HC Deb 13 May 2002 vol 385 c414W
29. Tony Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the performance of sports action zones in west Cumbria. [53990]

Mr. Caborn

A Sport Action Zone manager was appointed in September 2000 and a Needs Assessment and Action Plan was compiled in the first year of the Zone's operation, covering the period 2001–2006. This plan was approved at the Sport Lottery panel in October 2001. Approximately £230,000 per annum was ring-fencing over the five year period across the Allerdale, Barrow and Copeland districts. The projects in the Year One action plan have received ring-fenced funding and are in various stages of development, depending on match-funding sources and lead organisations' time scales.

The Sport Action Zone is being overseen by the six strategic partners including Allerdale Borough Council and Copeland Borough Council.

The Sport Action Zone partnership is looking into marketing and evaluation reports, which will be publicly available when they are produced.