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The number and value of lottery awards made in England, in the Eastern Region and in the Castle Point parliamentary constituency in each of the last five completed financial years is given in the following table. This information is derived from the Department’s lottery grants database, which uses information supplied by the lottery distributors and can be searched at:

www.lottery.culture.gov.uk

	England		Eastern Region		Castle Point
	Number of awards	Value of awards to nearest £1 million	Number of awards	Value of awards to nearest £1 million	Number of awards	Value of awards to nearest £0.01 million
2002-03	19,444	1,181	1,823	94	12	1.03
2003-04	19,346	1,070	1,681	79	16	0.91
2004-05	16,664	1,172	2,296	87	24	0.19
2005-06	19,574	748	2,620	53	18	0.42
2006-07	14,477	550	1,404	40	9	0.10

Olympic Games: Greater London

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that Colchester shares in the (a) economic, (b) social and (c) sporting benefits arising from the 2012 Olympic games. [133376]

Mr. Caborn: The Government are committed to ensuring that people across the UK, including Colchester can benefit from, and participate in, the 2012 Olympic games and Paralympic games. We are working closely with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic games and Paralympic games (LOCOG) and the Nations and Regions Group (NRG), chaired by Charles Allen, which brings together representatives from every nation and region. Each nation and region is finalising its own plan to maximise the impact of the games in their area, as well as the wider opportunities to deliver a sustainable legacy from the games. The East of England released its regional plan on 28 March 2007. In developing the plan, consultation has taken place over the last two years. It can be found on the East of England Regional Development Agency website:

<http://www.eeda.org.uk/27.asp>;

Further detailed information regarding the region’s plan can be provided by the relevant NRG Coordinator, Katie Huane (East of England Development Agency, The Business Centre, Station Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB4 9LQ).

In addition, Broxbourne in Hertfordshire will host the 2012 canoeing and kayaking and Weald country park near Brentwood in Essex will also host the Olympic mountain biking competitions. Together these events will add significant strength to the region’s potential to benefit from the games.

Sport England: Expenditure

Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Sport England spent on administration and running costs in each region in each of the last eight years. [133434]

Mr. Caborn: The information requested for the last eight years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The table shows the regional administration costs, excluding salary costs, for the last six years.

	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	Total
North East	59,462	59,828	94,616	107,090	135,051	84,900	540,947
Yorks	104,004	111,185	146,495	106,896	178,036	125,086	771,702
East Midlands	79,119	82,438	91,553	89,043	101,704	167,962	611,819
East	82,939	78,786	80,512	84,596	99,868	114,420	541,121
London	61,044	67,762	33,705	8,840	2,102	2,029	175,482
South East	146,716	177,866	196,339	173,919	148,374	152,868	996,082
South West	48,152	60,066	69,684	76,511	48,410	48,338	351,161
West Midlands	147,061	136,944	116,605	77,131	106,117	126,392	710,250
North West	159,226	151,313	137,078	177,440	162,935	175,653	963,645
Total	887,723	926,188	966,587	901,466	982,597	997,648	5,662,209

Sport England: Manpower

Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people Sport England employed in each region in each of the last eight years. [133433]

Mr. Caborn: The information on staff employed in each Sport England region is not held in the format requested and could be provided for the eight year period only at disproportionate cost. The total number of staff employed in the regions over the last four years are:

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	Total number of Sport England e mployees	Number of regional Sport England employees	Number of support centre employees
2004	311	173	138
2005	292	160	132
2006	239	140	99
2007(1)	276	174	102
(1) As at 31 March 2007

For 2007 the staff numbers by region are:

Region	Number
East	17
East Midlands	18
London	21
North East	19
North West	20
South East	20
South West	21
West Midlands	21
Yorkshire	17

Sport England: Publicity

Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Sport England spent on advertising in each of the last eight years. [133329]

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Mr. Caborn: Information on money spent on advertising could be provided for the eight year period only at disproportionate cost. Money spent on recruitment advertising and Everyday Sport over the last six years is:

	Advertising	Everyday Sport
2001-02	477,083	—
2002-03	159,000	—
2003-04	72,000	—
2004-05	134,000	—
2005-06	265,000	2,001,043
2006-07	470,000	859,307

Sport England: Finance

Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of Sport England’s budget was spent on (a) sporting events, (b) capital spending on sports facilities and (c) support for individual sports men and women in each of the last eight years. [133435]

Mr. Caborn: Data for the past eight years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The table shows the percentage of Sport England’s budget spent on (a) sports events, (b) capital spending on sports facilities and (c) support for individual sports men and women over in each of the last six years.

	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Percentage of budget spent on sports events	0.07	0.06	0.00	0.02	0.09	0.03
Percentage of budget spent on capital facilities	37	69	39	27	40	4
Percentage of budget spent on support for individuals (1)	1	1	1	1	0	0
(1 )World class athlete payments

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