To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sports properties in the category of (a) stadia, (b) playing fields, (c) club houses and (d) sports grounds there are in Scotland.

[holding answer 30 March 1990]: This information is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail the measures he is carrying out to encourage sporting activities of (a) secondary and (b) higher education students in Scotland.

[holding answer 30 March 1990]: Further action is required to reverse the present decline in school-aged team sport. The report of the Scottish Sports Council's school-aged team sport inquiry group made a number of welcome recommendations on which views are currently being sought. Participation in sport is also to be encouraged among post-school students. This is primarily a matter for the governing bodies of the institutions concerned.