HC Deb 07 November 2000 vol 356 cc142-3W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the National Lottery funding was to(a) the English Sports Council, (b) UK Sport, (c) the Arts Council of England and (d) the Heritage Lottery Fund in (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99 and (ii) 1999–2000; and what the forecast level is for the current year in each case. [134592]

Mr. Chris Smith

[holding answer 26 October 2000]The amount of Lottery funding (including interest') to(a) the English Sports Council, (b) UK Sports Council, (c) the Arts Council of England and (d) the Heritage Lottery Fund in 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 and the forecast level for 2000–01 based on our most recent Lottery income forecast is set out in the table. For the

£ million
(1) (2) 1997–98 (3) 1998–99 (4) 1999–2000 (5) 2000–01 (forecast) (6) Share of annual projected lottery proceeds as anticipated at the start of the current licence 2
English Sports Council 307 256 211 202–244 3194
UK Sports Council — — 319 22–25 n/a
Arts Council of England 298 235 201 182–203 183
Heritage Lottery Fund4 371 315 288 290–319 4257
1 Interest has been included in the data in columns (2) and (5), but not in the anticipated income figures in column (6). Also, the amount of interest earned by the distributing bodies varies according to the level of their balances in the NLDF. This explains why some distributors' income has diverged from projections more than others.
2 This is based on the originally projected Lottery proceeds of £9 billion evenly spread over the seven years of the licence. The figures for individual bodies reflect their notional annual share of total projected Lottery proceeds based on the original allocation of 20 per cent. to the original five good causes adjusted to take into account the establishment of the Film Council and UKSC as Lottery distributing bodies.
3 UK Sport became a Lottery distributor with effect from 1 July 1999, taking 1.53 per cent. of Lottery income. As a consequence, the share allocated to the English Sports Council was reduced from 13.88 per cent. to 12.6 per cent.
4 The Film Council became a Lottery distributor with effect from 1 October 1999, taking 2.03 per cent. of Lottery income. As a consequence, the share allocated to ACE was reduced from 13.88 per cent. to 11.85 per cent.