HC Deb 14 February 2002 vol 380 cc595-6W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the sources of the £2 billion investment in sport that she announced on 3 February, broken down by(a) the financial year in which it is to be paid, (b) the financial year in which it is to be accounted for, (c) the method of distribution of the funds and (d) whether it had been announced before. [34767]

Mr. Caborn

[holding answer 8 February 2002]: The current sources of funding for sport are as follows:

New Opportunities Fund PE and Sport Programme £581 million in England. All funding will be committed by 2005. Announced by Prime Minister in September 2000. Local education authorities will act as lead organisations in submitting applications to the New Opportunities Fund.

New Opportunities Fund—Playing Fields and Community Green Spaces Scheme £30 million for England to be administered by Sport England. Planned that all funding will be committed by 2005. Scheme commenced in April 2001.

New Opportunities Fund—Better Play Grant Programme £9 million delivered by Barnardo's and children's Play Council. Planned that all funding will be committed by 2003.

New Opportunities Fund—Activities for young people programme £38.75 million to be committed by 2003. Distributed by NOF to lead organisations in 47 Connexions areas. Launched in August 2001.

New Opportunities Fund—Out of School Hours Sport Activities £25.5 million to be committed by 2004. Distributed through partnership between NOF and Sports Councils.

Space for Sport and Arts £130 million to be distributed by 2003–04. Grants paid to local education authorities by Sport England which is administering the scheme. Scheme announced in March 2001.

Sport England—grant in aid £43.2 million in 2001–02, £53.3 million in 2002–03 and £78.3 million in 2003–04. Announced July 2000.

Sport England—Lottery sports Fund £224,000 million in 2001–02, £202,000 million in 2002–03 and £188,000 million in 2003–04.

UK Sport—grant in aid £17.6 million in 2001–02, £19.6 million in 2002–03 and £19.6 million in 2003–04. Announced in July 2000.

UK Sport Lottery Sports Fund £22.1 million in 2001–02, £22.7 million in 2002–03 and £23.7 million in 2003–04.

Commonwealth games £10.5 million for the opening ceremony to be paid to Manchester 2002 Ltd. in 2001–02 and 2002–03. Announced in July 2000. £30 million towards the games budget to be paid to Manchester city council through Sport England. Announced in July 2001.

Football Licensing Authority £925,000 a year for 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04. Announced July 2000.

Specialist Sports Colleges £14.2 million in 2001–02, £24.3 million in 2002–03 and £34.7 million in 2003–04. Funds distributed by DFES to individual sports colleges. Announced July 2000.

Volunteering in Sport Project £3 million in 2002–03 and £4 million in 2003–04. To be distributed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to Youth Sport Trust, British Sports Trust and Sport England, who will be implementing the project. Announced March 2001.