Community Amateur Sports Clubs Scheme

Mr. Don Foster
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.

Mr. Sutcliffe
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:

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|    |New clubs registering|Total registrations|
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|2003|557                  |557                |
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|2004|1,447                |2,004              |
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|2005|1,500                |3,504              |
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|2006|637                  |4,141              |
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|2007|387                  |4,528              |
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|2008|550                  |5,078              |
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|2009|346                  |5,424              |
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