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Yorkshire and Humber Regional Assembly: Costs

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the residual costs of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Assembly in 2009-10. [276734]

Mr. Iain Wright: There will be no residual costs for the Yorkshire and Humber regional assembly in 2009-10. The assembly ceased to exist on 31 March 2009. The assets of the assembly along with the majority of staff have transferred to successor bodies who will undertake the work previously undertaken by the assembly and as set out in the agreed Regional Business Plan funded by CLG.

Culture, Media and Sport

Departmental Public Expenditure

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which grants of more than £1,000 his Department has made to outside bodies in the last 12 months. [261052]

Mr. Sutcliffe: I am arranging for a list of all grants made in the financial year 2008-09 to be placed in the House Libraries.

A breakdown of individual grant awards under the Listed Places of Worship and Memorial Grants Schemes could be provided only at disproportionate cost as grant claim records are held on separate databases. Expenditure on these schemes in 2008-09 amounted to £16,340,000 and payments in the year relate to eligible expenditure spanning several financial years.

Licensed Premises: Performing Arts

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the Sixth Report of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of Session 2008-09, on the Licensing Act 2003, if he will take steps to make it easier for licensed premises to have live entertainment; and if he will make a statement. [276408]

Mr. Sutcliffe: We will look closely at the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s recommendations and respond formally in due course. However, it should be remembered that the Licensing Act 2003 has already made it easier for licensed premises to provide live entertainment by removing the need for a separate ‘public entertainment licence’, with its annual renewal exercise and widely variable fee levels. The Act also introduced a new, light touch system for small temporary events.


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However, we recognise that some stakeholders, including those that gave evidence to the Select Committee, see opportunities for further liberalisation and we will continue to seek ways to reduce burdens as part of our commitment to better regulation.

Members: Correspondence

Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to reply to the letter of 3 February 2009 from the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire on consultation on changes to the licensing regime for circuses; what plans he has to change the regime; and if he will make a statement. [276519]

Mr. Sutcliffe: As I have previously discussed with the hon. Member, a number of simplification measures we are pursuing in relation to the Licensing Act 2003 (the 2003 Act), such as the minor variation process which is currently before the other House, should benefit circuses which require permissions under the 2003 Act. In addition, I remain committed to looking at possible options for a portable licence for travelling circuses and I will write to the hon. Member very shortly, in response to his previous correspondence, to set out how I think we should progress this matter.

Wirral Library Service

Stephen Hesford: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his timetable is for making a decision on the Wirral Library Service following receipt of the report of the Charteris Review into the service. [276055]


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Barbara Follett: When the Secretary of State announced the Wirral Library Inquiry in April he said it would not be a “long, drawn-out affair”, and the momentum has been maintained. The local inquiry, which has now been announced, will be convened at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, on 9 June 2009 at 9.30 am. As lead on the inquiry, Sue Charteris will then write a formal report and submit it to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State’s decision as to whether Wirral metropolitan borough council’s plans are consistent with their statutory duties will follow as soon as he has had the opportunity to consider the evidence. DCMS will publish Sue Charteris’s report at the same time.

Olympics

Inspire Mark

Mr. Andy Reed: To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2009, Official Report, column 393W, on the Inspire mark, which projects have been awarded the Inspire Mark; where each is located; and if she will make a statement. [272404]

Tessa Jowell: The Inspire Mark is awarded to high quality, non-commercial projects and programmes, which have been inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and deliver outcomes in sport, culture, volunteering, the environment, and promoting business opportunities. The following projects have been awarded the Mark to date.


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Project name Lead organisation Location by region or nation

The Suffolk Challenge

Suffolk County Council

East

Bridging the Gap

North Hertfordshire College

East

Cambridge Festival of Ideas

University of Cambridge

East

Changing Places—Home Run

Peterborough City Council

East

East meets West

Essex County Council

East

Essex-Jiangsu Cultural Exchange

Essex County Council

East

Ideas Events

EEDA

East

Light Up East

Commissions East

East

NRE Annual Summit

EEDA

East

Synergy: The Whitlingham Outdoor Festival

Norfolk County Council

East

Team Essex Ambassadors Awards

Essex County Council

East

Village green (Party in the Park)

Metal

East

ONE 8 (One Nation for Everyone 2008)

Renaissance East Midlands

East Midlands

The Lyric Lounge

2Funky Arts Ltd.

East Midlands

Walking and Cycling leaflet and poster campaign

Department for Transport

England

Enterprise of London 2012 Games

British Olympic Foundation

England

Free Swimming

DCMS

England

Young Ambassadors

DCMS

England

Time to Get Active

Scope

England/Wales

5- Young Music into London

The Office of the 5 Host Boroughs

London

AfroReggae UK Partnership

Barbican Centre

London

Animation Decathlon

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

London

Boundless

London Borough of Southwark

London

CREATE 09

The Office of the 5 Host Boroughs

London

Deloitte Ignite

Royal Opera House

London

Discover Young Hackney

Hackney Council

London

Festivals of Light

Discover

London

Getting Ready for the Games and Beyond

London Youth

London

Grand Union Youth Orchestra of East London

Grand Union

London

Hackney Wick Festival

SPACE

London

Hip Hop Shakespeare Competition

The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Foundation

London

Imagination Our Nation

Kinetika

London

Inspiring Spaces

Greenwich Theatre

London

Jubilee Greenway Project

The Jubilee Walkway Trust

London

Literature and Stories

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

London

London Mix

Watermans...

London

LSO On track

London Symphony Orchestra

London

Mapping the Change

Hackney Museum/Hackney Council

London

Newham Welcomes the World: Pass the Baton

New London Orchestra Ltd.

London

On the right track (Art Blanche)

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Adult Care Services

London

Once in a Lifetime

Pro-Active East London

London

Origins: A Festival of First Nations Theatre and Culture

Border Crossings Company Ltd.

London

Peer Volunteering Programme

St. John Ambulance

London

People's Record

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

London

Personal Best London

LDA

London

Relay

LDA

London

Round One

The Roundhouse Trust

London

Sailing to Britain

Tara Arts Group Ltd.

London

Shape Artist commissions

Shape

London

Student Leadership

Specialist Schools and Academies Trust

London

Summer of Sport

LDA

London

The CREATE08 Art Award

5 Host Boroughs of Greenwich

London

The RHS Olympic Park Great British Garden Competition

Royal Horticultural Society

London

Trees for the Hosts

London Wildlife Trust

London

Various Voices 2009

Various Voices London Ltd.

London

West London Festival Finale 2008

West London Alliance

London

Beating T2D

Tees Valley Sport

North East

Personal Best NE

LSC

North East

Tackling Social Inclusion Issues in the North East England through Sport

Durham University on behalf of Sport Universities North East England (SUNEE)

North East

A Century of Olympic Posters—exhibition and supporting programme

Newcastle City Council for and on behalf of Tyne and Wear Museums

North East

Afro Reggae—Newcastle

Dance City

North East

Border Crossing

ISIS Arts Limited

North East

Children and Young People's Festival

Culturel0

North East

Creative Spirits

Tyne & Wear Museums

North East

Seconds Out

Theatre Royal Newcastle

North East

AND—Festival of New Cinema and Digital Culture

FACT

North West

Lakes Alive

Kendal Arts International

North West

Neon Attractors

culture northwest

North West

Activ8

Sport Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Fighting Irishmen

Ulster American Folk Park

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Primary Schools 5-star Disability Sports Challenge

Disability Sports NI

Northern Ireland

The Pied Piper

Ulster Orchestra Society Ltd.

Northern Ireland

Our Medway

Medway Council

South East

Personal Best SE

LSC

South East

COPOR

The University of Kent

South East

Driving Inspiration

Wycombe District Council

South East

Lap of Honour

Suffolk Artlink

South East

Our Sporting Life

Sports Heritage Network

South East

Pulse

Future Creative CIC

South East

Rings Around the World

Henley Festival

South East

The Emergence of Consciousness

University of Sussex

South East

Anti-Bodies: Beyond the Body Ideal

Relational

South West

B-Side (The Seaside)

Weymouth College

South West

Connections

The Sherborne House Trust

South West

No Man is an Island Projects

No Man is an Island Projects and Exhibitions

South West

Quest Gloucestershire—River Severn Project

Gloucestershire County Council

South West

The Bristol Do

Bristol City Council

South West

Universal Value

Labculture Ltd.

South West

World Dance Day Devon/Open Day

Dance in Devon

South West

Bristol Festival of School Sport and Culture

University of Bristol

South West

Personal Best South West

LSC

South West

Fit for 2012 (name TBC)

Department of Health

UK

Generation 2012

The Open University

UK

International Schools Linking Project for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

British Council

UK

Joining the Game

LSIS

UK

Lloyds TSB National Schools Sport Week

Youth Sport Trust

UK

Make Your Mark Challenge

Enterprise Insight

UK

Positive Impact: Understanding BS8901

Positive Impact Events Ltd.

UK

Smallsteps4life

Food Standards Agency

UK

Street Champions

Street Games UK Ltd.

UK

The Nuffield STEM games

Nuffield Curriculum Centre

UK

Winning with Social Enterprise

Social Enterprise London

UK

All the World one smile

Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

Wales

Criw Cymru

Wales Millennium Centre

Wales

Travelling Harpists

Cinetig

Wales

World Youth Skills Challenge

Denbighshire County Council

Wales

Extraordinary Cycles Project Launch Event

Coventry Transport Museum

West Midlands

Museums Keep Moving Cultural Olympiad Exhibition

Marches Curator's Group

West Midlands

The Digital Film and Media Event, Birmingham

Birmingham City Council

West Midlands

V&A's Century of Olympic Posters

Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

West Midlands

Personal Best West Midlands

LSC

West Midlands

Carnegie Sporting Words Festival

Harrogate International Festivals

Yorkshire

Dancing with the Rhinos

Leeds City Council

Yorkshire

Night Lights

West Yorkshire Playhouse

Yorkshire

Note: Scotland's Creative Programmer was not appointed until September 2008. However, Scotland is looking to have one of its four UK Legacy Trust projects awarded with the Inspire Mark, within the next two weeks, with another three following suit over the next 12 months.

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