§ Mr. Peter BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what investment is planned in Lilleshall National Sports Centre to improve standards among British sports people. [91508]
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§ Mr. BanksLilleshall National Sports Centre will be the part of the UK Sports Institute Network Centre serving the West Midlands. The Centre has a wide range of a sports specific and generic training facilities which include up to date gymnastics training facilities, natural and artificial turf pitches and indoor training halls.
The key services of sports science and medicine will be co-ordinated by the Lilleshall Sports Injury and Human Performance Centre, supported by Staffordshire and Worcester Institutes of Higher Education; Birmingham University will play a crucial role in both service and facility provision. A network of Sports Medicine practitioners will be established to provide primary care services and formal links will be established with hospitals to provide essential secondary and tertiary care for athletes.
Other sites will be incorporated into the regional network to complement the services available at Lilleshall and extend the range of sports available in the region.
The sports expected to be included within the West Midlands Network are:
- archery
- athletics
- cricket
- football
- golf
- gymnastics
- hockey
- netball
- squash
- equestrian.
Around 200 elite, international and national athletes currently living in the west midlands will be able to use the services available.