Government Car and Despatch Agency
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service. [316789]
Mr. Simon: The information requested is set out in the table.
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| Financial year | Payments to the Government Car and Despatch Agency (£) | Proportion of spend on the Government Car Service (percentage) |
All travel by Ministers is undertaken in accordance with the ‘Ministerial Code’.
Music: Licensing
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of the typical financial cost to (a) charities, (b) places of worship and (c) voluntary groups of the recent changes to public performance rights exemptions in sound records and performers' rights. [312268]
Mr. Lammy: I have been asked to reply.
As part of the Government’s consultation process we commissioned a final impact assessment from independent consultants, Europe Economics. It was published on 12 November with the Government response and a summary was placed in the House Library. This assessment estimated the impact on broad groupings which would be affected. Voluntary groups may also be charities and it is not possible to separate them out further.
The exact impact will be determined by the outcome of consultations between Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL) and organisations concerned on licence fee levels. However, PPL has stated that its current equivalent commercial fees range between £54 and £108 per year and it envisages that most organisations will pay fees at the lower end of this range or even lower. They have also confirmed that they will not charge in a number of circumstances including music used as part of divine worship and family occasions such as weddings.
National Lottery
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding has been provided to each National Lottery distributor in each year since 2006-07 (a) in real terms and (b) in cash terms. [316771]
Mr. Simon: The information requested is set out in the table:
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| 2006-07 actual | 2006/07 real terms(1) | 2007-08 actual | 2007-08 real terms(1) | 2008/09 actual(2) |
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| (1) Using 2008-09 = 100. (2) Net of transfers totalling £73 million between NLDF and OLDF. | |||||
National Lottery: Operating Costs
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate his Department has made of the expenditure on administration of each of the National Lottery distributors in the latest period for which figures are available; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce such costs. [316729]
Mr. Simon: Lottery distributors' administration costs can be found in their annual reports and accounts. These costs are not comparable, however, as administration costs vary considerably depending on the type and size of grant given and the amounts that applicants receive.
My Department has encouraged the national lottery distributors to keep their administration costs as low as possible and to share best practice.
As part of the Operational Efficiency Programme the lottery distributors are working closely with my Department to identify savings through greater collaboration in back-office functions.
Sports: Schools
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in each school year participating regularly in competitive (a) intra-school and (b) inter-school sport. [316732]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The 2008-09 School Sport Survey showed that 99 per cent. of schools hold their own sports days; 69 per cent. of pupils are playing competitive house or league sport within their own schools (up from 66 per cent. in 2007-08 and 58 per cent. in 2006-07); and 44 per cent. of pupils are playing competitive sport against other schools (up from 41per cent. in 2007-08 and 35 per cent. in 2006-07).
We aim to increase the regularity with which children play competitive sport and have included new questions in the School Sport Survey to measure how regularly pupils compete (both within schools and between schools).
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28 per cent. of pupils from years three-13 regularly participated in intra-school competition whilst 19 per cent. of pupils from years three-13 regularly participated in inter-school competition.
The tables outline (a) the percentage of pupils who regularly participated in intra-school competition during the academic year 2008-09 by year group:
| Academic year | Percentage of pupils involved |
Base: All pupils in years three-13 where information given (5,472,339) and (b) the percentage of pupils who regularly participated in inter-school competition during the academic year2008-09 by year group:
| Academic year | Percentage of pupils involved |
Base: All pupils in years three-13 where information given (5,472,635) From 2008-11, the Government are investing over £25 million into a network of 225 competition managers to increase the number of young people engaged in regular high quality inter-school competitive events.
Furthermore, the Government are making universal access to regular competitive sport a key part of its new pupil guarantee, which will enshrine in law our commitment to provide competitive sport for all.
Streatham
Keith Hill: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on Streatham constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997. [313399]
Mr. Simon: My Department's aim is to improve the quality of life for everyone through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries. The impact of bodies and policies of my Department on the Streatham constituency since 1997 include:
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£364,206 given from Arts Council England to organisations based in Streatham in 2008-09 through the Grants for the Arts programme.
Digital Switchover is due to take place in Streatham in 2012. By the time switchover is complete at the end of 2012, 98.5 per cent. of households nationwide will be able to receive digital TV—the same number that can currently receive analogue.
£4,990 of Exchequer investment to the Streatham constituency provided through Sport England between 2002-03 and 2009-10.
Over £18 million of national lottery grants made to applications from the Streatham constituency since 1997.
The Streatham constituency has also benefited from other policies and spending whose impact cannot be broken down by constituency. This includes:
£4 billion of Exchequer funding spent on culture.
More than £5.5 billion invested in sport by the Government and the national lottery since 1997.
Almost 1 million free swims taken in London in the first six months of the Free Swimming programme.