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UK Sport has provided the following information on lottery funding to National Governing Bodies since 1997:

Lottery	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003/04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Athletics	934,200	1,264,516	2,038,227	2,009,629	2,069,059	2,233,324	328,204	164,115	0	2,219,734	1,164,000
Badminton	0	0	0	0	62,500	62,500	83,600	82,500	104,000	1,173,680	1,101,270
Boxing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16,800	0	75,000	37,500
Canoeing	507,368	620,118	751,500	808,600	826,557	855,199	875,467	364,958	900,000	1,623,881	2,177,453
Gymnastics	838,690	849,701	1,342,200	1,314,632	1,027,182	1,278,654	1,323,582	1,246,651	514,016	1,338,560	1,382,747
Hockey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	105,154
Rowing	1,186,937	1,640,782	1,740,748	1,685,659	1,893,200	1,666,990	304,245	0	0	52,075	208,300
Sailing	320,814	490,297	1,105,684	1,181,700	1,566,500	1,288,166	389,334	0	0	2,447,158	2,089,413
Tennis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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(b) UK Sport has provided the following information on exchequer funding for National Governing Bodies since 1997:

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Exchequer	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Athletics	217,500	408,128	404,091	450,000	452,435	500,283	2,107,198	2,462,699	2,418,550	3,476,724	2,171,251
Badminton	63,000	7,500	56,500	56,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boxing	18,000	20,360	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,400	432,370	1,031,859
Canoeing	243,200	225,000	225,000	225,000	225,000	232,460	243,790	808,819	477,000	979,000	1,001,509
Gymnastics	379,800	379,800	375,600	342,500	407,500	385,258	381,016	501,258	720,000	424,043	822,981
Hockey	112,500	68,250	37,500	30,000	0	0	27,118	70,000	21,780	2,419,453	2,536,331
Rowing	320,200	21,000	0	130,000	123,000	122,600	1,860,199	2,160,617	2,439,789	6,343,283	5,886,241
Sailing	411,300	411,000	411,000	411,000	360,800	446,000	1,999,083	1,178,197	1,847,185	3,152,553	3,052,509
Tennis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sports: Per Capita Costs

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent per capita from the public purse on sporting infrastructure in each of the last five years. [239626]

Mr. Sutcliffe: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Swimming

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations the Amateur Swimming Association has made to his Department on his policy of getting two million more people active by 2012; and if he will place a copy of each in the Library. [237586]

Andy Burnham: The Department has not received representations from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) in relation to the policy of getting 2 million more people active by 2012. As the National Governing Body of Swimming, the ASA are working with Sport England to develop their new whole sport plan. This will identify the contribution they will make to Sport England's commitment of getting 1 million more people playing sport by 2012, as part of the wider 2 million target. The ASA are also working with the Department, Sport England and the LGA to develop the free swimming offer.

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what consideration he has given to consulting the Swimming Teachers' Association on future work and policy initiatives concerning swimming on the same basis as he consults the Amateur Swimming Association. [239935]

Andy Burnham: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Swimming: Finance

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many local authorities have taken up grants for free swimming for the under-16s. [238737]

Andy Burnham: The Government's Free Swimming Programme will begin on 1 April 2009. The closing date for local authorities to confirm their participation in all elements of the programme has now passed. We are collating responses and I will be making an announcement shortly.

Theatres: Finance

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department made available to theatre companies in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency and (b) England in each year between 1999 and 2007. [239349]

Barbara Follett: The information requested, provided by Arts Council England, is set out in the following tables.

(a) Regularly funded theatre organisations in the constituency of Hemel Hempstead
	Grant-in-aid (£)
1999-2000	20,000
2000-01	20,600
2001-02	21,218
2002-03	21,855
2003-04	22,511
2004-05	23,073
2005-06	23,650
2006-07	24,300
2007-08	24,969

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