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Arts Council Northern Ireland |
Financial year | Total number of Grants |
1997-98
|
107
|
1998-99
|
88
|
1999-2000
|
107
|
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2000-01
|
69
|
2001-02
|
257
|
2002-03
|
367
|
2003-04
|
350
|
2004-05
|
433
|
2005-06
|
417
|
2006-07
|
538
|
Scottish Arts Council |
Financial year | Total number of Grants |
1997-98
|
242
|
1998-99
|
554
|
1999-2000
|
545
|
2000-01
|
433
|
2001-02
|
654
|
2002-03
|
1,211
|
2003-04
|
1,384
|
2004-05
|
1,350
|
2005-06
|
435
|
2006-07
|
593
|
UK Film Council |
Financial year | Total number of Grants |
1997-98
|
|
1998-99
|
|
1999-2000
|
23
|
2000-01
|
72
|
2001-02
|
333
|
2002-03
|
697
|
2003-04
|
991
|
2004-05
|
958
|
2005-06
|
1,138
|
2006-07
|
1,180
|
Scottish Screen |
Financial year | Total number of Grants |
1997-98
|
|
1998-99
|
|
1999-2000
|
|
2000-01
|
69
|
2001-02
|
92
|
2002-03
|
100
|
2003-04
|
110
|
2004-05
|
76
|
2005-06
|
97
|
2006-07
|
50
|
Sportsgrounds: Nottinghamshire
John Mann:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many competition athletics tracks there are in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England. [155603]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Active Places database indicates that there are 224 athletics tracks in England with six or more lanes and floodlighting. Five of these tracks are located in Nottinghamshire.
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Swimming Pools
Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Olympic-standard swimming pools there are in England; and where each is located. [156443]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
There are currently 37 Olympic-standard (50 m) swimming pools in England. The following table details where they are located:
| Indoor | Outdoor |
North West
|
Manchester x 2
|
|
|
Stockport
|
|
|
Wigan
|
|
| | |
East
|
Norwich
|
Cambridge
|
| | |
South East
|
Crawley
|
Guildford
|
|
High Wycombe
|
Chalfort, Buckinghamshire
|
|
Aldershot
|
Portsmouth
|
|
|
Oxford
|
|
|
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
|
|
|
Letchworth, Hertfordshire
|
|
|
Newbury
|
| | |
East Midlands
|
Loughborough
|
Peterborough
|
| | |
South West
|
Bath
|
Penzance
|
|
Millfield
|
Plymouth
|
|
|
Torbay
|
|
|
Cheltenham
|
|
|
Lymington Spa
|
| | |
London
|
Crystal Palace (temporarily closed till June 2008)
|
Brockwell
|
|
Ealing
|
Charlton
|
|
|
Haringey
|
|
|
Hackney
|
|
|
Parliament Hill
|
|
|
Tooting Bee
|
|
|
Royal Parks (Serpentine)
|
| | |
West Midlands
|
Coventry
|
|
| | |
Yorkshire
|
Leeds
|
|
|
Sheffield
|
|
A further three 50 m indoor pools are under construction and another is at the planning stage.
Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many diving pools there are in England; and where each is located. [156444]
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Mr. Sutcliffe:
According to the Active Places database there are 64 diving pools in England (and one planned to open shortly in Leeds). The following table shows where the 64 are located:
| Region |
Bedford
|
East
|
Cambridge
|
East
|
Colchester
|
East
|
Hatfield
|
East
|
Hemel Hempstead
|
East
|
Hertford
|
East
|
Peterborough
|
East
|
Southend-On-Sea
|
East
|
Derby
|
East Midlands
|
Hinckley
|
East Midlands
|
Lincoln
|
East Midlands
|
Nottingham
|
East Midlands
|
Rutland
|
East Midlands
|
Spalding
|
East Midlands
|
Barnet
|
London
|
Crouch End
|
London
|
Crystal Palace (temporarily closed)
|
London
|
Waltham Forest
|
London
|
Darlington
|
North East
|
Hartlepool
|
North East
|
South Shields
|
North East
|
Sunderland
|
North East
|
Whitley Bay
|
North East
|
Bury
|
North West
|
Manchester
|
North West
|
Oldham
|
North West
|
Abingdon
|
South East
|
Alton
|
South East
|
Dartford
|
South East
|
Eastbourne
|
South East
|
Gillingham
|
South East
|
Gravesend
|
South East
|
Guildford
|
South East
|
Havant
|
South East
|
Leatherhead
|
South East
|
Maidstone
|
South East
|
Oxford
|
South East
|
Reading
|
South East
|
Southampton
|
South East
|
Swanley
|
South East
|
Tunbridge Wells
|
South East
|
Worthing
|
South East
|
Barnstaple
|
South West
|
Bristol
|
South West
|
Cheltenham
|
South West
|
Plymouth
|
South West
|
Poole
|
South West
|
Redruth
|
South West
|
St. Austell
|
South West
|
Coventry
|
West Midlands
|
Hereford
|
West Midlands
|
Ludlow
|
West Midlands
|
Solihull
|
West Midlands
|
Stafford
|
West Midlands
|
Sutton Coldfield
|
West Midlands
|
Worcester
|
West Midlands
|
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Barnsley
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Bradford
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Grimsby
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Harrogate
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Leeds x2
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Rotherham
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Sheffield
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|