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Departmental Conferences
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on conferences in 2008-09. [302009]
Mr. Simon: My Department spent £133,398.30 on holding conferences in 2008-09. This figure includes running costs, room hire, hospitality and accommodation charges.
Departmental Meetings
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which (a) individuals other than Ministerial colleagues and officials of his Department and (b) organisations he met in an official capacity in the week commencing 9 November 2009. [301156]
Mr. Bradshaw: In the week commencing 9 November, I met members of the International Press Institute; David Davies, the chair of the Listed Events Review; diplomats at the German embassy and young artists at the unveiling of an art work to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; members of the House of Lords Communications Committee at a formal hearing of the Committee; representatives of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Britain's architectural community at a reception at 10 Downing Street; and organisers of the London Jazz Festival at a parliamentary reception.
Departmental Statistics
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of the statistical datasets collected by his Department it publishes. [302346]
Mr. Simon: As a matter of course, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport publishes all of its datasets which meet the definition of 'official statistics' set out in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The statistics are published in accordance with the requirements set out in the 'Code of Practice for Official Statistics' and the 'National Statistician's Guidance on the Presentation and Publication of Official Statistics'.
Gaming Machines
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many self-exclusions have been (a) in operation and (b) breached in relation to gaming machines in each of the last five years. [301769]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The requirement for licensed gambling operators to put into effect procedures for self-exclusion was introduced in September 2007 by the Gambling Commission. Figures on self-exclusion were published for the first time in the Commission's Industry Statistics for 2008-09. These are available at
and can be seen in the following table.
Prior to the Gambling Act 2005 coming into force, self-exclusion arrangements were put in place on a voluntary basis by gambling operators and no central data were collected on their use.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many gaming machines of each category have been located in (a) betting shops, (b) bingo halls, (c) family entertainment centres, (d) adult gaming centres and (e) pubs, clubs and other social venues in each of the last five years. [301829]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Prior to September 2007, the Gaming Board for Great Britain issued certificates to those who sold and maintained gaming machines. Local authorities issued permits for arcades, family entertainment centres and other premises that had amusement with prizes (AWP) machines; and magistrates issued permits for clubs, pubs and other premises with alcohol licence permitting consumption on the premises. The Gaming Board did not formally collect statistical data about the number of machines. In 2003, using industry data, it estimated that there were 255,000 gaming machines lawfully in operation in Great Britain.
Since 1 September 2007, under the Gambling Act the provision of gaming machines has been regulated by the Gambling Commission. The table, using figures supplied by the British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA), shows the approximate number of each categorised machine and their typical locations for each year since March 2008.
| Category | Typical location( 1) | Approx imate( 2) number of machines at March 2008 | Approx imate( 2) number of machines at March 2009 |
| (1) A full list of permitted locations is available on the Gambling Commission's website (http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/) (2) Numbers are the British Amusement Catering Trade Association's estimates | |||
Horserace Totalisator Board
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which external parties he has met to discuss the proposed sale of the Tote. [302007]
Mr. Sutcliffe: So far, the external parties with whom I have discussed the proposed sale of the Tote have been Paul Roy and Nic Coward of Racing Enterprises Ltd., and the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies).
Sport England: Finance
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding has been allocated by Sport England to each of the national governing bodies for the (a) Grow, (b) Sustain and (c) Excel element of Sport England's strategy. [301765]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The figures in the following table are based upon information provided to Sport England by national governing bodies at the time their 2009-13 awards were made in December 2008.
For some NGBs (highlighted by asterisks) an exact Grow/Sustain/Excel breakdown was difficult to determine as their plans for the sport to grow and sustain participation, in particular, are hard to separate. In these cases, the figures are assumptions made by Sport England based on wider information contained in the Whole Sport Plans.
As a result of some amendments made to the final figures in contractual discussions between Sport England and the NGBs concerned, there are some minor discrepancies between the Grow/Sustain/Excel figures in the breakdown and the actual final awards made.
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| Sport | Governing body | Grow | Sustain | Excel | Total | Actual award figure |
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