Sports: Kent

Department for Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 17 December 2014.

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Photo of Rehman Chishti Rehman Chishti Conservative, Gillingham and Rainham

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of adults in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency that have taken part in at least one sporting activity each week in each of the last five years.

Photo of Helen Grant Helen Grant The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Sport participation data is from the Active People Survey which is the main measure of the number of people aged 16 and above taking part in sport in England. The 2013/14 data will be released in January 2015.

Gillingham and Rainham

Kent

Medway

2012/13 (APS7)

n/a¹

483,100 (34.3%)

71,600 (33.5%)

2011/12 (APS6)

n/a¹

465,100 (33.3%)

69,600 (32.9%)

2010/11 (APS5)

n/a¹

435,400 (32%)

48,700 (23.7%)

2009/10 (APS4)

n/a¹

444,600 (33.1%)

67,100 (33%)

2008/09 (APS3)

n/a¹

432,900 (32.4%)

59,400 (29.4%)

¹Sample size too small to provide figure

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