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Sport: Finance

Volume 471: debated on Monday 28 January 2008

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Hugh Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from which budget headings of (a) his Department and (b) UK Sport the £2.8 million UK contribution to the International Inspiration programme will come; and if he will make a statement. (182683)

Mr. Sutcliffe

The total funding that has been secured for the pilot phase of the International Inspiration programme is £9.25 million, which was rounded to £9 million for the announcement.

The sources of that funding are:

(£ million)

Source

Premier League

4.20

DFID via UK Sport (funds transferred to UK Sport Grant in Aid via the winter supplementary estimates—£1million in 2007-08 and £1million in 2008-09)

2.00

DCMS of which 0.15 from departmental other sport support budget and 0.20 transferred to UK Sport Grant in Aid via the winter supplementary estimates

0.35

UNICEF

1.45

British Council

1.25

Total

9.25

In addition the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has agreed, as part of the programme, to dedicate up to 12 Chevening scholarships per year until 2012 for post-graduate studies in sports administration. Over the period of the pilot phase of International Inspiration this has a value of £0.425 million.