§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Reportthe bodies providing support from public funds in connection with British participation in the next Olympic Games and the estimated amount of that support.
§ Mr. MonroThe Sports Council and the sports councils for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the only bodies through which financial support from public funds would be provided in connection with British participation in the next Olympic Games. None of these councils has contributed to the British Olympic Association's appeal fund from which the cost of sending British teams to the winter and summer Olympic Games will be paid.
The sports councils do grant-aid governing bodies of sport for the coaching and preparation of their athletes. But it would be impossible to separate the proportion of these grants spent on pre-Olympic preparation from those spent on preparation for other international and national sporting events throughout the year.
The Sports Council does, of course, consider requests from the BOA for administrative grant from time to time. The last occasion was March 1978 when £45,000 was given. No further request is expected before the next Olympic Games.