Written question asked by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 14 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 November 2003. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 November 2003 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 the total value was of Lottery grants made to groups from (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland in each of the past five years for which figures are available. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total value was of Lottery grants made to groups from (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland in each of the past five years for which figures are available. [139490] Estelle Morris: The total value of Lottery awards made to the constituency of Orkney and Shetland in the past five years has been: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Calendar Year £ 1998 1,690,757 1999 1,647,985 2000 1,346,536 2001 1,898,912 2002 8,247,946 January 2003 to date 2,989,411 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. We are not able to disaggregate the Lottery funding that has gone to the islands individually without disproportionate cost. This information is derived from the Department's Awards Database and is based on information supplied by the distributing bodies.

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