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Prime Funding

Mr. Hawkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had since July with leaders of sporting bodies which are not in the list of 10 for prime funding with public money announced on 18 November by the Chairman of Sport England. [140178]

Mr. Caborn: None. The list of sports which will qualify as priorities for Lottery funding at governing body level was and is entirely a matter for Sport England. The 10 sports announced on 18 November will be priorities for the 40 per cent. of total sports Lottery funding which will be allocated for governing body support at national level. The other 60 per cent. will be distributed through the nine Regional Sport Boards, which will consider projects on their merits and without regard to the national priority list.

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Television Advertising

Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the dates of meetings she and her officials have had with representatives of (a) the advertising industry, (b) commercial television channels and (c) the food and drink industry during the last six months. [138676]

Tessa Jowell [holding answer 18 November 2003]: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to the my hon. Friend and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

TV Licences

Sir Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) for what reason the Television Licensing Authority collects six months' money in advance from TV licence holders who opt to pay for their licences using the direct debit facility; under what powers the Television Licensing Authority collects such advance payments; and how much was held in advance payments on the latest date for which figures are available; [139389]

(2) what percentage of TV licence holders using the direct debit payment facility who surrendered their licences before the end of that term subsequently claimed refunds on their extra payments, in the last period for which figures are available; [139390]

(3) what percentage of deceased TV licence fee payers who used the direct debit payment facility subsequently had refunds claimed by their executors for the six months' extra payments, in the last year for which figures are available; [139391]

(4) if she will abolish the six-month pre-payment scheme for TV licence fee payers opting to use the direct debit facility; and if she will make a statement. [139394]

Estelle Morris: I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before Prorogation. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Libraries of both Houses.

Women's Sport

Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what research has been

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commissioned by her Department into the gender balance of television sports coverage; and if she will make a statement. [139568]

Estelle Morris [holding answer 19 November 2003]: This Department has not undertaken any research in this area because broadcasters are generally free to respond to the needs and preferences of viewers in making their scheduling decisions. It is a well established principle of broadcasting that Government only intervenes in the sports broadcasting market to seek to ensure that all viewers, including the lower paid and the elderly, have "free to air" access to listed sporting events.

CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Asylum Seekers

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what legal advice is made available to asylum seekers. [139651]

Mr. Lammy: Publicly funded legal help is available for those making an asylum application, provided the client is financially eligible. Where an asylum application is refused, further legal advice and representation is available for an appeal, although at this stage the availability of public funding is subject to a strict merits test.

Only solicitors' firms or advice agencies that hold a contract with the Legal Services Commission may undertake publicly funded work.

My Department recently consulted on a series of changes to publicly funded immigration and asylum advice and representation. An announcement on the way forward will be made separately. In addition, the Department, the Home Office and the Legal Services Commission are currently examining the initial decision-making stage of the asylum process with particular regard to the role that publicly funded legal advice plays.

House Repossessions

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many house repossessions there have been in each region per quarter since 2000. [140174]

Mr. Leslie: Figures for the number of possession proceedings executed per quarter since 2000 are provided in the following tables.

		2000					2001
Region	Qtr 1	Qtr 2	Qtr 3	Qtr 4	2000 total	Qtr 1	Qtr 2	Qtr 3	Qtr 4	2001 total
East Midlands	1,232	986	1,218	1,075	4,511	1,019	880	950	1,029	3,878
Eastern	1,253	832	1,162	882	4,129	1,029	882	1,048	1,027	3,986
London	4,907	4,844	5,055	4,994	19,800	5,519	4,801	6,063	5,451	21,834
Merseyside	421	378	383	537	1,719	357	1,053	1,982	397	3,789
North East	717	523	595	518	2,353	500	677	555	621	2,353
North West	1,786	1,329	1,672	1,531	6,318	1,322	1,281	1,262	1,591	5,456
South East	1,464	1,455	1,301	1,299	5,519	1,311	1,311	1,911	1,552	6,085
South West	875	546	561	567	2,549	504	526	456	555	2,041
Wales	841	665	773	811	3,090	761	787	774	757	3,079
West Midlands	1,548	1,415	1,489	1,693	6,145	1,861	1,956	1,923	1,816	7,556
Yorkshire and Humber	1,432	1,322	1,315	1,379	5,448	1,497	1,240	1,558	1,268	5,563
England and Wales	16,476	14,295	15,524	15,286	61,581	15,680	15,394	18,482	16,064	65,620

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		2002						2003
Region	Qtr 1	Qtr 2	Qtr 3	Qtr 4	2002 total	Qtr 1	Qtr 2
East Midlands	1,012	1,904	1,112	1,157	5,185	1,183	1,016
Eastern	956	1,379	1,070	1,028	4,433	2,158	831
London	4,608	4,172	4,798	5,549	19,127	4,750	4,579
Merseyside	396	390	362	394	1,542	794	736
North East	849	492	760	559	2,660	650	563
North West	1,355	1,145	1,624	1,673	5,797	1,133	1,182
South East	1,197	1,271	1,705	1,775	5,948	1,286	1,534
South West	602	875	1,039	925	3,441	832	859
Wales	508	1,498	678	755	3,439	935	502
West Midlands	1,771	1,532	1,495	1,225	6,023	1,110	1,903
Yorkshire and Humber	1,167	1,254	1,388	1,294	5,103	1,076	1,124
England and Wales	14,421	15,912	16,031	16,334	62,698	15,907	14,829

Magistrates (Wales)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs if he will list the members of Advisory Committees for the appointment of magistrates in Wales. [140366]

Mr. Leslie: There are 105 members of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace in Wales. Following is a full list of their names and the Committees on which they sit.

Clwyd

Mrs. Lindsay Catherine Wilding

Mr. Toby Glynn Prosser

Mr. Michael William Pugh

Mrs. Gillian Mary Peers

Mr. William Gareth Hughes

Mr. Thomas Charles Davies

Mr. Martyn George Johnston

Mr. Reginald Evans

Mr. Charles Frederick Sammons

Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Jones

Mrs. Margaret Laura Rees

Mr. Norman Land

Mr. Trefor Jones

Dyfed-Carmarthen

Lord John Morris

Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Esme Jones

Mr. David Islwyn Lewis

Mr. Thomas David Griffith Williams

Mr. Malcolm Morgan Jones

Mrs. Eira Ann Jenkins

Mr. Emyr Wyn Jones

Mr. Arwel John Davies

Mr. John Patrick French

Mrs. Stella Jean Jones

Dyfed-Ceredigion

Lord John Morris

Mr. Geoffrey Kenneth Walker

Mrs. Nansi Elleri Davies

Mr. David John Davies

Dr. Julian Raymond Evans

Mr. Robert George Harris

Mrs. Sheila Elizabeth Speed

Mr. Lodwick Lloyd

Professor David Hywel Emlyn Roberts

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Professor Ian Michael Roffe

Reverend Peter Morgan Thomas

Mrs. Annie Wendy Mary Lloyd

Mr. Huw Prys Williams

Dyfed-Pembroke

Lord John Morris

Mr. David Robert Smalley Clarke

Mrs. Mollie Roach

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith

Mrs. (Rev.) Nanette Lewis-Head

Mr. Thomas Jones

Mrs. Margaret Jane John

Mr. Stanley John Barry Vaughan

Mr. Christopher John Noott

Mrs. Dorothy Jean Lewis

Mr. Stephen Watkins

Gwent

Mr. David Michael Parry Kenny

Mr. Simon Boyle

Mr. Keith Dykes

Mrs. Judith Margaret Anthony

Mrs. Anne Christine Thomas

Mrs. Judith Elizabeth Child

Mr. Stuart John Telling

Mid-Glamorgan

Mr. David Morgan

Mrs. Gillian Anne Rees

Mrs. Helen Ruth Brooks

Mrs. Moira Rosalind Evans

Mr. Trefor Coslett Davies

Mrs. Carole Ann Blandford

Mrs. Kathrin Elizabeth Thomas

South Glamorgan

Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards

Cllr. Mrs. Janie Jones

Mr. Paul Raymond Marshall

Mrs. Dianne Hughes

Mr. Herbert John Tonkin

Mr. Peter James Emery

Mr. John Lewis Jones

Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart Williams

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West Glamorgan

Dr. John Delwyn Morgan

Mrs. Wenna Maud Parry Evans

Mr. Elliot Griffiths

Mrs. Lynda Heycock

Mrs. Roberta Louise Fleet

Mrs. Janet Eleanor Osborne

Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Williams

Mr. Gordon Cowie

Miss Barbara Mary Lewis

Mr. Kenneth Lewis

Mr. Philip Wernford James

Mr. Taha Idris

Powys

Lady Beryl Christine Davies

Mrs. Kay Jeanette Hay

Ms Lynette Kretchmer

Mrs. Ceri Elizabeth Havard

Mr. Gareth Richard Price

Mr. Egan Thomas Morgan

Mr. David Richard Jones

Mr. Colin Smith

Mrs. Lavenda June Pettitt

Mr. Donald Lewis Davies

Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Morris

The Hon. Mrs. Shan Legge-Bourke

Mr. Joseph Anstie Vaughan Blackham

Gwynedd

Dr. Helen May Roberts

Professor Eric Sunderland

Mrs. Susan Wynn-Jones

Mrs. Jean Marian Bryson

Mr. Alwyn Lloyd Ellis

Mr. Carroll Hughes

Mr. Thomas Arthur Hughes

Mr. Edmund Caerwyn Roberts

Mrs. Carey Jennifer Jones

Mrs. Alexandra Mary Jaundrill

Mr. Bryan Maxwell Humphreys

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