Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 January 2008. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Monday, 21 January 2008 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Sports: Databases

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the percentage of all UK sports facilities that are currently on the Active Places database; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Unfortunately it is not possible to estimate the percentage of UK sports facilities on Active Places, as it is only applicable to England. The database currently holds information on 11 sport facility types. Sport England estimate that over 80 per cent. of formal sport in England takes places on these types of facilities and that Active Places database includes over 90 per cent. of these facilities. The Sports Council for Northern Ireland has developed their own version of Active Places and the Sports Council for Wales are currently developing a version as well.

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