§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Lottery money has been allocated to the Lottery Sports Fund for each of the last four years; and how much is planned to be allocated in(a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02. [118783]
§ Kate HoeyThe total amount of Lottery proceeds (including interest) allocated to sport for 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 was:
£million Year Amount of Lottery proceeds 1996–97 314 1997–98 368 1998–99 307 1999–2000 273 The total Lottery proceeds (including a notional estimate for interest) to be allocated to Sport for 2000–01 and 2001–02 have been estimated using the Lottery income scenarios which the Department sent to distributing bodies in October 1999:
£million Year Forecast income 2000–01 245 to 292 2001–02 226 to 298
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many awards have been made to date by the Lottery Sports Fund; how many have been made for tennis; and what is the total amount spent on tennis projects from the Lottery funds to date. [118784]
§ Kate HoeyThe five distributing bodies of the Lottery Sports Fund have made over 6,300 awards to sport since the inception of the National Lottery in November 1994. Of these, nearly 600 awards have been made to tennis projects with a total value of over £29 million.