§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding has been allocated in(a) 2004–05, (b) 2005–06 and (c) in total to playing fields and community green spaces. [163653]
§ Mr. CabornThe joint Sport England and New Opportunities Fund (NOF) programme 'Active England' will provide over £108 million to create new and improved community sports facilities in England. It is anticipated that a number of the applications made for Active England funding will be for playing fields.
During the past three years, the Sport England Playing Fields and Community Green Spaces programme, which formed part of the NOF £130 million Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities initiative, has invested £19,429,648 into 227 projects providing new or improved playing fields for community access. Of these 216 are now complete.