Richard Caborn: The Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) scheme is administered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), who provide data on CASC registrations and the overall financial benefits to clubs. There are however no reliable estimates of the number of clubs that may be eligible for CASC status. As of 22 December 2005, 3,504 clubs had successfully registered as CASCs, up from a figure of 2,004 on 31...
Kenneth Macintosh: ...aware that one young boy had been caught stealing sandwiches during the school holidays. On further inquiry, it soon became apparent that, in the absence of the school lunch and the breakfast club, the boy and his siblings were not eating properly. The director of education, with the support of the council, established a programme to continue school meals over the holiday period and to...
Lord Addington: ...and move on into the modern world". The model of the school being the basic provider will not work any more. It was never that great, because it cut out choice. The idea that you were at a rugby, hockey, football or netball school—that was the school sport, and you did not play any others—was a disaster for participation. If you had a bad initial experience of sport, you stopped it....
Stephen Hammond: ...Moral State We're In", he would find a thoughtful exposition of how several of those absurd regulations affect the voluntary sector. On Sunday mornings, for example, I help to coach at Wimbledon hockey club. I understand the need for Criminal Records Bureau checks, but why must I reapply triennially, which is absurd? The Leader of the House has agreed to hold a debate on how regulation is...
Richard Caborn: ...by mainstream Department for Education and Skills spending, which shows the real commitment the Government have to the sustainability of the structure of sport. The linking of schools to the club structure is absolutely vital; there is no doubt about that. If we are to address the 70 per cent. fall-out figure, that is where we have to do it. There are other challenges to our governing...
Stewart Stevenson: To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of how many (a) football, (b) rugby, (c) tennis, (d) athletics, (e) hockey and (f) swimming clubs there have been in each local authority area in each of the last five years.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of (a) football, (b) rugby, (c) tennis, (d) athletics, (e) hockey and (f) swimming clubs in London in each of the last five years.
Phyllis Starkey: ...our local league one football team, the Milton Keynes Dons. The House will be relieved to know that I do not intend to rehearse all the old arguments about the events that led to Wimbledon football club relocating to Milton Keynes in late 2003 and taking, in July 2004, the new name of Milton Keynes Dons. I accept that some people—possibly some in the House—objected to the move and...
Michael Matheson: .... I am not necessarily convinced that we should have a biannual national mini-Olympics in Scotland. Much more important—Margo MacDonald touched on this—is engagement between community sports clubs and schools. It is unfortunate that in Scotland being a member of a sports club is fairly unusual, whereas in Scandinavian countries it is normal—on average, more than 70 per cent of...
Lord Clement-Jones: ...are huge for businesses and for local authority budgets. Licensed premises include or sponsor many social and culturally important activities in this country: amateur sports and recreation clubs; the bedrock of live music in the UK; pub-sponsored sports teams; quiz nights; games nights; and even circuses. The question is whether the Government have got the balance right between local...
Patricia Ferguson: The information requested is set out in the following table. Year Organisation Award Sport 2001-02 Glasgow City Council 358,000 Football/hockey/multisport Fife Council 385,773 Mainly football Highland Council 333,400 Football/hockey Fife Council 92,000 Mainly football Highland Football Academy Trust 1,000,000 Football 2002-03 Aberdeen City Council...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: .... My Lords, this is the first debate on football that we have held in the House since the Unstarred Question asked by my noble friend Lord Clark of Windermere on the ownership of Football League clubs in July 2002. Many of the structural weaknesses in the English game identified in that debate by my noble friend and other speakers remain, but a number of positive points about the state of...
Mrs Helen Jackson: ...in the centre of a busy park. In the spring and summer, we hear the sound of friendly banter and applause on most afternoons, which is the delightful atmosphere created by Hillsborough Park bowling club. The club has neat flower beds, clipped hedgerows and seats, which frame three well-maintained crown green bowling greens. The club was established around 1908 and is the biggest in the...
Andy Reed: Yes, I was about to come to that. We need a wide variety of sports. A lot of girls want to play football, although many are still happy to play traditional sports such as netball or hockey. There is, however, a vast variety of sports out there competing for their attention—basketball, dance and aerobics, for example—and they should all be available. With regard to facilities such as...
Andy Reed: ...get the two things that I mentioned right. That comes through in the report. It is quite clear that if teachers, or coaches who are brought in from the national governing bodies through the school-club links, demonstrate that level of enthusiasm to individuals, they will participate. The facilities are also necessary. Part of the problem is that our experience is of dirty, dingy areas. If...
Richard Caborn: ...College and Brunei university. The following centres have been developed as a result of investment in the EIS. EIS capital programme Site Sport Facility provision University of Birmingham Hockey Water-based hockey pitch—2 upgrades University of Birmingham Squash 7-court upgrade Birmingham CC Athletics Indoor Athletics Centre, 132m straight and throw/jump area ...
Richard Caborn: As part of the joint DCMS/DfES national strategy for PE, School Sport and Clubs Links; the DCMS are investing £9 million to increase the percentage of five to 16 year-olds from School Sport Partnerships who are members of, or participate in governing body or otherwise accredited amateur sports clubs from 14 per cent. (2002) to 20 per cent. by 2006. This is being delivered by 22 sports:...
Angela Smith: The Sports Council for Northern Ireland met with representatives with an interest in the sport of ice hockey as follows. The NI Ice Hockey Federation in November 2003 Castlereagh Borough Council in November 2003 Belfast Community Ice Hockey Club in January 2004 A further meeting has been planned for 16 June 2004 with representatives from the Belfast Community Ice Hockey Club.
Angela Smith: The Sports Council for Northern Ireland does not recognise the Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Association, as this body is no longer operational. The Sports Council now officially recognises the Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Federation, in place of the Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Association, as the governing body in Northern Ireland. It is understood that there is one member club—the Northern...
Lord Addington: ...need—what amount of usable turf; that rare commodity around our urban areas, well drained solid bits of turf, which can be used for dozens of different sports? I have had it explained to me that hockey players like to play hockey on new, artificial pitches. That is great if they can all get there. They cannot all get there after work. If they have only the one pitch, with the best will...
