Written question WQ84879
- Asked by
- Janet Finch-SaundersConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Economy
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
What grants and financial assistance has the Welsh Government made available to community sporting facilities and clubs to expand or improve playing facilities over the previous three financial years, broken down separately?
Answer
Answered by Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
The Welsh Government provides Sport Wales with an annual Grant in Aid budget, which is then used to support a range of grant programmes. Some of these programmes may be used to improve sports facilities, such as the Be Active Wales Fund. The total Sport Wales Grand in Aid budget for the last three years, as announced at the second supplementary budget stage, is set out in the table below. Figures for 2021-22 do not include an additional £4.5m capital funding announced in February this year for priority projects, taking the total capital allocation to £13.129m.
Revenue
Capital
TOTAL
2019-20
£22.372m
£0.549m
£22.921m
2020-21
£34.947m
£3.579m
£38.526m
2021-22
£22.417m
£8.629m
£31.046m
The Welsh Government also supports the Community Facilities Programme, a capital grant programme which provides grants for community led projects seeking to purchase or improve community facilities. Sports clubs are eligible to apply for the programme. The Community Facilities Programme budget for the last three years was £5.034m in 2019-20, £5.838m in 2020-21 and £8.338m in 2021-22.