Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of athletics coaches coaching in England.
Government recognises the critically important role that coaches play in community sport across England.
According to the latest available figures provided by England Athletics, the number of athletics coaches coaching in England over the last five years was:
Year | Total number of coaches |
2014 - 2015 | 51,031 |
2013 - 2014 | 46,810 |
2012 - 2013 | 43,109 |
2011- 2012 | 36,077 |
2010 - 2011 | 32,367 |