Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Oral Answers to Questions

Helen Grant Excerpts
Monday 21st June 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hugh Robertson Portrait Hugh Robertson
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No; they are PricewaterhouseCoopers’ figures, so they are not mine at all. The figures show that there is an 83% dead weight, and that does not, I am afraid, represent value for money.

Helen Grant Portrait Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con)
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What plans does the Minister have to promote sport between schools?

Hugh Robertson Portrait Hugh Robertson
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That is an extremely good question—[Interruption.] The Opposition should try asking it themselves. Promoting competitive sport in schools is absolutely this Government’s key legacy objective for school sport. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is taking the lead in the Department’s initiative in that regard and he will make an important announcement about it next Monday.