Government support for the horse racing industry
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on government support for the horse racing industry on 24 October 2024. The debate will be opened by Nick Timothy MP.
This House of Commons Library briefing paper looks at attempts to use the 2012 Olympics to increase grassroots participation in sport. It also looks at the new cross-government sporting strategy, published in December 2015.
London Olympics 2012: a sporting legacy? (619 KB , PDF)
The Labour and Coalition Governments both published plans to use the 2012 Olympic Games to increase grassroots participation in sport.
According to a November 2013 House of Lords Select Committee report, a “post-Games step change in participation across the UK and across different sports did not materialise.”
In June 2015, the Sports Minister, Tracey Crouch, admitted that participation rates in sport were “not good enough” and that the Government was working on a new strategy for sport. This was published, following a consultation exercise, in December 2015.
The new strategy notes that, for over a decade, Government policy had concentrated on getting more people participating in sport and winning more Olympic and Paralympic medals. While these remain part of the strategy, future policy will focus on five broader outcomes that sport can deliver:
Government funding for sport and physical activity will go to projects that can demonstrate how they will make a measurable and positive contribution to some or all of the above outcomes.
London Olympics 2012: a sporting legacy? (619 KB , PDF)
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on government support for the horse racing industry on 24 October 2024. The debate will be opened by Nick Timothy MP.
Gambling advertising has been permitted across all British media since 2007, but some are concerned that advertising could encourage harmful or excessive gambling.
There will be a general debate on sport following the Olympic and Paralympic Team GB successes on Thursday 10 October 2024. The debate will take place in the House of Commons Chamber.