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(b) Income received by DCMS in each year from the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund since it came into existence in 2005 is shown in the following table:

£000
Recovery of National Lottery Commission Grant-in-Aid Recovery of DCMS costs

2005-06

39

2006-07

700

58

2007-08(1)

1,026

79

(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.

National Lottery: Religion

Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidance he has issued to the National Lottery on the handling of funding bids from faith-based organisations; and if he will make a statement. [226757]

Mr. Sutcliffe: I have issued policy directions to all UK and England Lottery distributors, copies of which have been placed in the House Libraries. They direct each distributor on the persons to whom, the purposes for which and the conditions subject to which it distributes any money. They include no specific direction on the handling of funding bids from faith-based organisations.

Olympic Games 2012: Football

Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the Government's policy is on the formation of a football team to represent Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics. [226136]


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Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 2008]: Any decision on whether a Great Britain football team participates at the London 2012 Olympic games is a matter for FIFA, the four Home Nations' Football Associations, and the British Olympic Association. Discussions between the various parties continue.

While we are proud of our individual traditions, the Government believe that a GB Olympic football team at the 2012 London Olympics could be very exciting for football fans and the general public.

The Government also believe this should not affect the rights of the four Home Nations to compete separately in international football tournaments—an important part of our footballing tradition.

Olympic Games: China

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps the Government has taken to recognise the achievement of the Great Britain team in the 2008 Olympics. [225392]

Mr. Sutcliffe: An Olympic reception was hosted by the Prime Minister at Lancaster House on 3 October to recognise the achievements of the Olympic athletes at Beijing 2008 and there is to be a similar reception for Paralympic athletes at the British Museum.

Children’s Play: Finance

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on children's play in each of the last three years; and how much he expects to spend on it in each of the next three years. [225683]

Mr. Sutcliffe: In each of the last three years my Department spent £500,000 on three contracts with national play organisations. These contracts ended in March of this year and following a tendering exercise we have awarded three new contracts relating to children's play, again totalling £500,000 in each of the next three years until March 2011.

Religious Buildings: Finance

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions English Heritage has had with representatives of (a) the Baptist Church, (b) the Methodist Church and (c) the United Reformed Church on making funds available for the repair of listed buildings in their ownership. [225418]

Barbara Follett: English Heritage has advised that it holds regular discussions with all faith groups and meets the main denominations, including the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church, more formally through its Places of Worship Forum which sits four times a year. During the last nine months English Heritage’s Head of Places of Worship Policy has had individual meetings with representatives of all three denominations. During these meetings funding was discussed in relation to English Heritage’s Inspired! campaign. Denominations were also asked to encourage congregations to apply for Repair Grants for Places of Worship.


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Sport England: Boxing

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which boxing clubs received funds through Sport England in 2008. [224908]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Sport England have advised that the following boxing clubs have received awards to date in 2008.

Lottery Funding:

Exchequer Funding (Community Club Development Programme):

Sports: Disabled People

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding has been allocated to support (a) sports for disabled people and (b) disabled athletes from (i) the National Lottery and (ii) his Department as grant-in-aid in each year since 1997. [224977]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Funding in support of sports for disabled people, and for disabled athletes is provided by Sport England and UK Sport. Sport England and UK Sport have advised that detailed breakdowns of funding for individual athletes could be provided only at disproportionate cost, but they have provided figures for overall grants in each year since 1997 as follows:

Sport England

National lottery funding for disability sports since 1997
Financial year Sport Total (£)

1997-98

Disability sports

2,529,705

1998-99

Disability sports

1,356,236

1999-2000

Disability sports

6,570,802

2000-01

Disability sports

1,821,324

2001-02

Disability sports

7,096,401

2002-03

Disability sports

726,763

2003-04

Disability sports

5,405,069

2004-05

Disability sports

1,735,983

2005-06

Disability sports

343,254

2006-07

Disability sports

70,409

2007-08

Disability sports

636,903

2008-09

Disability sports—Playground to Podium

4,516,781

Grand total

32,809,630


Exchequer funding for disability sports since 1997 is as follows:


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Financial year Organisation Total (£)

1997-98

English Federation of Disability Sport

(1)

1998-99

English Federation of Disability Sport

(1)

1999-2000

English Federation of Disability Sport

(1)

2000-01

English Federation of Disability Sport

(1)

2001-02

English Federation of Disability Sport

(1)

2002-03

English Federation of Disability Sport

1,050,000

Panathlon Foundation

243,000

2003-04

English Federation of Disability Sport

1,050,000

Panathlon Foundation

12,000

2004-05

English Federation of Disability Sport

1,050,000

Panathlon Foundation

10,000

National Council for School Sport

10,000

London Sports Forum for Disabled People

2,000

2005-06

English Federation of Disability Sport

1,010,333

2006-07

English Federation of Disability Sport

951,066

English Federation of Disability Sport

476,033

2007-08

English Federation of Disability Sport

1,100,000

Grand total

6,964,432

(1) No records

UK Sport

Paralympic funding
Lottery Exchequer
National governing body Athletes personal award National governing body Total (£)

1997-98

222,000

487,000

0

709,000

1998-99

839,000

1,500,000

0

2,339,000

1999-2000

1,592,000

1,870,000

0

3,462,000

2000-01

1,689,000

1,862,000

0

3,551,000

2001-02

2,094,000

1,532,000

26,000

3,652,000

2002-03

2,182,000

1,566,000

50,000

3,798,000

2003-04

2,278,000

1,562,000

40,000

3,880,000

2004-05

2,356,000

1,681,000

40,000

4,077,000

2005-06

3,041,000

1,239,000

329,000

4,609,000

2006-07

3,612,000

1,793,000

1,226,000

6,631,000

2007-08

2,610,000

2,319,000

3,075,000

8,004,000

Total

22,515,000

17,411,000

4,786,000

44,712,000


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