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Departmental Studies
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 16 July 2007, Official Report, column 38W, on departmental studies, when each study began; when each was expected to be completed; what the current estimated completion date of each is; and when the results of each study will be published. [186357]
Margaret Hodge: With reference to the answer of 16 July 2007, Official Report, column 38W, on departmental studies, all studies are now complete and details outlined in the following table.
National Lottery: Tamworth
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which projects were awarded funding by the Big Lottery Fund in Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years. [Official Report, 31 March 2008, Vol. 474, c. 5MC.][193604]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Grants awarded by the Big Lottery Fund and its predecessors, the Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund, in each of the last five completed financial years to the Tamworth Constituency are listed in the following table.
The information is location specific. That is, the list includes only grants that are specific to locations in the constituency and excludes grants that might have gone to addresses in the constituency, to headquarters offices for example, but are not otherwise related to it. The Department's Lottery Grants Database is searchable at www.lottery.culture.gov.uk and uses information supplied by the Lottery distributors.
Grants awarded by the Big Lottery Fund and its predecessors the Community Fund and The New Opportunities Fund during each of the last five completed financial years to the constituency of Tamworth
There are no grants made by the Big Lottery Fund to the constituency of Tamworth in any of the last five completed financial years.
| Community fund financial year 2002-03 | ||
| Recipient | Award date | Award amount (£) |
| Community fund financial year 2003-04 | ||
| Recipient | Award date | Award amount (£) |
There were no grants made by the Community Fund to the constituency of Tamworth in the financial year 2004-05.
| Community fund financial year 2005-06 | ||
| Recipient | Award date | Award amount (£) |
There are no grants made by the Community Fund to the constituency of Tamworth in the financial year 2006-07.
| New opportunities fund 2002 -03 | ||
| Recipient | Award date | Award amount (£) |
There are no grants made by the New Opportunities Fund to the constituency of Tamworth in the financial year 2003-04 or 2004-05.
| New opportunities fund 2005-06 | ||
| Recipient | Award date | Award amount (£) |
| New opportunities fund 2006-07 | ||
| Recipient | Award date | Award amount (£) |
House of Commons Commission
Members’ Visitors
Sarah Teather: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will review the green card system used to alert hon. and right hon. Members about visitors to assess its effectiveness as a messaging tool; and if the Commission will take steps to ensure hon. Members’ offices are alerted by telephone as soon as a green card is submitted. [192479]
Nick Harvey: I will ask the Serjeant at Arms to review the green card system and report back to the House of Commons Commission.
When a visitor submits a green card during a normal business day, a Doorkeeper will endeavour to reach the Member or his/her staff by telephone.
During mass lobbies, when the number of green cards submitted can exceed 1,000, it is not possible to make a personal telephone call in each case. The hon. Member may wish to be aware that when green cards are received in Members’ Lobby during mass lobbies there are a number of options for being informed about the arrival of constituents.
pager
text to mobile phone
fax
illumination of a red flashing light on the Member’s desk telephone, or the Member’s staff telephone, indicating that there is an item on the Message Board in Members’ Lobby.
Additionally, a Doorkeeper will take the green card messages around the Palace and the Portcullis House atrium to try to deliver them to Members personally. For further information, and to confirm how they wish to receive messages, Members are invited to contact the Messaging Administrator on extension 5678. Leaflets about this service are also available from the Doorkeepers in the Members’ Lobby.
Security
Mr. Amess: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how much was spent on security in the Palace of Westminster in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [192541]
Nick Harvey: The resource cost of security for the whole of the parliamentary estate is only available from 2001-02 following the introduction of resource accounting in that year. The figures are:
| Cost (£000) | |||
| Commons | Lords | Total | |
In addition, there has been cash expenditure on a number of security related projects as follows:
| Cost (£000) | |
Costs are shared between the two Houses.
Mr. Amess: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission under what circumstances a Palace of Westminster pass may be (a) suspended and (b) revoked; and if he will make a statement. [192543]
Nick Harvey: The information is as follows.
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