§ Miss Geraldine SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to encourage sport in schools.[148967]
§ Kate HoeySport in schools was one of the key themes of our strategy "A Sporting Future for All", which the Government published last year. We now have a number of programmes in place to encourage high quality physical education and sport in schools. Through the school sport co-ordinator programme, there will be a network of 1,000 co-ordinators in secondary schools improving PE and sporting opportunities by 2004. Some £580 million will be invested from the new opportunities fund for sport in and around schools. We work closely with DfEE on these and other initiatives to develop better physical education and sport in schools and will shortly begin consulting on how to deliver an entitlement for school sport which would mean that pupils would have access to two hours of high quality sport or PE each week during and after school.
§ Mr. GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will publish "A Sporting Future for All-Action Plan" submitted to him by the implementation group.[148706]
§ Kate Hoey[holding answer 7 February 2001]: We are presently considering the recommendations contained within the action plan and will make the plan available on the Department's website shortly.
§ Mr. GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the School Sports Alliance, established to oversee the new opportunities fund project for sports and arts provision in schools, will publish its conclusions about how funding will be allocated.[148707]
§ Kate Hoey[holding answer 7 February 2001]: The School Sports Alliance will announce agreed priorities for the new opportunities fund's opportunities for young people—PE and sport in schools scheme before October, when we expect the money to come on stream.