Written question asked by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 October 2002. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures her Department has considered recently to increase participation in physical activity amongst adults.

Answer: Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures her Department has considered recently to increase participation in physical activity amongst adults. [73816] Mr. Caborn: The Government's Plan for Sport sets out the importance of engaging and motivating a wide range of organisations to develop new initiatives, strategies, projects and schemes that will offer more opportunities for participation for adults and the whole community, In addition the New Opportunities Fund PE and School Sport programme is investing £581 million in England towards school sports facilities, £25 million of which will go towards the Space for Sport and Arts initiative, a £130 million investment to create more than 300 multi-use facilities in primary schools. All facilities will be made available for use by the whole community. DCMS has also been allocated £20 million for 2003-04 from the Capital Modernisation Fund which will be distributed to both provide new facilities and improve existing facilities.

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