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Gambling Commission
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent by the Gambling Commission on (a) press officers, (b) media monitoring, (c) consultants and (d) events in each of the last three years. [272322]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 5 May 2009]: The following table shows the amount (to the nearest pound) spent on each named activity for the last three financial years.
| £ | ||||
| Press officers( 1) | Media monitoring | Consultants( 2) | Events( 3) | |
| (1) Including pension and national insurance costs. (2) Consultants contracted for work involving communications and corporate affairs. (3) Direct costs and excludes consultation events. | ||||
Government Art Collection
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on (a) purchasing and (b) commissioning items for the Government art collection in each of the last 10 years. [271211]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 27 April 2009]: The information is as follows.
Works acquired with Government art collection funds:
| £ | ||
| Purchases | Commissions | |
Works included on the Government art collection inventory, acquired using funds from other sources (other Government Departments, DCMS central funds, PFI funds):
| £ | ||
| Purchases | Commissions | |
Licensed Premises
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to establish a national database of designated premises supervisors. [272819]
Mr. Sutcliffe: A convincing business case is required before committing public expenditure to establishing national databases. The case for establishing a national database for personal licence holders, some of whom would be designated premises supervisors, was examined by independent consultants and they did not find that a compelling case existed. In the absence of any new evidence to strengthen the case we have no current plans to introduce a database but we will keep the matter under review. The current arrangements were designed to function effectively with or without an electronic database.
Listed Buildings
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many recommendations made by English Heritage in respect of the listing of buildings were rejected by his Department in each of the last 10 years. [273281]
Barbara Follett: No central record is maintained, either by the Department or English Heritage, to show the number of occasions on which advice provided by English Heritage on listing applications is rejected. The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
National Lottery
Mr. Hunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding allocated by each
of the National Lottery distributors was channelled through local authorities in each of the last five years. [273234]
Barbara Follett: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Office of Communications: Complaints
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many complaints in each category have been received by the Office of Communications in each year since its establishment. [273476]
Andy Burnham: The matters raised are the responsibility of the Office of Communications (Ofcom) as independent regulator. Accordingly, my officials have asked the chief executive of Ofcom to respond directly to the hon. Member. Copies of the chief executive's letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Olympic Games 2012: Finance
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how the funds raised by Team 2012 will be allocated to each sporting discipline. [272768]
Andy Burnham [holding answer 6 May 2009]: Money received by UK Sport from Team 2012 will be allocated and distributed to Olympic and Paralympic sports according to their ‘no compromise’ investment strategy and against the 10 investment principles published in June 2008, with the aim of delivering the overall targets for London 2012 of Top 4 in the Olympics and 2nd in the Paralympics with more medals won in more sports.
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support is available for sportsmen and women training to participate in the London 2012 Olympics in disciplines which fall outside UK Sport's funding envelope to meet (a) medical insurance costs and (b) other essential costs. [272769]
Andy Burnham [holding answer 6 May 2009]: The Olympic Sports that do not receive public funding from UK Sport are football and tennis.
The remaining Olympic and Paralympic sports are benefiting from record public funding of £304 million in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics and it is for the national governing bodies of these sports to determine how to allocate this funding.
In line with UK Sport's investment principles, there are three tiers of funded sports—‘Podium’, ‘Emerging’ and ‘Basic’. Those sports on ‘Podium’ and ‘Emerging’ levels of funding are in receipt of Athlete Medical Scheme cover for named athletes on the World Class Programme.
‘Basic’ level funding covers core staff costs and basic preparation. The eight Olympic sports funded at this level can opt to prioritise access to the Athlete Medical Scheme within their funding.
Sports: Finance
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which projects have received more than £250,000 in funding allocated through the Community Club Development Programme since 2003. [273233]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Sport England has advised that the following projects have received more than £250,000 in funding through the Community Club Development Programme since 2003:
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