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Leisure: Birmingham

Answer

Information on funding levels in Birmingham for (a) public libraries, (b) museums, (c) galleries, (e) open spaces, (f) sport and leisure facilities, and (h) other cultural services is not held centrally.I am able to provide details of funding in Birmingham for:(d) Arts development and supportThe following table details funding provided under the Grants for the Arts programme in the Birmingham local authority area since the programme was introduced in 2003:

Amount of grants for the arts funding provided to organisations based in the Birmingham local authority area
	£
2003-04	2,306,449
2004-05	3,464,364
2005-06	3,313,558
2006-07	4,627,704
2007-08	2,457,633
2008-09	2,238,845
Total	18,408,553

and(g) School sportEvery community in England will benefit from investment into delivery of the five hour offer, which is targeted through our national network of 450 school sport partnerships and 49 county sport partnerships. Exchequer funding for school sport partnerships in Birmingham began in 2004 and is continuing through the PE and Sport Strategy for Young People, (PESSYP), jointly funded by my Department and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.Funding provided for school sport partnerships in Birmingham in each year since 2004 is shown in the following table:

Funding for school sports partnerships in Birmingham
	£
2004	1,829,386
2005	2,306,047
2006	2,627,371
2007	2,364,633
2008	2,847,453
2009	2,914,155
Total	14,889,045

Funding provided for sports colleges in Birmingham in each year since the first sports college was established is shown in the following table:

Funding for sports colleges in Birmingham
	£
2000-01	471,580
2001-02	766,522
2002-03	734,788
2003-04	796,354
2004-05	1,147,896
2005-06	1,231,120
2006-07	1,291,855
2007-08	1,476,157
2008-09	1,430,315
2009-10	1,462,089
Total	10,808,676

Birmingham county sport partnership has received PESSYP funding via the Sport Unlimited, Leadership and Volunteering and Recruit into Coaching programmes. The key investments are outlined in the following table:

Programme	Year	Funding (£)
Sport Unlimited	2008-09	214,450
	2009-10	271,938
	2010-11	333,296
	Total	819,684
Leadership and Volunteering	2008-09	22,000
	2009-10	22,000
	2010-11	22,000
	Total	66,000
Recruit into Coaching	2009-10	8,786
	2010-11	12,500
	Total	20,286

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 (Not in Daily Part);508 c1609-11W; 325168

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Birmingham Leisure

Link

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