§ Mrs. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what assessment he has made of the number of applications to the National Lottery distributing bodies made to date from organisations in the Romford constituency; and if he will make a statement; [18357]
(2) how many bodies in the Romford constituency have had applications to the National Lottery distributing bodies turned down. [18356]
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Liverpool Everyman Regional Arts Board/Arts Council 233,780 170,000 227,000 250,000 Local authority funds 60,810 47,158 100,000 82,800 City Challenge funds 1,350 38,151 — — Lottery capital — 99,000 — — Liverpool Playhouse Regional Arts Board/Arts Council 430,000 430,000 430,000 530,000 Local authority funds 270,562 266,272 375,000 205,000 Lottery capital — — — — Manchester Royal Exchange Regional Arts Board/Arts Council 1,333,250 1,333,250 1,863,250 1,333,250 Local authority funds 199,400 199,400 229,400 199,400 Lottery capital — — 3,200,000 17,110,250 Birmingham Repertory Regional Arts Board/Arts Council 796,000 900,000 900,000 870,000 Local authority funds 887,137 1,022,500 982,589 955,000 Lottery capital — — — — Lottery stabilisation1 — — — 1,500,000 1 Birmingham Repertory Theatre have received a lottery award under the Arts Council's Stabilisation scheme of £5,700,000 spread over four years.
§ Mr. BanksTo date organisations in the Romford constituency have made 83 applications to the Lottery distributing bodies. Of these, applications 7 were successful, 75 were unsuccessful and 1 is still being considered. Details are set out in the following table. The seven successful applications have a total value of £322,032. Decisions on applications are a matter for the distributing bodies.
Distributing body All applications Awarded Rejected In progress Sports Council 3 1 2 0 Arts Council 6 3 3 0 Heritage Lottery Fund 0 0 0 0 Millennium Commission 1 0 1 0 Charities Board 73 3 69 1 Totals 83 7 75 1