§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will publish the notes taken by her officials at the meeting on 14 June 2001 between the chairman of Sport England and the Minister for Sport. [39798]
§ Tessa Jowell[holding answer 4 March 2002]: It is not my Department's practice to publish internal records of meetings. In compiling its report on the Sport England accounts, the National Audit Office has had full access to my Department's papers on this matter.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) on what date the Minister for Sport was informed of Mr. Derek Casey's resignation as chief executive of Sport England; [39797]
(2) on what dates she was informed (a) that Mr. Derek Casey had resigned as chief executive of Sport England and (b) of the value of the severance package. [39802]
§ Tessa Jowell[holding answer 4 March 2002]: My right hon. Friend the Minister for Sport and I were informed on 14 June that Derek Casey agreed to resign. We were informed of the value of the severance package agreed by Sport England on 3 August.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will publish the(a) date and (b) subject of (i) meetings and (ii) telephone calls between the Minister for Sport and (A) the chief executive of Sport England and (B) the chairman of Sport England, between 1 June and 14 June 2001. [39793]
§ Tessa Jowell[holding answer 4 March 2002]: The only meeting which the Minister for Sport held with either the chief executive of Sport England or the chairman was on 14 June. The Minister set out his draft plans for a new strategic body for sport. At that meeting, Mr. Casey
Date Minister City Mode of transport Purpose 25–26 January 2001 Minister for the Arts Paris Rail Opening of John Soane exhibition "La Reve de L'Architecte" 1–2 July 2001 Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting Brussels Rail EU Presidency Tourism Summit 30–31 October 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Paris Air UNESCO World Heritage Committee elections 5 November 2001 Minister of State for the Arts Brussels Air-out Rail-return EU Council of Ministers meeting on Culture and Audiovisual matters 12 November 2001 Minister of State for Sport Brussels Air EU Ministerial Conference on Sport All travel is made in line with the guidance set out in Chapter 7 of the Ministerial Code and the accompanying guidance document "Travel by Ministers" using the most efficient and cost effective mode of transport and bearing in mind security considerations.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the official visits
260Wannounced that he felt it important for a new person to take on the long-term task of building the new structures, and offered his resignation from his position as chief executive of Sport England.
There is no record of any telephone calls between the Minister and the chairman or chief executive of Sport England between 1 June and 14 June 2001.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will publish the date of the events, other than meetings, at which the Minister for Sport and the chief executive of Sport England, were both in attendance, between 1 June and 14 June 2001. [39796]
§ Tessa Jowell[holding answer 4 March 2002]: There were none.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if she will publish the correspondence between the Minister for Sport and the chairman of Sport England in which the resignation of Mr. Derek Casey as chief executive of Sport England was referred to; [39795]
(2) if she will publish correspondence between the Minister for Sport and the chief executive of Sport England between 1 June and 14 June 2001; [39794]
(3) if she will publish the correspondence between the Minister for Sport and (a) Mr. Derek Casey and (b) Mr. Trevor Brooking regarding the resignation of Mr. Casey from his position as chief executive of Sport England, including Mr. Casey's resignation letter. [39799]
§ Tessa Jowell[holding answer 4 March 2002]: There has been no correspondence between myself, the Minister of State, the chairman and the former chief executive of Sport England on the subject of Derek Casey's resignation.