HC Deb 24 July 1985 vol 83 cc552-3W
Mr. Lord

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how much per head was paid out in the last five years in Sports Council grants (a) in England and (b) in each of the Sports Council's regions;

(2) how much has been expended in Sports Council grants in each of the last five years broken down by region and county;

(3) what major projects in the last five years have received Sports Council grants in (a) the east of England and (b) Suffolk.

Mr. Macfarlane

Sports Council grant expenditure over the past five years, total and per capita, nationally and broken down by Sports Council regions, is shown in the table. A breakdown by county is not available.

Eastern Region: Major capital projects grant-aided since 1980
Facility Location County Cost £ Grant £
Sports centre extension Lowestoft Suffolk 823,000 15,000
Leisure complex Hunstanton Norfolk 1,420,000 15,000
Crown pools Ipswich Suffolk 2,250,000 15,000
Indoor tennis centre Peterborough Cambridgeshire 1,185,000 20,000
Swimming pools Cheshunt Hertfordshire 1,675,000 20,000
Leisure pool Felixstowe Suffolk 3,000,000 20,000
Leisure centre (ice rink, sports hall, pool) Chelmsford Essex 4,000,000 20,000
Lord Butler leisure centre Saffron Walden Essex 1,155,000 100,000
Leisure pool Sudbury Suffolk 3,350,000 25,000
Swimming pool Stowmarket Suffolk 1,300,000 25,000
Joint-provision pool St. Neots Cambridgeshire 750,000 40,000
Sports hall Clacton Essex 880,000 45,000