| Heading: |
Cricket: Schools |
| Question ID: |
1816941 |
| UIN: |
63090 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4828 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paula Barker
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Paula Barker
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
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. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-07 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4607 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephanie Peacock
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| Answering Member handle: |
Steph_Peacock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Steph_Peacock
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| Answer text: |
Sport 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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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |