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Football (Racism)
25. Mr. Peter Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to help combat racism in football. [21469]
Mr. Banks: The Government are committed to stamping out racism in all areas of sport. One of the primary tasks for the Government's Football Task Force is to examine ways in which racism can be eliminated from the game, and to encourage wider participation by ethnic minorities, in playing and spectating. The Task Force will be making its recommendations to me shortly.
Music Industry (Piracy)
Dr. Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to combat piracy in the music industry. [21460]
Mr. Fisher: The Government work closely with the music industry in identifying areas where piracy is a problem, and in taking action to deal with it.
Public Appointments
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer to the hon. Member for Leicester, East of 22 December 1997, Official Report, columns 410-13, on public appointments, if he will list the region or nation of home residence for each of the appointees. [23009]
Mr. Chris Smith:
The information requested is listed in the table and notes the region/nation of residence at the time of appointment:
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Mr. Hoyle:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what campaigns he is involved in to bring major sporting championships to the United Kingdom in addition to the World Cup 2006. [23097]
Mr. Banks:
In addition to providing full Government backing for England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup,
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we are fully committed to work to bring the Olympics and other major international sporting events to the UK. I am working closely with the British Olympic Association and the UK Sports Council to ensure that we have the best possible chance of success. Lottery funds have been earmarked, through the World Class Events Programme, specifically to attract major events to this country.
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Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will compile a register of historic military airfields; and if he will take steps to ensure their preservation. [23001]
Mr. Banks:
My right hon. Friend has a statutory duty to compile lists of buildings of special architectural or historic interest. English Heritage, his statutory advisers on listing, are currently undertaking a thematic study of military airfields and will be making recommendations to me later this year on buildings and structures at such sites which merit listing. Consent is required before any works can be undertaken to a listed building which would affect its special interest. In addition, the Defence of Britain Project, co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, is compiling a record of 20th Century military sites and structures in the UK, although inclusion on the record will not attract any additional statutory protection.
Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the historic battlefields which have been lost since 1967 through development or whose setting has been damaged. [22999]
Mr. Banks:
On the evidence of research conducted by English Heritage in preparing their Register of Historic Battlefields, the only important battlefield site in England lost through development since 1967 is Newark (1644).
Of the 43 surviving battlefields included on the Register, the following are considered by English Heritage to have been significantly damaged by development since 1967, although not to the point of extinction:
The following battlefields are considered to have suffered significant damage to their settings since 1967:
Mr. Hoyle:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what financial assistance the Government provide for church building repairs; and what total funds it provided in each of the last five years. [23099]
Mr. Banks:
The reply relates to England only. Government financial assistance for the repair of historic religious buildings in use is channelled principally via English Heritage's church and cathedral grant schemes. Funding for historic places of worship is also available from the Heritage Lottery Fund. In addition, my Department provides 70 per cent. of the funding of the Churches Conservation Trust, which preserves outstanding Anglican churches no longer in use for worship, and contributes (both directly and by way of
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English Heritage) to the costs of the Historic Chapels Trust, which cares for a number of non-Anglican buildings.
Funding offered under these schemes in each of the last five years is as follows:
Adwalton Moor (1643)
Naseby (1645)
Neville's Cross (1346)
Newbury I (1643)
Northampton (1460)
Stamford Bridge (1066)
Tewkesbury (1471)
Worcester/Powick Bridge (1651).
Chalgrove (1643)
Shrewsbury (1403).
| £ million | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | |
| English Heritage church grant offers: | |||||
| 12.50 | 14.10 | 11.00 | 9.90 | (8)10.00 | |
| English Heritage cathedral grant offers: | |||||
| 4.70 | 0.30 | 3.00 | 3.00 | (9)3.00 | |
| Heritage Lottery Fund grant offers: | |||||
| -- | -- | 1.56 | 16.14 | (8)15.82 | |
| Churches Conservation Trust: | |||||
| 1.92 | 2.17 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 2.48 | |
| Historic Chapels Trust:£000 | |||||
| (10)29,100 | (10)28,782 | (10)35,125 | (10)44,471 | (10)50,552 | |
(8) For 1997-98 English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund are collaborating on a joint application scheme for places of worship in England, for which both organisations have allocated £10 million. The figure for Heritage Lottery Funding includes an additional amount for funding outside the joint scheme.
(9) Allocation.
(10) Figures are £ thousand.
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