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Community Amateur Sports Clubs Scheme

Volume 498: debated on Tuesday 27 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what proportion of eligible sports clubs have joined the community amateur sports club scheme in each year since it was introduced. (294753)

To the end of August 2009, 5,424 clubs had registered as community amateur sports clubs (CASCs). The yearly breakdown since the scheme was introduced is in the table. We do not hold figures on the number of sport clubs that are eligible to become CASCs:

New clubs registering

Total registrations

2003

557

557

2004

1,447

2,004

2005

1,500

3,504

2006

637

4,141

2007

387

4,528

2008

550

5,078

2009

346

5,424