HC Deb 02 December 1986 vol 106 cc566-7W
87. Mr. John Carlisle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the outcome of the seminar on 26 November on the competitiveness of school sport.

Mrs. Rumbold

Some 90 individuals representing sports and education organisations attended this seminar about sport in schools, which was chaired by my hon. Friend the Minister with responsibility for sport.

Following wide-ranging discussions in groups and plenary sessions it was agreed that the Department of Education and Science and the Department of the Environment would commission a study of the place sport has in the school curriculum. In addition, a group will be set up, led by the Sports Council, to provide a forum for continuing discussion of the issues raised at the seminar. The group will be assisted in its work by the results of the jointly commissioned study, will be based on the council's physical education advisory panel and will include representatives of the Central Council for Physical Recreation, local authority associations and education bodies.