Written question asked by Gerald Howarth (Conservative) on Monday, 13 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 January 2003. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Thursday, 16 January 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, how much lottery money remains unspent, broken down by the distribution body. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much lottery money remains unspent, broken down by the distribution body. [91113] Mr. Caborn: The amounts not yet drawn down from the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF) are shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Distributing body Unspent balance as at 31 December 2002 (£) Arts Council of England 233,021,761.89 Arts Council of Northern Ireland 35,014,526.62 Arts Council of Wales 31,016,874.65 Community Fund 303,497,261.54 Film Council 72,119,368.59 Heritage Lottery Fund 1,020,616,023.34 Millennium Commission 330,359,968.55 New Opportunities Fund 937,329,787.85 Scottish Arts Council 50,812,445.67 Scottish Screen 2,839,957.24 Sport England 295,290,905.58 Sport Scotland 77,913,479.92 Sports Council for Northern Ireland 21,008,670.19 Sports Council for Wales 34,445,319.32 UK Sport 4,166,877.84 Total 3,449,453,228.79 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. At 30 September 2002, the distributing bodies collectively had made commitments, with varying degrees of firmness, totalling £3.99 billion.

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