§ Miss KirkbrideTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on her plans to make the distribution of National Lottery funds more responsive to public opinion. [157785]
§ Tessa JowellThe Government made a commitment in the National Lottery Funding Decision Document to increase the public's involvement in decisions on Lottery spending. The new merged distributor will pioneer new ways to achieve this. In preparation, the Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund are already beginning to look at new ideas for consulting local people about particular local decisions. Other options on involving the public are being explored, including some of those set out in the decision document. Lottery distributors are also working together to identify best practice and to develop options for increasing public involvement in decisions about Lottery funding themes and local Lottery spending.
§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Heritage Lottery funding was given to each of the principal seaside towns in England and Wales from(a) the inception of the Lottery to 1997 and (b) 1997 to date, listed in descending order. [156039]
§ Estelle MorrisThe amount of Heritage Lottery Funding that was given to each of the principal seaside towns in England and Wales from(a) the inception of the Lottery to, 1997 and (b) 1997 to date, listed in descending order was:
£ (a) Inception—31 December 1996 Brighton 1,218,650 Folkestone and Hythe 116,000 Thanet 183,000 Blackpool 97,500 Weston-Super-Mare 71,500 Conwy 60,000 Isle of Wight 57,000 Southport 34,000 Hastings and Bexhill 7,200 Bournemouth — Eastbourne — Lowestoft — Southend-on-Sea — Torbay — Whitstable and Herne Bay — Worthing — (b) 1 January 1997 to date Brighton 13,130,219 Hastings and Bexhill 6,920,138 Conwy 6,765,877 Southport 5,538,238 Thanet 5,054,713 Isle of Wight 5,149,466 Folkestone and Hythe 5,412,968 Bournemouth 3,407,225 Weston-Super-Mare 1,954,475 Whitstable and Herne Bay 1,707,311 Southend-on-Sea 1,694,929 Torbay 939,100 Lowestoft 775,547 Blackpool 745,800 Eastbourne 435,650 Worthing 2,062,145