Written question asked by Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) on Monday, 3 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 March 2008. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Monday, 10 March 2008 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Playgrounds: Finance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what contribution (a) his Department and (b) the National Lottery made to the schools playgrounds scheme in each of the last five years; and what contributions he expects to be made in each of the next three years.

Answer

In April 2005 the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, announced a £2 million investment to extend the Sporting Playgrounds programme which is also funded through the DCSF. This scheme refurbishes existing primary school playgrounds to enhance opportunities for sporting activity. Over 600 primary school playgrounds have been developed since the programme began in 2001.There are no plans for a Sporting Playgrounds programme over the next three years.The following table shows the total value of grants on the Department's Lottery Grants Database during the last five completed financial years, where the name of the project title or description is recorded as either ““school playgrounds””, ““schools playgrounds”” or ““school playground””. Lottery distributing bodies make grant decisions independently of the Government.

Financial year	Total grant value (£)
2002-03	131,136
2003-04	492,337
2004-05	13,000
2005-06	96,654
2006-07	204,012

The Department's Lottery Grants Database is searchable at:"www.lottery.culture.gov.uk"and uses information supplied by the Lottery distributor.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 191876; 473 c144-5W
Session: 2007-08
Subjects: Finance Expenditure Playgrounds
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Playgrounds: Finance

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