§ Mr. LoveTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many golf courses have been completed in the UK in each of the last 10 years; what proportion of those are courses offering open access to the public; what financial support was given to assist the provision of such facilities; and if he will make a statement. [99637]
§ Kate HoeyInformation on the number of golf courses which have been completed in the last 10 years is not held centrally.
However, since the National Lottery began in 1995, Sport England's Lottery fund has made 34 capital awards for golf totalling £8,232,056, contributing towards total project costs of £21,140,875. It is a condition of Lottery awards for sports facilities that they must have open access to the public.
Freehold land and buildings Long/short leasehold property Other Total Crafts Council (as at 31 March 1999) 0 980,398 502,016 1,482,414 British Film Institute (31 March 1999) 20,800,000 22,887,000 1,664,000 45,351,000 NFTS (as at 31 December 1998) 2,954,977 0 6,083,311 9,043,288 The only body which has assets held in Scotland is the National Lottery Charities Board to the value of £0.2 million.
All other assets are held by the bodies are in England with the exception of the following:
- (i) The British Tourist Authority which holds assets with a net book value of £314,000 overseas which comprises land and buildings of £25,000 and other assets of £289,000.
- (ii) Sport England (formerly the English Sports Council) which holds land and buildings to the value of £3.1 million in Wales.