HC Deb 14 November 2001 vol 374 cc749-50W
Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the funding and role for Sport England within the regions. [14846]

Mr. Caborn

Sport England's future role in the regions, which will include arrangements for the distributions of funding, is one of the issues being considered in the current quinquennial review of Sport England.

Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what resources were available to Sport England from(a) the Exchequer and (b) the lottery in each region in each of the last two years. [14851]

Mr. Caborn

Sport England's allocation of grant in aid for 2000-01 was £38 million and for 2001–02 is £43.2 million. The budget for each region is set out in the table.

£000
Region 2000–01 2001–02
North East 886 1,169
Yorkshire 1,105 1,528
East Midlands 1,096 1,340
East 1,180 1,314
London 1,301 1,694
South East 2,014 2,215
South West 1,139 1,413
West Midlands 1,161 1,537
North West 1,365 1,801

Sport England's income from the National Lottery for 2000–01 was £223.5 million and the forecast income for 2001–02 is £214,233 million. The total amounts awarded in each region are set out in the table:

£000
Region 2000–01 2001–021
North East 11,853 5,573
Yorkshire 30,048 3,920
East Midlands 21,606 12,484
East 9,750 6,696
London 16,880 16,056
South East 28,227 7,962
South West 18,561 8,658
West Midlands 14,612 3,132
North West 21,168 7,093
1 At November 2001