§ Mr. GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the projected amount of World Class Performance funding to be distributed by(a) UK Sport and (b) Sport England in (i) 2002–03, (ii) 2003–04, (iii) 2004–05 and (iv) 2005–06. [72469]
§ Mr. Caborn[holding answer 23 July 2002]: The projected amount of funding to be distributed by UK Sport on their World Class Performance Programme, together with the projected investment by Sport England in their World Class Programmes is show in the following table.
Financial year 2001–02 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 No. of temporary staff 90 97 108 N/a N/a Temporary staff costs £409,742 £387,296 £456,230 £491,203 N/a as a percentage of total staff costs 2.79 2.82 3.47 4.16 N/a The relevant information for 1997–98 is not held electronically in the format requested and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Similarly, information on number of temporary staff for 1998–99 is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost