§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when Sport England will issue a grant to Dorrington Recreation Association to support their application for funding a new hard play area. [121861]
§ Mr. CabornThe responsibility for Lottery awards rests with the independent distributing bodies. Sport England, as with all distributing bodies, makes its funding decisions independently of Government.
Sport England's review of its operations, business objectives and Lottery-funded programmes is being carried out as part of its modernisation and restructuring programme. I understand that Sport England's Council hopes to make decisions on outstanding applications soon.