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English Heritage

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many events were staged at English Heritage properties in each of the last five years; and what the total attendance at these events was. [225290]

Barbara Follett: The information requested, as provided by English Heritage, is set out in the table.

	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
	Events	Visitor Nos.	Events	Visitor Nos.	Events	Visitor Nos.	Events	Nos.	Events	Visitor Nos.	Events	Visitor Nos. to date	Visitor Nos. expected in 20 08
London	91	9,039	163	15,003	63	20,356	86	24,636	39	18,832	58	17,759	19,100
East Midlands	85	35,573	76	24,150	43	29,176	28	29,137	22	29,934	18	23,480	24,358
East of England	44	79,485	78	82,038	36	21,220	43	36,500	36	62,287	32	55,865	77,290
South East	94	57,182	180	65,267	51	73,096	62	160,134	55	91,425	47	105,676	134,311
South West	96	44,524	172	52,883	56	62,710	72	105,943	55	61,298	51	59,681	68,949
West Midlands	49	41,693	90	33,186	52	51,067	55	52,493	58	47,730	48	35,561	51,150
Yorkshire	85	30,439	152	65,875	36	85,134	66	80,468	80	110,686	87	84,872	101,090
North West	18	10,931	54	9,531	30	19,487	25	16,044	16	21,278	18	14,165	19,450
North East	138	75,888	109	29,783	49	53,729	42	42,426	39	46,656	49	48,980	49,450
Festival of History	1	7,864	1	14,100	1	17,000	1	17,156	1	17,500	1	17,784	17,784
Total	701	392,618	1,075	391,816	417	432,975	480	564,937	401	507,626	409	463,823	562,932

English Heritage: Finance

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much English Heritage received in grant-in-aid in each year since 2000 in 2007-08 prices. [224960]

Barbara Follett: English Heritage grant in aid funding.

£ million
	Grant in Aid funding in 2007-08 prices
Outturn:
2000-01	143.5
2001-02	130.0
2002-03	132.9
2003-04	132.5
2004-05	138.1
2005-06	136.5
2006-07	145.4
2007-08	136.6
Plans:
2008-09	125.1

Outturn figures are sourced from audited departmental resource accounts and converted to 2007-08 prices using HM Treasury deflator tables.

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Football Foundation: Grants

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what grants have been given out by the Football Foundation for stadium improvements since its inception. [224583]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Football Foundation advise that their non-charitable arm, the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF), has awarded 1,043 grants worth £95,708,715 since 2000.

Football: Finance

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which professional and semi-professional football clubs have entered administration in the last three years. [224915]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Football Association has advised that the following professional or semi-professional clubs have entered administration since 1 October 2005.

Crawley Town Football and Social Club: entered administration 5 June 2006;

Farnborough Town Football and Social Club Ltd.: entered administration 26 July 2006;

Halifax Town Association Football Club Ltd.: entered administration 14 March 2008;

Leeds United Association Football Club Ltd.: entered administration 4 May 2007;

Luton Town Football Club Ltd.: entered administration 22 November 2007;

Rotherham United FC Ltd.: entered administration 18 March 2008; and

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Community Football Club Ltd.: entered administration 7 February 2008.

National Lottery

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport at which 100 outlets the most Lottery ticket sales were made in the latest period for which figures are available. [224591]

Mr. Sutcliffe: We have been informed by the national lottery operator, Camelot, that information regarding retailers’ sales is commercially sensitive and cannot be released.

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in which 50 constituencies the most Lottery ticket sales were made in the latest period for which figures are available. [224592]

Mr. Sutcliffe: We have been informed that the national lottery operator, Camelot does not routinely collect ticket sales information on a constituency or postcode basis.

However, an analysis of sales data by postcode area is available in the Libraries of both Houses and provides information up to 2004.

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what income his Department received from (a) the National Lottery Distribution Fund and (b) the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund in each year since 1997. [225283]

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Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department receives income from the funds to recover grant-in-aid paid to the National Lottery Commission for the regulation of the Lottery and to recover costs incurred by DCMS in managing the funds;

(a) Income received by DCMS in each year from the National Lottery Distribution Fund is shown in the following table:

£000
	Recovery of National Lottery Commission Grant-in-Aid	Recovery of DCMS costs
1997-98	1,991	203
1998-99	1,815	589
1999-2000	2,740	161
2000-01	4,396	238
2001-02	2,809	228
2002-03	2,342	223
2003-04	3,765	243
2004-05	4,401	236
2005-06	7,921	245
2006-07	8,047	267
2007-08(1)	9,315	215
(1) The final allocation of costs between the NLDF and OLDF for 2007-08 is subject to completion of the audit of the fund accounts, which are expected to be published later in the year.

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