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World Heritage Sites: National Lottery
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many World Heritage Sites in the UK have received grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund since the inception of the National Lottery; and what the aggregate monetary value of such grants was. [322617]
Margaret Hodge: Between November 1994 and 31 March 2009, 20 World Heritage Sites in the UK benefited from Heritage Lottery Fund grants to 413 projects totalling £288 million.
Heritage Lottery Fund has supplied the figures of the funding allocated to projects in the table.
| Region | World Heritage Site | Number of projects | Value of awards (£) |
Energy and Climate Change
Energy: National Policy Statements
Mr. Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects the national policy statements on energy to come into effect. [322365]
Mr. Kidney: The Government intend to finalise and formally designate the energy National Policy Statements later in 2010.
Natural Gas: Imports
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the volume of imported gas which will be re-exported to Europe from the UK (a) in 2010 and (b) in each of the next five years. [322031]
Mr. Kidney [holding answer 12 March 2010]: It is not possible to calculate these volumes. This is because, once imported, gas enters the National Transmission System, where it is comingled with gas from other sources; this makes it impossible to say whether or when gas that is exported had previously been imported.
Cabinet Office
Business: Closures
Mr. Amess: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate has been made of the number of small businesses which have closed in (a) Essex, (b) Southend West constituency and (c) England and Wales in each year since 1997. [321898]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what estimate has been made of the number of small businesses which have closed in a) Essex, b) Southend West constituency and c) England and Wales in each year since 1997. (321898)
Annual statistics on business births, deaths and survival are available for 2002 onwards from the ONS release on Business Demography at:
Information on the number of enterprise deaths by parliamentary constituency is only available from 2005 onwards. The table below contains the latest statistics available on active enterprises with less than 50 employment for England and Wales, Essex county and Southend West.
| Deaths for enterprises with less than 50 employment | |||
| England and Wales | Essex county | Southend West | |
| n/a = Not available | |||
Cabinet: Exeter
Mr. Swire: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the cost was of security arrangements for the meeting of the Cabinet in Exeter on 5 February 2010; and from what budgets that cost was met; [322277]
(2) which Ministers travelled by Government Car Service car to the meeting of the Cabinet in Exeter on 5 February 2010; [322278]
(3) from what budgets the costs of transport to and from the meeting of the Cabinet in Exeter on 5 February 2010 were met; [323137]
(4) from what budgets the costs of the meeting of the Cabinet in Exeter on 5 February 2010 were met. [323138]
Tessa Jowell: The visit of the Cabinet to Exeter on 5 February 2010 was one of several ministerial visits across the region that day. There was a public engagement event and a formal Cabinet meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for the Cabinet as a whole to hear the views of people in the south-west. Feedback from local people who have attended the Exeter event and other previous meetings has been very positive; people welcomed the opportunity to raise important local, regional or national issues directly with the Cabinet.
The cost of the public engagement event and the Cabinet meeting was approximately £51,964, excluding VAT. This figure includes the cost of hiring the venue, catering, associated security and delegate management. The budget for these events is held by the Cabinet Office. The cost of any security provided by the police is a matter for the relevant police force. The transport to and from these visits is a matter for the Secretary of State in each Department but wherever possible Ministers are encouraged to travel by public transport and keep costs to a minimum.
Civil Servants: Milton Keynes
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent civil servants have been employed in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. [321873]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statustics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2910:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many full-time equivalent civil servants have been employed in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. (321873).
A consistent time series for the number of full-time equivalent civil servants employed in Milton Keynes is only available back to 2005.
The requested data are attached at Annex A.
| Annex A: Civil Service employment in Milton Keynes( 1-) all employees | |
| Full time equivalent | |
| (1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. (2) 2005-2006 Mandate only - incomplete coverage of Civil Service departments. (3) 2007-2009 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey - 100 per cent. coverage of Government departments and agencies. Source: Mandate collection (2005-06) Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (2007-09) | |
Electorate: British Nationals Abroad
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many British nationals resident in each country outside the UK were registered to vote in UK elections on the most recent date for which figures are available. [322822]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your question asking how many British nationals resident in each country outside the UK were registered to vote in UK elections on the most recent date for which figures arc available. (322822)
The total number of overseas electors registered to vote in UK parliamentary elections was 14,901 on 1 December 2009, the most recent date for which figures are available. ONS does not have information on which country overseas electors are resident in.
Office for National Statistics
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 655W, on civil servants: surveys, by what means an hon. Member may commission specific analyses from the Office for National Statistics. [322912]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 655W, on
civil servants: surveys, by what means an hon. Member may commission specific analyses from the Office for National Statistics. (322912)
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