§ Mr. McInnesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the total amount of grants given to sports clubs since last October; and how much of this has been expended on football clubs in England and Wales and in Scotland, respectively.
§ Mr. Denis HowellIn the year ending 30th September, 1965, grants offered to amateur sports clubs and local voluntary sports organisations in England and Wales by my Department totalled £604,176, of which £17,771 was to amateur football clubs. Grants offered in Scotland by the Scottish Education Department totalled £71,000. There was no application for grant from a football club in Scotland.