Sports: Coronavirus

(asked on 3rd December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2020 to Question 120773 on Ice Skating: Coronavirus, what sports he classifies as having elite athletes.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 8th December 2020

Elite and professional athletes may continue to use facilities to train and to compete. It is set out in regulation and in guidance that an ‘elite athlete’ is defined as a person who is:

  • an individual who derives a living from competing in a sport

  • a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body

  • a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body

  • on an elite development pathway.

It is for the relevant governing body to set their own guidance and define the threshold at which these criteria are met in their sport.

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