Written question asked by Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 25 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 October 2005. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 November 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Sports Funding

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding his Department has provided for (a) hockey, (b) cricket and (c) rugby in each of the last three years in Northern Ireland.

Answer

The following exchequer funding has been given to hockey, cricket and rugby in each of the last three years provided by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland (SCNI).

SCNI Exchequer funding
			£
	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Hockey	51,150	112,393	120,605
Cricket	26,330	61,814	65,246
Rugby	122,035	101,825	96,728
⁽²⁵⁾ Includes funding via the Safe Sports Ground Programme.

In addition, the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP), Department of Education (DE), Department of Social Development (DSD) and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), have provided the following:

DFP funding
			£
	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Hockey	—	—	7,245
Cricket	—	—	—
Rugby	—	88,478	7,200
Numerous sports	—	48,434	—
⁽²⁶⁾ Includes Peace II funding to projects involving more than one of the listed sports.

DE funding
	£
	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Hockey	—	—	1,441
Cricket	—	—	1,132
Rugby	—	—	—

DSD funding
			£
	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Hockey	—	—	211
Cricket	—	—	—
Rugby	9,000	—	—

DARD funding
			£
	2002–03	2003/04	2004/05
Hockey	—	—	—
Cricket	—	—	—
Rugby	—	—	58

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Type: Written question
Reference: 22760; 439 c2019-20W;439 c2019-20W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Finance Northern Ireland Sports Cricket Rugby (sport) Hockey
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Sports Funding

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