Invest to Save Budget

Mr. Hunt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Invest to Save bids were sponsored by his Department in each of the last three years.

Andy Burnham
The following table shows how many Invest to Save bids were sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the last three years.

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|             |Bid round|Bids sponsored|
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|2005-06      |8        |12            |
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|2006-07      |9        |1             |
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|2007-08      |1—       |0             |
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|1 ISB ceased.|         |              |
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