Written question asked by Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 15 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 April 2000. It was answered by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 April 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, for what reason there has been a reduction in funding of the World Class Performance Programme from 1998-99 to 1999-2000. - Inc ref to 22 February 2000, 344 c850-1W.

Answer: Mr. Fearn: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reason there has been a reduction in funding of the World Class Performance Programme from 1998-99 to 1999-2000. [115330] Kate Hoey: There has been no reduction in funding of the World Class Performance Programme. The information included in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Mr. Reed) of 22 February 2000, Official Report, columns 849-51W, provided details of the funding to elite sport by each of the Sports Councils and related to expenditure for the first 10 months of 1999-2000, not to the total value of awards. The expenditure figures for the financial year 1999-2000 remain incomplete since payments for March have still to be made. The expected outturn for 1999-2000 will be broadly in line with that for 1998-99. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as the full year figures are available.

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