HC Deb 23 July 1997 vol 298 c607W
Ms Walley

To 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. Banks

To 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.

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