HC Deb 17 June 1998 vol 314 cc232-3W
Mr. Cunliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list, for each of the last three years, the number of awards and the total financial grant made, in each category of good cause, to organisations in Leigh constituency from proceeds of the National Lottery. [45515]

Mr. Banks

To date, the constituency of Leigh has received 15 lottery awards totalling £1.24 million. A breakdown by good cause is shown in the table. Information on the National Lottery awards is now available on the Department's website www.lottery.culture.gov.uk.

Year of award
1995 1996 1997 1998
Distributing body No. of awards Value(£) No. of awards Value(£) No. of awards Value(£) No. of awards Value(£) Total No. of awards Total(£)
Millennium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arts 0 0 1 27,500 4 16,622 0 0 5 44,122
Totals per year 1 3,000 4 453,660 7 378,121 3 579,739 15 1,239,400

Sources:

The table has been constructed using information from the distributing bodies

Mr. Cunliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department has granted to Sportsmatch projects in Leigh; and if he will list these projects.[45965]

Mr. Banks

Sportsmatch has made the following awards in Leigh: £1,000 and £3,000 to Wigan MBC for the preparation of the Wigan team for the Manchester Youth Games, in 1994 and 1998 respectively; £10,000 to Leigh RMI AFC for the appointment of a youth development officer in 1996; and £4,000 for Leigh Centurions Rugby League Club towards its community and schools development programme in 1996.

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
(a) Terrestrial
Olympic Games 8.05 2.72
FIFA World Cup Final 17.48
FIFA World Cup—other matches 8.59
FA Cup Final 12.33 12.18 11.76 8.64 13.33 11.1
FA Cup Final (Scotland only) n/a n/a 0.67 0.77 0.90 0.64
Wimbledon—finals weekend n/a 7.33 7.15 7.34 7.31 5.25
Wimbledon—other play n/a 2.78 2.39 2.22 3.00 3.51
Home Test Matches 2.59 2.60 2.04 2.02 2.15 2.26
Grand National n/a 15.17 16.72 8.87 11.24 12.02
The Derby n/a 4.30 4.30 3.87 2.03 3.45
Cricket World Cup n/a
Rugby World Cup n/a
European Football Championships Final n/a 16.83
European Football Championships—other matches n/a 9.48
European Football Championships—matches involving England n/a 14.29
Commonwealth Games 5.29
World Athletics Championships 6.12 3.89 n/a
British Grand Prix n/a 5.78 4.88 n/a 5.59 5.02
Five Nations Rugby 5.8 5.19 5.49 5.79 6.43 5.55
The Open (golf) 3.08 3.00 2.07 2.77 2.37 n/a
The Ryder Cup 3.37
(b) Satellite
Ryder Cup n/a n/a

The Advisory Group also considered the following audience figures, either in considering events for recommendation for inclusion on the list or for comparative purposes:

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
(a) Terrestrial
Rugby League Challenge Cup Final 4.37 3.33 3.2 4.07 n/a 2.71
GB Rugby League Internationals 4.44 3.36 3.80 n/a
England Football Internationals—qualifying matches n/a 7.21
England Football Internationals—friendlies n/a 8.40
Scotland Football Internationals (Scotland only) n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.87 0.64
England Rugby Union Internationals (non-Five Nations) 5.50 6.36 3.21 4.24 n/a n/a
Scotland Rugby Union Internationals (Scotland only) n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.80 0.70
England One-Day Cricket Internationals 2.59 2.85 2.37
Cheltenham Gold Cup n/a 2.20 2.07 2.30 1.30 2.00