Written question asked by Richard Taylor (Independent (affiliation)) on Thursday, 18 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 July 2002. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 July 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, if he will make a statement about progress achieved towards meeting the aim of significantly raising the time spent on sport and physical activity by five to 16 year olds. - Inc figures.

Answer: Dr. Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement about progress achieved towards meeting the aim of significantly raising the time spent on sport and physical activity by five to 16-year-olds. [72234] Mr. Caborn: We have no data on overall progress as yet. The baseline was set by Sport England's Young People and Sport survey, last carried out in 1999. The survey will be repeated this year in June (with results available in December) and again in 2004. However, there are indicators of performance from individual programmes that suggest a positive trend overall. For example by September this year there will be 142 Specialist Sports Colleges supporting 742 SSCos and 3,576 Primary Link Teachers and 45 Sports Partnerships have been established to enable young people to participate in sport more frequently, improve their skills, and compete at various levels.

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