HC Deb 02 November 1965 vol 718 c152W
Mr. McInnes

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the total amount of grants given to sports clubs since last October; and how much of this has been expended on football clubs in England and Wales and in Scotland, respectively.

Mr. Denis Howell

In the year ending 30th September, 1965, grants offered to amateur sports clubs and local voluntary sports organisations in England and Wales by my Department totalled £604,176, of which £17,771 was to amateur football clubs. Grants offered in Scotland by the Scottish Education Department totalled £71,000. There was no application for grant from a football club in Scotland.