§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what was the cost in 1997–98 of the discretionary rate relief for voluntary sports clubs in England and Wales. [42911]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI have been asked to reply.
The information requested is not available.
482WThe most reliable figures that are available are estimates for 1998–99, when we expect about £35 million of relief to be granted to non-profit organisations in England and Wales. We do not have any breakdown of this figure between sports clubs and other non-profit making bodies.
Some sports clubs have charitable status and are entitled to relief under the separate mandatory relief provisions.