§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) what has been(a) the number and (b) the amount of national lottery grants awarded by each of the national lottery boards in each English county, metropolitan authority and London borough; [29055]
(2) what has been (a) the number and (b) the amount of national lottery grants awarded by each of the national lottery boards in each parliamentary constituency; [29053]
(3) how many applications there have been to each of the five national lottery boards from each parliamentary constituency; [29052]
(4) how many applications have been made to each of the five national lottery boards by each English county, metropolitan authority and London borough. [29054]
§ Mr. SproatThe information requested is not available. The Department of National Heritage is developing a new lottery database that will allow for these breakdowns to be made.
§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list the projects so far accepted for funding by the millennium fund(a) by value and (b) by local authority area. [29284]
§ Mr. SproatThe Millennium Commission has made 55 awards totalling £494,033,411. These awards cover a total of 1,145 projects throughout the United Kingdom. The information is contained in the table.
Figures for national lottery funds broken down by local authority areas are not currently available. The Department of National Heritage is developing a new lottery database that will shortly allow for these breakdowns to be made. 293W
Announced Recipient Region Location Amount £ 11 September 1995 Changing Places: The Groundwork Foundation (21 projects) UK Wide UK Wide 22,100,000.00 23 February 1996 Middleton Botanic Garden Trust Wales Middleton, Llandello, Dyfed 21,700,000.00 22 December 1995 Millennium Seed Bank: Royal Botanic Gardens London Kew 21,547,500.00 22 February 1996 The Lowry Centre NW Salford, Greater Manchester 15,650,000.00 22 December 1995 Llanelli Borough Council: Llanelli Coast Park Wales Llanelli 14,500,000.00 22 February 1996 Mile End Park London Tower Hamlets 12,322,010.00 30 October 1995 Rochdale Canal Trust NW Manchester to Halifax 11,923,500.00 26 April 1996 21st Century Halls: ACRE-Action with Communities in Rural England (180 projects) All England All England 10,000,000.00 26 April 1996 Millennium Greens: Countryside Commission— 250 projects All England All England 10,000,000.00 30 October 1995 National Museums of Scotland: SCRANS Scotland Edinburgh 7,474,200.00 30 October 1995 The Woodland Trust: Woods On Your Doorstep (200 projects) UK Wide UK: England and Wales 6,637,000.00 2 October 1995 Millennium Forest for Scotland (45 projects) Scotland n/a 5,750,000.00 22 February 1996 Peterborough Green Wheel E Peterborough, Cambs. 5,554,881.00 2 October 1995 Trans Pennine Trail UK Wide UK Wide 5,330,000.00 22 December 1995 Durham County Council: Turning the Tide NE Eastingdon/Horden 4,537,760.00 2 October 1995 Welsh Highland Railway Restoration Wales Porthmadog, Gwynedd 4,300,000.00 30 October 1995 Black Country Urban Forest WM Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton 4,247,540.00 30 October 1995 Pickaquoy Project Scotland Kirkwall, Orkney 3,700,000.00 22 December 1995 Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust SW Slimbridge, Glos. 2,810,195.00 18 December 1995 Belfast 2000 N Ireland Belfast 2,640,900.00 18 December 1995 St. Patrick Visitor Centre N Ireland Downpatrick 2,551,775.00 26 April 1996 Church Floodlighting: Church Floodlighting Trust— 400 projects UK Wide UK Wide 2,288,788.00 2 October 1995 London Zoo Conservation Education Centre London Regent's Park 2,200,000.00 26 April 1996 Kingdom of Fife Cycling Initiative: Fife Enterprise Scotland Fife 1,793,450.00 20 November 1995 National Wildflower Centre Merseyside Liverpool 1,668,500.00 26 April 1996 Weather Watch Discovery Centre SE Bracknell Forest Borough Council 1,500,000.00 11 September 1995 Countryside Access for All/Northamptonshire County Council EM Northants. 736,000.00 22 December 1995 Pensilva Village Hall SW Cornwall 713,000.00 18 December 1995 Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway N Ireland North Antrim Coast 700,000.00 20 November 1995 Clonoe Community Centre, Coalisland N Ireland Co. Tyrone 613,000.00 30 October 1995 Thames Salmon Trust SE Berkshire: The River Kennet 588,000.00 11 September 1995 Agnew Park Seafront Development/Wigtown District Council Scotland Stranraer 547,000.00 2 October 1995 The Courtyard Community Project Y & H Goole 462,000.00 11 September 1995 The Visions Centre NW Manchester 435,000.00 2 October 1995 Restoration of the Glan-Llyn Youth Centre Wales Gwynedd 390,282.00 26 April 1996 The Millennium Centre, Eastbrookend Park London London Borough of Barking & Dagenham 360,000.00 18 December 1995 Enterprise Leisure N Ireland Trillick 350,000.00 11 September 1995 Bennachie Community Centre, Insch Scotland Grampian 311,000.00 22 December 1995 Wokingham District Council: Millennium Bridge SE Wargrave 280,000.00 22 February 1996 St. Martha's Community Project EM Nottingham 243,600.00 2 October 1995 Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Y & H Leeds 175,000.00 11 September 1995 New Lock at Great Cornrad: River Stour Trust E Suffolk 167,890.00 22 February 1996 Grayswood Village Hall SE Grayswood, Surrey 150,000.00 22 December 1995 Ingleton and District Village Hall NE Ingleton, Co. Durham 150,000.00 20 November 1995 Church Community Hall Wales Sully, S. Wales 146,500.00 2 October 1995 Lawrenny Village Hall and Youth Hostel Wales Dyfed 131,170.00 20 November 1995 Moulsoe Millennium Hall SE Bucks. 126,000.00 2 October 1995 Larne Borough Council: The Gobbins Cliff Path (feasibility study) Co. Antrim N Ireland 30,000.00 Total 494,033,441.00 55 awards, 1,145 projects
§ Mr. RentonTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many charities have been awarded funds from the national lottery. [28880]
§ Mr. Sproat[holding answer 20 May 1996]: As at 15 May, 6,685 awards have been made, totalling over £1.54 billion. More than 80 per cent. of these grants have gone to charities or voluntary organisations and account for around half of all the money awarded.
The National Lottery Charities Board is distributing 20 per cent. of the proceeds of the national lottery exclusively to projects proposed not only by registered charities but by voluntary organisations and organisations 294W with a philanthropic aim. The board has made 2,460 grant awards, totalling £159 million, to charitable organisations both large and small.