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Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Answer

Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the total grant-in-aid awarded to the national governing bodies of sport and recreation in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 1998-99. [33304] Mr. Banks: The total grant-in-aid awarded by the United Kingdom and the English Sports Councils for the years in question is set out in the table. Many governing bodies also benefit from a number of services and programmes provided by the Sports Councils or organisations funded by them, and from the use of facilities and services provided by the six National Sports Centres. My Department provides grant-in-aid directly to the British Chess Federation. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98{1} 1998-99{2} UK Sports Council grants {3}1,616 5,481 5,203 English Sports Council grants {3}1,574 4,782 5,535 GB Sports Council grants {4}8,126 -- -- British Chess Federation 49 49 49 Total 11,365 10,312 10,787 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Forecast outturn. {2} Budget figure. {3} The United Kingdom and the English Sports Councils became fully operational on 1 January 1997, when they took over the responsibilities and functions of the GB Sports Council. The figure, therefore, covers the period 1 January 1997-31 March 1997. {4} The figure covers the period 1 April 1996-31 December 1996.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

33304; 308 c287W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Central government Grants Sports Sports Council

Contains statistics

Yes