Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Wales
Annual Reports
Hywel Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to publish the Wales Office Annual Report 2008. [280207]
Mr. Hain: The Wales Office Annual Report 2009 was published on 12 June 2009.
Demos
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [279488]
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. [279489]
Departmental Training
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. [279389]
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many companies in Wales provided services or products to the automotive industry in each year since 1997. [280141]
Mr. Hain: The automotive industry has remained relatively stable in Wales since 1997 with around 200 companies in the direct supply chain, currently employing 20,000 people. This includes two engine plants owned by volume vehicle manufacturers.
Culture, Media and Sport
Casinos: Licensing
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which local authorities have obtained a licence for a (a) small and (b) large casino; and when each such casino (i) opened or (ii) is planned to open. [280198]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Gambling Act 2005 (Geographical Distribution of Large and Small Casino Premises Licences) Order 2008 came into effect on 20 May 2008. This order specifies which licensing authorities may issue large and small casino premises licences. It is up to the individual licensing authorities to decide when they will invite and consider applications for the new premises licences. None of them have yet done so.
Cultural Heritage
Richard Younger-Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on the World Heritage for the Nation: Identifying, Protecting and Promoting our World Heritage document. [279114]
Barbara Follett [holding answer 12 June 2009]: We will shortly be concluding our analysis of the results of the World Heritage Policy Review. We will publish the results in the autumn.
Departmental Mass Media
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) UK Sport, (b) Sport England and (c) Arts Council England spent on media monitoring services in each of the last three years; what proportion of such expenditure by each body was drawn from its Exchequer funding in each such year; and which organisations provided those services. [279940]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The following figures have been provided by the bodies requested. They include subscriptions to bespoke media monitoring services and the cost of press cuttings. They do not include the costs of any transcripts or recordings, fees to the Newspaper Licensing Authority, or analysis of press coverage. All figures include VAT.
| Arts Council England | |
| Financial year | £ |
| (1) 2008-09 is a provisional figure only, as the accounts have yet to be audited. Note: All expenditure is 100 per cent. Exchequer funded. | |
Sport England have been unable to provide figures within the given timeframe. I have asked the chief executive to write when figures are available and copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) his Department, (b) English Heritage, (c) the Heritage Lottery Fund and (d) the Big Lottery Fund spent on media monitoring services in 2008-09; and which organisations provided those services. [279941]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The following figures include subscriptions to bespoke media monitoring services and the cost of press cuttings. They do not include the costs of any transcripts or recordings, fees to the Newspaper Licensing Authority, or analysis of press coverage. All figures are inclusive of VAT.
| 2008-09 | |
| £ | |
| (1) The Department pays an annual subscription charge to the Media Monitoring Unit (part of the Central Office of Information, previously part of the Cabinet Office). This includes a number of media monitoring services. | |
The requested bodies advise the following figures, which like the DCMS figures, include subscriptions to bespoke media monitoring services and the cost of press cuttings. They do not include the costs of any transcripts or recordings, fees to the Newspaper Licensing Authority, or analysis of press coverage. They are inclusive of VAT.
| £ | |
The Big Lottery Fund has been unable to provide the requested information in the given timeframe. I have asked the chief executive to write when figures are available, and copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Departmental Press
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. [279419]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Secretary of State receives the following papers and periodicals:
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Daily Telegraph
Evening Standard
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Sun
Times
Economist
New Statesman
Spectator
Tribune
The Minister for Sport receives no periodicals, but does receive the following papers:
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Daily Telegraph
Evening Standard
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Racing Post
Sun
Times
Yorkshire Post
The Minister for Culture and Tourism receives the following papers and periodicals:
Daily Mail
Evening Standard
Times
Caterer Hotel Keeper
Music Week
Stage
The Minister for Creative Industries and the Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting do not receive any publications.
The total cost for these over the period 1 May 2009 to 31 May 2009 is £283.51. All publications are cancelled on Fridays and during recess. All expenditure is incurred in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.
Film: Israel
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made on reaching agreement on a UK-Israel Film Co-production Treaty. [279751]
Mr. Simon: We have completed the substantive negotiations with Israel on a film co-production agreement. There are some minor elements to be finalised, but we expect to be able to announce arrangements for the signing of this treaty soon.
Olympics
Olympic Games 2012
Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her most recent estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympics beach volleyball event at Horse Guards Parade. [278655]
Tessa Jowell: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has responsibility for staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games at existing venues. The direct costs associated with staging the events at existing venues come from LOCOG's revenues which are primarily derived from commercial sponsorship, broadcast rights, ticket sales and merchandising/licensing—not from the public purse.
There will be attributable costs to the public purse, for example in respect of the security and transport functions associated with the venue. However these costs have not yet been identified separately for individual venues, but they will form part of the overall security and transport budgets.
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