To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value was of the contract awarded for the UK School Games to be staged in Glasgow in 2006; whether the contract was awarded in accordance with normal open tendering procurement practice; whether the British Olympic Foundation was involved in the tendering processes; and whether the award was funded from the National Lottery. (75372)

The selection of an operator to organise the UK School Games this September and the subsequent grant of National Lottery money was a matter for the Millennium Commission. In my capacity as Chair of the Commission, I will write to the hon. Member on this matter and arrange for copies of my reply to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.