Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Thirty-Second Report - Grassroots parti…
Acknowledged
Sport England has not yet translated its understanding of the barriers to participation into action to enable inactive groups to participate in sport and physical activity. Sport England recognises three key requirements to get inactive groups to participate: motivation, confidence and opportunity. It recognises that some groups face greater barriers …
Government response. Sport England will continue to support people to be active and cross-government working will be crucial, saying the barriers are complex and vary from person to person.
HM Treasury
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Conclusion
Thirty-Second Report - Grassroots parti…
Acknowledged
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (the Department) and Sport England on their efforts to increase the population’s levels of physical activity.1
Government response. The government agrees that major sporting events should have a positive impact on participation, but notes that participation outcomes will vary from event to event, and the events also drive economic growth, improve infrastructure, instil civic and national pride, and …
HM Treasury
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Conclusion
Thirty-Second Report - Grassroots parti…
Acknowledged
Prior to the pandemic, between November 2016 and November 2019, the percentage of adults who were active increased by 1.2 percentage points, from 62.1% to 63.3%. Participation rates then fell to 61.4% in the year to November 2021, the lowest on record, as measures to control the spread of the …
Government response. The government acknowledged that population activity levels were at an all-time high prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, and that Sport England's strategy seeks to mobilize a cross-sector movement to collectively support more people to be active.
HM Treasury
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Conclusion
Thirty-Second Report - Grassroots parti…
Acknowledged
In 2015, the Department published a new cross-government sporting strategy, Sporting Future. The strategy promised to target funding at less active groups of the population, believing this would deliver the biggest gains for public spending.13 Sport England told us that, since 2015, it had adopted a variety of approaches to …
Government response. The government acknowledged that population activity levels were at an all-time high prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, and that Sport England's strategy seeks to mobilize a cross-sector movement to collectively support more people to be active.
HM Treasury