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Written Questions Answered Between 13 and 20 April 2006 Written Questions answered between 13 and 20 April 2006 Written Questions answered between 13 and 20 April 2006 [R] signifies that the Member has declared an interest. [W] signifies that the question was tabled in Welsh. Contents Questions to the First Minister Questions to the Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport Questions to the Minister for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks Questions to the Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills Questions to the Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside Questions to the Finance Minister Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration Questions to the Business Minister Questions to the First Minister Nick Bourne: Pursuant to his answer to WAQ46424, will the First Minister provide the date and details of the discussion he had with the Prime Minister regarding a possible request for match funding from the Treasury? (WAQ46634) The First Minister (Rhodri Morgan): The date of the discussion was 26 January 2006. Nick Bourne: Pursuant to his answer to WAQ46426, will the First Minister specify the dates he discussed the issue of nuclear power in Wales with the Secretary of State and will he provide details of Written Questions answered between 13 and 20 April 2006 those discussions? (WAQ46635) The First Minister: I meet with the Secretary of State for Wales to discuss a wide range of issues concerning Wales. These discussions are informal and unrecorded. Questions to the Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport Peter Black: Will the Minister make a statement on the impact of the 2012 Olympics on the available National Lottery funds in Wales? (WAQ45923) The Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport (Alun Pugh): It is too early to say precisely what impact funding the 2012 Olympic Games will have on lottery funding in Wales. There is no indication at present that the sales for the two games dedicated to raising funds for the Olympics have impacted adversely on funds for the good causes. Irene James: What action is the Welsh Assembly Government taking to ensure the historic influence of industrial Wales is properly recognised? (WAQ46615) Alun Pugh: The Welsh Assembly Government values highly Wales’s industrial heritage and we and our partners are taking a range of actions to ensure its recognition through programmes of recording, protection, interpretation, promotion and grant giving. For example, through scheduling and listing, we have helped to safeguard for future generations over 200 monuments of national importance. As well as millions of pounds for the restoration of the iconic ironworks and Big Pit at Blaenavon, the culture portfolio alone has given grant of over £1 million for the maintenance of industrial monuments throughout Wales and over £2 million for repairs to the most important historic buildings in the south Wales Valleys. Museums, such as the National Slate Museum, Llanberis, the National Wool Museum, Carmarthenshire, and the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea tell the story of specific industries of great importance to Wales. My officials in Cadw have published information booklets and guidance about Wales’s industrial heritage, most recently a booklet about industrial workers’ housing. Very shortly, I will be launching a new guidebook for the Blaenavon world heritage site as well as opening refurbished cottages that Written Questions answered between 13 and 20 April 2006 present vividly the living conditions of the iron workers. My officials in CyMAL: Museums, Archives and Libraries Wales too are undertaking initiatives throughout Wales, including an oral history project with workers from the former steelworks at Brymbo, Wrexham. Given the benefits of conservation to economic regeneration and sustainability, other parts of the Assembly Government too are involved in initiatives that value our industrial past and this will be strengthened through the merger of the former Welsh Development Agency and Wales Tourist Board. Denise Idris Jones: Will the Minister make a statement on sporting facilities in north Wales? (WAQ46647) Alun Pugh: North Wales is well provided for by both public and club sporting facilities. Regional facilities have been developed for a number of sports as part of the Sports Council for Wales’s national and regional facilities plan. The Sports Council for Wales has awarded lottery grants to help develop the regional short-course swimming pool in Llandudno (£1.5 million), the water-based hockey pitch at North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (£1.5 million), the indoor training centre for athletics at Deeside College (£1.4 million), the national ice rink at Deeside Leisure Centre (£1 million) and the regional tennis centre in Wrexham (£300,000). Other facilities include the regional tennis centre in Caernarfon and the national water sports centre at Plas Menai. Moreover, the Sports Council for Wales is conducting a study to review the future provision of all leisure facilities in Wales. As outlined in ‘Climbing Higher’, we want to increase rates of participation in sport and physical activity among all ages. I am encouraged that a survey by the Sports Council for Wales found 63 per cent of the adult population of rural north Wales meeting their 5x30 minutes targets for participation in sport and physical activity. Denise Idris Jones: What action is the Welsh Assembly Government taking to promote books by Welsh authors? (WAQ46648) Alun Pugh: Welsh Assembly Government support for publishing is channelled through the Welsh Books Council. Following the Culture, Welsh Language and Sport Committee’s report on Welsh writing in English in 2004, the Welsh Assembly Government allocated an additional £250,000 to the Welsh Books Council and this sum was confirmed in the Welsh Books Council’s baseline for 2005-06 and 2006-07. As part of the additional funding, £75,000 was allocated specifically for marketing. A similar sum of £75,000 is also allocated for marketing Welsh language titles. Written Questions answered between 13 and 20 April 2006 The marketing support includes initiatives such as book launches, authors’ tours and publicity material. It has also helped secure the services of professional publicists who are actively engaged in promoting books on behalf of Welsh publishers, in both languages, targeting the Welsh and UK press and media. This additional money is already making a real difference as has been seen with the ‘Library of Wales’ series and several individual titles that have exceeded sales expectations. Denise Idris Jones: What action is the Welsh Assembly Government taking to promote cultural activities in Conwy? (WAQ46649) Alun Pugh: The Welsh Assembly Government is promoting and supporting cultural activities in all areas of Wales, including in the constituency of Conwy. For example, we are providing funding: through the Arts Council of Wales (ACW), nearly £740,000 in 2006-07 through projects such as: the extension and enhancement of the North Wales Theatre and Conference Centre. This takes our total contribution to nearly £1 million. £175,000 revenue funding for Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno towards core costs and its annual programme of contemporary arts. through the Welsh Language Board (WLB) to: • Menter Iaith Conwy - the language initiative in the area (£66,000). • Support for language action plans in Bangor and Llanrwst—innovative structures to increase and encourage awareness, visibility and use of the Welsh language. • approximately £75,000 for various papurau bro (community newspapers) across the whole of Wales, including papers such as Pentan covering the Conwy valley and part of the constituency’s coastal fringe, and Llais Ogwan covering the Ogwen valley. • Cadw has newly renovated the historic gardens at Plas Mawr in Conwy and offers a good programme of activities at Conwy castle this year, including performances of Macbeth in May, A Midsummer Nights Dream and The Tempest in July and Kipling’s Just So Stories in August. Written Questions answered between 13 and 20 April 2006 Questions to the Minister for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks Kirsty Williams: What is the cost to Welsh Assembly Government of administering the Objective 1, 2 and 3 programmes? (WAQ45901) Substantive answer following holding reply issued on 16 February 2006. The Minister for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks (Andrew Davies): The departmental running cost budget of the Welsh European Funding Office, the department that administers all structural fund programmes, is £5.6 million for 2005-06. This represents 2 per cent of the amount invested in the Welsh economy by structural fund programmes. Peter Black: What discussions has the Minister had with UK government Ministers about the impact of the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) directive on Welsh businesses? (WAQ46151) Transferred for answer by the Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside. Substantive answer following holding reply. The Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside (Carwyn Jones): I have had a number of written exchanges with UK Government Ministers regarding the UK Government’s negotiating position in Brussels. The views of Welsh Assembly Government Ministers are invited on these negotiating positions in accordance with the concordat on co-ordination of European Union policy issues between the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales and the UK Government. The Welsh Assembly Government supports the overall aim of REACH. Central to the continuing negotiations are our key objectives to maintain the competitiveness of the Welsh industry and downstream users while ensuring the protection of human health and environment. The Assembly Government will continue to build links with stakeholders, industry and other interested parties in order to ensure that any Welsh-specific issues are identified. Irene James: What action is the Welsh Assembly Government taking to attract high-value-added jobs to the south Wales Valleys? (WAQ46621) Andrew Davies: In June 2004, I announced a refocus of the regional selective assistance scheme to align it more closely with the specific needs and priorities of the Welsh economy.
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