Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of how many people aged (a) under 16 and (b) over 16 participate in skateboarding each week.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Active Lives provides a comprehensive overview of sport and physical activity in England. Within Active Lives, there are two surveys: Active Lives Adult, which is published twice a year, and Active Lives Children and Young People, which is published annually.
Sport England does not hold weekly figures for adults; these are only held for children. Also Sport England does not have skateboarding separated for children.
71,600 adults aged 16+ (0.2%) took part in Skateboarding at least twice in the last 28 days (May 2017/18).
322,700 children aged 5-16 (4.6%) took part in Skateboarding, roller skating, blading at least once a week (Academic Year 2017/18).
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the inclusion of skateboarding at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, what plans he has to support skateboarding in the UK.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
UK Sport announced on 7 December 2018 that 14 Olympic and Paralympic sports, including skateboarding, will receive investment from the new £3m Aspiration Fund, which aims to support sports that do not currently receive full UK Sport funding to develop plans to help teams and athletes qualify and prepare for Tokyo 2020. Alongside their qualification plan, sports seeking funding submitted details on how they intend to capitalise on the impact of competing at the 2020 Games and engage and inspire future generations.
This Aspiration Fund provides a fantastic opportunity for sports to develop their potential not only to inspire through their performances, but also to have a genuine social impact in communities across the UK
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with UK Sport on the most appropriate organisation to be recognised as the governing body of skateboarding.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Ministers meet with UK Sport regularly to discuss a range of issues. UK Sport are providing ongoing guidance and support to all skateboarding parties as they aim to meet the conditions of UK Sport's Aspiration Fund award, announced in December 2018. This includes efforts to identify the appropriate delivery model of the funding to which the whole sport is committed.
Skateboard GB and the British Roller Skating Federation are working with their International Federation, World Skate, to clarify recognition for the sport of Skateboarding at the Olympic Games.
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of compliance to the Code for Sports Governance of (a) the British Roller Sports Federation, (b) the British Skateboard Federation and (c) Skateboard GB / Skateboard England.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
UK Sport has carried out an initial governance assessment of the British Roller Sports Federation, British Skateboarding Federation and Skateboard GB; comparing publicly available information on each organisation with the requirements of A Code for Sports Governance.
This type of assessment has been made on all potential Aspiration Fund (AF) recipients ahead of the full assessment carried out on successful AF recipients, leading to a confirmation of compliance with the Code or the establishment of a Governance Action Plan to achieve compliance.
Asked by: Tracey Crouch (Conservative - Chatham and Aylesford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to skateboarding from (a) Sport England and (b) UK Sport (i) by recipient organisation and (ii) for what purpose in each of the last two years.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
a) Between 2017-2018, Sport England invested £844,869 into 20 projects, including the refurbishment and development of skateparks and related facilities. Full details of these investments can be found on Sport England’s website.
(b) (i) UK Sport has allocated up to £166,825 from the innovative Aspiration Fund to support the sport’s route to the Tokyo Olympics. The skateboarding investment award made through the Aspiration Fund has been allocated to the sport pending identification of the best funding delivery model. This award is dependent upon the sport satisfying UK Sport’s conditions of award.
(b) (ii) The £3 million Aspiration Fund announced by DCMS in October 2018 allows sports who do not currently receive full UK Sport funding to develop plans to help teams and athletes qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Alongside skateboarding’s proposed qualification plan for Tokyo 2020, the sport must demonstrate how they will capitalise on the impact of competing at the 2020 Games and engage and inspire communities.