§ Mr. FaberTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what was the expenditure by his Department on the sport of athletics in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99; and what are the planned levels of expenditure in (i) 1999–2000, (ii) 2000–01, and (iii) 2001–02. [113819]
§ Kate Hoey[holding answer 13 March 2000]: Public funding of sport is channelled through the Sports Councils. Lottery Sports Funding, under the World Class 579W Performance Programme, and exchequer expenditure on athletics by Sport England and UK Sport is as follows:
£000 1997–98 3,930 1998–99 7,060 1999–2000 6,597 Note:
Sport England's figures for Lottery funding are for 11 months. End year figure may therefore be higher.
In addition, since the start of the National lottery Sport England has approved awards totalling £38,113,748 in respect of community athletics facilities.
Neither Sport England nor UK Sport is able at this stage to say what will be its total planned expenditure on athletics for 2000–01 and 2001–02.