§ Jean CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Bristol, East constituency, the effects on Bristol of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [150552]
§ Mr. Chris SmithBristol, East has received £7,989,112 from the national lottery since 2 May 1997. This includes one award from the millennium festival totalling £140,000.
58WIn addition, three grants, totalling £36,882 have been made from the New Opportunities Fund out-of-school-hours child care programme. These are:
£25,252 awarded to the Whitehall school Out of School Club. The grant will provide for 24 after-school places and 24 holiday places, for children aged 4 to 11 years old.£7,480 to the Dhek Bhal project—this will enable the creation of 10 holiday club places for children in two local primary schools.£4,150 to the Brislington neighbourhood centre for 16 holiday places for children in Broomhill infant and junior school.32 millennium award winners have been identified from Bristol, East and between them they have received grants totalling £83,930.Since 2 May 1997, English Heritage has offered the following grants: £49,000 to the Arnos Vale cemetery for repairs and £190,000 to Temple Meads old station (Clock Tower Yard) for completion of restoration.
There are of course other initiatives in the wider context of Bristol which may have an effect on the Bristol, East constituency. These are:
Under the Space for Sport and the Arts (SSA) scheme, a £130 million capital programme made up of £75 million from the Capital Modernisation Fund and £50 million from Sport England, the Arts Council of England and the third round of the New Opportunities Fund, Bristol LEA has been allocated up to £1.75 million towards providing improved facilities for sport and arts in primary schools which can also be used by the wider community. Cornwall, Plymouth, North Somerset and Somerset have also been allocated funding under this programme which means a potential inward investment of up to £9.1 million in the South West region under this programme.Bristol, East constituents will benefit from equipment to be purchased by the New Opportunities Fund cancer programme. Across the whole of the South West NHS region over £9 million will fund seven linear accelerators; five MRI scanners; four trailers for breast screening equipment; four ultrasound machines for breast screening; and 22 pieces of x-ray breast screening equipment.Funding for the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Training for Teachers and School Librarians programme is allocated to all schools in a local education authority area. For City of Bristol LEA the New Opportunities Fund have allocated £1,188,926 under this programme.Funding for the ICT Training for Public Librarians is allocated to local authorities. For Bristol library authority the New Opportunities Fund have allocated £117,925 under this programme.Bristol library authority was part of a consortium of 11 partners which received an award of £149,645 from the DCMS/Wolfson Fund in 2000 –01 for a project to promote reading. It is not practicable to say what proportion of this funding is being spent in the Bristol, East constituency.Bristol library authority also received an award of £24,000 from the Wolfson British History Programme (the part of the DCMS/Wolfson Fund sponsored by The Wolfson Foundation) for a project to enhance history collections and their presentation in 26 libraries. It is not practicable to say what proportion of the funding is being spent in the Bristol, East constituency.Bristol Museums and Art Galleries has received £140,000 from the Designated Museums Challenge Fund towards research, storage and documentation projects.My Department has also been encouraging additional collaboration between the national museums and galleries sponsored by my Department and their regional counterparts. Complementary to this is the recent exhibition agreement entered into between Bristol Museums and the National Gallery.59WNational Foundation for Youth Music have made four awards in the Bristol area totalling £53,972.The South West Arts Board has received an additional £1,778 million from the Arts Council this year to support arts and cultural activity across the region.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.