§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list(a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to her Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external 511W report commissioned by her Department in each year since 1997. [103712]
§ Dr. HowellsThe title and subject, cost and the commissioned author or organisation of each external report commissioned by the Department in each year since 1997 is shown in the following table.
Year Title Cost £ (including VAT
where indicated)
Author 1997 A review of the Ecclesiastical Exemption from listed building controls jointly with the Welsh Office): Listings 30,000 John Newman 1998 A study to assess the economic impact of Government policies for digital television and for the closure of analogue transmission: Broadcasting 137,996.93 National Economic Research Associates 1998 A feasibility study for compiling a tourism satellite account for the United Kingdom: Tourism not known Cambridge Policy consultants and Geoff Broom Associates 1999 Coalfields and the Lottery: Lottery 113,240 Tony Gore, Gordon Dabinett and Jonathan Breeze Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University 1999 Establising a new National Tourism Body for Tourism in England—Report and Action plan: Tourism 18,000 Angela Heath 1999 The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Government-sponsored Museums and Galleries: Museums and Galleries 1260,424 Deloitte Touche and Lord Cultural Resources and Planning 1999 Review of the future funding of the BBC: Broadcasting not known Gavyn Davies 2000 Improving Lottery Funding Access and Delivery in the British Coalfield: Lottery 130,475 Tony Gore, Gordon Dabinett and Jonathan Breeze Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University 2000 Out of the Box—The Programme Supply Market in the Digital Age—Broadcasting 176,051.88 David Graham and Associates 2000 Review of the BBC's Financial Projections: Broadcasting 123,4847 PKF 2001 A study into the Social Impacts of Lottery good cause spending in the UK: Lottery 121,296.95 Graeme Evans and Phyllidia Shaw, Centre for Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of North London 2001 Future of the Royal Park Constabulary—The Speed Report: Royal Parks Agency 20,950 Anthony Speed 2001 Review of the Tote privitisation sale strategy/An updated assessment reflection of the Tote's current financial projections and business plan: Gambling 20,000 PricewaterhouseCoopers 2001 To quantify the enviromental and cost saving benefits of waste minimisation in the hotels sector: Tourism 19,900 AEA Technology 2001 Review of the BBC's Fair Trading Commitment and Commercial Policy: Broadcasting not known Michael Whish 2001 English National Stadium Review—Interim Report2 46,000 Patrick Carter 2002 UK Television Programme Supply review 25,0000 ITC 2002 Final Evaluation of the Travel Cumbria Project: Tourism 4,995 Halcrow Fox 2002 The Economic Impact of Tourism—North East pilot study: NE England Economy 10,000 Trends Business Research with Cogentsi 2002 Independent Review of BBC News 24: Broadcasting 139,473.4 Richard Lambert 2002 Lessons Learned—Review of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester Final Report—December 20023 0 KPMG 2002 English National Stadium Review—Final Report4 346,000 Patrick Carter 2002 Survey of Public Opinion on a London 2012 Olympic Bids5 37,750 ICM Polling 2003 Considering the potential taxation implications arising from he planned transfer of assets upon abolition of the Levy Board: Horserace Betting Levy Board 5,023 PKF 2003 E-commerce Impact Study on the Tourism Sector: Tourism5 0 PricewaterhouseCoopers 1 Indicates that VAT has been charged 2 This figure includes the costs of the Review of the National Athletics Centre for Sport England. 3 Jointly commissioned by DCMS, Sport England and Manchester city council in August 2002. The cost of the report was met from Games funding to which DCMS contributed but there is no direct, invoiced cost to us 4 Published 16 October 2002. Costs of the Review process from 19 December 2001 to present day 5 Although commissioned by the Department, this report was paid for by ukonline. The costs of these reports could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
512WAn "external report" has been interpreted as being a report produced at the request of government by a person, group or organisation external to the department, and which is publicly available. These costs are exclusive of any costs incurred by the Department in the publication of these reports which could have been obtained only at a disproportionate cost.