§ James PurnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will publish the progress reports the Department receives from specialist sports 87W colleges monitoring their commitment to the provision of out-of-hours community use of their sports facilities. [160503]
§ Mr. MilibandIt would be disproportionately costly to provide the progress reports received from all specialist sports colleges. However, it may be useful to refer to the report template filled in by specialist schools after two years of each four year designation phase. This is available on the specialist schools website http:// www. standards .dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/progress/?version =1.
The Department funds the Youth Sport Trust (YST) to work with sports colleges locally, with, for example, regular visits which include a specific focus on developing the community dimension and challenging the school about their practice. Where appropriate, the YST also works with key local stakeholders (e.g. local authority) on issues relating to community provision.
There is further information about out-of-hours access to sports college facilities in Section E of the Youth Sport Trust's 2003 National Survey of Specialist Sports Colleges, available at http://www. youthsporttrust.org/scnational/YSP%20Documents/ Forms/Allltems.htm.