HC Deb 19 March 2001 vol 365 cc52-3W
Charlotte Atkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Staffordshire, Moorlands constituency, the effects on Staffordshire, Moorlands of his Department's policies and actions(a) since 2 May 1997 and (b) in the 12 months ending on 1 May 1997. [149192]

Mr. Chris Smith

Staffordshire, Moorlands has received £4,240,057 from the national lottery since 2 May 1997, and in the 12 months ending on 1 May 1997 received £935,767.

In addition, two grants totalling over £56,000 have been made from the new opportunities fund out of school hours child care programme to schools in Staffordshire, Moorlands. The first grant for £6,570 was awarded to Westwood first school to provide for 16 integrated before-school and eight integrated after-school places, for children aged 4 to 9 years old in Leek. The second grant of £50,000 was awarded to Buckingham Nursery School Ltd. This will enable the creation of 48 before-school, 48 after-school and 48 holiday club places, for children aged 5 to 14 years old. Eight schools in the area will benefit.

Eighteen millennium award winners have been identified from Statffordshire, Moorlands and between them they have received grants totalling £45,672.

Since 2 May 1997, English Heritage has awarded the following grants: £2,744 for consolidation works at Dieu la Cres Abbey; £15,288 for repair and archaeological investigation at Throwley Old Hall; £11,107 for structural repairs to the Church of St. John the Baptist, Elkstones. In the 12 months ending on 1 May 1997, English Heritage awarded the following grants; £12,046 for structural repairs to St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore Ray.

Staffordshire, Moorlands district council began a three-year partnership development funding agreement with West Midlands Arts in 1999–2000. They received £17,000 this financial year 2000–01 plus £3,000 development funding towards a review of their arts strategy. In the year 2001–02, they will be awarded £17,500.

There are of course other initiatives in the wider context of Staffordshire and the West Midlands which may have an effect on the Staffordshire, Moorlands 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 £55 million from Sport England, the Arts Council of England and the 3rd Round of the New Opportunities Fund, Stoke on Trent LEA has been allocated £2.2 million towards providing improved facilities for sport and arts in primary schools which can also be used by the wider community. Birmingham, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and WalsallLEAs have also been allocated SSA funding which means a potential inward investment of up to £10.5 million in the West Midlands region for sports and arts facilities in primary schools under this programme.Staffordshire, Moorlands constituents will benefit from equipment to be purchased by the New Opportunities Fund cancer programme. Across the whole of the West Midlands NHS Region. over £11 million will fund seven linear accelerators; five MRI scanners; five trailers for breast screening equipment; nine ultrasound machines for breast screening; and 31 pieces of x-ray breast screening equipment.By December 2000, over 3,400 teachers (over half) in the Staffordshire LEA had signed up for training as part of the New Opportunities Fund ICT Training for Teachers scheme.The West Midlands Arts Board has received an additional £382, 643 from the Arts Council this year to support arts and cultural activity across the region.Staffordshire Library Authority received an award of £49,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund's 1998–99 programme to support ICT projects in libraries. It is not possible to say precisely what proportion of this funding was spent in the Staffordshire, Moorlands constituency. 1997–98 was the Challenge Fund's first year, no funding was available from this source before 1997.

Information on the Lottery is in accordance with the information supplied to the Department by lottery distributors for the national lottery awards database.