Written question asked by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Thursday, 9 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 February 2006. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Sport (Drug Testing)
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many drug tests were undertaken by UK Sport in 2004–05; how many prime facie adverse findings there were for (a) male and (b) female sports people in 2004–05; and how many findings were of performance-enhancing drugs.
- Answer
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The UK's national anti-doping organisation, UK Sport, undertook a total of 6,520 anti-doping tests in 2004–05. Of these, 60 male athletes and one female athlete were found to have committed anti-doping infringements. In the same period there were a total of 57 findings for performance-enhancing drugs and four infringements for missed tests.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 442 c1897-8W;442 c1897-8W; 51812
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Women Drugs Misuse Men Sports Sports competitors Testing
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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