Exchequer and Lottery spending on sport in England in each of the last five years was:
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Lottery 350 297 249 419 344 Exchequer 137 140 235 273 377 Total 487 437 484 692 721
The Exchequer figures show DCMS spending through UK Sport and Sport England, and DCSF spending on school sport through the Youth Sport Trust. The Lottery figures show spending through UK Sport, Sport England, the Big Lottery Fund and its predecessors (Community Fund and New Opportunities Fund).
It is not possible to provide total figures for investment into women's sport, or which sport received the most money per participant, as information is not held in this format.
We do have figures on programmes specifically targeted at women.
The Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, which exists to promote physical activity as an integral part of life for women and girls, has received the following funding:
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Core costs (Exchequer) 150,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 329,333 Project support (Exchequer) — — — — 133,000 Project support (Lottery) — 83,729 — 65,207 56,454 Total 150,000 283,729 200,000 265,207 418,787 1 £20,000 to support work across the Sports Equity Alliance, not solely women's sport.
UK Sport has funded the following women's sport programmes:
£30,000 (£10,000 in 2006-07 and £20,000 in 2007-08) has been invested in the Women and Leadership Development Programme, established in partnership with the BOA and CCPR to address the lack of women in senior decision making sports positions.
£67,500 has been invested between 2004 and 2008 in international women's sport development projects.
Synchronised swimming, (£1,617,000 for April 2006 to March 2009) and rhythmic gymnastics (integrated into the overall British Gymnastics Beijing award of £9 million) which are both female only sports.
Since 2003, female athletes have received 39 to 41 per cent. of UK Sport World Class Performance Programme and World Class Pathway Programme awards.