Sport England have provided the following figures, based on Exchequer data held for the last five financial years from 2003-04 to the second quarter of 2008-09:
£ Financial Year Per capita based on 2001 census 2003-04 0.33 2004-05 0.46 2005-06 0.52 2006-07 0.69 2007-08 0.76 2008-09 0.18 Total 2.94
£ Financial Year Per capita based on 2001 census 2003-04 0.86 2004-05 0.00 2005-06 0.00 2006-07 0.28 2007-08 0.00 2008-09 0.89 Total 2.03
The constituency and region will also have benefited from lottery funding for sporting infrastructure during this period.