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Sports: Schools

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 27 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many school sports co-ordinators were introduced in (a) Stockton South constituency, (b) Teesside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since their inception. (188966)

The School Sport Partnership (SSP) infrastructure of Partnership Development Managers, School Sport Coordinators and Primary Link Teachers was rolled out in stages between 2000 and 2006.

Information on the numbers of School Sport Co-ordinators is only held on a live basis. The following table details information that is readily available.

2005

2006

2008

(a) Stockton, South

5

5

9

(b) Teesside

35

38

38

(c) North East

132

211

209

(d) England

1,790

2,765

3,255

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2007, Official Report, column 639W, on sports: schools, how many of the competition managers will be senior competition managers. (189354)

When completed, our national network of at least 225 competition managers will include 49 senior competition managers leading teams of competition managers across 49 county areas.