Written question asked by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 December 2004. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Monday, 13 December 2004 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list local authorities with strategies for sport and recreation.

Answer: Kate Hoey: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list local authorities with strategies for sport and recreation. [201819] Phil Hope: Local authorities produced non-statutory Cultural Strategies between 2000-01 and 2003-04 that covered planning for sports and recreation, as well as other cultural services. A list of authorities that produced these plans can be found on the Best Value Performance Indicator website: www.bvpi.gov.uk As part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's process of rationalising plan requirements, we are encouraging local authorities to subsume Cultural Strategies within their statutory Community Strategies. Guidance entitled "Living the Good Life" on how this process could happen has been published.

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