John Mann:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many sports buildings which receive funding from his Department use heat generated by (a) solar panels and (b) ground source heat pumps. [292015]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Department primarily channels its sports funding through two main distributors, Sport England and UK Sport.
Due to the widespread nature of the estates covered by these two bodies it is not possible to provide detail at the level requested without incurring disproportionate cost. DCMS and our NDPBs are keen to ensure that estates are maintained on a sustainable basis.
Sports: Young People
Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of young people who ceased participating in sport after leaving school in the latest period for which figures are available. [291342]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 16 September 2009]: Sport England have advised that during the ages of 16 to 19, the period when young people leave school, sport participation(1) drops by 7 percentage points, (or the equivalent of 42,000 participants) from a participation rate of 37.4 per cent. at age 16, to a participation rate of 30.4 per cent. at age 19.
(1) Participation is defined as the percentage of the adult population participating in at least 30 minutes of sport, of at least moderate intensity, at least three times a week.
Age
Participation rate (percentage)
Number of participants
16
37.41
251,370
17
34.60
230,829
18
31.14
208,625
19
30.40
209,368
Source:
Sport England's Active People Survey 2 (Oct 2007-Oct 2008).
To address this, through the Sport Unlimited initiative, Sport England works closely with the Government to deliver the 5 Hour Young People's Sports Offer. Over three years, the programme will enable 900,000 children and young people to take part in 10-week taster sessions in sports and aims to get 300,000 participants to join clubs and continue with sport beyond those sessions. Additionally, one of Sport England's strategic targets is to reduce the drop-off among 16 to 18-year-olds in nine key sports. This target will be measured by the Active People survey and is based on reducing the gap between 16 and 18 year old participation by 25 per cent. The national target is therefore to increase overall participation in the nine drop-off sports among 18-year-olds to 31 per cent.
The latest 12 month rolling participation figure illustrates that there has been a statistically significant increase in overall participation in the nine drop-off sports among 18-year-olds from 189,100 to 202,500. If this level of overall participation in the nine drop-off sports were maintained until the end of the current strategy period then the participation figures are expected to reach the target of 31 per cent.
Television: Licensing
Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of collecting the television licence fee was in each of the last five years. [292908]
Mr. Bradshaw:
Administration and enforcement of the television licensing system are the responsibility of the BBC, which operates independently of Government. The day-to-day administration and enforcement of the licence fee regime is undertaken by TV Licensing, who act as agents for the Corporation.
I have, therefore, asked the BBC's Head of Revenue Management to consider the question raised by the hon. Member for Bath and to write to him direct.
Copies of the reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
World Cup
Mark Pritchard:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will discuss with the Football Association the inclusion of (a) Lilleshall National Sports Academy and (b) other football training facilities in Shropshire in its bid for the UK to host the 2018 World Cup. [291995]
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Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Football Association are leading in the bid for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups and are following a selection process to make venues available for FIFA to select host cities and training venues. I will ensure that bid officials are aware of Lilleshall's potential.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture
Tim Farron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of registered holdings which are farmed by people other than the owner or tenant under (a) contract farming, (b) share farming and (c) other similar arrangements; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures (i) five and (ii) 10 years ago. [291915]
Jim Fitzpatrick:
Recent research (published in 2007) into joint venture farming, including contract farming and share farming(1), indicates that a small minority (3 to 5 per cent.) of farmers in England are involved in a joint venture farming activity-although more informal 14 Oct 2009 : Column 924W
arrangements are probably more common. The research suggests that share farming is carried out by 1 to 2 per cent. and contract farming by 3 to 4 per cent. of farms in England.
This research was based on the Farm Business Survey sample in England between 2002 and 2004. The farms represented in the survey account for 95 per cent. of national economic output from farming. No data are available for other similar arrangements, nor for earlier years.
Tim Farron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people in each county were employed in agriculture in each of the last 10 years. [291907]
Jim Fitzpatrick:
The number of employees working on agricultural and horticultural holdings in each county in England for 1999 to 2008 can be found in the table. Employees are defined as salaried managers, full-time, part-time and casual workers working on the holding on 1 June each year.
1999( 1)
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
186
154
167
167
146
144
122
119
126
133
South Teesside
201
179
183
183
187
198
204
180
197
210
Darlington
165
132
131
131
(2)-
120
121
110
102
107
Durham CC
1,211
1,060
978
978
888
923
869
845
831
901
Northumberland
2,560
2,184
2,211
2,211
2,056
1,847
1,879
1,775
1,712
1,744
Tyneside
195
209
194
194
176
185
154
145
138
150
Sunderland
66
80
87
87
(2)-
90
91
83
43
43
West Cumbria
1,239
1,109
1,077
1,077
944
1,018
1,079
1,052
1,046
1,100
East Cumbria
2,808
2,395
2,090
2,090
1,956
2,035
2,075
2,004
2,059
2,116
Halton and Warrington
253
280
288
288
281
303
341
199
197
214
Cheshire CC
3,936
3,455
3,142
3,142
2,888
3,002
3,039
2,786
2,853
2,959
Greater Manchester South
463
424
436
(2)-
394
382
305
317
312
315
Greater Manchester North
566
416
442
442
367
400
387
410
357
360
Blackburn with Darwen
84
65
66
66
(2)-
63
60
51
60
71
Blackpool
140
27
31
31
(2)-
(2)-
19
13
13
(2)-
Lancashire CC
5,791
5,456
4,830
4,830
4,290
4,455
4,427
4,442
4,407
4,382
East Merseyside
335
183
211
211
204
230
194
274
248
301
Liverpool
70
74
84
(2)-
74
81
(2)-
81
80
78
Sefton
177
138
146
146
139
149
154
181
176
175
Wirral
134
107
113
113
(2)-
123
(2)-
92
94
100
Kingston upon Hull, City of
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
9
(2)-
12
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,659
3,926
3,709
3,709
(2)-
3,610
3,446
3,359
2,991
3,022
North and North East Lincolnshire
1,128
1,040
950
950
895
982
926
791
773
794
York
272
283
255
255
(2)-
220
(2)-
215
194
224
North Yorkshire CC
7,616
6,415
6,173
6,173
5,733
6,071
5,893
5,692
5,861
6,076
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
1,092
904
871
871
785
801
759
766
703
768
Sheffield
186
171
167
167
139
155
165
154
167
187
Bradford
302
243
258
258
216
221
228
225
229
245
Leeds
644
637
631
631
540
596
539
521
562
559
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Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield
1,046
881
821
821
726
782
752
800
722
783
Derby
31
20
20
20
19
19
22
27
20
10
East Derbyshire
530
431
410
410
351
369
350
346
371
422
South and West Derbyshire
2,135
1,794
1,464
1,464
1,350
1,441
1,452
1,399
1,434
1,523
Nottingham
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
North Nottinghamshire
1,825
1,587
1,609
1,609
1,584
1,685
1,763
1,501
1,455
1,558
South Nottinghamshire
846
759
835
(2)-
773
828
811
751
622
652
Leicester
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
34
29
12
(2)-
(2)-
Leicestershire CC and Rutland
2,716
2,513
2,279
2,279
2,238
2,290
2,316
2,256
2,285
2,349
Northamptonshire
1,883
1,717
1,594
1,594
1,447
1,514
1,446
1,529
1,635
1,658
Lincolnshire
11,108
10,079
9,163
9,163
8,755
8,749
8,844
8,288
7,886
7,933
Herefordshire, County of
3,990
3,783
3,578
3,578
(2)-
3,807
(2)-
5,279
5,902
5,896
Worcestershire
4,171
3,700
3,198
3,198
3,074
3,405
3,169
3,058
2,945
3,116
Warwickshire
2,899
2,741
3,041
3,041
2,881
3,126
2,962
2,679
2,247
2,304
Telford and Wrekin
459
396
342
342
320
328
314
293
284
304
Shropshire CC
3,881
3,480
3,218
3,218
3,024
3,174
3,412
3,368
3,092
3,233
Stoke-on-Trent
14
12
20
20
(2)-
18
(2)-
14
11
12
Staffordshire CC
3,943
3,414
3,277
3,277
2,654
2,767
3,015
2,938
3,096
3,324
Birmingham
32
19
19
19
24
36
91
46
39
51
Solihull
205
148
137
137
(2)-
130
(2)-
111
115
117
Coventry
62
57
43
43
(2)-
42
(2)-
36
43
49
Dudley and Sandwell
45
48
58
58
54
57
64
44
35
44
Walsall and Wolverhampton
85
85
65
65
61
67
66
55
62
64
Peterborough
349
261
274
274
258
266
266
258
245
247
Cambridgeshire CC
4,832
4,344
4,329
4,329
3,833
4,335
4,583
4,540
4,301
4,676
Norfolk
9,781
8,560
8,325
8,325
7,776
8,111
7,393
6,539
7,000
7,441
Suffolk
6,532
5,715
5,157
5,157
4,712
4,982
4,986
4,715
4,449
4,416
Luton
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
Bedfordshire CC
1,380
1,203
1,339
1,339
930
1,002
1,015
835
860
898
Hertfordshire
1,761
1,564
1,638
1,638
1,343
1,391
1,286
1,237
1,314
1,265
Southend-on-Sea
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
0
0
0
(2)-
0
0
Thurrock
129
106
116
116
(2)-
93
(2)-
86
79
112
Essex CC
6,065
5,248
5,104
5,104
4,705
4,740
4,708
4,633
4,519
4,887
Inner London-West
0
0
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
Inner London-East
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
61
(2)-
51
50
57
Outer London-East and North East
315
297
281
281
246
290
294
266
274
235
Outer London-South
347
339
345
345
275
203
206
212
212
195
Outer London-West and North West
154
134
120
120
114
118
109
97
98
101
Berkshire
1,148
945
1,125
1,125
1,146
1,267
1,338
1,294
1,592
1,642
Milton Keynes
188
155
160
160
(2)-
158
145
155
134
136
Buckinghamshire CC
1,727
1,424
1,279
1,279
1,146
1,267
1,301
1,155
1,210
1,267
Oxfordshire
2,666
2,172
2,125
2,125
1,903
2,041
2,003
1,934
1,924
1,958
Brighton and Hove
82
72
65
(2)-
60
62
(2)-
44
38
41
East Sussex CC
2,291
1,798
1,843
1,843
1,714
1,766
1,747
1,683
1,630
1,769
Surrey
2,998
2,555
2,414
2,414
2,109
2,317
2,286
2,318
2,212
2,053
West Sussex
5,394
4,633
4,660
4,660
4,351
4,488
4,622
4,494
4,422
4,075
Portsmouth
(2)-
0
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
0
0
0
Southampton
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
Hampshire CC
5,572
4,471
4,488
4,488
4,343
4,677
4,461
4,196
4,233
4,310
Isle of Wight
865
812
627
(2)-
916
897
870
824
345
1,070
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Medway
410
319
356
356
334
311
(2)-
527
463
615
Kent CC
11,492
9,675
10,103
10,103
9,204
10,215
9,814
10,553
9,456
10,350
Bristol, City of
31
54
76
76
50
56
53
30
35
62
North and N E Somerset, South Glos
2,203
1,932
1,364
1,364
1,221
1,263
1,258
1,199
1,147
1,150
Gloucestershire
3,416
2,919
2,918
2,918
2,704
2,891
2,832
2,833
2,594
2,598
Swindon
176
160
149
149
(2)-
120
(2)-
118
121
116
Wiltshire CC
3,244
2,853
2,675
2,675
2,413
2,520
2,556
2,441
2,467
2,623
Bournemouth and Poole
53
40
34
34
30
35
35
19
18
14
Dorset CC
3,508
3,023
2,808
2,808
2,815
3,080
3,082
2,825
2,717
2,822
Somerset
5,277
4,690
4,343
4,343
3,886
4,216
4,235
4,047
3,849
4,013
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
5,204
5,004
4,323
4,323
4,010
4,350
3,924
3,827
3,724
4,534
Plymouth
100
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
(2)-
12
(2)-
(2)-
Torbay
27
25
16
16
(2)-
12
17
27
20
31
Devon CC
7,451
6,355
6,353
6,353
5,884
6,302
6,179
5,452
5,417
6,011
England
175,656
153,357
146,585
146,585
135,293
143,059
141,868
137,252
134,057
140,605
(1) Data prior to 2000 refers to main holdings only. From 2000 onwards all holdings are included. (2) Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Note:
Employees are salaried managers, full-time, part-time and casual workers, (paid and unpaid). Source:
June Agricultural Survey
