Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 13 June 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress is being made on ensuring equality of access in sport.
The Government are committed to promoting equality of access in sport for all, and are implementing a range of measures to help achieve this.
We have a PSA target to increase participation within priority groups of the general population, by 3 per cent. by 2008. At present, existing data on the levels of participation in the population are variable. However, we will measure progress on our target via a DCMS participation survey from autumn 2005.
In schools, our joint target with the DfES is to enhance the take-up of sporting opportunities by 5 to 16-year-olds so that the percentage of schoolchildren in England who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum increases from 25 per cent. in 2002 to 75 per cent. by 2006, and 85 per cent. by 2008, and to at least 75 per cent. in each School Sport Partnership by 2006. The Equality Standard for Sport, launched last year, is a framework to guide sports and community organisations towards achieving equality. Its aim is to widen access and increase the participation and involvement in sport and physical activity from under-represented individuals, groups, and communities.
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