§ Mark TamiTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what financial support was provided to the development of rugby union in each of the last five years. [122883]
§ Mr. CabornThe information in respect to England is set out in the following table.
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£ million Year Exchequer Capital modernisaton fund-space for sport and arts Lottery awards New opportunities fund 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 44.86 1991–92 47.47 1992–93 50.40 1993–94 54.40
£ million Year Exchequer Capital modernisaton fund-space for sport and arts Lottery awards New opportunities fund 1994–95 53.55 1995–96 53.95 57.00 1996–97 51.89 170.00 1997–98 50.13 294.00 1998–99 49.36 399.00 1999–00 51.59 296.88 2000–01 52.57 0.01 242.35 2001–02 63.90 0.58 336.55 2002–03 112.12 50.46 288.56 99.01 Notes:
1. The Exchequer figures up to 1991–92 cover the support for the Sports Council for Great Britain and the Football Licensing Authority;
2. The Department of Heritage was formed in April 1992 and became the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in 1998–99.
3. A Royal Charter set up the Sports Council of Great Britain in 1972. The Sports council had a remit covering British Sport as a whole but was mainly involved in English sports matters. There were separate autonomous councils for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales funded by their respective departments.
4. The Football Licensing Authority was established under the Football Spectators Act 1989 and transferred from the Home Office during 1992–93.
£ 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 Lottery funding 7,385,360 2,631,804 3,488,451 9,291,574 7,550,020 Exchequer funding 37,188 None None None None The proportion of funding provided to youth development is not centrally recorded.