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Written question asked by Tracy Brabin (Labour) on Monday, 13 January 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 January 2020 (named day). It was answered by Nigel Adams (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 January 2020 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


Sport England: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has allocated from the public purse to Sport England in each of the last three years.

Answer

Sport England receives both Grant-In-Aid (GIA) funding and good causes funding from the National Lottery from DCMS. The allocated totals for each of the past three years are:

  • 2016/17: £105.6m GIA; £202.8m National Lottery
  • 2017/18: £100.8m GIA; £203.3m National Lottery
  • 2018/19: £104.5 GIA; £199.4m National Lottery

Overall income from the National Lottery Distribution Fund is variable and dependent on ticket sales. Sport England receives 12.4% of the Lottery returns to good causes which results in variable annual Lottery income to the organisation.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2677
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Finance Sport England
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk