§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the Government grant support given to UK Sport and its predecessors in each year from 1994 to 1999. [103875]
§ Kate HoeyUK Sport was established by Royal Charter on 19 September 1996 and became fully operational on 1 January 1997. Since then the grant in aid made available has been:
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£ million 1996–97 4.0 1997–98 11.8 1998–99 11.6 1999–2000 12.6 Prior to establishing UK Sport, funding for sport was channelled through the GB Sports Council. In the years before UK Sport funding to GB Sports Council was:
£ million 1993–94 50.6 1994–95 49.4 1995–96 49.2 1996–97 27.7