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Mr. Heald: :To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding per participant Sport England gives to (a)football, (b) hockey, (c) men's football and (d) women's football, (e) men's hockey and (f) women's hockey. [66772]Mr. Caborn [holding answer 4 July 2002]: :According to the Football Association, there are a total of 1.2 million football players.Funding from Sport England to Association Football in 2001-02 totals £6,951,295.From these figures funding per participant is therefore £5.79.According to the English Hockey Association there are approximately 68,000 regular national, regional and local league players, inaddition to an estimated 165,000 active club members.Funding from Sport England to the English Hockey Association in 2001-02 totals £3,827,861.From these figures funding per participant is therefore £16.42.No further breakdown is available. |