§ 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 951W 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]
Percentage English Sports Council Actual 1997–98 Est. 1998–99 Prov. 1999–2000 Prov. 2000–01 Prov. 2001–02 Regional Development and Field Staff 12 13 13 13 13 National Development and Field Staff 4 4 5 5 5 Public Information/Communication/Research 2 2 2 2 2 Corporate services (Finance/IT/Audit/Human Resources/Office Services) 5 6 6 6 6 Total Staff Costs 24 25 26 26 26 Administrative Expenses 6 11 9 9 9 Rent/Rates/Running Costs Publicity/Promotion/Communications 4 4 3 3 3 Communications Programme Grants to National Governing Bodies 19 17 19 19 19 Complementing Grant In Aid provided by UKSC Grants to National Coaching Foundation 5 5 4 4 4 Complementing Grant In Aid provided by UKSC Sports Science/Sports Medicine 2 1 2 2 2 Complementing Grant In Aid provided by UKSC Sports Medicine 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 100 100 100 100 100