HC Deb 04 July 1996 vol 280 c503W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list the amount of Government funding to the Foundation for Sport and the Arts in each year since its inception. [34745]

Mr. Sproat

The Foundation for Sport and the Arts is funded partly by a 2½ per cent. reduction in pool betting duty, and partly by a voluntary contribution of 5p in the pound on pools coupons, both of which are passed on by the football pools companies to the foundation. The total amounts received annually by the foundation, as recorded in its annual reports, is as follows:

  • 1991–92: £39,568,711
  • 1992–93: £63,541,000
  • 1993–94: £67,922,000
  • 1994–95: £68,245,000