Written question asked by Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 12 September 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 October 2014. It was answered by Helen Grant (Conservative) on Monday, 13 October 2014 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Sports: Finance
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total investment was for each podium place won by the GB (a) Olympic Team, (b) Paralympic Team and (c) Deaflympics Team in the most recent games in which each team competed.
- Answer
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Team GB won 65 Olympic medals and Paralympics GB won 120 Paralympic medals at London 2012. The investment for that cycle can be found on UK Sport’s website here: http://www.uksport.gov.uk/sport/summer/
Team GB won four Olympic medals and Paralympics GB won six Paralympic medals at Sochi 2014. The investment for that cycle can be found on UK Sport’s website here: http://www.uksport.gov.uk/sport/winter/
In 2012, Sport England invested £134,620 of National Lottery funding into UK Deaf Sport to support the UK team attend the Deaflympics at Sofia in 2013. At the games, the GB team won two silver and three bronze medals.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 209157
- Session
- 2014-15
- Subjects
- Finance Olympic Games Paralympic Games Deaflympics
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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