[holding answer 26 November 2007]: Financial support for sport from public sources is primarily channelled through Sport England and UK Sport, the two DCMS sponsored bodies which dispense Exchequer and Lottery funds for sport from DCMS, in line with their own policies and priorities for the development of sport.
UK Sport is the Government’s lead agency for high performance sport. It is not possible for UK Sport to determine an amount of funding allocated to specific counties or regions.
The following table provides details of the Exchequer funding and Lottery funding allocated through Sport England to (a) Ribble Valley local authority and (b) Lancashire county council area for the last five years.
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Exchequer funding Lancashire 0 0 96,000 657,931 293,878 Lottery funding Ribble Valley 20,000 0 0 56,950 0 Lancashire 1,746,952 2,258,697 4,078,083 4,687,554 459,442
National Governing Bodies (NGBs) also fund sport through Whole Sport Plans which provide a national funding allocation for each sport and is distributed by Sport England. It is not possible for Sport England to determine the amount of funding allocated through NGBs to specific counties or regions.