§ Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings he has had with Ministers in other Departments with regard to(a) child protection in sport and (b) inter-agency working on child protection in sport. [69123]
§ Jacqui SmithMy right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has had no meetings with ministerial colleagues specifically regarding child protection in sport or inter-agency working on child protection in sport. However, officials have attended meetings of the child protection in sport unit steering group—a joint initiative between the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Sport England. The child protection in sport unit advises organisations on how to introduce child protection policies, commissions research into abuse within sport and raises the profile of child protection among sports' governing bodies. One of the unit's key aims is that sport will play a full and positive part in inter-agency child protection work.