§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will place in the Library of the House the evidence that the right kind of investment can generate very significant increases in sports participation, referred to in the recent health White Paper. [HL417]
§ Lord WarnerEvidence on the effectiveness of interventions to increase participation in physical activity and sport in the broadest sense is set out in the Health Development Agency's (HDA) evidence briefing on physical activity interventions, an update of which will be published shortly. Further review-level evidence for "what works" has been summarised by Sport England/UK Sport on the Value of Sport Monitor website http://www.sportengland org/vsm/vsm—intro.asp.
A review of selected international experiences in promoting physical activity and sport has been placed in the Library. The report can be downloaded from the Department of Health website http://www.dh.gov.uk.
The Government have also received encouraging early feedback on the impact of the local exercise action pilots and the active england programme. The evaluation reports for these programmes will be published in due course.
Evaluations of interventions delivered through sport action zones and the active community development fund projects will yield further evidence to inform effective investment when they are published next year.
Sport England and HDA publications can be downloaded from their respective websites: http://www.sportengland.org/and http://www.hda-online.org.uk/.