HC Deb 13 February 2004 vol 418 cc174-5W
Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding has been provided from(a) central Government funds, (b) European funds and (c) other public funds to (i) football, (ii) rugby, (iii) hockey, (iv) cricket and (v) Gaelic games in Northern Ireland in each financial year since 2000–01. [154154]

Angela Smith

Funding provided from(a) central Government funds, (b) European funds and (c) other public funds to (i) football, (ii) rugby, (iii) hockey, (iv) cricket and (v) Gaelic games in each financial year from 2000–01 is as follows:

(a) Central Government Funds
£
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total
Football 1,264,009 1951,803 1981,188 3,197,000
Rugby 152,843 157,551 92,536 402,930
Hockey 27,464 61,225 54,902 143,591
Cricket 20,000 22,000 26,330 68,330
Gaelic games 652,085 381,333 557,676 1,591,094
Totals 2,116,401 1,573,912 1,712,632 5,402,945
1 These figures include £100,000 and £500,000 allocated to Soccer from the Football Development Centre Programme for 2001–02and 2002–03.

(b) European Funds

The following table provides information on European Funds administrated by DFP and DARD to football, rugby, hockey, cricket and Gaelic games for each financial year from 2000–01.

£
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total
Football 915 0 10,800 11,715
Rugby 0 939 0 939
Hockey 0 0 0
Cricket 4,067 0 0 4,067
Gaelic games 18,557 1,885 5,594 26,036
Totals 23,539 2,824 16,394 42,757

DFP has also provided European funding (Peace II) to numerous sports which include, football, rugby, hockey, cricket and Gaelic games. This funding was for projects that included more than one of the above sports, the details are as follows.

Numerous sports £
2000–01 0
2001–02 0
2002–03 3,906
Total 3,906

(c) Other Public Funds

The following table details the amount of Sports Lottery funding that has been allocated to football, rugby, hockey, cricket and Gaelic games for financial years 2000–01, 2001–02 and 2002–03 by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland.

£
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total
Football 942,492 642,710 609,131 2,194,333
Rugby 312,053 144,000 76,860 532,913
Hockey 47,625 199,850 68,800 316,275
Cricket 282,500 57,202 16,000 355,702
Gaelic games 1,694,182 1,025,420 689,962 3,409,564
Totals 3,278,852 2,069,182 1,460,753 6,808,787