HC Deb 05 April 2000 vol 347 cc469-70W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when his Department will provide the projected funding figures for the World Class Performance Programme for 2000–01 in(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland. [115329]

Kate Hoey

The World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) is administered by UK Sport for UK governing bodies and includes athletes from all parts of the United Kingdom. Sport England is responsible for the administration of the WCPP for English governing bodies and for the World Class Potential and World Class Start Programmes for English athletes. In addition, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland administer their own elite programmes for their national athletes below the level of World Class Performance.

The Sport England projected budget for 2000–01 will be submitted to its Council for approval on 3 April and is not yet available. The projected funding figures for 2000–01 for the elite programmes for Scotland and Northern Ireland are as follows:

£
Sport Scotland—Talented Athlete Programme 2,000,000
Sport Scotland—Scotland Junior Groups Programme 750,000
Sports Council for Northern Ireland—Development of Talented Individuals Programme 530,000

Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the individual awards for the World Class Performance Programme specifying the sports to date. [115328]

Kate Hoey

The World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) is administered by UK Sport for UK governing bodies and by Sport England for English governing bodies. The awards made by UK Sport and accepted by governing bodies since the Council became a lottery distributor on 1 July 1999 are given in the table. Sport England is currently upgrading its grant management system and information prior to 1 July 1999 and on the Sport England WCPP. I will write to the hon. Member with this information shortly and place a copy in the Library of the House.

£
Sport Award1,2
Athletics 3,045,839
Athletics (Disabled) 2,315,009
British Paralympic Association Games 61,002
Bobsleigh 316,687
Cycling 444,267
Diving3 395,522
Equestrian 728,200
£
Sport Award1,2
Goalball (Disability Sport) 110,220
Gymnastics 1,773,806
Ice Skating 94,252
Judo 425,636
Modern Pentathlon 100,000
Orienteering 449,743
Powerlifting (Disabled) 112,566
Rowing 2,754,621
Sailing 1,744,320
Shooting (Paraplegic) 65,000
Swimming3 2,522,836
Swimming (Disabled)3 1,356,912
Table Tennis (Disabled) 11,820
Trampoline 188,203
Triathlon 34,290
Water Skiing 31,300
Wheelchair Rugby 149,476
1 The list comprises only those awards that have been accepted by the Governing Body and are hard commitments.
2 The total awards committed may not necessarily equate to exact outtum expenditure. Athlete subsistence costs are a best estimate and may not be taken up in full. Performance costs are normally taken up in full but where an underspend does arise lottery funding may be recouped or withheld.
3 Diving, Swimming and Disability Swimming include awards that have been backdated to cover extensions to earlier awards.

Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reason there has been a reduction in funding of the World Class Performance Programme from 1998–99 to 1999–2000. [115330]

Kate Hoey

There has been no reduction in funding of the World Class Performance Programme. The information included in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Mr. Reed) of 22 February 2000,Official Report, columns 849-51W, provided details of the funding to elite sport by each of the Sports Councils and related to expenditure for the first 10 months of 1999–2000, not to the total value of awards.

The expenditure figures for the financial year 1999–2000 remain incomplete since payments for March have still to be made. The expected outturn for 1999–2000 will be broadly in line with that for 1998–99. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as the full year figures are available.