§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding has been provided to promote cricket in the Province in each of the last five years. [148817]
§ Angela SmithThe Sports Council for Northern Ireland (SCNI) is responsible for the development of sport in NI including the distribution of public funding to individual sports. Funding from SCNI for the five-year period 1998–2003 for the sport of cricket is:
Cricket £ Exchequer funding 1998–99 20,000 1999–2000 20,000 2000–01 20,000 2001–02 20,000 2002–03 26,330 Total 106,330 Lottery funding 1998–99 215,298 1999–2000 212,837 2000–01 282,500 2001–02 57,202 2002–03 16,000 Total 783,837
§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding has been provided to assist the promotion of(a) hockey, (b) rugby, (c) soccer, (d) gaelic football, (e) hurling and (f) other Gaelic Athletic Association sports in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [148818]
§ Angela SmithThe Sports Council for Northern Ireland (SCNI) is responsible for the development of Sport in NI including the distribution of public funding to individual sports.
The following tables provides details of funding from SCNI for the five year period 1998–2003 for the four sports of Soccer, Gaelic Games (including Gaelic Football, Hurling and other Gaelic Athletic Association games), Rugby and Hockey.
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Exchequer Funding £ 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total Soccer 50,000 50,000 50,000 59,000 52,500 261,500 — — — 1100,000 1500,000 600,000 Gaelic Games 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 45,000 165,000 Rugby 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 24,000 88,000 Hockey 65,167 66,443 27,464 61,225 54,902 275,201 Totals 161,167 162,443 123,464 266,225 676,402 1,389,701 1 These figures indicate the funds allocated to Soccer from the Football Development Centre Programme for 2001–02 and 2002–03
Lottery Funding 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total Soccer 677,073 816,616 942,492 642,710 609,131 3,688,022 Gaelic Games 2,703,811 1,303,185 1,694,182 1,025,420 689,962 7,416,560 Rugby 155,526 100,784 312,053 144,000 76,860 789,223 Hockey 322,588 14,000 47,625 199,850 68,800 652,863 Totals 3,858,998 2,234585 2,996,352 2,011,980 1,444,753 12,546,668 Safe Sports Grounds
The money provided by the Safe Sports Ground Programme was made available from financial year 2000–01 for the three sports of Soccer, Gaelic Games
1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Total Soccer 1,206,809 784,003 415,188 2,406,000 Gaelic Games 622,085 350,833 507,082 1,480,000 Rugby 136,843 140,612 68,536 345,991 Total 1,965,737 1,275,448 990,806 4,231,991