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National Lottery

Volume 407: debated on Monday 16 June 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations her Department has received from Sport England about a reallocation of lottery funds from the New Opportunities Fund to sports lottery funds. [119574]

The New Opportunities Fund, given its responsibilities for health and education, are also actively engaged in providing additional opportunities for active recreation in and around schools and in the community. We require the closest cooperation and collaboration between them. Sport England has suggested that the New Opportunities Fund might help do even more in this area and I am considering this.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the (a) budget allocated for playing fields, (b) amount spent on playing fields and (c) new playing fields created by the New Opportunities Fund Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities Initiative in (i) 2000–01, (ii) 2001–02, (iii) 2002–03 and (iv) 2003–04. [119576]

Under the New Opportunities Fund's Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities programme allocations are not made for each year, but the total budget for playing fields is —19,595,102. Total awards made and amount spent in each year are detailed in the following table:

(—s)
Awards madeAmount spent
2000–2001421,007Nil
2001–20028,014,079106,928
2002–300310,621,83955,976
2003–2004538,177Nil (although remaining —192,432,198 will be spent by the end of this financial year
We have contacted the New Opportunities Fund to request the information requested on the number of new playing fields created by the initiative and I will write to the hon. Member a soon as it is available, placing copies of my letter in the Libraries of both Houses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the (a) budget allocated, (b) amount spent and (c) projects funded by the (i) Space for Sport and the Arts project and (ii) New Opportunities Fund's PE and Sport Programme in (A) 2000–01, (B) 2001–02, (C) 2002–03 and (D) 2003–04. [119577]

Under the New Opportunities Fund's PE and Sport programme allocations are not made for each year, but the overall budget for local education authorities in England is —495,163,000. Awards under the programme commenced in 2002–2003, when 161 awards were made worth —32,281,739. In 2003–2004, NOF has so far made 48 awards with a value of —10,953,863.We have contacted Sport England to request the information requested on Space for Sport and the Arts and I will write to the hon. Member as soon as it is available, placing copies of my letter in the libraries of both Houses.