§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will quantify the lottery funding that has been distributed by the regional sports bodies to date, with the figures broken down for each region. [HL4733]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)Regional sports boards have had responsibility for decisions on community-level lottery funding since the start of the 2004–05 financial year. Decisions made on lottery funding awards up to 31 October 2004 in each region are as follows:
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Award decisions (£) East Region 4,904,219 East Midlands Region 7,219,068 London Region 7,021,300 North East Region 9,118,850 North West Region 14,312,571 South East Region 8,769,459 South West Region 7,613,193 West Midlands Region 6,612,049 Yorkshire Region 6,636,470 Total 72,207,179
§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
What percentage of Sport England grant-in-aid and sports lottery funding will be delivered through each of the regional sports boards and the regional offices of Sport England. [HL4774]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyIn 2004–05, of Sport England's total lottery funding of £160 million, 73 per cent (approximately £117 million) will be delivered through its regional sports boards. Of Sport England's total Exchequer funding of £73 million, 23 per cent will be delivered through its regional sports boards (approximately £17 million). These figures include the administrative costs associated with the regional offices. The funding is distributed between the regional sports boards as follows:
Funding to nearest £ million East 10 East Midlands 16 London 14 North East 13 North West 28 South East 16 South West 11 West Midlands 14 Yorkshire 10 Total 132