HC Deb 18 March 1996 vol 274 cc70-3W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many recipients of national lottery awards have made representations about the difficulty in raising the required matching amount. [20549]

Mr. Sproat

This information is not held centrally.

Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage which projects in the county of Gwynedd have benefited from lottery funding; what sums they have received; and if she will make a statement. [20742]

Mr. Sproat

To date, 36 awards totalling £6.6 million have been made to projects in Gwynedd. They are:

National lottery awards in Gwynedd
Body Announced Recipient Location Amount
NLCB 15 December 1995 St Michael's Church-Valley Anglesey, Gwynedd 35,000.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 Taran Mon Ltd. Holyhead, Gwynedd 147,221.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 The Abbeyfield Bangor/UCNW Society Gwynedd 6,000.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 Ti a Fi Canolfan Noddfa Caernarfon, Gwynedd 3,560.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 Ynys Mon Volunteers Talwrn, Ynys Mon, Gwynedd 68,804.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 Ysgol Feithrin Amlwch Amlwch, Anglesey, Gwynedd 2,000.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 Ysgol Feithrin Brynaerail Porthmadog, Gwynedd 2,600.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 Ysgol Feithrin Criccieth Criccieth, Gwynedd 3,000.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 Ysgol Feithrin Y Parc Holyhead, Gwynedd 500.00
NLCB 15 December 1995 Ysgol Meithrin Dwyran Newborough, Anglesey, Gwynedd 1,073.00
Arts 13 December 1996 Cor Meibion Prysor Gwynedd: Meirionnydd 20,726.00
Arts 13 December 1996 Cymdeithas Theatr Cymru Gwynedd: Dwyfor 2,455.00
Arts 13 December 1996 Neuadd Gyhoeddus Trawsfynydd Gwynedd: Meirionnydd 49,500.00
Arts 13 December 1996 Neuadd Ysgol Botwnnog Gywnedd: Dwyfor 57,068.00
Arts 13 December 1996 Royal Cambrian Academy Gwynedd: Aberconwy 8,343.00
Arts 13 Feburary 1996 Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern Gwynedd: Ynys Mon 43,327.00
Total 6,619,941.00

Dr. John Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage which projects in(a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) the English lottery regions have benefited from lottery funding; and what sums they have received. [20802]

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

To date, Wales has received £126.6 million towards 485 projects. Some 633 projects in Scotland have received a total of £128.4 million. Over £27.7 million has been awarded to 348 projects in Northern Ireland and England has received £957.9 million towards 3,562 projects.

Reports on the distribution of national lottery proceeds are placed in the Library of the House on a monthly basis.

Breakdown of National Lottery Awards
SPORT ARTS HERITAGE MILL. COMM CHARITIES TOTAL TOTAL
Value of awards £ Number of awards Value of awards £ Number of awards Value of awards £ Number of awards Value of awards £ Number of awards Value of awards £ Number of awards Value of awards £ Number of awards
England (83.3 per cent of population)
London 26,368,530.00 66 131,392,378.00 95 23,899,436.00 26 116,000,000.00 5 17,830,854.00 253 315,491,198.00 444
North West 13,582,243.00 96 49,610,723.00 58 14,531,294.00 14 31,455,500.00 8 14,799,050.00 268 123,978,810.00 444
North East 21,164,197.00 69 14,485,644.00 39 2,407,278.00 11 4,650,000.00 2 8,684,004.00 111 51,391,123.00 232
Yorkshire and Humberside 17,414,401.00 115 10,689,306.00 59 11,479,537.00 20 52,112,000.00 5 12,730,874.00 193 104,426,118.00 392
Eastern 14,549,404.00 127 11,599,544.00 53 21,988,297.00 23 11,379,890.00 3 8,592,052.00 122 68,109,187.00 328
East Midlands 12,635,468.00 94 8,170,515.00 40 498,165.00 8 2,529,600.00 5 8,600,222.00 166 32,433,970.00 313
West Midlands 17,467,594.00 86 16,552,659.00 61 6,303,728.00 12 6,227,540.00 4 13,669,261.00 200 60,220,782.00 363
South West 22,641,333.00 159 15,099,988.00 48 7,021,686.00 28 4,013,000.00 3 9,228,414.00 161 58,004,421.00 399
South East 28,062,265.00 198 34,414,181.00 57 5,640,257.00 22 41,570,000.00 6 11,981,236.00 230 121,667,939.00 513
Merseyside 4,654,140.00 13 3,416,201.00 12 170,000.00 2 3,168,500.00 2 4,422,072.00 59 15,830,913.00 88
All England - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 6,405,600.00 46 6,405,600.00 46
Total 178,539,575.00 1,023 295,431,139.00 522 93,939,678.00 166 273,106,030.00 43 116,943,639.00 1,808 957,960,061.00 3,562
Scotland (8.9 per cent. of population)
23,051,239.00 187 22,986,792.76.00 142 24,011,239.00 31 40,782,180.00 50 17,593,170.00 223 128,424,620.76 633
Wales (5.0 per cent. of population)
9,763,218.00 111 10,263,012.00 159 2,513,850.00 19 94,287,500.00 11 9,799,686.00 185 126,627,266.00 485
Northern Ireland (2.8 per cent. of population)
6,587.309.00 100 5,407.067.00 75 2,536,880.00 6 6,855,675.00 5 6,400,474.00 162 27,787,405.00 348
Total 39,401,766.00 398 38,656,871.76 376 29,061,969.00 56 141,925,355.00 66 33,793,330.00 570 282,839,291.76.00 1,466
United Kingdom Wide - 0 - 0 - 0 58,417,000.00 202 8,344,977.00 82 66,761,977.00 284
Grand Total 217,941,341.00 1,421 334,088,010.76 898 123,001,647.00 222 473,448,385.00 311 159,081,946.00 2,460 1,307,561,329.76 5,312

The reports include the information requested. The March edition will be placed in the Library of the House in early April.

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what the total value of national lottery awards has been; and how much has been awarded by(a) the sports councils, (b) the Arts Council, (c) the National Heritage Memorial Fund, (d) the Millennium Commission and (e) the National Lottery Charities Board in each of the national lottery regions. [20780]

Mrs. Bottomley

To date, over £1.3 billion has been awarded to 5,312 projects throughout the UK. A breakdown is contained in the following table.

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what percentage of national lottery awards have been made in(a) Wales, (b) the English regions, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland. [20917]

Breakdown of National Lottery Awards
Value of awards Total £ Value of awards Percentage of total Number of awards Total Number of awards Percentage of total
England (83.3 per cent. of pop.)
London 315,491,198.00 24.13 444 8.36
North West 123,978,810.00 9.48 444 8.36
North East 51,391,123.00 3.93 232 4.37
Yorkshire and Humberside 104,426,118.00 7.99 392 7.38
West Midlands 60,220,782.00 4.61 363 6.83
South West 58,004,421.00 4.44 399 7.51
South East 121,667,939.00 9.3 513 9.66
Merseyside 15,830,913.00 1.21 88 1.66
All England 6,405,600.00 0.49 46 0.87
Total 957,960,061.00 73.26 3,562 67.06
Scotland (8.9 per cent. of pop.) 128,424,620.76 9.82 633 11.92
Wales (5.0 per cent. of pop.) 126,627,266.00 9.68 485 9.13
Northern Ireland (2.8 per cent. of pop.) 27,787,405.00 2.13 348 6.55
Total 282,839,291.76 21.63 1,466 27.60
UK Wide 66,761,977.00 5.11 284 5.35
Grand total 1,307,561,329.76 100.00 5,312 100.00