Sports: Public Participation Mr. Don Foster To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which types of activity are included in his Department’s target of getting two million people more active ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Mr. Sutcliffe There is a cross-departmental commitment to get 2 million more people more active, with my Department, through Sport England, primarily responsible for getting 1 million more people playing more sport as part of this. Activities are included within this 1 million target on the basis that they are recognised as sports by the Home Country Sports Councils, and that each can be performed at least at moderate intensity. The following list gives details of these activities and their eligibility: Equestrian Horse riding Horse riding—dressage Horse riding—pony trekking Horse riding—show jumping Horse riding—three day eventing Harness racing1 Trotting1 Polo Climbing/mountaineering Climbing—ice Climbing—indoor/wall climbing Climbing—rock/rock climbing Climbing—rope Climbing—solo Climbing—sport Abseiling1 Mountaineering Mountaineering—high altitude Bouldering1 Caving/pot holing1 Hockey Hockey—field Hockey—ice Hockey—roller Hockey—street Sailing Sailing (cruising or racing)— catamaran and multihull Sailing (cruising or racing)—dinghy Sailing (cruising or racing)—ice Sailing (cruising or racing)—keelboat Sailing (cruising or racing)—other Yachting—land1 Yachting (cruising or racing)—ice Yachting (cruising or racing)—inshore/coastal Yachting (cruising or racing)—ocean Yachting (cruising or racing)—offshore Yachting (cruising or racing)—other Windsurfing or boardsailing Jet ski-ing/aquabike/personal water craft3 Running and jogging Running—cross country/beach/fell running Running—road Running—track Running—ultra marathon Jogging Martial Arts Judo Ju-jitsu Kabaddi1 Karate Martial arts Martial arts—Chinese Taekwondo Tai Chi Tang Soo Do Aikaido Kendo Self defence Swimming/diving Swimming—deep water Swimming—open water Swimming/diving (indoors) Swimming/diving (outdoors) Diving—deep water/free3 Athletics Athletics—field Athletics—track Canoeing/kayaking Kayaking1 Kayaking—whitewater1 Canoe polo1 Canoeing1 Gym/fitness activities Gym Aerobics/step aerobics Body attack Body balance Body building Body combat/cardio kick Body jam Body pump Body step Body Vive Exercise bike/exercise machine/spinning class Skipping Boxercise Conditioning activities/circuit training/assault course/stretching/toning Cross training Dance exercise Health and fitness Step machine/Air walker/airwalk/airwalker Keepfit/keep fit/sit ups Yoga2 Pilates2 Weight training Aquafit/Aquacise/Aqua aerobics/aqua aerobics/aqua fit/water aerobics1 Walking Walking—cliff1 Walking—gorge1 Walking—hill walking1 Walking/power walking1 Rambling1 Hill trekking1 Snowsports Ski flying Skiing Skiing—barefoot snow Skiing—barefoot water Skiing—extreme Skiing—free Skiing—grass or dry ski slope Skiing—mono Skiing-parachute Skiing—ribbing Skiing—speed Snowboarding Telemark Cycling Recreational Cycling3 Cycling3 Cyclo-cross3 Mountain biking3 BMX3 Bicycle polo Football Football/soccer (include 5 and 6-a-side and 11-a-side) (indoors) Football/soccer (include 5 and 6-a-side and 11-a-side) (outdoors) Futsal1 Racquet sports Squash Racketball Badminton Tennis/real tennis/short tennis Rugby Rugby League Rugby Union Tag rugby Touch rugby Wrestling Wrestling—Cumberland1 Wrestling—freestyle/sumo wrestling1 Wrestling—Greco Roman1 Wrestling— Olympic1 Gaelic sports Gaelic football Gaelic sports Hurling Irish handball Curling Wheelchair sports Wheelchair sports—archery1 Wheelchair sports—basketball1 Wheelchair sports—rugby1 Wheelchair sports—table tennis1 Wheelchair sports—tennis1 Motorsports Motorcycling—motorcross Motorcycling—off road Motorcycling—trail riding Motor racing/banger racing Motor sprints Motorcycling—trials riding Motorcycling—enduro Motorcycling—super moto Motorcycling—track racing Motorcycling—drag/sprint Motorcycling—rallying Motorcycling—sidecar racing Rally Cross Rallying Road racing (motors) Trials racing Karting Go Karting Auto Cross Motorcycling—speedway Drag racing Autotests Hill Climb Air sports Sky diving Soaring1 Parachuting1 Paragliding1 Gliding1 Hang-gliding1 Gymnastics Gymnastics Trampolining/trampoline1 Baseball/softball Softball Baseball Other aquatic sports Sub aqua/SCUBA diving1 Snorkelling1 Hockey—underwater Octopush1 Water polo1 Other team sports/activities American football Australian Rules Football1 Basketball Bowls3 Camogie Cricket Dodgeball1 Fives—rugby1 Netball Rounders Stoolball Ultimate Frisbee1 Volleyball Floorball1 Polocrosse1 Tug of war1 Handball1 Korfball1 Lacrosse Other sports Angling1 Archery2 Arm wrestling1 Baton twirling Biathlon Body boarding1 Bobsleigh1 Boccia1 Boxing Cheerleading Croquet2 Dragon boat racing1 Fencing Fives—Eton1 Frisby/Frisbee1 Golf/pitch and putt/putting High wire1 Highland Games1 Hovering1 Ice skating Kite surfing/kite boarding1 Life saving Luge1 Luge—street1 Medau1 Mine exploration1 Modern pentathlon1 Orienteering Powerboat racing1 Powerlifting Rafting/white water rafting1 Roller blading/roller skating1 Rowing Sea fishing1 Skateboarding Skating—in-line/inline skating Sombo Surfing/boardsurfing/board surfing1 Surf life saving Sportsboats1 Table tennis1 Tobogganing/sledging/sledding1 Triathlon Wake boarding/wakeboarding1 Waterskiing Weightlifting 1 Respondents are asked about the intensity they did the activity at and only included if at least moderate intensity. All other sports on the list above are automatically classified as at least moderate intensity. 2 Included in the ‘1 million’ indicator—for people aged 65 and over 3 To contribute to the ‘1 million’ indicator cycling activity must be undertaken for at least once a week, 30 minutes, moderate intensity Examples of activities that will contribute to the wider, cross-Government target to get 2 million people more active are outlined in Be Active Be Healthy on the Department of Health website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_094358