§ Mr. GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will provide an analysis for the money provided to sport in the UK since 1977, broken down by source; and what her plans for future expenditure are. [34479]
§ Mr. CabornThe main Exchequer and lottery funding provided to sport in England is as follows. Funding for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is a devolved matter and is an issue for those Administrations.
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£million GBSC ESC UKSC SM (E) Lottery Other Exchequer 1977–78 11.50 — — — — — 1978–79 15.20 — — — — — 1979–80 15.58 — — — — — 1980–81 19.29 — — — — — 1981–82 21.03 — — — — — 1982–83 28.00 — — — — — 1983–84 27.12 — — — — — 1984–85 28.60 — — — — — 1985–86 30.11 — — — — — 1986–87 37.35 — — — — — 1987–88 37.15 — — — — — 1988–89 38.41 — — — — — 1989–90 41.88 — — — — — 1990–91 44.75 — — — — —
£million GBSC ESC UKSC SM (E) Lottery Other Exchequer 1991–92 46.70 — — — — — 1992–93 48.60 — — 1 — 0.9 1993–94 50.60 — — 2.9 — 0.9 1994–95 48.90 — — 3.3 48.88 0.9 1995–96 49.25 — — 3.7 255.21 0.9 1996–97 28.17 15.24 4.00 3.2 263.94 0.9 1997–98 — 33.73 11.80 3.2 302.92 0.9 1998–99 — 33.29 11.60 3.2 252.26 0.9 1999–2000 — 34.50 12.60 3.37 212.48 0.9 2000–01 — 34.6 12.6 3.37 223.47 1.475 2001–02 — 39.6 17.6 3.43 224 5.475 2002–03 — 49.7 19.6 3.43 1202 10.980 2003–04 — 74.6 19.6 3.43 1188 35.485 2004–05 — — — — 1185 0.960 2005–06 — — — — 1185 — 1Figures for 2002–03 onwards are estimates Notes:
- GBSC = Great Britain Sports Council
- ESC = English Sports Council
- UKSC = United Kingdom Sports Council (established in September 1996 and became fully operational in January 1997)
- SM(E) = Sportsmatch (England) (Established in November 1992 Sportsmatch allocation paid by Sport England from 1999–2000) GBSC funding directed towards England and GB-wide issues
- FLA = Football Licensing Authority
- Other Exchequer includes Commonwealth Games, the Football Licensing Authority, the Volunteering in Sport initiative, funding for the British Chess Foundation, and funding towards children's play.
1. Additional funding includes £14.2 million in 2001–02, £24.3 million in 2002–03 and £34.7 million in 2003–04, which will be distributed to Specialist Sports Colleges. Funds will be distributed by DFES to individual sports colleges. This scheme was announced July 2000.
2. In addition there are also a number of sport funding programmes which are funded through the New Opportunities Fund:
£581 million in England will be provided through the PE and Sport Programme. All funding will be committed by 2005. Announced by Prime Minister in September 2000. Local education authorities will act as lead organisations in submitting applications to the New Opportunities Fund;
£30 million for England to be administered by Sport England via the Playing Fields and Community Green Spaces scheme. It is planned that all funding will be committed by 2005. Scheme commenced in April 2001;
£9 million is to be delivered by Barnardo's and Children's Play Council through the Better Play Grant programme. Planned that all funding will be committed by 2003;
£38.75 million to be committed by 2003 through the Activities for Young People programme. Distributed by NOF to lead organisations in 47 Connexions areas. Launched in August 2001;
£25.5 million to be committed by 2004 through the Out of School Hours Sport Activities scheme. This will be distributed through partnership between NOF and Sports Councils;
£130 million to be distributed through the Space for Sport and Arts scheme 2003–04. Grants paid to local education authorities by Sport England which is administering the scheme. The scheme was announced in March 2001.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value was of the(a) National Lottery and (b) Treasury contribution to (i) Sport England, (ii) UK Sport and (iii) other such funded sporting bodies in (A) 1997–98, (B) 1998–99, (C) 1999–2000 and (D) 2000–01. [34768]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 8 February 2002]: The information requested is set out in the table.
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£ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 (a) National Lottery Sport England 268,223,735 211,013,692 188,916,494 195,066,428 UK Sport 0 0 16,496,000 20,123,262 (b) Treasury Sport England 33,725,000 33,289,000 33,873,000 37,973,000 UK sport 11,800,000 11,600,000 12,600,000 12,600,000 The FLA 900,000 900,000 900,000 925,000