Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much lottery money has been spent on sports and recreation each year since the establishment of the National Lottery; how much they anticipate will be spent in 2015, 2016, and 2017; and how much of that funding has been allocated for each Olympic and Paralympic sport.
The amounts of National Lottery money drawn down by the Lottery sports distributors for spending on the sports good cause were as follows:
1994/95 - £1.8 million
1995/96 - £40.1 million
1996/97 - £181.6 million
1997/98 - £188.3 million
1998/99 - £397.4 million
1999/00 - £316.7 million
2000/01 - £292.5 million
2001/02 - £359.2 million
2002/03 - £377.5 million
2003/04 - £315.5 million
2004/05 - £241.6 million
2005/06 - £264.1 million
2006/07 - £208.8 million
2007/08 - £216.1 million
2008/09 - £230.5 million
2009/10 - £216.6 million
2010/11 - £224.0 million
2011/12 - £302.5 million
2012/13 - £271.6 million
2013/14 - £358.2 million
In addition, the Big Lottery Fund (and its predecessor bodies) spent approximately £1 billion on sports and recreation projects that had a social impact over that period.
The sports distributors estimate that they will drawing down approximately £450 million this financial year and in each of the next three financial years.
UK Sport invests in four-year cycles in line with the Olympic and Paralympic calendars. The breakdown of funding for each sport up to Pyeongchang 2018 can be found on the UK Sport website.