To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much public funding was made available for (a) women's sport and (b) women's netball in the latest period for which figures are available. (179762)

The information is as follows:

(a) It is not possible to provide total figures for investment into women's sport. Sport England's funding benefits young people and adults of all ages, especially those within hard-to-reach or priority groups, of which women are identified as one of the key target groups.

We do have figures on programmes specifically targeted at women. For example, the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, which exists to promote sport and active recreation as an integral part of life for women and girls, has received the following funding:

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.

(b) The latest figures available for the funding of women's netball by Sport England are: