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Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Football (23 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: To date, 20 Premier League 4 Sport partnerships have been set up comprising all of the football clubs competing in the 2008-09 Premier League season. Premier League 4 Sport activities began in September 2009. The scheme is a good example of partnership working which will contribute to our ambition of offering every young person five hours of high quality PE and sport per week. In particular,...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sports: Television (23 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: We intend to publish shortly a formal Government consultation on the report's recommendations.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: UK School Games (23 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: I have been asked to reply. The UK School Games is a multi-sport competition organised by the Youth Sport Trust for school-aged children and acts at the pinnacle of a wider competition pathway. The Youth Sport Trust has advised that the total cost and numbers of competitors in each UK School Games since its conception, is as follows: Glasgow 2006 1,100 competitors across five sports at the...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: National Lottery Funding: Sports Council (12 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Playing Fields: Schools (12 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sports (12 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sports: Finance (12 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Government: Assets (11 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: I have had no direct discussions with local authorities on this issue. The £11 billion of UK local authority asset sales assumed, at Budget 2009, over the period 2011-12 to 2013-14 are a Treasury forecast based on historic performance by the sector and forecast recovery in prices and transactions following the downturn. Outturn and budget data collected from the local authority sector by...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sportsgrounds (10 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: I have had no recent discussions with either the Football Association or Premier Rugby about the primacy of tenure at shared stadia. This is a matter for the national governing bodies and individual clubs to discuss and agree.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Licensing Act 2003 (9 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: We hope to publish the consultation this year and will consult for the usual 12-week period.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sports: Internet (9 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: The information is as follows: (a) Sport England (b) UK Sport and (c) the Football Foundation have advised that they hold data on the annual number of page hits to each of their websites for the following years, as shown in the table: Annual number of page hits Organisation 2006 2007 2008 2009 Sport England — 5,001,019 7,343,919 (1)5,065,702 UK Sport...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Playing Fields (5 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: Sport England's role as a statutory consultant on playing fields only extends to those planning applications for developments affecting existing playing fields. They are not therefore consulted on all planning applications for new playing fields and this data are not held centrally. Sport England's statistics for the total number of playing field consultations and outcomes since 2001 can be...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Horse Racing: Bookmakers (3 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: My letter of 28 July to the Federation of Racecourse Bookmakers and the Race Course Association included my view that a dispute resolution mechanism should be allowed, as long as it is simple, quick and cost effective, and does not become a reason to avoid legitimate negotiation.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Horse Racing: Towcester (3 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: I have not made a recent detailed assessment of the regulatory regime on the future of Towcester Racecourse but I did meet their representatives at the outset of the on-course discussions and have taken a close interest in the developments. I was delighted to attend a reception hosted by Towcester Racecourse on 27 October to announce the agreement they have reached with their on-course...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Island Games (3 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: We are delighted that the Isle of Wight has won the right to host the 2011 Island Games. While the primary responsibility for promoting the games lies with the organising committee that has been established, the Department would be happy to meet with them to discuss what assistance it might be able to provide.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Licensing Laws: Languages (2 Nov 2009)

Gerry Sutcliffe: The accredited licence course providers are free to make a commercial decision to allow the examination to be taken in other languages if there is a demand for such a service. The Department does not record the number of languages other than English and Welsh that have been in demand.