HC Deb 02 July 2001 vol 371 c77W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the UK Sports Institute. [124]

Tessa Jowell

[holding answer 25 June 2001]: Good progress is being made in the establishment of facilities and delivery of services to our top athletes. Centres in Scotland and Wales are now operational; the English Institute is developing apace and work on the Northern Ireland Institute will begin soon.

The UKSI is beginning to provide our best sportsmen and women with world-class facilities and a higher standard of co-ordinated support services than the UK has ever had before. This will complement the support already being provided through World Class funding.

The Government remain committed to the development of the United Kingdom Sports Institute (UKSI), which should be fully operational by the end of 2002.