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Departmental NDPBs

Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; and what budget each has been set for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [236935]

Mr. Paul Murphy: The Wales Office sponsors no non-departmental bodies.

Departmental Written Questions

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many Questions for written answer were tabled to his Department in Session (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06, (e) 2006-07 and (f) 2007-08 to date; and how many were (i) answered substantively and (ii) not answered on grounds of disproportionate cost. [235380]

Mr. Paul Murphy: The information is as follows.

Questions Percentage answered substantively

2002-03

330

99.5

2003-04

202

100

2004-05

75

97

2005-06

487

97.5

2006-07

272

97

2007-08 (to date)

378

98


EC Action

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many officials support him when he represents the interests of Wales at EU institutions. [236209]

Mr. Paul Murphy: I have not held any discussions at EU institutions since my re-appointment but plan to do so in the new year.

The number of officials accompanying my will be kept to a minimum.

Culture, Media and Sport

Casinos: Licensing

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2008, Official Report, column 1092W, on casinos: licensing, whether a casino which is not one of the 16 small and large casinos may be opened in an area outside one of the 53 permitted areas; and if he will make a statement. [236255]


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Mr. Sutcliffe: It is not permitted for a casino which is not one of the 16 new small and large casinos permitted under the Gambling Act 2005 to be opened in an area other than one of the 53 permitted areas.

Casinos other than 2005 Act casinos are licensed under the Gaming Act 1968. The 1968 Act established the principle of permitted areas in order to prevent a proliferation in the number of small casinos.

This remains a key objective of the Government's casino policy: we believe that limiting casinos licensed under the 1968 Act to the 53 permitted areas will continue to act as a deterrent to proliferation, as it is unlikely that operators will want to open more casinos in these limited geographical areas than the market there can naturally sustain.


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Departmental Internet

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) page hits and (b) visitors his Departmental website received in 2007-08. [232802]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Visitor figures for 2007-08 are provided as follows:

DCMS website statistics 2007-08

A pril 2007 May 2007 Jun e 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007

Agora

Unique visitors

1,334

1,531

2,002

(1)

Total visitors

4,680

4,577

6,705

(1)

Total page views

12,585

11,903

11,894

(1)

BBC Charter Review

Unique visitors

7,750

7,178

7,841

8,048

6,771

5,855

Total visitors

43,271

41,938

68,466

86,421

50,164

41,413

Total page views

75,500

35,083

35,641

38,914

30,368

33,521

Communications Act

Unique visitors

2,561

2,849

3,108

2,828

2,401

1,793

Total visitors

7,495

7,582

10,129

9,196

7,496

5,579

Total page views

14,395

13,542

13,995

17,473

14,058

49,767

Culture

Unique visitors

140,659

107,151

110,018

100,454

87,734

88,915

Total visitors

438,709

428,143

536,314

587,309

441,640

331,014

Total page views

4,524,875

2,970,995

2,355,172

2,460,635

1,850,388

1,820,461

Digital TV

Unique visitors

24,255

25,698

22,507

21,191

16,996

22,432

Total visitors

44,447

46,461

47,199

39,797

29,596

34,529

Total page views

105,335

100,819

88,851

79,844

57,707

69,050

Government Art Collection

Unique visitors

20,259

22,163

21,275

22,751

20,041

20,978

Total visitors

64,439

64,452

79,241

97,443

66,262

56,091

Total page views

201,087

171,534

193,881

254,621

178,070

170,379

World Heritage

Unique visitors

731

886

1,859

1,309

964

1,148

Total visitors

1,378

1,652

3,177

2,322

1,910

2,136

Total page views

9,251

9,957

12,452

13,854

10,136

10,856

Where We Live

Unique visitors

415

585

479

396

426

377

Total visitors

732

1,100

1,091

894

864

780

Total page views

8,031

8,751

8,465

11,745

8,974

8,855


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