Sport and Recreation (Local Authority Expenditure)

HC Deb 08 December 1975 vol 902 cc22-3W

Mr. Monro

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what arrangements he has made for monitoring local authority spending on sport and recreation.

Mr. Denis Howell

The White Paper on Sport and Recreation—Cmnd. 6200—acknowledged the need for further statistical information on expenditure on sport and recreation by local authorities. Studies are in progress about what information should be collected and how it is to be gathered.