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Whole Sport Plan

Volume 447: debated on Monday 19 June 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2006, Official Report, column 946W, on the Whole Sport Plan, how much of the £158.5 million has been spent; how much is allocated to each of the 34 priority and development sports; and how much is allocated to each of the other 12 sports. (78233)

[holding answer 16 June 2006]: Of the £158.5 million so far committed by Sport England through Whole Sport Plans £65.3 million has been spent to date.

Of the £158.5 million a total of £157 million has been committed to the 34 priority and development sports and £1.5 million has been committed to 121 other sports.

The table shows a breakdown of funding ‘committed’ and ‘committed in principle to each sport.

Sport England: whole sport plan awards 2005 to 2009

£

34 priority and development sports

WSP funding committed as at 14 June 2006

WSP funding committed ‘in principle’ as at 14 June 2006

Angling

369,999

369,998

Athletics

2,646,000

830,000

Badminton

10,290,555

0

Baseball/Softball

1,240,000

0

Basketball

1,773,500

1,000,000

Boxing

2,555,000

0

Canoeing

3,560,000

0

Cricket

13,400,000

0

Cycling

8,100,055

0

Equestrian

1,900,000

0

Football

4,500,000

0

Golf

8,171,000

0

Gymnastics

3,729,948

0

Hockey

5,410,000

0

Judo

3,826,000

0

Karate

950,000

1,000,000

Lacrosse

1,260,000

0

Modern Pentathlon

789,000

0

Mountaineering

750,000

0

Movement and Dance

318,500

300,000

Netball

10,800,000

0

Orienteering

750,000

750,000

Rounders

450,000

0

Rowing

5,622,000

0

Rugby League

9,910,000

0

Rugby Union

6,490,000

3,000,000

Sailing

5,509,000

0

Squash

6,205,000

0

Swimming and Diving

11,393,000

0

Table Tennis

3,833,480

0

Tennis

8,500,000

0

Triathlon

2,521,400

0

Volleyball

1,465,000

0

Waterskiing

700,000

0

149,688,437

7,249,998

Total

156,938,435

12 other sports

Archery

30,000

15,000

Bowls

213,500

10

Caving

7,500

0

Fencing

80,000

30,000

Handball

10,500

0

Ice Skating

136,875

25,000

Petanque

5,000

0

Real Tennis

9,000

0

Shooting

402,500

20

Skiing

70,000

30,000

Surf Life Saving

10,500

0

Taekwondo

30,000

20

Tug of War

4,750

0

Weightlifting

388,000

30,000

Wrestling

15,000

0

Yoga

6,000

20

1,419,125

130,000

Total

1,549,125

Total

158,487,560

1 No whole sport plan submitted. 2 No longer funded.

1 The table shows 16 ‘other’ sports but four of those are no longer funded or did not submit a whole sport plan.