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During the period 1 March 2008 to 28 February 2009 the following three works of art have gone missing from the Government Art Collection and are still missing.
GACL90—‘Monument to Balance’, 4/30 print by Ernest A. Dunn
Reported missing from British consulate-general, Sao Paulo, July 2008
Estimated cost of replacement: £100
GAC12775—‘The Wording of Police Charges’, 37/150 1970 print by R. B. Kitaj
GAC1275— ‘ Plague ’, 37/150 1970 print by R. B. Kitaj
Both reported missing from British embassy, Baku, July 2008
Estimated cost of replacement: £500 each.
Departmental NDPBs
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of which projects each of his Department’s non-departmental public bodies will receive ring-fenced funding in each of the next three years; and what the cost of each such project will be. [255930]
Andy Burnham: At the conclusion of Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 negotiations, only funding to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and funding to the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLAC) for Renaissance in the Regions and the Government Indemnity Scheme, were depicted as being ring-fenced. ODA funding, which represents the maximum expected cost to the Exchequer, is broken down as follows:
| £ million | |
This answer does not include the funding amounts for MLAC, which were detailed in my answer on 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 2276-78W, to the hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt).
Funding for 2011-12 for the Department’s non-departmental public bodies falls outside of the current spending review period, and will be the subject of detailed negotiation at a later date.
Government Olympic Executive
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on (a) administration and (b) staff salaries in each of the last five years; and what proportion of each has been spent on the Government Olympic Executive. [263982]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is set out in the table. As the Government Olympic Executive (GOE) was formed in 2005, the table does not show data for the years prior to that.
| £000 | ||||
| Financial year | Net DCMS administration cost | O f which : GOE administration cost | DCMS staff salaries cost | O f which : GOE staff salaries cost |
| (1) Not applicable | ||||
National Lottery: Finance
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent on promoting (a) national lottery games and (b) Olympic lottery games in each quarter since the launch of the Olympic lottery. [264036]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 16 March 2009]: Under the terms of the licence to operate the national lottery, Camelot is required to spend a minimum amount per annum on marketing national lottery games for the benefit of good causes. The annual levels are calculated according to a formula laid down in the licence. The minimum marketing expenditure (MME) for each financial year from 2005-06 is given in the following table.
| Financial year | Minimum marketing expenditure (£) |
As the commercial operator, it is at Camelot's discretion to spend in excess of the MME as required to ensure the effective promotion of national lottery games. Camelot have advised that quarterly breakdowns of promotional expenditure on national lottery games is considered to be a matter of commercial sensitivity and should not be released.
Camelot have advised that it is not possible to disaggregate expenditure on promoting Olympic lottery games from the rest of the portfolio as they consider that this information would be commercially sensitive.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how much has been spent by the national lottery promotions unit in 2008-09; [264037]
(2) what the budget for the national lottery promotions unit is for 2008-09. [264038]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 16 March 2009]: Between 1 April 2008 and 31 December 2008, the national lottery promotions unit (NLPU) spent £1,609,351 delivering public relations campaigns that enable the public to access information about lottery funding and the difference it is making to their communities.
All work is independently evaluated and assessed and in the period 1 April 2008 to 31 December 2008 it was estimated that the NLPU had delivered activity with a value of over £54,407,032 which represents a return on investment of 33:1. Figures for the last three months of the financial year are not yet available.
For the current financial year the national lottery promotions unit has a budget of £2,667,121.
Performing Arts
John Mason: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department has engaged any (a) actors, (b) musicians and (c) other performers to support its initiatives over the last five years. [264053]
Barbara Follett: The Department and its non-departmental public bodies regularly draw upon the talents of individuals within the sectors that fall under the Department's responsibility, but a list is not held centrally.
Public Houses
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to publish the Government's response to the findings of the Community Pubs Inquiry report. [263698]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 16 March 2009]: The recommendations in the Community Pubs Inquiry report cover the policy interests of several Government Departments. Consequently it has taken time to collate a Government response. However, our report is being finalised and we hope to respond shortly.
Royal Parks Agency: Finance
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what revenues have been raised by the Royal Parks Agency in each Royal Park from (a) car park charges, (b) fixed penalty notices, (c) other fines and (d) other revenues in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [263809]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 16 March 2009]: The Royal Parks (TRP) advise that there are visitor parking facilities in five of London's eight Royal Parks: Hyde park, Regent’s park, Greenwich park, Richmond park and Bushey park.
TRP advise that there is no charge at present for parking in Richmond or Bushey parks, but parking charges have applied in Hyde park and Regent's park since 1994 and in Greenwich park since 2000. Revenue received by TRP from parking charges over the last five financial years is as follows:
| Car parking | |||||
| £000 | |||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
The figures shown above include income from excess charge notices (penalties for failing to display a valid parking ticket), which break down as follows:
| Excess charge notices | |||||
| £000 | |||||
| 2003-04( 1) | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
| (1 )Records are not available for the period prior to December 2003 | |||||
TRP does not receive any revenue from fixed penalty notices or other fines, but receives revenue from catering and other concessions, from fees for events, permits and licences, and from rents. Over the past five years these revenues, park by park, were as follows:
| Other revenue | |||||
| £000 | |||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
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