HC Deb 05 March 1999 vol 326 cc950-1W
Mr. Spring

To 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]

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