§ Mr. WhittingdaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list for each of the National Lottery distributory bodies(a) the total amount made available since the inception of the lottery, (b) the total amount that has been awarded and (c) the total amount so far drawn down. [105013]
§ Mr. CabornThe information requested is shown in the following table. The information on total awards made has been supplied by the distributing bodies.
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£ Distributor Total funds available Total awards made Total drawn down Arts Council of England 1,864,191,612.22 1,790,600,000.00 1,622,212,652.78 Film Council 115,017,630.03 65,518,199.00 42,443,232.55 Arts Council NI 72,910,617.08 54,961,107.00 37,438,543.79 Scottish Arts Council 206,431,883.13 187,765,313.19 158,778,919.69 Arts Council of Wales 121,613,575.81 113,735,299.41 91,096,719.79 Community Fund 2,439,659,817.65 2,500,173,404.00 2,137,823,165.79 Heritage Lottery Fund 2,554,613,228.91 2,229,000,000.00 1,541,094,941.13 Millennium Commission 2,320,184,037.78 2,160,273,034.00 2,097,128,686.00 New Opportunities Fund 1,633,614,555.31 1,806,141,000.00 774,341,438.04 Sport England 1,966,630,913.12 1,964,000,000.00 1,692,530,000.00 Sports Council NI 66,694,103.61 54,243,692.00 45,143,072.06 Sport Scotland 216,732,795.63 193,678,224.00 138,121,807.07 UK Sport 87,888,447.60 153,000,000.00 84,287,386.00 Sports Council for Wales 119,115,836.60 105,000,000.00 85,971,457.76 Scottish Screen 11,518,222.86 12,158,000.00 9,075,032.38 In addition to the figure shown in the awards column, which represent contractually binding 'hard' commitments, distributing bodies have also entered into other 'soft' commitments, which are not yet subject to a formal binding arrangement but which they have every expectation of fulfilling.