Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Lord Pendry (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour) on Thursday, 30 March 2006.

Sport: Anti-doping

Question
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 8 March (WA 144), how the funding for UK Sport’s national anti-doping programme for 2004–05 was broken down; and whether there will be additional costs for complying with the UNESCO Convention Against Doping in Sport.
Answer

The total expenditure of approximately £2.5 million for the national anti-doping programme in 2004–05 is broken down as follows.

£
Drug-free sport education programme 168,000
Testing logistics 154,000
Doping Control Officers 553,000
Laboratory costs 757,000
World Anti-Doping Code 20,000
Information technology and systems 97,000
Independent Anti-Doping Scrutiny Panel 340
Staffing 520,000
Overheads 203,000

The Government do not anticipate additional compulsory costs as a result of becoming party to the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4823; 680 c153WA
Session
2005-06
Related items
Sport: Anti-doping
Wednesday, 8 March 2006
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Finance Drugs Misuse Sports competitors UK Sport International Convention against Doping in Sport
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk