§ Mrs. HumbleTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out, including statistical information, the effect on the Blackpool, North and Fleetwood constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [150714]
§ Mr. Chris SmithBlackpool, North and Fleetwood has received £1,341,025 from the national lottery since 2 May 1997. This includes one award from the millennium festival totalling £30,000.
In addition, three grants totalling £44,231 have been made from the new opportunities fund out of school hours child care programme. These are:
£13,057 to the Kincraig After-School Club—this will provide for 30 after-school places, for children aged 3 to 11-years-old.£16,989 to the Holy Family Holiday Playscheme—this will enable the creation of 30 new places for children in three local primary schools.£14,185 to the North Shore After-School Club—for 30 after school places for children aged 4 to 14. Three schools in an urban area will be served.A grant worth £4,400 has been awarded to the Claremont community school from the fund's out of school hours learning programme. The project will teach children to play imaginative games and encourage learning through art and creativity.
Residents of Blackpool, North and Fleetwood will benefit from a grant worth £124,437 which has been awarded to Trinity palliative care services under the fund's living with cancer programme. This project will improve the availability of information to carers of cancer patients.
Two millennium award winners have been identified from Blackpool, North and Fleetwood and between them they have received grants totalling £5,007.
There are of course other initiatives in the wider context of Blackpool which may have an effect on the Blackpool, North and Fleetwood constituency. These are:
The Space for Sport and the Art (SSA) scheme is making available £130 million, made up of £75 million from the Capital Modernisation Fund and £55 million from Sport England, the Arts Council of England and the 3rd Round of the New Opportunities Fund, towards providing improved facilities for sport and arts in primary schools which can also be used by the wider community. Liverpool, Manchester, Cumbria, Knowsley, Salford, Lancashire, Rochdale, Trafford, Wirral, St. Helens and Blackburn with Darwen have been allocated funding under this programme which means a potential inward investment of up to £22 million in the north-west region.Blackpool, North and Fleetwood constituents will benefit from equipment to be purchased by the New Opportunities Fund cancer programme. Across the whole of the North West NHS Region over £10 million will fund nine linear accelerators; four MRI60Wscanners; five trailers for breast screening equipment; six ultrasound machines for breast screening; and 27 pieces of x-ray breast screening equipment.Blackpool Funding for the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Training for Teachers and School Librarians is allocated to all schools in a local education authority area. For Blackpool LEA the New Opportunities Fund have allocated £441,228 under this programme.Funding for the ICT Training for Public Librarians is allocated to local authorities. For Blackpool Library Authority the New Opportunities Fund have allocated £37,490 under this programme.Blackpool Library Authority was awarded £52,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Fund in 1998–99, and as part of a consortium with other authorities, £215,992 in 2000–01. It is not practicable to say what part of this funding benefits the Blackpool, North and Fleetwood constituency.The North West Arts Board has received an additional £493,877 from the Arts Council this year to support arts and cultural activity across the region.The National Theatre Review of major producing theatres will impact on Blackpool Grand Theatre which has been named as a recipient of additional new funding made available by my Department. The allocation to the North West of the £25 million available nationally will he known in March. This is likely to lead to a significant increase in core funding for the theatre.Information on the national lottery is in accordance with the information supplied to the Department for the national lottery awards database.