§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
What assessment they have made of the benefits of UK Sport and Sport England's priority sports to the health of children, adults and elderly people. [HL1982]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyIn their decisions on priority sports for funding purposes, Sport England and UK Sport took account of governing bodies' abilities to use public funding to increase participation rates. The national profiles of individual sports, and their existing infrastructures, were material to these decisions.
The reorganisation of Sport England and UK Sport, of which the designation of priority sports forms a part, is one element of the Government's drive to increase physical activity, particularly among target groups including children, women, and those from areas of economic and social deprivation. The improvement of public health is the primary aim of that drive.