Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of PE and Sports Premium funding on participation in competitive sport; and if she will make a statement.

We want all pupils to be healthy and active. Through the Primary PE and Sport Premium, the government has invested over £600m of ring-fenced funding since 2013 to primary schools to provide additional and sustainable improvements to PE and sport.

In independent research, 70% of schools reported that participation in inter-school competitions had increased since the premium was introduced, while 53% reported an increase in intra-school competitions. Furthermore, 87% of schools reported that the quality of PE teaching had increased, and 84% that there had been an increase in pupil engagement in PE during curricular time, and in the levels of participation in extra-curricular activities.

We know that there is more for us to do. That is why we have committed to doubling the funding for the Primary PE and Sport Premium to £320m a year from September 2017.