§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total grants paid to the English Sports Council over the past five years; and if he will express these amounts per head of population.
§ Mr. Denis HowellAnnual grants-in-aid to the Sports Council since it was established by Royal Charter in 1972 have been made as follows:
£ million 1972–73 3.62 1973–74 5.00 1974–75 6.575 1975–76 8.175 An application for supplementary provision for 1975–76 is under consideration.
The Sports Council's responsibilities are not confined to England and it undertakes considerable expenditure relating to Great Britain as a whole. It would therefore be misleading to express the figures in per capita terms.