§ Mr. FaberTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his oral answer of 27 March 2000,Official Report, columns 10-11, on a new national athletics stadium, for what reasons he informed Radio 5 Live on 2 March that he took the decision to earmark at least £60 million specifically for athletics and the future of athletics. [117711]
§ Kate Hoey[holding answer 4 April 2000]: No money has been committed. We have established the principle with Sport England that, subject to the details being worked out and a viable application coming forward, the £20 million coming back from the Football Association and up to £40 million which will not now he required for the conversion of Wembley may be available to fund world-class athletics facilities.
In addition, athletics receives funding from the World Class Performance Programme, which totalled £9.2 million up to September 1999, and Exchequer funding totalling over £460,000 for the last calendar year.