HC Deb 03 December 1996 vol 286 cc589-90W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list those departmental responsibilities which relate to(a) England, (b) England and Wales, (c) England, Wales and Scotland and (d) the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the approximate proportion of the time and budget of her Department which exclusively relates to each of the above categories. [5961]

Mr. Sproat

My Department is responsible for a range of public bodies which relate to the territorial areas, as follows:

  • England
  • English Heritage
  • Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
  • Royal Armouries
  • Historic Royal Palaces Agency
  • Royal Parks Agency
  • Arts Council of England
  • English Tourist Board
  • Sports Council1
  • English Sports Council
  • The British Museum
  • Geffrye Museum
  • Horniman Museum
  • Imperial War Museum
  • Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
  • Museum of London
  • National Gallery
  • National Maritime Museum
  • National Museum and Galleries on Merseyside
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Natural History Museum
  • National Museum of Science and Industry
  • Sir John Soane Museum
  • Tate Gallery
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Wallace Collection
  • Library and Information Commission
  • England and Wales
  • Royal Fine Art Commission (occasionally looks at Northern Ireland)
  • Football Licensing Authority
  • England, Wales and Scotland
  • Crafts Council
    • 590
  • British Tourist Authority
  • Sports Council1
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • National Heritage Memorial Fund
  • Millennium Commission
  • National Lottery Charities Board
  • Community Development Foundation
  • UK Sports Council
  • Broadcasting
  • British Film Institute
  • National Film and Television School
  • British Film Commission
  • Museum and Galleries Commission
  • British Library
  • Public Lending Right
  • Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
  • Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites
  • 1The Sports Council's royal charter provides powers to enable it to develop and improve the knowledge and practice of sport and physical recreation among the public at large in Great Britain. In terms of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, the Sports Council is responsible for the distribution of lottery funds in England for expenditure on or connected with sport. The responsibilities and functions of the Sports Council are soon to be transferred to the United Kingdom Sports Council and the English Sports Council which received royal charters of incorporation on 19 September 1996. The English Sports Council will take on the Sports Council's responsibility for the lottery sports fund.