HC Deb 11 July 2000 vol 353 c480W
Mr. Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many(a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications for Lottery funding there have been from each constituency in the UK, ranked in descending order of the number of successful applications. [129747]

Kate Hoey

[holding answer 7 July 2000]: I have today placed a table showing the number of successful Lottery applications by constituency, ranked in descending order of the number of applications, in the Libraries of the House. This information is taken from my Department's National Lottery Awards database. No complete list of unsuccessful applications by constituency is available.

Mr. Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the administration costs were as a percentage of Lottery income for each of the Lottery funding bodies in the most recent year for which figures are available. [129533]

Kate Hoey

[holding answer 10 July 2000]: The percentage of Lottery income spent on financing administration costs for each of the Lottery funding bodies during the financial year of 1998–99 (the most recent year for which figures are available from all distributors) is set out in the table:

Distributing body Percentage administration
Sports Council Scotland 6.3
Sports Council Wales 3.6
Sports Council Northern Ireland 6.8
Sports England 4.8
Arts Council England 9.1
Scottish Arts Council 7.9
Arts Council Northern Ireland 7.5
Arts Council Wales 8.1
Heritage Lottery Fund 3.8
National Lottery Charity Board 8.0
New Opportunities Fund 1.0
Millennium Commission 3.2

Miss Geraldine Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Lottery money was awarded to projects in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency(a) between 1993 and May 1997 and (b) since May 1997; and if he will list the projects which received funding. [128343]

Kate Hoey

According to my Department's National Lottery Awards Database, between the start of the Lottery (November 1994) and 30 April 1997, 24 Lottery awards, with a total value of £3,419,980 were made in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency. From 1 May 1997 to 30 June 2000, the database indicates that 44 awards, with a total value of £2,240,908 were made. I am today placing lists of these projects in the Libraries of the House.