Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 March 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 March 1998. It was answered by Lord Stratford (Labour) on Friday, 20 March 1998 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants have been given to the England and Wales Cricket Board in each of the last five years from (a) the Sports Council, (b) the National Lottery and (c) other public funds.- Inc table. (Holding answer 19 March 1998).

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what grants have been given to the England and Wales Cricket Board in each of the last five years from (a) the Sports Council, (b) the National Lottery and (c) other public funds. [35329] Mr. Banks: [holding answer 19 March 1998]: The information requested is as follows: (a) the England and Wales Cricket Board was established in 1997 and was awarded £212,750 exchequer funding in that year by the English Sports Council, which included funding for the development of cricket for women and young people. In previous years, the then GB Sports Council made exchequer awards to the Cricket Council for similar purposes, as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year £ 1996 216,700 1995 150,000 1994 150,000 1993 130,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (b) neither the ECB, nor the Cricket Council, has received an award from the Lottery Sports Fund; and (c) the ECB has received 2 awards from Sportsmatch, totalling £65,000.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 35329; 308 c760W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Central government Grants National Lottery Cricket England and Wales Cricket Board Sports Council
Contains statistics: Yes