To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was distributed to sports clubs (a) to pay Lottery awards and (b) to meet administrative costs by each of the five sports Lottery distributors in 2006-07. (145082)

The total funds drawn-down by the five sports Lottery distributors in 2006-07 were, subject to audit, as follows:

Of the funds drawn-down by the distributors, the following amounts were spent on meeting Lottery administration costs:

It should be noted however that there is no common definition of Lottery administration costs. As such the figures provided cannot be directly compared.

Drawdown figures (rounded)—Source: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Administration cost figures—Source: Sports Councils