§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures he is taking to attract private sector money into school sporting activity. [19493]
§ Mr. BanksSportsmatch, the Government-funded business incentive scheme for sport, offers pound for pound matching funding for sponsorship of grass roots320W expense. Failure to conduct the reviews properly is as serious an omission as failure to process cases quickly.
sport. One million pound out of the annual Sportsmatch budget of £3.2 million is reserved for schools and schools-related activities. I announced recently that the minimum award for schools has been reduced to £500 to increase the opportunities for securing private sector sponsorship. In addition, the Lottery Sports Fund School Community Sports Initiative is designed to help schools find matching funding, including private sector investment, having already supported 24 projects with awards totalling over £10 million.