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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Monday, 13 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 February 2006. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Thursday, 16 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Olympic Funding

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what public funds have been allocated to the British Olympic ski team in each of the last seven years.
Answer

Since 1999, the Government and national lottery distributors have allocated a total of £2,743,502 to the British ski team, which includes snowboarding.The funding has been allocated to individual athletes directly, and to Snowsport Scotland and Snowsport GB, the National Governing Bodies for skiing and snowboarding.The precise allocation of Exchequer and lottery funding for the British ski team, through UK Sport and SportScotland, is set out in the two tables.

UK Sport £
Lottery Exchequer Total
1999–2000 Nil 186,000 186,000
2000–01 56,722 160,000 216,722
2001–02 140,170 160,000 300,170
2002–03 205,554 160,000 365,554
2003–04 254,850 169,998 424,848
2004–05 236,368 126,668 363,036
2005–06 262,116 160,000 422,116
SportScotland £
Lottery Exchequer Total
19992000 59,902 Nil 59,902
2000–01 51,792 Nil 51,792
2001–02 40,554 Nil 40,554
2002–03 37,731 Nil 37,731
2003–04 52,000 Nil 52,000
2004–05 108,447 Nil 108,447
2005–06 114,630 Nil 114,630
(4) From 2003–04 onwards, the total figure includes funding for a national coaching post. The amount given for this post was £27,247 in 2003–04, £40,000 in 2004–05 and £56,000 in 2005–06.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
442 c2203W;442 c2203W; 52312
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Finance Olympic Games Skiing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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