§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many partnerships CISWO has with Sport England, regional development agencies and the private sector; and how many jobs have these created in the last three years. [45095]
§ Mr. WilsonCISWO collaborates with Sport England in many areas in preparing bids for National Lottery money for projects that will develop or enhance local sporting facilities. Such activity is not formalised as a partnership and does not have job creation as an objective although extra employment opportunities may be created. CISWO is associated with seven RDA projects and, as before, although job creation is not a central feature, there has been, for example, an education project in Yorkshire has created five jobs and a similar number at a project in the West Midlands.
CISWO's involvement with the private sector is a matter for CISWO.
§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what Government funding has been received by CISWO in each of the last five years. [45096]
§ Mr. WilsonCISWO has not received any Government funding in any of the last five years. CISWO was given a cash endowment from the Bristol Coal Corporation upon the Corporation's privatisation in 1994 and, in addition, between 1994 and 1999 received under covenant £1 million per annum from the successor mining companies to the Corporation.
§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what requests for Government funding have been made by CISWO this year. [45094]
§ Mr. WilsonIn October of last year the Chair of the Trustees of CISWO wrote to me seeking a meeting to discuss funding. In January of this year I attended a presentation given by the Chief Executive and a number of the organisation's trustees and at that presentation I undertook to give careful consideration to CISWO's concerns over their future funding requirements.