§ Mr. DrewTo 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. CabornSport 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. DrewTo 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. CabornSport 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.
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£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