§ Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of lottery funds excluding Millennium Landmark projects has been received by coalfield communities in(a) South Yorkshire and (b) nationally. [59820]
§ Mr. Banks[holding answer 16 November 1998]: In the coalfield communities of South Yorkshire, which comprise the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield, there have been 608 non-Landmark awards worth £112,812,862. This represents 2.78 per cent. of the National total of over £4.25 billion awarded to 31,788 non-landmark awards.
Information on lottery awards is available on the Department's website www.lottery.culture.gov.uk.
§ Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what has been the(a) average value and (b) number of lottery grants of less than £1 million received by coalfield communities (i) in South Yorkshire and (ii) nationally. [59822]
§ Mr. Banks[holding answer 16 November 1998]: To date the National Lottery distributors have awarded over £5.07 billion to 31,788 awards. In the coalfield communities of South Yorkshire there have been 609 awards worth £162,812,862.
The average value and number of grants in South Yorkshire coalfield communities and nationally are set out in the following table:
Average value of all awards (£) Total number of awards under £1 million Coalfield communities in South Yorkshire 267,344 577 Nationally 159,684 31,111 Information on lottery awards is available on the Department's website www.lottery.culture.gov.uk.