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Gambling: Advertising
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2008, Official Report, columns 86-87W, on gambling: advertising, if he will place in the Library a copy of the voluntary code. [198361]
Andy Burnham: I am arranging for copies of the Gambling Industry Code for Socially Responsible Advertising to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Historic Buildings: Sustainable Development
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidance and assistance is available from English Heritage on the use of renewable technology in buildings of historic importance. [199366]
Margaret Hodge: English Heritage has published guidance for home-owners on the application of small-scale renewable energy technologies to traditional buildings. A series of guides explains how each system works, how it can be installed without damaging the appearance, significance or performance of traditional buildings and provides guidance on sources of further information and assistance. To date, guidance on micro wind generation, small scale solar thermal and small scale solar electric (photovoltaic) energy in traditional buildings have been produced and are available on English Heritage's website at:
Additional guides on low carbon systems will be published this year.
English Heritage is launching a new website Climate Change and Your Home in June 2008 to provide information about how traditional buildings are likely to respond to climate change and provide advice on how any necessary adaptations, including energy savings measures, might be made.
JP Morgan
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. [199619]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department's records show there were no payments made to J P Morgan in each year since 1997.
Karian and Box
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department to Karian and Box since 1997. [199650]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department has not awarded any contracts to Karian and Box in the period specified.
Ofcom: Finance
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department provided to Ofcom in each of the last three years; and for what purposes each payment was made. [199837]
Andy Burnham: DCMS has paid the following sums to Ofcom in each of the last three financial years in support of Ofcom work to promote Media Literacy and Community Radio.
| £ | ||
| Media Literac y | Community Radio | |
Own Art Programme: Finance
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much he expects his Department to spend on (a) the Own Art programme and (b) the Take It Away instrument scheme in each of the next three years. [199829]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Own Art and Take It Away are Arts Council initiatives delivered through ArtCo Trading Ltd., for which funding has been agreed up to 2009-10.
The Own Art scheme will receive grants of £300,000 in 2008-09 and £300,000 in 2009-10. The Take It Away scheme will receive grants of £700,000 in 2008-09 and £700,000 in 2009-10.
Recreation Spaces
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) athletics tracks, (b) golf facilities, (c) grass pitches, (d) health and fitness suites, (e) ice rinks, (f) indoor bowls facilities, (g) indoor tennis centres, (h) ski slopes, (i) sports halls, (j) swimming pools and (k) synthetic turf pitches listed on the Active Places website are (i) public and (ii) private facilities. [198817]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Sport England's Active Places database does not collect data on sport facility types broken down by (i) public and (ii) private facilities.
However, the database records ownership type of the requested sports facilities and this is provided in the table, as at November 2007.
Ownership type does not necessarily equal access type, for example, although many educational facilities will be open to the public this will not be the case for all of them.
| Local Authority | Education | Commercial | Others | Total | |
| Notes: General notes applied to ail facilities All facilities in England, which meet criteria (see following for specifics) are included; Facilities included according to Active Places definitions (see www.activeplace.com About the Data); All facilities that are open for use, by the public, this includes, pay and play, membership, club use and sports club / community association Facilities that are recorded for private use only are also included within the above figures, e.g. a school pool that is not open to the public All operational facilities are included within the above figures, including planned, under construction and temporarily closed. Facilities that are permanently closed are excluded. Individual Notes on Facilities Athletics Tracks Figures refer to number of tracks not sites (i.e. there may be more than one track on a site); Golf Figures refer to number of golf facilities including standard, par 3 and driving ranges. For example a golf club site may have more than one facility, i.e. two standard courses and a driving range. Grass Pitches Figures refer to count of individual pitches, not sites; Does not include primary school sites which have not been surveyed; Does not include mini soccer or rugby pitches; Excludes a number of sites where pitch type and numbers are yet to be classified; Pitch numbers are likely to vary season by season depending on management decisions; Unknown ownership types included in 'others' Health and Fitness Figures refer to the number of facilities not sites or stations; Unknown ownership types included in 'others' Ice Rinks Figures refer to number of rinks not sites (i.e. there may be more than one rink per site) Indoor Bowls Figures refer to the number of facilities not sites or rinks; Indoor Tennis Figures refer to counts of facilities and not individual courts, or sites; Figures include all surface types; Swimming Pools Figures refer to the number of pools not sites; Includes both indoor and outdoor pools (all sub types); All sizes and length of pools are included Unknown ownership types included in 'others' Ski Slopes Figures refer to the number of slopes not sites; Synthetic Turf Pitches Figures refer to the count of pitches not sites. | |||||
Regional Cultural Consortiums: Finance
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department provided for Regional Cultural Consortia in 2007-08; and what funding will be provided in 2008-09. [199839]
Margaret Hodge: The figures in the table reflect the funding that the Department has provided for Regional Cultural Consortia in 2007-08, and the funding that will be provided in 2008-09.
| £000 | ||
| Regional Cultural Consortia | 2007-08( 1) | 2008-09 |
| (1) Allocations following the Spring Supplementary estimate | ||
In addition to this, there is an agreement with the Regional Cultural Consortiums for funding amounting to £200,000 from DCMS in 2008-09, to take forward work on the Cultural Olympiad.
Sports: VAT
Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on HM Revenue and Customs' decision to apply VAT at the standard rate retrospectively to inclusive membership packages offered by sports and leisure trusts; what representations he has received on the subject; and if he will make a statement. [196754]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had no discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject, although as Minister for Sport I have held discussions with HMT and DCMS officials have been in regular contact with their counterparts at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). I have received a number of representations on the issue of VAT and its application in respect of leisure trusts. This included a meeting with Sporta, the leisure trust umbrella body, to hear their concerns. I have been assured by HMRC that there has been no recent change in policy on VAT and leisure trusts and that discussions have taken place, and will continue to take place as necessary, between HMRC and businesses and organisations. In relation to retrospective charges in particular I am informed that trusts who can show that they have misunderstood the tax position in relation to
their services or have been misdirected by HMRC can ask for consideration to be given to remitting the retrospective tax.
Television: Licensing
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2007, Official Report, column 6W, on television: licensing, how many people in Northern Ireland were penalised for not having a valid television licence in 2007. [199270]
Andy Burnham: During 2007, 4,331 persons were convicted in Northern Ireland under section 363 (2) of the Communications Act 2003 for not having a television licence.
Tourism Strategy Fund: Finance
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department’s planned expenditure on the Tourism Strategy Fund is for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [199836]
Mr. Sutcliffe: There is no planned expenditure for these years from the Tourism Strategy Fund, which is no longer a current DCMS budget.
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