§ Lord Fearnasked Her Majesty's Government:
What help, financial or otherwise, they have given to the National Trust in the years 1999, 2000, 2001 and to date, through (a) Heritage Lottery funding and (b) Millennium Lottery funding. [HL3811]
§ The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Baroness Blackstone)From 1999 to date the Millennium Commission has not awarded grant under its programmes to the National Trust. In addition to its Millennium Awards for individuals and Millennium Festival programme for community events, the commission held only two relatively minor application rounds for capital projects between 1999 and the present and these were specifically aimed at projects which reflected the aspirations and achievements of ethnic minority communities.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded grant to the National Trust as follows:
Financial Year Total awarded No. of projects 1999–2000 £5,816,900 8 2000–2001 £199,650 5 2001–2002 £66,541,500 8