§ Mr. Marshall-AndrewsTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make it his policy that no further funds, by way of(a) loan, (b) grant and (c) otherwise, will be (1) received by the New Millennium Experience Company from any Lottery fund; [110472]
(2) provided from the Millennium Commission to the New Millennium Experience Company. [110473]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 17 February 2000]: The distribution of Lottery funds is a matter for the Lottery Distributors who operate independent of the Government. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will write in more detail, in his capacity as Chairman of the Millennium Commission, to my hon. and learned Friend.
§ Mr. Marshall-AndrewsTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will provide in respect of(a) advances, (b) loans and (c) grants agreed to be made to the New Millennium Experience Company by the Millennium Commission since 1 January, details of undertakings as to the personal liability of (i) officers and (ii) directors of the New Millennium Experience Company and the Millennium Commissioners. [110474]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 17 February 2000]: I refer my hon. and learned Friend to the reply I gave him on 28 February 2000, Official Report, column 90W. Both the Non-Executive and Executive Directors of the New Millennium Experience Company are bound by the normal Companies Act regulations applying to Directors of Companies.
§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many contracts were awarded by the New Millennium Experience Company to caterers to operate on the site of the Millennium Dome; what net revenue was received by the NMEC from the granting of those contracts; how many of those contracts were awarded after a process of competitive tendering; and how many of those contracts are still in force. [110912]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 21 February 2000]: Sixteen catering and supply contracts have been awarded by the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) to contractors to operate in and around the dome. All 251W contracts have been let following competitive tender processes and all contracts are still in force. Each contractor will pay NMEC an agreed percentage of net sales as a concession fee, the precise details of which are commercially confidential while the contracts are current.
§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been paid by the New Millennium Experience Company in overtime payments since the commencement of the Millennium Dome project. [110915]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 21 February 2000]: The total sum paid by the New Millennium Experience Company in overtime since the start of the Millennium Experience Project (March 1997) is £677,418.