§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the Department for Education and Skills' budget for school sport and physical education for each year since 1996–97; and [HL529]
56WAWhat was the average time per week spent by pupils on physical education and school sport for each year since 1996–97; and [HL530]
What are the names and budgets of the physical education and school sports programmes run jointly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education and Skills; and[HL531]
How many committees and sub-committees have been established for the physical education and school sports progammes run by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education and Skills; and what is their membership; and [HL532]
Which new school sport facilities have been built with funds from the New Opportunities Fund's £750 million Physical Education and Sport Programme; and [HL533]
What was (a) the budget allocated, (b) the amount awarded, and (c) the money spent by the New Opportunities Fund's £750 million Physical Education and Sport Programme. [HL534]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandThe Government want physical education (PE) and school sport to be fun and attractive to all children. All children should spend at least two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport, within and beyond the curriculum. An ambitious but realistic public service agreement target—shared with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport—has been set to increase the percentage of 5 to 16 year-olds who do this to 75 per cent by 2006. The Departments for Education and Skills and for Culture, Media and Sport are working in partnership to implement a national PE, school sport and club links strategy to help to deliver the target. Over £1 billion is being invested by the Government to transform PE and school sport.
The table below sets out the Department for Education and Skills' PE and school sport budget between 1996–97 and 2002–03 and the projected budget between 2003–04 and 2005–06.
Financial Year DfES PE and School Sport Budget 1996–97 £0 1997–98 £1.9 million 1998–99 £3.6 million 1999–2000 £4.8 million 2000–01 £9.5 million 2001–02 £14.6 million 2002–03 £23.5 million 2003–04 £46 million 2004–05 £108 million 2005–06 £155 million Historically, the department has not collected data annually on the average time per week spent by pupils on physical education and school sport. Data collected during the autumn term 2002 suggested that about a third of schools at key stages 1,3 and 4 and two-fifths of schools at key stage 2 offered their pupils two hours of high quality PE and school sport each week within and beyond the curriculum. Data are now being collected for the first time—for publication in April 57WA 2004—on the number of pupils who choose to take up this entitlement.
The national PE, school sport and club links strategy brings together eight individual but interlinked work strands. The table below sets out details for each of the work strands and their budgets.
Work strand Budget 2003–04 to 2005–06 Specialist Sports Colleges Programme £115 million School Sport Partnerships million (formerly the School Sport Co-ordinator programme) £224 million, (Total for all five work strands) PE and School Sport Professional Development Programme PE and Sport Gilled and Talented Programme QCA PE and School Sport Investigation Swimming Strategy Step Into Sport Programme £12 million (Includes £2 million from the Home Office) Club Links Programme £10 million In addition, related work to enhance community club development (£60 million between 2003–04 and 2005–06), coaching (£28 million between 2003–04 and 2005–06) and the sporting playgrounds programme (£10 million between 2003–04 and 2004–05) is supporting the national strategy and the delivery of the sports public service agreement target.
The PE, school sport and club links strategy is overseen by a delivery board and steering board. The table below sets out the organisations represented on the two boards.
- Delivery Board
- Department for Education and Skills
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Department of Health
- Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
- Youth Sport Trust
- Sport England
- Office for Standards in Education
Steering Board
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- Department for Education and Skills
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Department of Health
- Department for Transport
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
- Youth Sport Trust
- Sport England
- Office for Standards in Education
- New Opportunities Fund
- English Federation of Disability Sport
- Primary and Secondary Head Teacher Representatives
- Local Government Association
- British Association of Advisors and Lecturers in Physical Education
- Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom
- British Sports Trust
- Women's Sports Foundation
- Sporting Equals
- County Sports Partnership Representative
- Rugby Football Union (Sport Governing Body Representative)
- Central Council for Physical Recreation
I will write to the noble Lord to set out the management arrangements for each of the work strands within the national PE, school sport and club links strategy. A copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
To date, 631 grants totalling just over £230 million have been awarded under the New Opportunities for PE and Sport programme in the United Kingdom. All of the programme's funds must be committed by the end of 2005. In total, 32 projects, resulting from these grants, have been completed. We envisage the majority of projects will have been completed by 2006.
The table below sets out a) the budget allocated, b) the amount awarded; and c) the money spent from the New Opportunities for PE and Sport programme.
Country Allocation Committed Funds Spend to Date England £581.25 million £183 million £4.6million Scotland £86.25 million £40.5 million £3.5 million Wales £48.75 million £5.7 million £0.4 million North Ireland £33.75 million £1.5 million £0