'Little progress' in tackling barriers to participation in sport - MPs
Chief medical officer guidelines say adults from ages 19 to 64 should do at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity each week
It claims the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport "lacks compelling vision for integrating physical activity into everyday life".The cross-party group of MPs says that a refocusing of strategy by funding agency Sport England in 2015 on local-based efforts to target the least active "shows some signs of working".
Sport England's spending data "is not sufficiently granular to assess how well it targets spending at the least active" Dame Meg Hillier MP, chair of the committee, said: "After the short-term financial boost there's been precious little to show by way of legacy, even in my immediate area of East London where the 2012 Games were held."More waste, more loss of desperately needed public money. As the cost-of-living crisis bites hard, DCMS must set out what it will do differently to achieve change where it has not succeeded.
"Activity levels for young people have now returned to pre-pandemic levels and we continue to work with Sport England to invest in sport for all, having recently announced £320m for schools and more than £260m to build or upgrade thousands of grassroots facilities.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
London 2012 Olympics: Destination of £1bn govt cash spent in wake of games unknown, say MPsChair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee Dame Meg Hillier says it is because of a 'lack of vision and drive' that Sport England has paid 'out £1.5bn of taxpayers' money without knowing where two-thirds of it went'.
Lire la suite »
Mancini remembers 'little brother' Vialli and says 'I was hoping for a miracle'Italy manager Roberto Mancini has paid an emotional tribute to his ‘little brother’ Gianluca Vialli who died aged 58. The footballing legend succumbed to pancreatic cancer earlier in the week &821…
Lire la suite »
Gridlock as record number of ambulances queue at A&E in EnglandMore than 40% of crews were delayed outside hospitals in England over Christmas.
Lire la suite »