Lord Fearn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Fearn on 2016-02-01.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many community projects the football pools have supported or promoted in the years (1) 2004, (2) 2005, and (3) 2015.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
According to the website of Sportech PLC, which owns the Football Pools, as of 2015, "the pools" have contributed £1.3 billion, at today’s value, to football, other sports, the arts and charitable initiatives in the UK, in recent decades. More information is available at http://www.sportechplc.com/our-business/football-pools/football-pools-donations-map.
