§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list for each area-based initiative for which her Department is responsible the amount originally budgeted for in(a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02, stating in each year what funds budgeted for were not spent and if they were carried forward. [71458]
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§ Mr. CabornMy Department's main Area-Based Initiative is Space for Sport and Arts. Space for Sport and Arts was launched in October 2000. Bids were invited from Local Education Authorities for funding for capital projects aimed to improve primary school arts and sports facilities for dual school and community use. All the funding for successful projects had been committed by March 2002.
Space for Sport and Arts is a collaboration between DCMS, DIES and three National Lottery Distributors—Sport England, the New Opportunities Fund and the Arts Council of England. Funding for Space for Sport and Arts is £130 million—£75 million from the Government's Capital Modernisation Fund and £55 million from the National Lottery.
The amounts budgeted by My Department for Space for Sport and Arts and the total expenditure in 2000–01 and 2001–02 is as follows:
£ million Year Budget Spend 2000–01 15.0 0.013 2001–02 60.0 0.579 The amount originally budgeted for Space for Sport and Arts that was not spent by the end of 2001–02 is £74.408 million. All of these funds are committed and, under end-year flexibility arrangements, will be available in this and later years to pay for the projects being assisted.
My Department provides grant-in-aid to a number of Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs); some of these NDPBs run their own Area-Based Initiatives which appear on the Regional Coordination Unit website.
Additionally the Department is involved in several area-based initiatives funded through the Lottery.