Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Wales
Departmental Housing
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what recent estimate he has made of the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. [313799]
Mr. Hain: The Wales Office owns no residential property.
Electoral Commission Committee
Electoral Register: Standards
Chris Ruane: To ask the hon. Member for South-West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission which local authorities have yet to implement all three performance standard indicators in respect of electoral registration. [314898]
Mr. Streeter: The Electoral Commission informs me that those local authorities whose electoral registration officers (EROs) reported that they did not meet all three performance standards in the 'Completeness and Accuracy' subject area, following the 2008 annual canvass and published by the Commission in April 2009, are listed as follows.
The Commission further informs me that it will be publishing its second report on ERO performance against the standards in March 2010. Consequently the performance of the EROs listed as follows may be subject to change. The individual assessments of the EROs appointed by the local authorities will be made available on the Commission's website at that time:
Barnsley
Berwick-upon-Tweed(1)
Blaby
Blackburn with Darwen
Brentwood
Bridgnorth(1)
Broadland
Caerphilly
Carmarthenshire
Cambridge
Chester-le-Street(1)
Conwy
Copeland
Coventry
Craven
Crewe and Nantwich(1)
Derwentside(1)
Dumfries and Galloway
Durham(1)
East Dorset
East Hampshire
East Lindsey
Eastbourne
Epping Forest
Forest Heath
Gwynedd
Halton
Harborough
Harrow
Hillingdon
Hyndburn
Ipswich
Leeds
Mendip
Merthyr Tydfil
Newport
North Dorset
North East Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire
Nottingham
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Orkney Islands
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Ryedale
Sefton
Shetland Islands
Shrewsbury and Atcham(1)
Slough
Solihull
South Lanarkshire
South Norfolk
South Northamptonshire
Stratford upon Avon
Sutton
Tameside
Teesdale(1)
The Vale of Glamorgan
Three Rivers
Uttlesford
Walsall
Warrington
Wellingborough
West Devon
Weymouth and Portland
Windsor and Maidenhead
(1 )No longer in existence and now part of unitary authorities.
Scotland
Departmental Publications
Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many reports or papers have been produced or commissioned by the Scotland Office since 2007; and what the (a) cost, (b) subject matter and (c) distribution run of each report was. [313987]
Ann McKechin: Since 2007, the Scotland Office has produced or commissioned the following reports and papers:
Northern Ireland
Terrorism
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) serving and (b) former members of the (i) Police Service of Northern Ireland, (ii) Royal Irish Regiment and (iii) Northern Ireland Prison Service have moved from their homes after being targeted by (A) Republican and (B) Loyalist paramilitaries in each of the last three years. [314537]
Paul Goggins: It is not possible to provide figures in the format requested. Figures are, however, available for the number of certificates issued under the Special Purchase of Evacuated Dwellings scheme. As the issue of such certificates is an operational matter for the Chief Constable, I have asked him to reply directly to the hon. Gentleman, and will arrange for a copy of the letter to be placed in the Library of the House.
Culture, Media and Sport
Basketball: Finance
Sir Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department has provided for (a) existing and (b) new
facilities for basketball in (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) universities and (iv) sports clubs in the last three years. [314300]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Sport England has advised that they have consistently invested in sports halls and leisure centres which offer facilities for basketball.
Over the period 2005-09, Sport England invested a total of £4,989,415 directly into basketball. The proportion of this used to fund capital projects was £2,004,415, and was delivered through the Community Club Development Programme.
Due to the nature of the Community Club Development Programme, which often delivered funding for multi sports purposes, Sport England is not able to break down the funding in terms of (a) existing and (b) new facilities specifically for basketball in (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) universities or (iv) sports clubs.
Capital spend in schools is a matter for the Department for Children, Schools and Families, while the Department for Business Innovation and Skills is responsible for Higher Education.
Cultural Heritage
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on its UK world heritage policy in each of the last five years; and how many of his Department's staff worked on the policy in each of those years. [314199]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 29 January 2010]: My Department has spent £103,478.13 on World Heritage Policy Review over the last five years. A breakdown of the direct spend and staff numbers working on World Heritage Policy for each year is presented in the table.
| Financial year | Spend on world heritage policy (inc. VAT) (£) | DCMS staff numbers on world heritage policy( 1) |
| (1) Staff involved have a number of other duties and have been involved with the review at different times | ||
Departmental Billing
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the average length of time taken by (a) his Department and (b) its agency to pay invoices from (i) small and medium-sized enterprises and (ii) all creditors in the last 12 months. [315064]
Mr. Simon: In December 2009 the Department paid 96.65 per cent. of all valid invoices within 10 working days of receipt, and 99.44 per cent. within 30 days. It is not possible to distinguish small and medium-sized enterprises within this information.
The Royal Parks, the Department's agency, is not able to provide this information used its current accounting system. A new system is being implemented shortly, which will enable the agency to provide the relevant information in the financial year 2010-11.
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