§ Mr. GardinerTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how the funds allocated to Step into Sport have been spent; and how many volunteers have been recruited. [149962]
§ Mr. CabornThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Home Office jointly allocated £7 million to Step into Sport, enabling roll-out from April 2002 to 200 school sport partnerships. By summer 2004 it is expected that some 50,000 young people will have taken sports leaders awards of which 1) some 20,000 will have 47W helped run festivals of sport for primary schools and 2) some 4,000 will have been supported to begin volunteering in local sports clubs. In addition Sport England is supporting 16 national governing bodies of sport and all 45 county sports partnerships to develop and implement volunteer support strategies.
§ Mr. GardinerTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2003,Official Report, columns 166–67W, on sports expenditure, if she will break down by funding block the £103.5 million spent by her Department on sport in 2003. [150023]
§ Mr. CabornThe £103.5 million is analysed as follows.
Outturn figures for 2002–03 £ Sport Spend Children's Play 498,000 Commonwealth Games Ceremonies 8,301,000 Step into Sport 2,271,000 Other Support and Subsidy 1,094,000 Football Licensing Authority Grant in Aid 955,000 Sport England Grant in Aid 80,324,000 Space for Sports and Arts 10,100,000 Total 103,543,000 Sport England's Grant in Aid includes a £28 million allocation of funding to support Manchester Commonwealth Games.