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Mr. Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of the New Community Development Fund sportsbudget will be allocated to (a) tennis, netball, hockey and swimming and (b) other women's and girls' sporting activities.[136794]Mr. Caborn: Under the Community Club Development Programme, a total of £60 million has been made available over 2003-06 for thedevelopment of facilities at community sports clubs. Of that total, tennis will receive £9.4 million as one of four majorparticipation sports (the others being football, rugby and cricket). Netball, hockey and swimming will receive £1.66 million each.The Government have not made these funds available on the assumption that these, or other, sports are exclusively for women orgirls. Each of the 16 sports included in the programme will make funds available for the encouragement of women's and girl'sparticipation, against their own development plans. |