HL Deb 21 July 2004 vol 664 c53WA
Lord Moynihan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much world class performance funding United Kingdom athletics has received since the 2000 Sydney Olympics; how many athletes have been supported with these funds; and how many of these funded athletes have been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympics. [HL3859]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

UK Athletics has received £8.3 million in lottery funding from UK Sport to support the core programme of its able-bodied world class performance programme for the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2005. Since April 2001, 121 athletes have been supported, with 64 athletes currently funded, of which 35 have been selected to represent Great Britain at the Athens Olympics.