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The Department plans to publish a new strategy to replace Sporting Future, which will include...
Recommendation
The Department plans to publish a new strategy to replace Sporting Future, which will include as a priority greater joining up between government departments and the wider sector. The Department originally intended to publish this in Summer 2022.19 We therefore asked the Department why the new strategy had not been released and when it was likely to be published. The Department told us that the delay was due to the recent turnover of ministers and that new ministers would want to ensure that the new strategy fits with their priorities for the sector and to meet and engage with sector stakeholders before publishing it. The Department said the publication date was subject to a set of political clearance processes which it was not wholly in charge of, but that it had continued to work on getting the strategy ready to go as quickly as possible. We asked the Department if it expected to be able to publish its strategy by the end of the year but the Department was unable to give us a date.20
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and commits to publishing the new Sport Strategy shortly, with a target implementation date of June 2023, which will focus on addressing inactivity and will include a new measurement framework developed with Sport England.
Government Response
Accepted
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
3.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: June 2023 3.2 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and will set this out shortly in the new Sport Strategy. 3.3 The government's new Sport Strategy will build on the success of the previous government strategy 'Sporting Future’ and have a clear focus on addressing inactivity levels and the barriers that prevent people from participating in sport. 3.4 At the heart of the strategy is the ambition for more people to have access to facilities and participate in sport and physical activity, no matter their location or background. 3.5 As part of the development of the strategy, DCMS will work alongside Sport England to establish a new measurement framework ensuring that it remains consistent with that of Uniting the Movement. DCMS will do this by monitoring how money is being spent and the core key performance metrics as set out through Uniting the Movement and ensuring the government have the data to show how it is having an impact at a local level. This framework will allow us to clearly measure progress against the targets which will define success of the strategy. 3.6 The government believes that there is no single policy solution to delivering significant change to population wide activity levels and that collaboration and a shared ambition across various sector partners and government will be required for real, sustained impact to be achieved.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Report
Thirty-Second Report - Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity
08 Jan 2023
HC 46
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
3.6 yrs
Report published
08 Jan 2023