadden
[holding answer 18 March 2008]: The Government Offices have directly administered the following programme budgets on behalf of BERR.
| | Programme |
|
2002-03
|
Regional Development Agency sponsorship University Innovation Centres Renewable Energy
|
|
2003-04
|
Regional Development Agency sponsorship University Innovation Centres Renewable Energy
|
|
2004-05
|
University Innovation Centres Regional Energy Strategy Development and Delivery
|
|
2005-06
|
University Innovation Centres Regional Energy Strategy Development and Delivery
|
|
2006-07
|
University Innovation Centres Regional Energy Strategy Development and Delivery
|
Inward Investment: Dover District Council
Dr. Ladyman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what support his Department has made available to attract inward investment to (a) Thanet and (b) Dover district council areas in the last three years. [183754]
Mr. Thomas:
UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) promotes the UK as the top inward investment location in Europe, and works in close partnership with all of the UK’s Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) to attract value added inward investment. The South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA) is the RDA covering Kent, and responsible for inward investment work in the south east of England.
In 2006-07, the Government provided £163 million to SEEDA through the Single Programme Budget fund. This included a proportion of the £17.23 million (in 2006-07) provided by UKTI to the nine English RDAs for inward investment work. Funding, once allocated, is available for SEEDA to spend as they see fit to achieve regional priorities set out in their regional economic strategies and corporate plans.
25 Mar 2008 : Column 77W
Post Offices: Liverpool
Mrs. Ellman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what commitments Post Office Limited gave to Postwatch in relation to the future of (a) Soho Street, (b) Mill Street and (c) St John’s post offices in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement; [196380]
(2) when he last discussed the future of (a) Soho Street, (b) Mill Street and (c) St John’s post offices in Liverpool with (i) Post Office Limited and (ii) Postwatch; and if he will make a statement; [196379]
(3) when the consultation on the future of St John's Post Office in Liverpool will end; and what the process is for considering the results of that consultation. [196378]
Mr. McFadden:
These are operational matters for Post Office Ltd. (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, managing director of POL, to reply direct to the hon. Member.
Copies of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Mrs. Ellman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he last discussed the future of the Copperas Hill mail sorting office in Liverpool with Royal Mail; and if he will make a statement. [196381]
Mr. McFadden:
There have been no such discussions. This is an operational matter for which Royal Mail has direct responsibility. I have therefore asked the chief executive of Royal Mail, Adam Crozier, to provide a direct reply to the hon. Member.
A copy of the response will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Culture, Media and Sport
Arts Council England: Finance
Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding was given to Arts Council England in the last 12 months; what percentage was given to the east of England; and how much was allocated to organisations in grants. [188286]
Margaret Hodge:
My Department expects to provide £422.2 million grant in aid to Arts Council England in 2007-08, following parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate. Final outturn figures will be available in June 2008. Projected lottery income to Arts Council England (including investment income) in 2007-08 is £146 million. Final lottery figures will be available in mid April.
Arts Council England, East will receive £12 million from the grant in aid income and £4.5 million from the lottery income in 2007-08, of which £13 million is to be allocated to organisations in grants and £0.5 million is to be allocated as grants for the arts for individuals. Of the remaining budget, £2 million is allocated to administration spend and £1 million to managed funds. Managed funds are used by the Arts Council flexibly to deliver throughout the year often short-term, one-off arts projects, often in partnership with other organisations.
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Arts: Birmingham
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking on increasing access to the arts in (a) Birmingham and (b) Staffordshire. [195444]
Margaret Hodge:
Government investment and support for the arts is primarily channelled through Arts Council England (ACE). Overall arts funding has increased in real terms by 73 per cent. since 1998 and in 2007-08 ACE received £412 million.
ACE West Midlands have placed a priority on ensuring that their investment over the next three years reaches a wide range of communities, artists and audiences in Birmingham and Staffordshire. Between 2008-09 and 2010-11 ACE will provide over £74 million to regularly funded organisations in Birmingham, and £3.4 million to regularly funded organisations in Staffordshire.
Arts: Public Expenditure
John Mann:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expenditure on publicly-funded arts and culture was in 2007, broken down by constituency. [194232]
Margaret Hodge
[holding answer 14 March 2008]: Arts Council England’s grant in aid revenue funding for 2007-08, broken down by constituency, is set out in the table. The arts and culture sectors, which among others include museums, heritage and film organisations, also receive funding from the DCMS, money distributed by the national lottery and funding from local authorities. Figures for these are not centrally collated.
| Constituency | Total (£) |
|
Amber Valley
|
88,610
|
|
Ashford
|
61,006
|
|
Banbury
|
45,164
|
|
Barking
|
40,000
|
|
Barnsley Central
|
22,850
|
|
Barnsley West and Penistone
|
20,000
|
|
Barrow and Furness
|
394,700
|
|
Basingstoke
|
290,804
|
|
Bath
|
472,961
|
|
Battersea
|
1,395,163
|
|
Berwick-upon-Tweed
|
391,235
|
|
Bethnal Green and Bow
|
5,395,079
|
|
Beverley and Holderness
|
20,000
|
|
Bexhill and Battle
|
523,880
|
|
Birmingham Erdington
|
80,715
|
|
Birmingham Ladywood
|
7,843,472
|
|
Birmingham Perry Barr
|
148,862
|
|
Birmingham Selly Oak
|
1,141,111
|
|
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath
|
156,488
|
|
Bishop Auckland
|
35,222
|
|
Blackburn
|
107,000
|
|
Blyth Valley
|
22,363
|
|
Bolsover
|
118,380
|
|
Bolton North East
|
571,300
|
|
Bournemouth West
|
167,517
|
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|
Bracknell
|
216,006
|
|
Bradford North
|
143,850
|
|
Bradford West
|
351,590
|
|
Brent East
|
859,841
|
|
Brent North
|
31,050
|
|
Brent South
|
122,825
|
|
Brentford and Isleworth
|
2,732,184
|
|
Brentwood and Ongar
|
56,039
|
|
Brigg and Goole
|
20,000
|
|
Brighton Kemptown
|
116,518
|
|
Brighton Pavilion
|
2,063,178
|
|
Bristol East
|
311,881
|
|
Bristol South
|
68,624
|
|
Bristol West
|
3,192,118
|
|
Burnley
|
226,200
|
|
Bury North
|
73,200
|
|
Bury St. Edmonds
|
288,844
|
|
Calder Valley
|
20,000
|
|
Calder Valley
|
33,780
|
|
Camberwell and Peckham
|
379,888
|
|
Cambridge
|
1,389,682
|
|
Cambridgeshire North East
|
100,297
|
|
Canterbury
|
201,614
|
|
Charnwood
|
49,361
|
|
Cheltenham
|
547,762
|
|
Chester
|
348,300
|
|
Chesterfield
|
24,445
|
|
Chichester
|
1,578,356
|
|
Chingford and Wood Green
|
40,000
|
|
Cities of London and Westminster
|
10,207,345
|
|
City of Durham
|
71,727
|
|
City of York
|
966,390
|
|
Cleethorpes
|
21,120
|
|
Colchester
|
1,280,090
|
|
Colne Valley
|
125,050
|
|
Copeland
|
41,100
|
|
Corby
|
30,000
|
|
Coventry South
|
1,722,974
|
|
Croydon Central
|
215,111
|
|
Darlington
|
408,370
|
|
Derby North
|
621,400
|
|
Derby South
|
767,756
|
|
Derbyshire South
|
52,900
|
|
Dewsbury
|
25,020
|
|
Doncaster Central
|
73,910
|
|
Dorset North
|
52,788
|
|
Dorset West
|
63,345
|
|
Dudley South
|
26,394
|
|
Dulwich and West Norwood
|
47,430
|
|
Durham North
|
40,000
|
|
Durham North West
|
20,953
|
|
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush
|
1,124,643
|
|
Easington
|
25,483
|
|
East Yorkshire
|
40,000
|
|
Eastbourne
|
175,000
|
|
Eastleigh
|
52,533
|
|
Eddisbury
|
87,400
|
|
Edinburgh East
|
28,505
|
|
Edmonton
|
30,000
|
|
Ellesmere Port and Neston
|
142,600
|
|
Erith and Thamesmead
|
100,000
|
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|
Exeter
|
1,014,363
|
|
Falmouth and Cambourne
|
203,444
|
|
Finchley and Golders Green
|
354,899
|
|
Folkestone and Hythe
|
74,581
|
|
Forest of Dean
|
47,509
|
|
Gainsborough
|
47,330
|
|
Gloucester
|
139,571
|
|
Grantham and Stamford
|
60,980
|
|
Great Grimsby
|
46,240
|
|
Greenwich and Woolwich
|
493,935
|
|
Guildford
|
436,026
|
|
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
|
120,270
|
|
Hackney South and Shoreditch
|
4,693,355
|
|
Halifax
|
512,300
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
2,153,913
|
|
Hampstead and Highgate
|
1,997,238
|
|
Harrogate and Knaresborough
|
428,890
|
|
Harrow East
|
118,271
|
|
Harrow West
|
51,796
|
|
Hartlepool
|
39,019
|
|
Hastings and Rye
|
27,450
|
|
Hayes and Harlington
|
42,621
|
|
Hemel Hempstead
|
24,969
|
|
Hendon
|
65,946
|
|
Hereford
|
252,477
|
|
Hexham
|
449,500
|
|
Heywood and Middleton
|
50,500
|
|
High Peak
|
238,170
|
|
Holborn and St. Pancras
|
5,880,930
|
|
Hornchurch
|
343,121
|
|
Hornsey and Wood Green
|
217,480
|
|
Hove
|
105,576
|
|
Huddersfield
|
601,920
|
|
Ipswich
|
1,322,171
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
79,616
|
|
Islington North
|
1,930,883
|
|
Islington South and Finsbury
|
13,465,970
|
|
Keighley
|
80,850
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
3,054,498
|
|
Kingston upon Hull and West Hessle
|
542,800
|
|
Kingston upon Hull North
|
67,670
|
|
Kingswood
|
105,576
|
|
Lancaster and Wyre
|
1,111,000
|
|
Leeds Central
|
3,256,250
|
|
Leeds North East
|
353,210
|
|
Leeds North West
|
2,723,470
|
|
Leeds West
|
248,200
|
|
Leicester East
|
115,825
|
|
Leicester South
|
2,401,425
|
|
Leominster
|
43,286
|
|
Lewes
|
1,480,120
|
|
Lewisham Deptford
|
937,477
|
|
Lewisham West
|
26,394
|
|
Lichfield
|
33,276
|
|
Lincoln
|
282,994
|
|
Liverpool Riverside
|
7,292,500
|
|
Loughborough
|
169,532
|
|
Louth and Horncastle
|
44,370
|
|
Ludlow
|
246,884
|
|
Luton South
|
464,248
|
|
Maidenhead
|
133,104
|
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|
Maidstone and The Weald
|
99,136
|
|
Manchester Central
|
8,338,976
|
|
Manchester Gorton
|
128100
|
|
Manchester Withington
|
102,000
|
|
Medway
|
24,957
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
234636
|
|
Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East
|
21,013
|
|
Milton Keynes North East
|
84,557
|
|
Montgomeryshire
|
208,120
|
|
Morecambe and Lunesdale
|
53,600
|
|
New Forest West
|
275,664
|
|
Newark
|
33,090
|
|
Newbury
|
310,621
|
|
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central
|
2,927,177
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
|
218,432
|
|
Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
946,915
|
|
North Devon
|
52,788
|
|
North Dorset
|
54,108
|
|
North Durham
|
10,609
|
|
North East Hertfordshire
|
27,080
|
|
North East Milton Keynes
|
371,690
|
|
North Shropshire
|
43,286
|
|
North Southwark and Bermondsey
|
6,596,076
|
|
North Thanet
|
64,334
|
|
North West Cambridgeshire
|
24,958
|
|
North West Durham
|
21,218
|
|
North West Leicestershire
|
52,900
|
|
North West Norfolk
|
21,115
|
|
Northampton South
|
738,905
|
|
Norwich South
|
854,894
|
|
Nottingham East
|
108,715
|
|
Nottingham North
|
319,605
|
|
Nottingham South
|
2,669,186
|
|
Oldham East and Saddleworth
|
472,700
|
|
Oldham West and Royton
|
75,100
|
|
Oxford East
|
1,394,053
|
|
Oxford West and Abingdon
|
389,133
|
|
Penrith and the Border
|
162,900
|
|
Peterborough
|
25,009
|
|
Plymouth Devonport
|
65,457
|
|
Plymouth Sutton
|
4,222,882
|
|
Poole
|
339,080
|
|
Poplar and Canning Town
|
340,475
|
|
Portsmouth South
|
259,840
|
|
Preston
|
101,900
|
|
Pudsey
|
105,020
|
|
Putney
|
174,200
|
|
Redcar
|
29,742
|
|
Regent’s Park and Kensington North
|
1,057,645
|
|
Richmond
|
94,550
|
|
Richmond Park
|
361,828
|
|
Rochdale
|
188,600
|
|
Rochford and Southend East
|
75,974
|
|
Rossendale and Darwen
|
155,900
|
|
Rushcliffe
|
79,492
|
|
Ryedale
|
282,545
|
|
Salford
|
1,161,700
|
|
Salisbury
|
1,266,246
|
|
Scarborough and Whitby
|
708,990
|
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|
Scunthorpe
|
21,120
|
|
Sheffield Central
|
21,120
|
|
Sheffield Brightside
|
20,000
|
|
Sheffield Central
|
2,400,020
|
|
Sheffield Heeley
|
20,000
|
|
Shipley
|
20,000
|
|
Shrewsbury and Atcham
|
229,211
|
|
Skipton and Ripon
|
20,590
|
|
Sleaford and North Hykeham
|
281,920
|
|
Slough
|
123,345
|
|
Somerton and Frome
|
39,063
|
|
South Cambridgeshire
|
99,015
|
|
South Holland and The Deepings
|
52,280
|
|
South Norfolk
|
160,678
|
|
South Shields
|
123,450
|
|
South West Surrey
|
67,568
|
|
Southampton Itchen
|
297,760
|
|
Southampton Test
|
924,294
|
|
Southport
|
23,900
|
|
St. Albans
|
262,183
|
|
St. Helen’s South
|
78,900
|
|
St. Ives
|
208,000
|
|
Stockton North
|
575,000
|
|
Stockton South
|
65,400
|
|
Stoke on Trent North
|
68,624
|
|
Stoke on Trent South
|
27,729
|
|
Stratford on Avon
|
32,465
|
|
Streatham
|
169,716
|
|
Stroud
|
226,988
|
|
Suffolk Coastal
|
1,231,598
|
|
Sunderland North
|
333,073
|
|
Surrey South West
|
77,060
|
|
Swindon South
|
367,271
|
|
Taunton
|
190,036
|
|
Teignbridge
|
84,255
|
|
Telford
|
32,465
|
|
Tewkesbury
|
52,788
|
|
Thanet North
|
400,000
|
|
Tiverton and Honiton
|
27,054
|
|
Tooting
|
639,129
|
|
Torridge and West Devon
|
187,171
|
|
Totnes
|
633,454
|
|
Tottenham
|
39,767
|
|
Truro and St. Austell
|
521,409
|
|
Tunbridge Wells
|
77,644
|
|
Twickenham
|
22,849
|
|
Tyne Bridge
|
7,387,741
|
|
Vale of York
|
50,570
|
|
Vauxhall
|
7,785,376
|
|
Wakefield
|
1,327,400
|
|
Walsall South
|
848,531
|
|
Walthamstow
|
104,099
|
|
Wansbeck
|
46,647
|
|
Warwick and Leamington
|
337,050
|
|
Watford
|
717,651
|
|
Weaver Vale
|
27,200
|
|
Wellingborough
|
41,200
|
|
Wells
|
26,394
|
|
Welwyn Hatfield
|
170,494
|
|
West Bromwich East
|
198,482
|
|
West Bromwich West
|
73,106
|
|
West Chelmsford
|
93,874
|
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|
West Derbyshire
|
317,521
|
|
West Dorset
|
112,966
|
|
West Ham
|
1,110,753
|
|
West Worcestershire
|
55,460
|
|
Westbury
|
52,788
|
|
Westmorland and Lonsdale
|
561,710
|
|
Wiltshire North
|
42,380
|
|
Wimbledon
|
565,000
|
|
Winchester
|
364,981
|
|
Wolverhampton South West
|
161,583
|
|
Witney
|
66,394
|
|
Woking
|
44,368
|
|
Wolverhampton South East
|
85,410
|
|
Wolverhampton South West
|
94,202
|
|
Worcester
|
172,488
|
|
Workington
|
436,700
|
|
Wycombe
|
22,184
|
|
Wyre Forest
|
62,064
|
|
Wythenshawe and Sale East
|
20,600
|
|
Yeovil
|
228,019
|
|
Not attributed to a specific constituency (see notes)
|
132,524,701
|
|
Grand total
|
324,721,712
|
Notes:
A number of the Arts Council’s regular funding investments are not allocated to a constituency.
1. Investment sums that were not allocated to a specific organisation. These are funds that had been allocated to a specific art form or geographic location (such as Somerset or Cornwall), but where the exact organisation or combination of organisations that will deliver the work are still to be decided.
2. Organisations where the Arts Council’s annual investment is above £5 million. The audiences for these organisations come from multiple constituencies, and the economic and artistic impact of these organisations likewise reaches far beyond a single constituency. Many are publicly regarded as “national” organisations.
3. Local authorities. Arts Council’s investment in local authorities has an impact across a number of constituencies within each local authority area.
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