§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 5 November,Official Report, column 17, if he will publish a table showing for 1990–91 (a) the total number of applications for relief from non-profit making sports clubs (survey entry B(b)1), (b) the total number of sports clubs receiving relief after submitting an application (survey entry 13(b)2),(c) the total number of sports clubs receiving relief without submitting an application (survey entry B(b)3) and (d) the total number of sports clubs denied relief after submitting an application.
§ Mr. Key[holding answer 13 December 1991]: The departmental survey to which my previous answer referred collected information about non-profit making recreational clubs; not only sports clubs. The table shows information for 1990–91, based on the returns received from 81 per cent. of local authorities.
Number (a) Number of applications received 10,000 (b) Number of clubs receiving relief after applying 9,000 (c) Number of clubs receiving relief without applying 1,300 (d) Number of clubs not receiving relief after applying 1,000 These figures may not sum with those shown in my previous answer because of rounding.