(2) what the average salary of a competition manager was in each of the last three years;
(3) how much has been spent on employing competition managers in each of the last five years;
(4) how many competition managers (a) were appointed and (b) left their posts in each of the last five years; and how many competition managers were employed in each region on the latest date for which figures are available.
The Competition Manager programme was piloted in 2005, with 20 Competition Managers deployed in five county areas and working on a one to one ratio with 20 targeted school sport partnerships. There were no formal Competition Manager posts prior to 2005. The programme has expanded over the last four years and there are now 226 Competition Managers in post.
Table 1 contains a breakdown of the number of Competition Managers who were funded by awards made by the Department of Children, Schools and Families for Competition Manager posts during the last four years as part of the National School Sport strategy. We do not have data available on Competition Managers who have left their posts.
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Number of senior competition managers 14 23 49 Number of competition managers 20 48 68 177 Total 20 62 91 226
Table 2 contains current data on how many competition managers are employed in each Government region:
Region Number of senior competition managers in post Number of competition managers in post Total East Midlands 5 16 21 East of England 6 22 28 London 5 22 27 North East 4 10 14 North West 5 26 31 South East 7 26 33 South West 7 16 23 West Midlands 6 20 26 Yorkshire and Humberside 4 19 23 Total 49 177 226
Table 3 contains data on the amount of funding awarded to hosts of Competition Managers for the roles of Senior Competition Managers and Competition Managers during the last four years of the programme.
£ 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Award funding issued for Competition Manager and Senior Competition Manager posts 750,000 1,597,750 2,960,500 8,340,183
We have been advised that it is not possible to provide the average salary of a competition manager as a number of these posts receive funding from other sources.
The Youth Sports Trust has advised that the following funding has been provided to the UK School Games:
(a) No funding was provided in 2006 or 2007 from the public purse. In 2008 a total of £2.8 million was provided from the public purse. £2.3 million came from the Legacy Trust and £500,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
(b) In 2006 the National Lottery provided £1.486 million in funding via the Millennium Commission and in 2007, £2.3 million through the Big Lottery. There was no funding given in 2008.
For the next three years from 2009, funding will be provided as follows:
(a) The public purse will provide a total of £3.7 million from the Legacy Trust. There will be no further National Lottery funding during this period.
The Youth Sports Trust has advised that the cost of staging the UK school games since it was established has been £8,886,000 in total.
For 2006 the cost was £2,036,000; for 2007, £3,150,000; and for 2008, £3,700,000. This includes the legacy support provided by non governmental bodies.