School Terms (Hansard, 12 March 2004)

§ Jim Knight
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment has been made of the impact on the tourism industry of schools moving to a six term school year with shorter summer holidays. [160936]

§ Mr. Caborn
The decisions of Local Education Authorities on reform of the school year are primarily based on educational priorities. Research commissioned by the English Tourism Council in 2001 suggested that the total amount of UK trips in the family tourism market would be unlikely to change significantly as a result of a six-year term, but that the tourism season would be more constant over an extended period. Spreading the benefit of domestic tourism more evenly through the year in this way would encourage the development of more sustainable tourism.

£

2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 (YTD)

Arts Council of England 218,286,836.77 178,533,056.37 167,558,445.09

UK Film Council 10,393,199 24,497,524.59 50,281,632.18

Arts Council Northern Ireland 6,025,667.65 7,173,681.91 6,005,049.64

Scottish Arts Council 25,258,824.55 15,822,048.65 22,979,072.19

Arts Council of Wales 10,719,175.80 15,549,008.06 17,000,544.84

Community Fund 384,471,181.88 352,214,195.26 287,059,299.59

Heritage Lottery Fund 262,040,448.00 264,828,307.00 292,997,004.00

Millennium Commission 203,859,000.00 190,477,000.00 60,249,000.00

New Opportunities Fund 225,250,000.00 367,000,000.00 534,000,000.00

Sport England 297,500,000 307,958,000.00 210,200,000.00

Sports Council for Northern Ireland 5,213,388.14 5,665,747.31 3,547,099.06

Scottish Sports Council 23,166,398.11 17,395.791.75 26,875,130.61

UK Sport 23,036,116.00 25,842,042.00 19,023,954.00

Sports Council for Wales 10,318,000 20.632,199.93 19,661,073.85

Scottish Screen 4,021,223.10 4,210,613.59 2,641,867.47

§ Mr. Hoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total of unclaimed National Lottery prizes was in each of the last five years.[161438]

§ Estelle Morris
The information for the last five full financial years is shown in the table.

Financial year Unclaimed prizes (£000)

2002–03 84,923

2001–02 80,805

2000–01 75,651

1999–2000 70,792

1998–99 78,289

£
	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04 (YTD)
Arts Council of England	218,286,836.77	178,533,056.37	167,558,445.09
UK Film Council	10,393,199	24,497,524.59	50,281,632.18
Arts Council Northern Ireland	6,025,667.65	7,173,681.91	6,005,049.64
Scottish Arts Council	25,258,824.55	15,822,048.65	22,979,072.19
Arts Council of Wales	10,719,175.80	15,549,008.06	17,000,544.84
Community Fund	384,471,181.88	352,214,195.26	287,059,299.59
Heritage Lottery Fund	262,040,448.00	264,828,307.00	292,997,004.00
Millennium Commission	203,859,000.00	190,477,000.00	60,249,000.00
New Opportunities Fund	225,250,000.00	367,000,000.00	534,000,000.00
Sport England	297,500,000	307,958,000.00	210,200,000.00
Sports Council for Northern Ireland	5,213,388.14	5,665,747.31	3,547,099.06
Scottish Sports Council	23,166,398.11	17,395.791.75	26,875,130.61
UK Sport	23,036,116.00	25,842,042.00	19,023,954.00
Sports Council for Wales	10,318,000	20.632,199.93	19,661,073.85
Scottish Screen	4,021,223.10	4,210,613.59	2,641,867.47

Financial year	Unclaimed prizes (£000)
2002–03	84,923
2001–02	80,805
2000–01	75,651
1999–2000	70,792
1998–99	78,289