§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what is his latest estimate of the cost to public funds of the campaign to bring the 2006 Football World Cup to the United Kingdom. [91225]
§ Mr. BanksThe Football Association advise that, up to the end of 1998, they have spent £3,053,522 on the 2006 World Cup bid, of which £1,328,404 has been provided by Sport England's Lottery Sports Fund. The total budget for the 2006 campaign is some £9.4 million.