Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 6 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2000. It was answered by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Monday, 11 December 2000 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 representations he has made to Sports England to amend the `40 hour rule' governing the grant of Lottery funds to primary schools for sports development involving local communities. (Failed OPQ).

Answer: Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations he has made to Sport England to amend the "40 hour rule" governing the grant of lottery funds to primary schools for sports development involving local communities. [141896] Kate Hoey: Sport England has already reviewed the way in which it assesses Lottery applications under its School Community Sports Initiative. As a result Sport England no longer has a specific requirement that school facilities must be available for 40 hours of community use per week. Rather it assesses the overall sporting benefit to the community together with any particular factors affecting the level of community use in deciding whether to award a grant. Facilities provided by primary schools under the space for sport and the arts scheme will be available to the community but there will be no requirement for 40 hours of such use.

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