HL Deb 24 February 2004 vol 658 cc48-9WA
Lord Moynihan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much money Sport England has spent each year on capital and revenue costs at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre since 1997 [HL1339]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)

The figures requested are shown in the following table:

Financial Year Revenue1 Capital3
£ £
1996–97 637,073 212,471
1997–98 962,571 116,437
1998–99 1,172,869 80,314
1999–2000 1,158,811 318,137
2000–01 21,153,775 99,919
2001–02 2,032,417 16,016
2002–03 2,237,897 0
2003–04Year to date 2,434,447 0

Notes:

1 The revenue figures are net of operating income.

2 In October 2000 there was a change in contractor operating the Crystal Palace Sports Centre on behalf of Sport England. The current contractor operates the centre on a full repairing lease contract. The previous contractor operated the centre on a part repairing lease. The difference betweeen the contracts, together with a different treatment of income under the contracts, makes it difficult to compare results between 1996–97 to October 2000 and the period after October 2000.

3 The capital works programme at Crystal Palace is largely undertaken by the new contractor with Sport England only responsible for a minor amount of the capital works undertaken.

Lord Moynihan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What services are currently offered by the English Institute of Sport to those athletes who use the facilities at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. [HL1341]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The services currently offered by the English Institute of Sport include: access to a sport physician one day per month, any other bookings are by appointment; a sports physiotherapist, two days per week; a strength and conditioning coach, one day per week; performance lifestyle advice, one day per week and at other times by appointment and UK Athletics testing events three to four times per year—involving strength and conditioning coaches, physiologists, performance lifestyle adviser and nutritionist.

Lord Moynihan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the relationship between the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and the English Institute of Sport. [HL1342]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

At present there is no formal relationship between Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and the English Institute of Sport (EIS). The EIS has previously tried to negotiate office space and service provision space with Leisure Connections and Sport England, but this did not prove possible.