§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will make a statement on when she expects to reach a decision in respect of the target group to be supported by the £100 million set aside from national lottery proceeds for sports development. [40851]
§ Mr. SproatThe Sports Council is the statutory distributor in England of lottery funds for good causes in sport. I do not have any role in the distribution process itself. To date, the Sports Council has awarded £305 million of lottery funds to 1,537 projects.
1992–93 (actual) £ 1993–94 (actual) £ 1994–95 (actual) £ 1995–96 (actual) £ 1996–97 (estimate) £ Department of National Heritage 1,286,964 1,613,144 478,806 304,632 200,824 Historic Royal Palaces agency 3,170,177 3,865,641 1,414,408 677,000 1,906,112 Royal Parks agency 1n/a 780,004 868,548 771,986 201,760 1 The Royal Park agency was not formed until April 1993.