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National Lottery: Sport
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much National Lottery funding was awarded to sport-related groups in (a) Southampton and (b) Test Valley Borough in each of the last five years. [229562]
Barbara Follett: Sport England and Big Lottery Fund have advised that the information provided in the following table shows the value of funding delivered to sport related groups in the Southampton local authority area. The figures are given for BIG (and its predecessor bodies: New Opportunities Fund and Community Fund) as well as Awards For All. Sport England's funding is provided in the last column.
| £ | |||
| Southampton local authority area | BIG (and predecessor bodies) | Awards For All | Sport England |
The following table shows the value of funding delivered to sport related groups in the Test Valley local authority area. The figures are given for BIG (and its predecessor bodies: New Opportunities Fund and Community Fund) as well as Awards For All. Sport England's funding is provided in the last column.
| £ | |||
| Test Valley local authority area | BIG (and predecessor bodies) | Awards For All | Sport England |
Olympic Games 2012: Tourism
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made on the development of a non-commercial brand intended to take advantage of the tourism benefits of hosting the Olympic games in 2012; what use small tourism businesses will be able to make of the branding; and if he will make a statement. [230083]
Barbara Follett: The DCMS and VisitBritain have been actively working with the London Organising Committee for the Olympic games and Paralympic games (LOCOG) to produce effective, non-commercial branding for use by tourism businesses.
The result is a toolkit for use by tourism organisations in the private and public sector, based on a “Be a Part of It” strapline and drawing on effective visual images of London and the UK. This has so far been approved by LOCOG for international use only. The DCMS, VisitBritain and LOCOG are currently seeking to agree a similar branding package for domestic use. The nations and regions of the UK will be fully involved.
Overseas Visitors
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many visits from overseas to (a) the UK and (b) England there were in each year since 1997; and what percentage of the world market for tourism each figure represents. [230081]
Barbara Follett: VisitBritain is the Government-sponsored tourism body responsible for promoting Britain as a tourist destination to overseas markets, and England as a tourist destination to the domestic market. VisitBritain has provided the following information:
| Visits to the UK since 1997 and percentage of global market share | ||
| Number of visits (million) | Global market share (percentage) | |
| Source: International Passenger Survey (ONS). | ||
| Visits to England since 1997 and percentage of global market share | ||
| Number of visits (million) | Global market share (percentage) | |
| Source: International Passenger Survey (ONS). | ||
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much visitors from overseas to (a) the UK and (b) England spent in each year since 1997; and what percentage of global tourism spending each figure represents. [230082]
Barbara Follett: VisitBritain is the Government-sponsored tourism body responsible for promoting Britain as a tourist destination to overseas markets, and England as a tourist destination to the domestic market. VisitBritain has provided the following information:
| Spend in the UK since 1997 | ||
| Overall visitor spend (£ billion) | Global market share (Percentage) | |
| Source: International Passenger Survey (ONS) | ||
| Spend in England since 1997 | ||
| Overall visitor spend (£ million) | Global market share | |
| Source: International Passenger Survey (ONS) | ||
Sex Establishments: Licensing
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent representations the Government have received on changes to licensing laws associated with lap dancing establishments. [228890]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 21 October 2008]: My Department has received a number of general inquiries from hon. Members, local authorities, interest groups and members of the public on the subject of lap dancing. I wrote to chief executives of local authorities on 18 June 2008 to clarify the powers available under the Licensing Act 2003 and to seek their views on whether these, and other controls, are sufficient to respond to the concerns of local people. This attracted 117 responses, the majority of which felt that additional legislation should be introduced to provide controls which are specific to lap dancing and similar premises.
The Home Secretary, who leads on this issue because of her wider responsibilities for public indecency, sexual exploitation and prostitution announced in September that the Government would seek to amend existing legislation to give communities and local authorities greater powers to control the opening and regulation of lap-dancing clubs.
A separate Home Office consultation on Government proposals in relation to control of the sex industry, including the regulation of lap-dancing clubs, closed on 8 October 2008 and received 67 responses. These came from a variety of organisations from the third sector, local authorities and the industry.
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