HC Deb 17 March 2000 vol 346 c370W
Mr. Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the organisations with which he has discussed the provision of sport in schools during the past year. [114442]

Kate Hoey

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have held meetings with a number of organisations to discuss sport in schools. Since my appointment to this Department, I have met the National Council of Sport; the Youth Sport Trust; The Youth Charter for Sport; the British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in Physical Education; the Physical Education Association UK: the Independent Schools Council; the HM Chief Inspector of Schools; the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; and a large number of sports governing bodies including the CCPR. I have also had discussions with Ministers at the Department for Education and Employment.