Duringthe four years 2004 to 2007 sportscotland aim to invest an average of about £25million a year in their new Lottery categories. Even allowing for inflation,this is more than the £21 million a year forecast for 1999-2003 in Levellingthe “Playing Field”, Sportscotland’s previous lottery strategy, and morethan the annual investment actually achieved by sportscotland during thatperiod, which averaged over £22 million.Sportscotland’s share of Lotteryfunds placed in the National Lottery Distribution Fund was £21.097 million in2002-03, £18.288 million in 2003-04 and £19.673 million in 2004-05.Other National Lotteryfunding for sport in Scotland includes funding from the New Opportunities Fund of£87 million for PE and sport in schools and £11.5 million for community sport.