Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 63090
Cricket: Schools
Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 7 July 2025
Question
Paula Barker
Labour — Liverpool Wavertree
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of cricket participation rates among state school pupils.
Answer
Stephanie PeacockSport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for Academic Year 2023-24 shows that 252,500 (6.6%) children in academy schools have participated in cricket at least once a week or more, and 253,000 (7.3%) children in maintained schools have...
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