HC Deb 31 July 1997 vol 299 cc510-2W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list, for each category of national lottery good causes, how much money has been awarded to individuals or organisations in the Chorley parliamentary constituency in each year since the lottery was established. [11219]

Mr. Banks

To date, over £3.7 billion has been awarded to 27,387 projects throughout the UK. Of these, 19 awards worth £534,962 have been made to projects in Chorley. Annual breakdowns are set out in the following table.

Distributing body Total amount £ Number of awards
1995
Arts Council of England 0
Heritage Lottery Fund 0
Millennium Commission 0
National Lottery Charities Board 53,328 3
Sports Council 43,523 1
Total for 1995 96,851 4
1996
Arts Council of England 0
Heritage Lottery Fund 97,130 2
Millennium Commission 0
National Lottery Charities Board 324,313 10
Sports Council 9,118 1
Total for 1996 430,561 13

Region
London1 Merseyside North-west South-east
Distributing body Amount£ Awards Amount£ Awards Amount£ Awards Amount£ Awards
1995
Arts Council 126,468,346 81 3,225,848 10 7,318,924 41 12,526,983 45
Charities Board 28,804,775 328 6,504,451 105 13,403,172 221 13,412,786 240
Sports Council 4,840,007 34 4,108,997 9 9,293,546 61 25,168,932 121
Heritage Lottery Fund 23,785,882 20 90,000 1 4,600,619 7 1,304,642 12
Millennium Commission2 52,200,000 2 1,668,500 1 12,431,702 2 70,891,500 5
1995 total 236,099,010 465 15,597,796 126 47,047,963 332 123,304,843 423
1996
Arts Council 163,399,606 173 2,050,243 15 69,810,976 84 40,639,873 84
Charities Board 52,367,043 559 11,229,820 141 27,542,094 361 25,752,757 410
Sports Council 31,921,074 71 3,409,903 14 15,159,624 113 32,160,530 212
Heritage Lottery Fund 125,134,428 59 4,010,000 4 14,158,065 36 15,293,204 39
Millennium Commission 52,943,718 5 0 19,065,549 3 4,296,850 6
1996 total 425,765,869 867 20,699,966 174 145,736,308 597 118,143,214 751
1997
Arts Council 35,794,183 893 2,857,883 40 22,961,547 159 10,564,722 583
Charities Board 5,994,942 36 0 197,359 3 1,509,190 12
Sports Council 46,073,489 45 6,309,089 6 53,787,600 74 36,365,440 122
Heritage Lottery Fund 60,629,091 68 9,706,100 9 51,888,958 46 26,842,758 62
Millennium Commission 0 28,721,195 2 2,700,000 1 329,800 1
1997 total 148,491,705 1,042 47,594,267 57 131,535,464 283 75,611,910 780
Grand total 810,356,581 2,374 83,892,029 357 324,319,735 1,212 317,059,967 1,954
1 Awards to bodies based in London include many to institutions that are of national importance and are of benefit to the country as a whole. Awards to these organisations account for 60 per cent. (approximately £485 million) of the total so far awarded to London.
2 Figures for Millennium Commission awards cover capital projects only and so exclude the Millennium Awards scheme.

Distributing body Total amount £ Number of awards
1997
Arts Council of England 7,550 2
Heritage Lottery Fund 0
Millennium Commission 0
National Lottery Charities Board 0
Sport Council 0
Total for 1997 7,550 2
Grand total 534,962 19

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list, for each category of national lottery good causes, how much money has been(a) given and (b) awarded in the Government regions of (i) London, (ii) the north-west, (iii) Merseyside and (iv) the south-east, in each of the years since the lottery was established. [11220]

Mr. Banks

To date, over £3.7 billion has been awarded to 27,387 projects throughout the UK. An annual breakdown of the awards in London, the north-west, Merseyside and the south-east is set out in the following table. Figures for the amounts already drawn down by region are not held centrally.