§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which sporting venues have received lottery funding for athletics in the past 12 months. [62175]
§ Mr. BanksListed are the sporting venues which have received Lottery sports funding from the English Sports Council for athletics in the period 1 December 1997 to 30 November 1998:
- Stourport Sports Club, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
- Exeter Arena, Exeter, Devon
- Trafford Athletic Club, Stockport, Cheshire
- Moorways Sports Complex, Derby
- Priory School, Lewes, East Sussex
- Eastbourne Sports Complex, Darlington, County Durham
- Sunnydale Leisure Centre, Shildon, County Durham
- Erith Running Track, Erith, Kent
- Battersea Athletics Track, London
- Par Recreation Ground, Cornwall.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much lottery funding the sport of basketball has received over the last 12 months. [62176]
§ Mr. BanksIn the period 1 December 1997 to 30 November 1998, basketball received Lottery capital sports facilities awards of £990,039 from the English142W Sports Council, towards total project costs of £1,285,052. The English Sports Council has awarded a total of £25,409,308 to the sport since awards began in March 1995.
Since the World Class Performance programme commenced in October 1997, 17 English wheelchair basketball players have received a combined total of £468,839 from Lottery sports funding. In addition, £14,500 has been awarded from World Class Events funding in an effort to bring the 2002 world championship for wheelchair basketball to this country.