HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 cc469-70W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for culture, Media and sport if he will make a statement on the future of Musicworks. [69633]

NDPD Admit the public to all meetings Hold public meetings Have lay or consumer board members16 Operate a form of appeal or complaints procedure Statutory requirements
Arts Council of England No Yes No Yes No
British Library No No Yes Yes No
British Museum No No 1Yes Yes No
British Film Institute No Yes Yes Yes No
British Tourist Authority No No No Yes No
Broadcasting Standards Commission No 9Yes 10Yes 11Yes 12No
Crafts Council No Yes No Yes No
English Heritage No No 5Yes Yes No
English Sports Council No Yes No Yes No
English Tourist Board No Yes No Yes No
Football Licensing Authority No No No Yes No
Geffrye Museum No No Yes No No
Historic Royal Palaces No No Yes Yes No
Horniman Museum No Yes No Yes No
Imperial War Museum No Yes 2Yes Yes No
Library and Information Commission No No Yes Yes No
Millennium Commission No 19No No Yes No
National Film and Television School 13No No No 14No No
National Lottery Charity Board No Yes Yes Yes No
New Millennium Experience Co. Ltd. No 17Yes 18No Yes 20Yes
Museum of London No No 6Yes Yes No
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester No Yes Yes Yes No
Museums and Galleries Commission5 No No Yes Yes No
National Gallery No Yes Yes Yes No
National Heritage Memorial Fund No Yes No 15Yes No
National Maritime Museum No No No Yes No
National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside No 3No No Yes No
National Museum of Science and Industry No Yes 7Yes Yes No
National Portrait Gallery No No 4No Yes No
Natural History Museum No No No Yes No
NESTA No No No No No
NOF No Yes No Yes No
Public Lending Right No No Yes Yes No
Royal Armouries No No No No No
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts No No Yes Yes No
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) No No No Yes No
Sir John Soane's Museum No No Yes Yes No
Tate Gallery No No Yes Yes No
UK Sports Council No No No No No
Victoria and Albert Museum No No No Yes No
Wallace Collection No Yes Yes Yes No

Notes:

1The British Museum say that all their Board Members are visitors and users. Those Trustees that sit on the External Relational and Public Services Committee have particular responsibility for consumer interests including disability issues.

Mr. Chris Smith

[holding answer 8 February 1999]: While this is primarily a matter for the London Arts Board and Musicworks other core funders, I am aware that Musicworks has experienced a range of difficulties, including the accumulation of debt, which have resulted in the closure of the project. I understand also that the potential for another arts organisation with similar charitable objectives to acquire Musicworks facilities continues to be explored, with the intention of securing the building, and donor investment in its refurbishment, to the benefit of the local community.

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