§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of the English Sports Council's grant-in-aid was spent on(a) staff costs, excluding national centres, (b) administrative expenses, (c) publicity/promotions/communications, (d) grants to national governing bodies, (e) grants to the National Coaching Foundation, (f) sports science, (g) sports medicine, (h) national centres, (i) grants to other national sports bodies, excluding NGBs and (j) regional support in (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99 and (iii) what are the provisional spending plans for 1999–2000 to 2001–02. [71745]
§ Mr. Banks[holding answer 22 February 1999]: The information the hon. Member requested on the English Sports Council's grant-in-aid expenditure is included in the following table.
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Percentage English Sports Council Actual 1997–98 i Est. 1998–99 Prov. 1999–2000 Prov. 2000–01 Prov. 2001–02 National Centres 8 10 10 10 9 Total Net Costs Grants to Other National Sports Bodies excluding NGBs 5 5 5 5 5 Includes the following: Central Council for Physical Recreation Sports Aid Foundation Commonwealth Games Council for England Community Sports Leadership Award Scheme Youth Sport Trust English Federation of Disability Sports National Youth Games Panathlon Foundation Regional Support 27 23 23 23 23 Includes the following: Regional Grants Facility Planning and Development Equity (including Disability Grants) Volunteer and Community Development Work Total 124 125 126 126 126