§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
What facilities form part of the English Institute of Sport; where the funds for the construction of sites came from; who owns the sites; and what were the incomes charged to national governing bodies of sport for the use of facilities in 2002–03 and 2003–04. [HL2177]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe table lists all of the facilities that form part of the English Institute of Sport.
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Core EIS Capital Programme Sport Facility provision Site Hockey Water-based hockey pitch—2 upgrades University of Birmingham Hockey Water-based hockey pitch and floodlighting Polo Farm Sports Club/ Canterbury Hockey Clubs Multi Sports Science/Sports Med Equipment University of Bath Hockey Water-based hockey pitch Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club Sailing New Club and Facilities Hayling Island Sailing Club Squash 7-court upgrade Birmingham University Hockey Water-based pitch Exeter University Hockey Highfields Sports Club (note all but increase budget in community fund) Highfields Sports Club Swimming 50m 8-lane pool, seminar room, sports science lab and other facilities Loughborough University Sailing RYA National Training Venue Rutland Sailing Club Squash Nottingham Squash Rackets Club—extension Nottingham Squash and Rackets Club Bobsleigh Simulated start University of Bath Generic Water-based pitch Loughborough University Hockey Water-based pitch East Grinstead Multi EIS Sheffield Centre Phoenix Sports Ltd Rowing Redgrave Pincent Rowing lake Caversham Lakes Company Gymnastics Men's centre Leeds Met University Athletics Equipment and upgrade of 3 Rivers Stadium Haringey Diving Southampton pool upgrade Southampton CC Gymnastics Acrobat centre Deerness Gym Club Badminton Upgrade national centre BAoE Netball/ Badminton 12 court sports hall Loughborough University Hockey Realign pitch SC Trust Hockey Upgrade of Pitch to Water based Durham HC Athletics Indoor Straight Loughborough University
Core EIS Capital Programme Sport Facility provision Site Athletics Indoor Athletics Centre Birmingham CC Hockey Upgrade of Pitch to Water based Reading HC Hockey Water based hockey pitch Wakefield Hockey Club Athletics Indoor Centre University of Bath Multi Improvement to NIA Birmingham CC Hockey Upgrade to water-based pitch Surrey County Council Multi Redevelopment of Bisham Abbey Sports facilities SC Trust Cricket National Academy Loughborough University Multi Sports Science/Sports Med Centre Loughborough University Generic Fit out of EIS North West area Manchester City Council Gymnastics Gorton Gymnastics Centre Upgrade Gorton GC Sailing Weymouth Sailing Academy Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy Multi Multi development of gym and EIS SC Trust—Lillcshall Judo 2/4-mat dedicated centre Wolverhampton University Athletics/ EIS Indoor 200m track/ 150m straight Lee Valley Park Authority Cycling Accommodation and support areas at Manchester Velodrome BCF Hockey Upgrade of pitch to water-based Chelmsford HC UK Athletics Development Fund Athletics/EIS St Mary's College St Mary's College Athletics/ EIS Brunei University Brunei University The construction of the sites was funded by £120 million of Sport England lottery funding and partnership funding from a variety of sources depending on each individual project. The sources of partnership funding ranged from sponsorship, direct university funding, local authorities, regeneration funding and funds raised by sports clubs. There was partnership funding on all of the English Institute of Sport sites.
The sites are owned by the individual agency(s) who received lottery funding and, as such, are responsible for the ongoing operation of the sites. Some of the sites are owned by universities (such as Bath and Loughborough), some are owned by local authorities (including Manchester and Birmingham City Councils), others by sports clubs (such as Hayling Island Sail Club) and some are enhancements to existing national sports centres (Bisham Abbey).
National governing bodies (NGBs) are charged a fixed pre-agreed amount to use the facilities. The facilities costs are met from the NGBs' current world class plans, and the remainder of the costs being accessed by the sites via an application to Sport England. Thus there is sufficient funding to ensure 214WA athletes have required use of the facilities and the facility owners have certainty of funding.
Across the network, £1.5 million has been set aside by Sport England to cover the costs of all NGB's facility hire costs in 2002–03 and 2003–04. Funding in the NGB lottery-funded world class performance plans augments this figure. In effect therefore, NGBs do not have to allocate any of their own resource to cover the costs of the usage and delivery of services in the English Institute of Sport network. The funding identified above does not cover any revenue deficits generated by the facilities and is targeted at meeting the costs of the NGB usage only. Any operational deficit is met by the site owners.
§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
What assessment has been made of the impact of the charging arrangements by national governing bodies of sport on the use of facilities that form part of the English Institute of Sport. [HL2178]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe costs of elite governing body use of the English Institute of' Sport sites are met through governing bodies' world class performance plans and a lottery-funded facility hire programme.
This ensures that governing bodies have autonomy in deciding the most suitable location for their athletes to train and facility owners have confirmation that there will be funding available to cover their overheads.
Facility owners have to apply to Sport England to access the facility hire budget and each application is assessed to ensure maximum benefits are derived from the funding. In addition Sport England monitors the grants to measure their effectiveness on an ongoing basis for the duration of the grant period.
The programme is in its infancy, but the early indications are that governing bodies are gaining sufficient access to sites and facility owners are able to meet their requirements effectively as there is sufficient funding in place to cover their costs.