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Departmental Policies (North-East Derbyshire)
Mr. Barnes: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the North- East Derbyshire constituency, the effect on North-East Derbyshire of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [150882]
Mr. Chris Smith [holding answer 26 February 2001]: North-East Derbyshire has received £3,489,224 from the national lottery since 2 May 1997.
In addition, the new opportunities fund has made the following grants:
- A grant worth £4,617 has been made to Holmesdale kids club from the fund's out of school hours child care programme. The grant will provide for eight before-school, eight after-school and eight holiday places, for children aged 5 to 11-years-old. Three schools in a rural area will benefit.
A grant worth £21,652 has been made to Dronfield junior school from the fund's out of school hours learning programme. The project will include arts activities ranging from screen-printing and pottery to drama and community music.
Six millennium award winners have been identified from North-East Derbyshire and between them they have received grants totalling £38,866.
English Heritage have continued to fund existing commitments in North-East Derbyshire. These are:
- 1996-97 to 1998-99 contributed 50 per cent. of salary costs for a Conservation Officer post in North-East Derbyshire district council (£34,500 over three years).
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Fleet Arts, Belper has been awarded £10,249 from the National Foundation for Youth Music--this project is a new departure for the Nail it Down project, extending it from rock and pop to include new technology, samba and the fusion of the two. Opportunities will be created for performance, running recording sessions and workshops which are informal, focused on the individual and encourage the writing of original music and lyrics.
- Under the Space for Sport and the Arts (SSA) scheme, a £130 million capital programme made up of £75 million from the Capital Modernisation Fund and £55 million from Sport England, the Arts Council of England and the third round of the New Opportunities Fund, Derbyshire LEA has been allocated up to £2.2 million towards providing improved facilities for sport and arts in primary schools which can also be used by the wider community.
- Leicester City, the City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and the City of Derby have also been allocated funding under this programme which means a potential investment of up to £13.4 million in the East Midlands Region.
North-East Derbyshire constituents will benefit from equipment to be purchased by the New Opportunities Fund Cancer programme. Across the whole of the Trent NHS Region over £10 million will fund six linear accelerators; five MRI scanners; five trailers for breast screening equipment; five ultrasound machines for breast screening; and 24 pieces of x-ray breast screening equipment.
Derbyshire funding for the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Training for Teachers and School Librarians is allocated to all schools in a local education authority area. For Derbyshire LEA the New Opportunities Fund have allocated £2,467,164 under this programme.
Funding for ICT Training for Public Librarians is allocated to local authorities. For Derbyshire Library Authority the New Opportunities Fund have allocated £230,510 under this programme.
Derbyshire Library Authority was awarded £90,100 from the DCMS/Wolfson Fund in 1997-98, £101,099 in 1998-99, and £95,000 in 1999-2000. It is not practicable to say what part of this funding benefits the North-East Derbyshire constituency.
East Midlands Arts has received an additional £1,592,000 from the Arts Council this year to support arts and cultural activity across the region.
Departmental Policies (Norwich, North)
Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Norwich, North constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [151146]
Mr. Chris Smith: Norwich, North has received £1,377,917 from the national lottery since 2 May 1997. This includes £31,569,000 for the Norfolk and Norwich millennium project and one award from the millennium festival totalling £20,000.
In addition, the new opportunities fund has made the following grants:
- Two grants, totalling £16,906 have been made from the fund's out of school hours child care programme. The first was awarded to Barneybees. £8,603 will be used to provide 16 before school
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- and 16 holiday places for children aged 5-7 years old. The schools served will be Angel road first and middle schools. An award of £8,303 to the George White out of school club will enable the creation of 24 after school places for children in the George White middle school.
Thorpe St. Andrew School in Norwich, North was awarded specialist sport college status.
There are of course other initiatives in the wider context of Norwich which may have an effect on the Norwich, North constituency. These are:
- Under the Space for Sport and the Art scheme, a £130 million capital programme made up of £75 million from the Capital Modernisation Fund and £55 million from Sport England, the Arts Council of England and the 3rd Round of the New Opportunities Fund, Norfolk LEA has been allocated up to £2.2 million towards providing improved facilities for sport and arts in primary schools which can also be used by the wider community. Essex, Luton and Bedfordshire have also been allocated funding under this programme which means a potential inward investment of up to £7.4 million in the Eastern Region under this programme.
The Norwich Castle Museum has been allocated £208,000 from the Designated Museums Challenge Fund towards a major documentation project.
My Department has also been encouraging additional collaboration between the national museums and galleries sponsored by the Department and their regional counterparts. Complementary to this has been the Tate Gallery's formation of strategic relationships with five regional museums and galleries including the Norwich Castle Museum. Supplementing the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, DCMS will be providing the Tate with an additional £300,000 a year from 2001-02 towards the maintenance of these relationships.
Norfolk Library Authority was awarded £234,068 from the DCMS/Wolfson Fund in 1999-2000, and, as part of a consortium with other authorities, £149,045 in 2000-01. It is not practicable to say what part of this funding benefits the Norwich, North constituency.
Funding for the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Training for Teachers and school librarians is allocated to all schools in a local education authority area. For Norfolk LEA the New Opportunities Fund have allocated £2,636,358 under this programme.
Funding for ICT Training for Public Librarians is allocated to local authorities. For Norfolk Library Authority the New Opportunities Fund have allocated £202,030 under this programme.
People's Network programme aims to link every public library in the UK to the internet and the National grid for Learning by 2002. The New Opportunities Fund has allocated £720,935 to Norfolk Library Service under this programme.
Norwich, North constituents will benefit from equipment to be purchased by the New Opportunities Fund Cancer programme. Across the whole of the Eastern NHS Region over £9 million will fund six linear accelerators; three MRI scanners; nine trailers for breast screening equipment; five ultrasound machines for breast screening; and 23 pieces of x-ray breast screening equipment.
The National Foundation for Youth Music has awarded £500,000 to the Norfolk Youth Music Action Zone, Keswick Hall Choir.
East England Arts Board has received an additional £1,225 million from the Arts Council this year to support arts and cultural activity across the region.
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Grants offered by English Heritage in the Norwich area are:
Churches:
St. Stephen's Rampant Horse Street, Norwich £244,155
St. Peter's, The Street, Matlake £22,100
All Saints, Marsham £41,100
St. Peter and St Paul, Oulton £26,170
Cathedral £227,000
Secular
Deanery, The Close, Norwich £11,234
- St. Augustines, St. Augustines Street, Norwich £5,000
Great Hospital, Bishopsgate, Norwich £45,000
St. Clement, Colgate, Norwich £11,000
St. Martin Palace, Norwich £20,100
St. Margaret de Westwick, St. Benedicts Street, Norwich £43,600
- 5 Tombland, Norwich £4,470
15 Elm Hill, Norwich £1,620
20 Golden Dog Lane, Norwich £1,865
3-5 Magdalen Street, Norwich £3,365.
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