Heritage Lottery Fund: Grants

Mr. Hunt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of the total value of Heritage Lottery Fund awards was given in grants of (a) less than £1 million and (b) more than £5 million in each year since 1997.

Mr. Sutcliffe
The information is given in the following table:

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|Decision (Financial year)|Percentage of total awards under £1 million|Percentage of total awards over £5 million|
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|1997-98                  |42                                         |28                                        |
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|1998-99                  |37                                         |23                                        |
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|1999-2000                |35                                         |20                                        |
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|2000-01                  |32                                         |31                                        |
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|2001-02                  |38                                         |26                                        |
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|2002-03                  |37                                         |30                                        |
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|2003-04                  |37                                         |20                                        |
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|2004-05                  |35                                         |40                                        |
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|2005-06                  |42                                         |20                                        |
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|2006-07                  |41                                         |12                                        |
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