Written question asked by Lord Luke (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour) on Monday, 19 March 2007.

Sport: Medicine

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:From which Olympic governing bodies they have received requests to establish (a) a sports technology and innovation programme; (b) a sports performance programme consultants team; and (c) a sports medicine fast-track practitioners programme.

Answer: UK Sport has not received any requests from Olympic governing bodies to establish the range of programmes mentioned. Rather, the provision by UK Sport of these programmes was contained within UK Sport's successful submission for funding to provide high-performance support to Olympic and Paralympic governing bodies in the build-up to London 2012. With reference to the programmes: (a) 11 Olympic sports are currently benefiting from the technology and innovation programme; (b) 33 receive support from UK Sport's performance programme consultants team; and (c) 10 are currently supported by practitioners working with their sport from within the sports institute network on the sports science/sports medicine fast-track programme.

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