§ Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what have been the overall sums of money(a) spent on and (b) taken in receipts at, the Millennium Dome. [134992]
§ Janet AndersonThe New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) has advised that in cash terms total expenditure to 31 October 2000 was £728,113,000. Receipts to 31 October were £159,529,000 trading income (tickets, sponsorship (including value-in-kind), and other commercial income), and £571,980,000 National Lottery grant.
§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will provide details of the county court judgments that have been made against the New Millennium Experience Company. [139039]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 20 November 2000]: The details of the four county court judgments to which the hon. Member refers are as follows:
£ Company Claimed and paid Stocksigns 235.06 Power Plant Services 939.83 Display World Supplies 301.91 Service Point UK Ltd. 131.49 All the above have been removed from the Register.
The New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) has advised that it has been notified of three further county court judgments. All three payments have been made:
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£ Company Claimed and paid Glen Howard Neil Salway 150.00 Telecline Ltd. 2,054.94 Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport 5,812.00 The first of these three cases has been removed from the Register. The necessary processes to remove the final two are under way.
§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps were taken by the management of the millennium dome to minimise the dangers to the public from the operation carried out by the police on 7 November. [138912]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 21 November 2000]: The New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) worked closely with the police over many weeks to formulate and refine an Operational Plan which would ensure minimum risk and maximum safety for its staff and visitors. No action was taken to apprehend the suspects until they had reached a point where they could be easily contained by the police. The area where the vault is located was not open to the public and the immediate staff members were withdrawn to a place of safety before or at the start of the incident. The safety of staff and visitors was a top priority for NMEC and the Metropolitan police service.
§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many children have performed in "Our Town Story" at the Dome to date; and how many schools have participated. [139016]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 22 November 2000]: The New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) has advised that, by the end of the year there will have been 220 performances of "Our Town Story" in which 210 local education authorities (LEAs) will have participated. As the LEAs have selected each cast of 100 it is not possible to give details of the number of schools which have taken part. Details of the current performance schedule, however, are included in the table. By the end of the year approximately 20,000 children will have performed in "Our Town Story".
"Our Town Story" is one of a number of extremely successful National Programme initiatives that have been an integral part of the Millennium Experience at the Dome. The programme has enabled and encouraged thousands of communities to participate in events and activities.
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Education authority and local borough Date Stirling 5 January London Borough of Camden 6 January London Borough of Ealing 7 January Oldham 10 January Blackpool 14 January Warwickshire 17 January Dudley 18 January Slough 20 January Reading 21 January Oxfordshire 23 January City of Edinburgh 25 January Bath and North East Somerset 28 January Trafford 31 January South Gloucestershire 1 February Wakefield 2 February London Borough of Lambeth 3 February Torbay 4 February Kingston upon Hull 7 February Calderdale 8 February Warrington 10 February Argyll and Bute 11 February Tameside 14 February 501W
Education authority and local borough Date Salford 15 February London Borough of Merton 16 February Swansea 17 February Gwynedd 18 February Flintshire 21 February Neath Port Talbot 22 February Blaenau Gwent 23 February Monmouthshire 24 February Torfaen 25 February Bridgend 28 February Ceredigion 29 February Wales Day 1 March Caerphilly 2 March Sir Benfro (Pembrokeshire) 3 March East Ayrshire 4 March Hammersmith and Fulham 6 March London Borough of Wandsworth 7 March London Borough of Haringey 8 March Cumbria 9 March Northern Ireland 13 March Peterborough 20 March Cambridgeshire 21 March Luton 22 March Suffolk 23 March Hertfordshire 24 March Bedfordshire 27 March Norfolk 28 March Essex 29 March Southend 30 March Thurrock 31 March Cardiff 3 April Swindon 4 April Wiltshire 5 April Plymouth 6 April Northumberland 7 April Nottingham City 10 April Manchester 11 April Scottish Borders 12 April Renfrewshire 13 April Glasgow City 14 April Orkney Islands 15 April England Day 24 April Gateshead 1 May Dumfries and Galloway 2 May West Dunbartonshire 3 May Poole 4 May Bournemouth 5 May Isle of Anglesey 6 May Sandwell 8 May Kensington and Chelsea 10 May Bolton 11 May London Borough of Croydon 12 May North Yorkshire 13 May Richmond upon Thames 15 May Kingston upon Thames 16 May London Borough of Southwark 17 May London Borough of Bexley 19 May Herefordshire 22 May Worcestershire 23 May Stoke on Trent 24 May Walsall 25 May Milton Keynes 26 May London Borough of Islington 30 May Wirral 31 May Knowsley 1 June Sheffield 2 June Perth and Kinross 3 June Newcastle upon Tyne 5 June North Tyneside 6 June Gloucestershire 7 June London Borough of Enfield 8 June South Lanarkshire 9 June St. Helens 12 June East Renfrewshire 13 June 502W
Education authority and local borough Date Midlothian 14 June Inverclyde 15 June Falkirk 16 June Hampshire 19 June West Berkshire 20 June East Sussex 21 June Kent 22 June Medway 23 June London Borough of Greenwich 24 June Buckinghamshire 26 June Northamptonshire 27 June Barnsley 28 June Bristol 29 June Leeds 30 June Hartlepool 3 July Cheshire 4 July Solihull 5 July Wolverhampton 6 July South Tyneside 7 July London Borough of Hackney 10 July Windsor and Maidenhead 11 July Lincolnshire 12 July Derby City 13 July Isle of Wight 14 July Newport 17 July Vale of Glamorgan 18 July Southampton 19 July Rhondda Cynon Taff 20 July Stockton 21 July Surrey 24 July London Borough of Hillingdon 25 July Nottinghamshire 26 July Doncaster 27 July Moray 4 September West Lothian 5 September Shetland Islands 6 September Clackmannanshire 7 September East Dunbartonshire 8 September Dundee City 11 September Fife 12 September Aberdeen City 13 September Halton 14 September Birmingham 15 September Devon 18 September Isles of Scilly 19 September Wrexham 20 September Carmarthenshire 21 September Merthyr Tydfil 22 September Powys 25 September Lancashire 26 September Wigan 27 September Rochdale 28 September Bury 29 September Rotherham 30 September Blackburn with Darwen 2 October Isle of Man 3 October Derbyshire 4 October North East Lincolnshire 5 October Rutland 6 October Corporation of London 7 October Middlesbrough 10 October Sunderland 11 October Darlington 12 October Redcar and Cleveland 13 October London Borough of Bromley 14 October London Borough of Westminster 15 October Bradford 16 October London Borough of Sutton 17 October North Lincolnshire 18 October Kirklees 19 October York 20 October London Borough of Tower Hamlets 23 October Highland 24 October East Lothian 25 October
Edcation authority and local borough Date Western Isles 26 October North Lanarkshire 27 October Wokingham 28 October North Ayrshire 30 October South Ayrshire 31 October Shropshire 1 November Telford and Wrekin 2 November Coventry 3 November Bracknell Forest 4 November Cornwall 6 November Dorset 7 November Somerset 8 November North Somerset 9 November London Borough of Newham 10 November East Yorkshire 11 November Denbighshire 13 November Conwy 14 November Durham 15 November Sefton 16 November Leicester City 17 November Leicestershire 18 November Stockport 19 November London Borough of Lewisham 20 November Angus 21 November London Borough of Barnet 22 November London Borough of Brent 23 November Liverpool 24 November Jersey 25 November London Borough of Harrow 27 November London Borough of Havering 28 November London Borough of Redbridge 29 November Scotland Day 30 November London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 1 December Aberdeenshire 2 December Staffordshire 3 December London Borough of Waltham Forest 4 December London Borough of Hounslow 5 December West Sussex 6 December Brighton and Hove 7 December Portsmouth 8 December
§ Mr. WoolasTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what date he has set for Lazard to conclude negotiations with the Legacy consortium over the purchase of the Millennium Dome; and what plans he has to re-open the competition to new bidders in the event of those negotiations being unsuccessful. [139796]
§ Janet AndersonThe involvement of Lazard in the process for selling the Millennium Dome has concluded with the award of preferred bidder status to Legacy plc. The competition team will now take forward the negotiations with Legacy plc. Progress will be reviewed regularly, and if all goes well we expect to exchange contracts during February.
In the event of the failure of negotiations with Legacy plc, the Government would pursue other possible uses of the Dome.
§ Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of likely revenue resulting from the sale of the contents of the Millennium Dome. [140151]
§ Janet AndersonThe information requested is commercially confidential. To release details of likely revenue from the sale of assets could impair the ability of the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) to negotiate with potential buyers and to obtain the best value from the sale of the assets.
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§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will publish an inventory of the contents of the Millennium Dome and list their legal owners. [140183]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 24 November 2000]: A full inventory of the contents of the Dome comprises many thousands of items from the building and the exhibit structures, to the knives and forks in the restaurant, to the desks and chairs in the New Millennium Experience Company's (NMEC) office space. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what work is being undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers regarding the invoicing of catering and hospitality services at the Millennium Dome. [140423]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 27 November 2000]: I understand that no such work is being undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers.