HC Deb 01 March 2002 vol 380 cc1625-7W
Jean Corston

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Bristol, East constituency, the effects on Bristol of her Department's policies and actions(a) from 5 May 1994 to 2 May 1997, (b) from 2 May 1997 to 7 May 1998, and (c) since 7 May 1998. [35597]

Mr. Caborn

(a) 5 May 1994 to 2 May 1997

There were 31 national lottery awards to Bristol East totalling £2,068,137.

(b) 2 May 1997 to 7 May 1998

There were 39 national lottery awards to Bristol East totalling £1,748,764.

(c) Since 7 May 1998

Forty Four Millennium Award Winners have been identified from Bristol East at a grant commitment of £129,557.

7 May 1998 to 13 February 2002

There were 105 national lottery awards to Bristol East totalling £5,611,239.

Information on the National Lottery is in accordance with the information supplied to the Department by the Lottery Distributors for the National Lottery Awards Database.

There are of course other initiatives in the wider context of the region which may have an effect on the Bristol East constituency. These are:

(a) 5 May 1994 to 2 May 1997

English Heritage

  • 5 grants offered for repairs to Grade I and II* listed buildings totalling £124,314
  • 1 grant offered for repairs to a scheduled ancient monument of £81,080
  • 3 grants offered for repairs to Grade II listed buildings in a conservation area totalling £98,723
  • 2 grants offered to Conservation Area Partnership (CAP) Schemes totalling £100,000

(b) 2 May 1997 to 7 May 1998

English Heritage

  • 3 grants offered for repairs to Grade I and II* listed buildings totalling £121,130
  • 1 CAP scheme grant offer of £50,000

(c) Since 7 May 1998

English Heritage

  • 4 grants offered for repairs to Grade I and II* listed buildings totalling £460,700
  • 1 Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme grant offer of £70,000

Designated Museums Challenge Fund (DMCF)

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery received the following:

Award Claimed
Year 1 (1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000) £59,475 £59,475
Year 2 (1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001) £80,000 £73,639.45
Year 3 (1 April 2001 to 2002) £120,100 still in progress

The awards were made towards improvements to care, interpretation and access for all designated collections.

DCMS Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund

Since May 1998 DCMS Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund has granted £24,000 towards a British History Project (covering all of Bristol libraries).

Space for Sport and the Arts

Bristol has provisionally been allocated with £1.75 million under the Space for Sport and Arts programme. Subject to the approval of detailed applications, the area will benefit from new/modernised sport and arts facilities based in four primary schools, but open for use by the wider community outside school hours. Building work on the four projects should be completed by Summer 2003.

Creative Partnerships

Bristol has been chosen as one of the first pilots for the Creative Partnerships programme, due to start in April 2002.

Artsmark Schools

There is currently only one Artsmark school in the City of Bristol. Seven have applied for Artsmark status in this year's round of applications.

National Foundation for Youth Music

Bristol is part of a Youth Music Action Zone also encompassing Gloucester. Since its inception the zone has received £512,176. The National Foundation for Youth Music has also made separate grants to projects in Bristol totalling £149,284.

Libraries

Bristol library service has been awarded grants of £598,587 for People's Network ICT infrastructure and £121,040 for librarian ICT training by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF). According to Resource, the body responsible for monitoring implementation of the People's Network, all 26 public libraries in Bristol are now connected to the Internet through the People's Network and all offer free internet access to users.

Sport

There are 2 School Sport Co-ordinators in Bristol at Ashton Park School and Portway Community School which have received £315,537 and £289,239 respectively.

Free Television Licences

Information on the number of beneficiaries of free television licences by constituency is not available, but estimates based on the 1991 Census indicate that there were approximately 7,600 people aged 75 or over living in the Bristol East constituency.

Company 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
CAP Gemini Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
PWC Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 83,000 (2) 96,000 (1)
KPMG 32,000 (2) Nil Nil 23,000 (1) Nil Nil Nil
PA Consulting Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
WS Atkins Nil Nil Nil 55,000 (3) 33,000 (2) Nil Nil
Accentor Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Deloitte & Touche Nil 109,000 (2) Nil 207,000 (1) Nil Nil Nil
McKinsey Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Capita Nil Nil Nil 39,000 (3) Nil Nil 26,0002
AEA Technology Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 23,000 (1) Nil
Ansa Group Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Sea Group1
C.G. Admiral Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
NAL Group Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Logic Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Notes:
1 SchlumbergerSema have been the Department's outsourced IT service provider since 1993. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of fees annually from 1995–96 but the payment to SchlumbergerSema for direct services was of the order of £1.5 million in 2000–01 and will be a similar figure in 2001–02. Expenditure in previous years will not have exceeded that amount.
2 Recruitment advisory services using central government's framework contract.
Includes Royal Parks Agency.
Number of contracts in brackets.