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Income in 2008-09 was £106 million with expenditure on ‘consultancy’ of £480,418. This includes just under £300,000 for specialist scientific IT consultancy; £100,000 on management and financial consultancy; with the remaining expenditure on specialist scientific/veterinary consultancy.
The overall spend for the first two categories is similar for previous years, with a decline from 2004-05 through to 2008-09 in specialist scientific/veterinary consultancy as these specialist skills have been developed in house.
Waste Disposal: EC Countries
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department has undertaken research on the treatment of end-of-waste product in other EU members states; and if he will make a statement. [281826]
Dan Norris: No such research has been undertaken by DEFRA. However, Article 6 of the revised Waste Framework Directive (WFD) (2008/98/EC) enables the European Commission to adopt end-of-waste criteria for specified waste. With a view to the adoption of such criteria, the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has carried out preparatory work and has published reports entitled “Study on the selection of waste streams for end-of-waste assessment” and “End-of-waste criteria, methodology and case studies”. DEFRA participated in the JRC-chaired discussions that preceded the publication of these reports.
Article 6 of the revised WFD also provides that, where end-of-waste criteria have not been set by the Commission:
“Member states may decide case by case whether certain waste has ceased to be waste taking into account applicable case law.”
Member states must notify the Commission of such decisions in accordance with the Technical Standards Directive (98/34/EC).
Olympics
Departmental Energy
Gregory Barker: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how much (a) electricity and (b) gas was used on her Office’s estate in each year from its inception to 2008-09. [280521]
Tessa Jowell: My ministerial portfolio requires my Office to operate across the estates of the Cabinet Office and Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The costs for (a) electricity and (b) gas will be included in the answers provided by the Minister of State, Cabinet Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Angela E. Smith) and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Gregory Barker: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how much was spent on energy efficiency measures for her Office’s estate in each year from its inception to 2009; what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of that expenditure; and what plans she has for future energy efficiency measures. [280531]
Tessa Jowell: My ministerial portfolio requires my Office to operate across the estates of the Cabinet Office and Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Energy efficiency measures, assessment of the effectiveness of these measures and future plans for energy efficiency measures will be included in the answers provided by the Minister of State, Cabinet Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Angela E. Smith) and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Gregory Barker: To ask the Minister for the Olympics which official is responsible for the energy efficiency of her Office’s estate. [280558]
Tessa Jowell: My ministerial portfolio requires my Office to operate across the estates of the Cabinet Office and Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The responsibility for energy efficiency will be included in the answers provided by the Minister of State, Cabinet Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Angela E. Smith) and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Departmental Lost Property
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many laptop computers belonging to her Office have been lost or stolen in the last five years. [281074]
Tessa Jowell: Since my Office was established in July 2007 no laptops have been lost or stolen from my private office.
Olympic Delivery Authority: Manpower
Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) office since the inception of the ODA. [280315]
Tessa Jowell: As of 31 May 2009, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) employed 245 members of staff. This consists of permanent staff, fixed term contract staff, and secondments. Staff are broken into pay bands across the ODA as set out in the following table. The table also provides the breakdown of staff as at 31 March 2007 and 2008 respectively.
| Band | Role | 31 May 2009 | 31 March 20 08 | 31 March 20 07 |
The ODA expect overall staffing levels within the organisation to reduce over time as construction progresses on the big five venues for the London 2012 Games although in the transportation area staffing levels will increase as we move closer to Games operations.
Olympic Games 2012: Facilities
Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her latest estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympics road cycling event at Regent’s Park. [279776]
Tessa Jowell [holding answer 23 June 2009]: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has responsibility for staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The direct costs associated with staging the road cycling event in Regent’s Park, which is a publicly owned venue, 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, transport and other functions associated with the venue. However, these costs have not yet been identified separately for Regent’s Park, but they will form part of the overall security and transport budgets.
Olympic Games 2012: Gun Sports
Bob Spink: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her latest estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympic shooting event at the Royal Artillery Barracks. [280508]
Tessa Jowell: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has responsibility for the staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) constructing the major venues.
The direct costs associated with staging the events come from LOCOG’s revenues, which are primarily derived from commercial sponsorship, broadcast rights, ticket sales and merchandising/licensing—not from the public purse. The ODA is funding some costs at the Royal Artillery Barracks, but project budgets cannot be disclosed owing to reasons of commercial sensitivity, as the contract is yet to be awarded.
There will be other 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.
Olympic Games 2012: Tourism
Sarah Teather: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what estimate she has made of the number of additional visitors expected to visit each (a) region and (b) London borough as a result of the London 2012 Olympics. [280363]
Tessa Jowell: Using the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd (LOCOG)’s London 2012 Ticket Allocation Model, the Oxford Economics study, ‘The Value of the London 2012 Games and Paralympic Games to UK Tourism’, published in September 2007 and commissioned by VisitBritain and Visit London, estimated that there will be approximately 900,000 attendees at events related to the 2012 Games.
However, this will contribute only a small part of the estimated £2.1 billion tourism gains for the UK as a whole that will result from the Games during the period 2007-17. The study has also estimated that there will be in excess of 32 million UK-wide extra nights stayed by visitors as a result of the Games, of which nearly 22 million will be in London. No other London or regional breakdown is currently available.
Northern Ireland
Departmental Data Protection
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. [281079]
Paul Goggins: There have been 10 breaches of information security since 1 January 2004.
The Northern Ireland Office and its agencies report all significant personal data security breaches to the Cabinet Office and the ICO. Information on personal data security breaches are published on an annual basis in the Department’s annual resource accounts as was announced in the Data Handling Review published on 25 June 2008.
Additionally, all significant control weaknesses including other significant security breaches are included in the Statement of Internal Control which is published within the annual resource accounts.
Departmental Location
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on relocation costs for new members of staff in each of the last three years. [280773]
Mr. Woodward: The Northern Ireland Office, including the Public Prosecution Service Northern Ireland but excluding its agencies and NDPBs, has had no expenditure on resettlement costs for new members of staff in each of the last three years.
Prisoners Release: Northern Ireland
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many foreign national prisoners were released from Northern Ireland prisons in each of the last five years. [281332]
Paul Goggins: Between July 2006 and May 2009 releases were as shown in the following table and include immigration detainees who have served a sentence and were held on immigration warrants:
| July 2006 to June 2007 | July 2007 to April 2008 | May 2008 to May 2009 | |
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Released into IND/UKBA custody for consideration of removal/deportation | |||
Prior to July 2006 statistics are available only on those foreign national prisoners released from Northern Ireland prisons who were serving a sentence of 12 months or more. Between January 2004 and June 2006, 16 such foreign national prisoners were released, seven of whom into the custody of the Immigration and Nationality Department (IND).
Culture, Media and Sport
Departmental Data Protection
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. [281071]
Mr. Sutcliffe: My Department has had nine security incidents over the past five years. Royal Parks, our one agency, has had nine security incidents in the same period.
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