Written question asked by Stephen Hepburn (Labour) on Monday, 10 June 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 June 2002. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 June 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools hold annual sports days in the (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) North East and (c) UK; and how this figure has changed over the last 11 years; To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Department is doing to encourage schools to hold sports days; how many hours per week schools are (a) required and (b) encouraged to devote to physical education and sports for pupils. - Inc figure.

Secondary information