§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Sports Lottery funds has been allocated to capital sporting projects in state primary schools in each year; and if she will make a statement. [61373]
§ Dr. HowellsSport England's data collection for lottery awards does not distinguish between primary and secondary schools. The total amounts awarded to state primary and secondary schools for capital projects are set out in the table.
£ Financial year Total 1995–96 13,316,057 1996–97 12,117,208 1997–98 22,270,791 1998–99 24,197,506 1999–2000 27,983,606 2000–01 20,767,260 2001–02 25,460,744 2002–03 7,476,435 Total 153,589,607 In addition, Space for Sport and Arts is providing £130 million towards new or modernised sport and arts facilities in about 300 primary schools in deprived areas. Of this, £55 million is lottery money of which Sport England is contributing £25 million. The majority of building work will be under way during the financial year 2002–03.
§ Mr. GardinerTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the funding streams from the overnment and the National Lottery available to secondary schools who wish to improve their sports facilities. [61292]
§ Dr. HowellsThe Government fund the provision of sports facilities in schools predominantly through Sport England and other non-departmental public bodies. The Community Capital Fund, one element of the Sport England lottery fund, has allocated £200 million to primary and secondary schools for over 350 schemes since 1995 to assist with projects such as facility development. In addition, the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) recently allocated £750 million (£581 million in England) to LEAs across the country. Authorities are working with NOF and local organisations on the distribution of those funds to projects in primary and secondary schools designed to bring about a step-change in the provision of sporting facilities for young people and for the community.
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§ Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many(a) school and (b) other playing fields have been sold since June 2001 (i) in England and (ii) broken down by constituency. [62983]
§ Mr. CabornData on the number of playing fields sold are not collected. Sport England do, however, monitor the number of planning applications concerning playing fields in their role as statutory consultee. The Government will shortly be publishing combined figures for(a) applications from schools submitted to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for the disposal or change of use of school playing fields (which are already published monthly), and (b) figures from Sport England giving details of planning applications affecting playing fields which have been referred to them as statutory consultee (which are already published quarterly), along with (c) relevant data from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
§ Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many school sports co-ordinators are in place. [62985]
§ Mr. CabornThe Government are well on their way to meeting their target of 1,000 school sport co-ordinators by 2004, with 577 currently in place, benefiting 1.26 million pupils. Another 165 co-ordinators have been designated, making a total of 742 in post by September, and increasing the total number of pupils benefiting to 1.8 million.