§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list those village halls in the Stroud constituency that have applied for(a) her Department's and (b) Lottery grants for refurbishment purposes; and which have been successful. [164211]
§ Alun MichaelThe information that would be needed to provide a comprehensive answer on successful applications is riot held centrally, and information on unsuccessful applications is generally not collated on a geographical basis. Such information as we have is as follows:
Defra
Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund—in its first two years of operation (2002–04) there have been no successful applications for schemes in Stroud.
Rural Enterprise Scheme—no applications relating to village halls have been received from the Stroud constituency.
Countryside Agency Vital Villages programme, Community Service; Grants—two village halls have applied for, and successfully obtained, a grant for projects: Woodchester Village Community Hall—£9,750—and Oakridge Village Hall Trust-£5,404.
Lottery
Community Fund and other Lottery distributors the Department for Culture, Media and Sport do not collect information on either the number or value of applications for Lottery grants for village halls received by the Distributing Bodies. Information about unsuccessful applications is treated in confidence and is retained by the Distributing Bodies.
Stroud has received 265 Lottery awards in total since 1995 worth £10.8 million. Stroud may also have received Lottery funding front umbrella schemes.
£328,762 Lottery awards have been made to refurbishment projects to 28 village halls, parish and community centers in Stroud. This figure includes halls that have widened their use for other members of the community, e.g. scout halls and youth clubs. The information is as follows:
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£ Recipient Project title/description long Award date Award amount Harescombe Parish Hall A new porch and replace two windows 4 March, 1999 4,730 Uley Village Hall Management Committee Extensive refurbishment including new drainage and building work 4 March, 1999 4,935 Pitchcombe Village Hall Committee Provision of a car park 27 April, 1999 44,654 Miserden Village Hall Carry out necessary repairs 17 June, 1999 4,230 Horsley Village Hall New furniture including a portable stage with disabled ramp 7 October, 1999 5,000 Drusely and District Community Association Central heating and double glazing installation 2 December, 1999 22,725 Coaley Village Hall Management Committee Replacement windows and doors 8 December, 1999 5,000 Sheepscombe Village Hall Fees for development plan for the hall to proceed to planning 3 February, 2000 4,803 Elmore Village Hall Management Committee Replacement windows in the hall with double glazed high security window units 3 February, 2000 5,000 Box Village all Management Committee New toilets with disabled access, a new kitchen and an enlarged community meeting room 5-May-00 56,000 St. James Parish center Dursley center is an ex-church school. Replacement of hall and kitchen floors and installation of fly screens 29 June, 2000 4,908 Stone and District Village Hall Replacement of the rear porch and tarmacking to rear of the car park 6 September, 2000 2,411 Nailsworth Youth Club Replacing of the roof and refurbishment of the kitchen 15-May-01 2,500 Stone and District Village Hall Installation of an induction loop facility 20 December, 2001 1,360 Frith Youth center Bussage Replacement flooring and fitting disabled toilets 31 January, 2002 4,943 Frith Youth center Bussage Replacement roof and other improvements to the games hut 25 November, 2002 74,260 New opportunities fund Woodchester Village Comrnunity Hall Provision of an IT suite and learning resource center 31 January, 2002 5,000