§ Mr. Lordasked 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. MacfarlaneSports 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.
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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