Sport: Government Funding (Hansard, 11 March 2004)

The following table sets out the total government funding directly attributable for sport per capita in England.

Year	Exchequer Funding (£) million	Population Totals million	Exchequer Funding per Capita
2000–01	39.8	49.1	0.81
2001–02	47.7	49.3	0.97
2002–03	103.5	49.5	2.09

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport's funding for sport and physical activity in 2000–01 was £39.8 million, in 2001–02 was £47.7 million and in 2002–03 was £103.5 million. These figures do not reflect the grant in aid funding which the department provides to UK Sport.

The Department for Education and Skills investment in specialist sports colleges for 2000–01 was £9.5 million, in 2001–02 was £14.6 million and in 2002–03 was £23.4 million. However, this funding is for the provision of sport and contributes to raising standards across the curriculum.

Sport also receives significant funding from central government mainly through local government block grant, as noted on page 33 of Game Plan: a strategy fir delivering the Government's sport and physical activity objectives, a joint Department for Culture. Media and Sport and Strategy Unit report published in December 2002. This spending is not centrally recorded on a consistent basis, but Game Plan suggested that in 1999–2000 £1,015 million was spent on sport and physical activity by local government as part of the block grant.