HC Deb 12 December 1996 vol 287 cc297-8W
Dr. Twinn

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will announce the names of those bids to establish and run the British Academy of Sport that are going forward to the second stage of the evaluation process. [9136]

Mr. Sproat

Thirteen of the 26 bids received to establish and run the British Academy of Sport are going forward to stage 2 of the evaluation process. The 13 bids are:

  • The Athletes Bid (Hertfordshire)
  • Bath
  • Birmingham West Midlands
  • Central Consortium (Loughborough, Nottingham, Lilleshall)
  • De Montford University
  • Houghton Grange (Huntingdon)
  • Kent Thameside
  • Manchester
  • Merseyside
  • Sheffield
  • Sports City Foundation (Kettering)
  • UK Academy 2000 (Yorkshire)
  • Upper Heyford (Oxfordshire).

We expect to reach a final decision in the early spring of next year.