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National Lottery: North West
Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many projects received lottery funding in (a) Wirral South constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. [202918]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information appears in the following table:
| Number of lottery grants | ||
| 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
The statistics are derived from the Department's Lottery Grants database, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors and is searchable at
Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much lottery funding was made available in (a) Wirral South constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. [202919]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information appears in the following table:
| ( 1) £000 | ||
| Value of lottery grants | ||
| 2006/07 | 2007/08 | |
| (1 )Rounded to nearest £1,000 | ||
The statistics are derived from the Department's Lottery Grants Database, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors and is searchable at
Playgrounds: Finance
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department provided to the Department for Children, Schools and Families-led Sporting Playgrounds scheme in each of the last five years; and what contributions his Department plans to make in each of the next three years. [203095]
Mr. Sutcliffe: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 10 March, Official Report, column 144W.
In April 2005 the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, announced a £2 million investment to extend the Sporting Playgrounds programme which is also funded through the DCSF. This scheme refurbishes existing primary school playgrounds to enhance opportunities for sporting activity. Over 600 primary school playgrounds have been developed since the programme began in 2001.
There are no plans for a Sporting Playgrounds programme over the next three years.
Recreation Spaces: Enfield
Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on parks and green spaces in the London Borough of Enfield in real terms in each year since 1997. [202861]
Margaret Hodge: The DCMS has not spent any money on parks and green spaces in the London borough of Enfield as the Department does not directly fund these amenities—funding at local level is provided to local authorities via Communities and Local Government.
DCMS mainly channels its Exchequer funding via its family of non-departmental public bodies, who provide a wide variety of services at national, regional and local levels.
S4C: Finance
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department plans to provide for S4C in each of the next three years. [203099]
Andy Burnham: The grant-in-aid estimate for 2008-09 is £98,112,000.
The annual increase for S4C is calculated by a statutory formula under section 61 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended). As this formula refers to the Retail Price Index in future years, exact figures for future years have not yet been calculated.
Strategic, Necessary and Proportionate Test
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of his Department’s staff were involved in developing the strategic, necessary and proportionate test; and if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of developing the test by main budget heading. [203003]
Margaret Hodge: The strategic, necessary and proportionate test was developed following a series of staff and NDPB workshops and discussions as part of the DCMS transformation programme, responding to the DCMS Capability review. Discussions were led by a small volunteer taskforce of staff reporting to a DCMS Director. It is not possible to confirm exact staff numbers involved, or staff costs (although they are expected to be minimal). The test was developed to clarify the principles and factors DCMS should consider when choosing what work to pursue and how to approach it in order to maximise the ‘added value’ delivered by the Department and hence deliver the maximum possible value for the public.
Tourism Strategy Fund
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to continue funding the Tourism Strategy Fund. [203015]
Margaret Hodge: As my hon. Friend the Minister for Sport set out in his reply to the hon. Member for South West Surrey on 21 April 2008, Official Report, column 1753W, the Tourism Strategy Fund was a time limited budget. It was used to fund a number of tourism support initiatives arising from the policy document Tomorrow's Tourism in 1999.
Substantial support for tourism from DCMS continues, and is now used to take forward the objectives set out last September in Winning, the DCMS Strategy for the 2012 Games. This work is funded from DCMS grant-in-aid to VisitBritain (£49.9 million in 2007-08), to the Regional Development Agencies (£3.6 million in 2007-08), and the Greater London Authority (£1.9 million in 2007-08).
Tourism: Finance
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his latest estimate is of the tourism deficit; and how this figure compares to the equivalent for 1997. [202088]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 28 April 2008]: The UK's tourism balance of payments deficit was £4.8 billion in 1997, and £18.4 billion in 2006.
This change reflects rising prosperity in the UK over the last decade, and easier and cheaper air travel. The Government are working with the industry to make holidaying in this country more attractive to UK residents and we published our strategy "Winning: A Tourism Strategy for 2012 and Beyond" last September. I hold regular meetings with the tourism industry as we work in partnership to implement the strategy.
Home Department
Alcohol Disorder Zones: Finance
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department has spent on planning the national implementation of alcohol disorder zones. [192831]
Jacqui Smith: I refer the right hon. Member to my answer of 20 March 2008, Official Report, column 1274W.
Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the contribution of the Pubwatch scheme to reducing alcohol-related crime and disorder; and if she will make a statement. [203172]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 1 May 2008]: There has been no formal assessment of the contribution of the Pubwatch scheme in relation to the reduction of alcohol related crime and disorder.
The Home Office is aware that Pubwatch operates in a number of areas, some of which are more active than others. Pubwatch operates alongside other measures to tackle alcohol related disorder, and therefore it is not possible to quantify the contribution made by the Pubwatch scheme in isolation. However, the Government are of the view that where active, it may contribute to a reduction in antisocial behaviour and alcohol related crime and disorder. Additionally it will also positively contribute to the development of effective partnerships between the police and the alcohol industry.
Alcoholic Drinks: Public Order Offences
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) prosecuted and (c) given a penalty notice for disorder for being drunk and disorderly in a public place in each of the last two years. [191315]
Mr. Coaker: The number of cautions and penalty notices for disorder issued, along with the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts, for drunk and disorderly offences in England and Wales for the years 2005 and 2006 can be viewed in the following tables 1 and 2.
| Table 1: The number of cautions issued and the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts, for drunk and disorderly offences in England and Wales for the years 2005 and 2006( 1,3,4) | ||
| Proceeded against | Caution( 2) | |
| (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. Reprimands and final warnings are included in the above data. (3) Data includes the following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions: Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12: Being found drunk in a highway or other Public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises. Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91: Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour. (4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Ministry of Justice | ||
| Table 2: The number of penalty notices for disorder issued for the offences Drunk and disorderly, and Drunk in a highway in England and Wales for the years 2005 and 2006( 1,2,3) | ||
| Drunk and disorderly | Drunk in a highway | |
| (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data includes the following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions: Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12: Being found drunk in a highway or other Public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises. Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91: Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice | ||
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how alcohol confiscated during the two-week enforcement campaign against underage drinking in February 2008 was disposed of. [200917]
Jacqui Smith: In line with the legislation the alcohol confiscated during the campaign was disposed of in such a manner as considered appropriate by the confiscating officer.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Hornchurch (James Brokenshire) of 12 December 2007, Official Report, columns 666-8W, on alcohol drinks: young people, if she will publish equivalent figures for West Midlands Police force area on (a) the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts, (b) the number of offenders cautioned and (c) the number of penalty notices for disorder issued. [193918]
Mr. Coaker: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 December 2007, Official Report, columns 666-8W. Police force areas were not included in the table where there was no data for defendants proceeded against, cautioned or issued with a PND for illegal alcohol purchasing. This was referenced in footnote number 4.
Borders
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passenger movements there were across UK borders in each of the last five years. [203609]
Jim Fitzpatrick: I have been asked to reply.
The International Passenger Survey results in the following table show the total number of visits made to and from the UK. These are based on departures of overseas residents and arrivals of UK residents by air, sea and channel tunnel.
| Thousand | |||
| Visits to the UK by overseas residents | Visits abroad by UK residents | Total visits | |
| (1) Provisional. Source: International Passenger Survey, Office for National Statistics. | |||
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