HC Deb 04 July 2001 vol 371 cc211-2W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to introduce legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Spoliation Committee regarding the return of looted cultural property. [67]

Mr. Caborn

Measures to promote applications from the areas to be targeted under this new £150 million initiative will be developed by the community fund and the new opportunities fund in time for the start of the programme in April 2002.

Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of the money raised from the national lottery has been used(a) in the NHS and (b) in schools; and if she will make a statement. [1634]

Mr. Caborn

The Government are committed to the principle that lottery money should add to and not substitute for existing Government expenditure. Lottery funding has been used to fund projects in the NHS and schools which are additional to their core functions. According to information received from the distributors, 1.7 per cent. of the money raised by the national lottery has been allocated to projects in the NHS and 3.0 per cent. has been allocated to projects in schools.

Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been raised each year from the national lottery, for each category of good cause, since the establishment of the national lottery; and if she will make a statement. [1633]

Mr. Caborn

The amounts raised for each good cause, including interest, in each financial year since the start of the lottery are shown in the following table.

Tessa Jowell

[holding answer 25 June 2001]: The Spoliation Advisory Panel, under the chairmanship of retired Lord Justice of Appeal, the right hon. Sir David Hirst, announced on 18 January 2001 its first report (HC 111) on a claim to "A View of Hampton Court Palace" by Jan Griffier the Elder in Tate Britain. The report made two recommendations, both of which related to the Griffier painting, and these have been accepted and implemented. No recommendations concerning legislation were made.