Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 21 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 January 2005. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 January 2005 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what methodology was used in MORI's Survey of Live Music Staged in England and Wales in 2003-04 commissioned by her Department, with particular reference to the Minister for Sport's conclusion that an estimated 1.7 million gigs had been staged in the past year in bars, clubs and restaurants whose main business was not putting on live music. - Inc figures and ref to http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/research/research_ by dcms/live_music_exec_summary.htm. and am arranging for copies of the report to be placed in Library. (Survey in Library Dep 05/122).

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