§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list for each local authority area the number of awards made, the percentage they represent of the total sums, and the number of applications that were(a) successful and (b) unsuccessful, for each category of national lottery funding; and if he will make a statement. [8855]
§ Mr. BanksTo date, over £3.75 billion has been awarded to 24,561 projects throughout the United Kingdom. Each distributing body has provided the information on successful and unsuccessful applications by local authority area and these figures are summarised in the following table.
A complete list, including percentages, by local authority area will be placed in the Libraries of the House, as soon as the information is available.
Category Distributing body Successful applications Unsuccessful applications Arts Arts Council of England 1,450 952 Scottish Arts Council 316 122 Arts Council of Wales 475 103 Arts Council of Northern Ireland 253 60 Sub total 2,494 1,237 Sports English Sports Council 2,192 1,230 Scottish Sports Council 339 238 Sports Council for Wales 192 39 Sports Council for Northern Ireland 266 55 Sub total 2,989 1,562 Heritage Heritage Lottery Fund 1,043 651 Millennium Millennium Commission 113 1,797 Charities National Lottery Charities Board 8,486 31,013 Grand total 15,125 36,260 Figures as at 15 July 1997.