§ Mr. Dicksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, over the past five years, how much Government support has been provided and on what basis for (a) horse racing and (b) association football.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe Government have provided no financial support for horse racing over the past 5 years.
162WThe available figures on the Sports Council's grant aid for association football over the period are set out in the following table:
£ 1980–81 Current grants to the governing bodies 35,862 The Football and the Community Scheme 188,075 1981–82 Current grants to the governing bodies 28,075 The Football and the Community Scheme 230,045 1982–83 Current grants to the governing bodies 22,291 384,625 The Football and the Community Scheme (estimate) 1983–84 Current grants to the governing bodies 24,323 Capital grants to the governing bodies 199,819 The Football and the Community Scheme 130,175 1984–85 Current grants to the governing bodies 26,268 Capital grants to the governing bodies 251,885 The governing bodies of association football will also have received grants for capital works prior to 1983–84. Up until that year, however, the Sports Council did not keep records on capital grants paid to individual sports.