§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide a table showing the total amount of grants under the Physical Training and Recreation Act in each of the last five years broken down so far as is possible into appropriate categories.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe amounts paid under the Physical Training and Recreation Act, 1937, in respect of sport and physical recreation in England and Wales in recent years and the provision made in the Estimates for 1968–69 are as follows:
(a) (b) Current Grants Capital Grants £ £ 1963–64 … … 332,331 153,793 1964–65 … … 403,801 311,126 1965–66 … … 488,753 627,051 1966–67 … … 557,275 634,094 1967–68 … … 638,603 833,794 1968–69 … … 736,000 982,000 Notes
1. Column (a) relates to grants to national voluntary sports organisations towards recurrent expenditure on administration and national coaching schemes.
2. Column (b) relates to grants to voluntary sports organisations towards the capital costs of new or improved facilities.