HC Deb 31 March 2004 vol 419 cc1458-60W
Mr. Stephen O'Brien:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and sport what the(a) resource budget, (b) administration coats and (c) staff numbers were for 2003 of the (i) British Tourist Authority, (ii) English Tourism Council, (iii) Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, (iv) Community Fund, (v) Football Licensing Authority, (vi) Horserace Betting Levy Board, (vii) Horserace Totalisator Board, (viii) Millennium Commission, (ix) New Opportunities Fund, (x) UK Sport, (xi) Culture North East, (xii) East Midlands Cultural Consortium, (xiii) Living East (East of England Cultural Consortium), (xiv) North West Cultural Consortium, (xv) South East Cultural Consortium, (xvi) South West Regional Cultural Consortium, (xvii) West Midlands Life Cultural Consortium, (xviii) Working Group on Human Remains, (xix) Yorkshire Cultural Consortium, (xx) Music Industry Forum and (xxi) Viewers' Panel. [164022]

Mr. Caborn

Resource budgets for 2003–04 including provision for current and capital expenditure and non-cash costs (depreciation and cost of capital charges) are shown in the following table:

Organisation Resource budget(£000) Average staff numbers as at 31 March 2003
British Tourist Authority(Visit Britain) 52,485 484
English Tourism Council 0 59
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment 3,846 31.7
Community Fund 0 493
Football Licensing Authority 1,128 15
Horserace Betting Levy Board 0 126
Horserace Totalisator Board 0 3,902
Millennium Commission 0 68
New Opportunities Fund 0 287
UK Sport 28,050 77

Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies are funded by grant-in-aid and are not subject to administration costs limits. Details of their staff costs and other operating costs are published in their respective annual reports and accounts. Copies of these may be obtained from the Library of the House.

The Community Fund, the Millennium Commission and the New Opportunities Fund distribute National Lottery proceeds only, receiving no Exchequer funds, and recover their administration costs from the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

The Horserace Betting Levy Board and the Horserace Totalisator Board are funded by levies and commercial betting operations respectively.

With effect from 1 April 2003,the English Tourism Council (ETC) was merged with the British Tourist Authority (BTA) to form Visit Britain. The ETC continues as a legal entity with a new remit as the

£
Applicant Project title HLF award
London boroughs of Barnet and Brent London, Welsh Harp 420,000
London borough of Bromley Chalking Up London's Downs 50,000
Cambridgeshire county council Devil's Dyke Restoration Project 305,000
Staffordshire county council Saving Cannock Chase 522,000
Carmarthenshire county council Llyn Llech Owain Country Park 229,500
Denbighshire Countryside Service Heather and Hillforts/Y Grug a'r Caerau—PPG 50,000
Doncaster Metropolitan borough council Cusworth Hall and Park Restoration Project 180,500
Doncaster Metropolitan borough council Cusworth Hall and Park Restoration Project 4,819,000
Kent county council Brewers Wood and Randall Wood, Kent—Acquisition 91,800
SE London Green Chain Project Heritage on Your Doorstep—Green Chain Project 47,100
Cornwall county council Helford River—Capturing Hearts and Minds 89,700
North Cornwall district council Atlantic Coasts and Valleys 25,700
North Somerset council Land at Uphill 22,600
Cornwall county council Geevor Tin Mine Heritage Centre Phase I 291,000
Borough of Poole North Canford Heath, Whites Land—Acquisition 423,500

England Marketing Advisory Board (EMAB) to provide strategic guidance to VisitBritain and Ministers on the domestic marketing of England.

The Regional Cultural Consortiums are currently Advisory Non-Departmental Public Bodies. All of their costs, including administration costs are met from the Department's resource budget for 'Research and Other Surveys'. For 2003–04 the budget for Regional Cultural Consortiums is £1,600,000 (2002–03 outturn: £840,826). In 2003 they did not directly employ any staff. In 2004–05 they will become Executive NDPBs.

The Working Group on Human Remains, Music Industry Forum and the Viewers Panel have completed their work. They had no resource budget and did not employ any staff. Their administration costs were included within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's administration costs which are published in the Resource Accounts. Copies may be obtained from the Library of the House.