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Who's WhoHM Government is responsible for the Millennium Dome through a number of Departments and agencies outlined below: New Millennium Experience Company LimitedThe New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) is the organisation established by HM Government in February 1997 to run the Experience. NMEC has responsibility for the building and operation of the Millennium Experience in the Millennium Dome. Name : THE NEW MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE COMPANY LIMITEDRegistered Office: G Name & Registered Office:THE NEW MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE COMPANY LIMITED 8 SALISBURY SQUARE LONDON EC4A 8BB Status: Dissolved 12/09/2006 Company No. : 03113928Date of Incorporation : 16/10/1995 Originally known as: MILLENNIUM CENTRAL LIMITED (date change: 02 July 1997)Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, was the sole shareholder of NMEC. As such he is HM Government Minister accountable to Parliament for the Millennium Experience. NMEC website: www.dome2000.co.uk (now defunct) English PartnershipsThe Urban Regeneration Agency was set up under Part III of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. It was launched on 10 November 1993 under the new name of "English Partnerships". Its objective is the promotion of the regeneration of areas of need through the reclamation, development or redevelopment of land and buildings. English Partnerships has managed the Competition for the Future Use of the
Millennium Dome on behalf of Government Ministers since March 1999. The
Competition Advisory Team's role is to advise Ministers on Competition issues,
ensuring that they have the information they need in making their decisions on
the future of the Dome. Plans for Greenwich Peninsula: www.greenwich-peninsula.co.uk/media/brochure.pdf (Adobe PDF format) Website: http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk HM Government Department: DETR - Department for Transport, Environment and the Regions Department for Transport, Environment and the Regions (DETR)Following the General Election on 1 May 1997, the Rt Hon John Prescott, MP was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. On 16 June 1997 the former Departments of Environment and Transport were merged to become the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). The main aim of this was to achieve a more integrated approach to policy on these issues. In addition to their responsibilities for the Department, its agencies and Government Offices for the Regions, ministers oversee the work of a number of important executive and advisory non departmental public bodies and nationalised industries.
Millennium CommissionThe Millennium Commission was set up in 1994 under the National Lottery Act, to help communities celebrate the year 2000 and the beginning of the third millennium. The Commission continued to receive 20% of the net proceeds of the Lottery until August 2000 when it passes to New Opportunities Fund (NOF). It is distributed over £2 billion to projects large and small across the UK.The Millennium Commission supported many millennium projects including:
The Rt Hon Chris Smith MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, is also Chairman of the Millennium Commission.
Department of CultureThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has policy responsibility for museums, galleries and libraries, the built heritage, the arts, sport, education, broadcasting and the media and tourism, as well as the creative industries, the Millennium and the National Lottery. DCMS is the central co-ordinator for the UK's millennium celebrations. From the Dome at Greenwich to the thousands of Millennium Festival events across the country, something for everyone everywhere in the UK throughout 2000
National Audit Office (NAO)The role of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), as head of the National Audit Office (NAO), is to report to Parliament on the spending of central government money. The NAO conduct financial audits of all government departments and agencies and many other public bodies, and report to Parliament on the value for money with which public bodies have spent public money.
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