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Table 3: Engagement in moderate intensity sport by adults from lower socio-economic groups
	Lower socio-economic
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	15	135	16	154	17	174
North West	14	328	15	347	18	433
Yorkshire and The Humber	16	283	16	293	17	309
East Midlands	15	217	15	221	17	256
West Midlands	14	250	14	259	15	286
East of England	18	280	17	273	14	228
London	14	239	14	271	16	306
South East	15	310	16	330	17	382
South West	17	267	16	264	18	285
England	15	2,309	15	2,412	16	2,657

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Table 4: Engagement in moderate intensity sport by women
	Women
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	17	169	17	181	17	182
North West	17	455	17	471	18	531
Yorkshire and The Humber	19	379	17	361	16	344
East Midlands	17	279	18	295	18	345
West Midlands	17	342	16	350	18	414
East of England	20	434	21	450	19	420
London	19	547	17	491	18	541
South East	20	628	21	661	20	662
South West	20	407	20	417	22	464
England	18	3,639	18	3,678	19	3,902

Table 5: Engagement in moderate intensity sport by all adults
	All adults
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East	21	400	23	449	21	434
North West	19	970	20	1,072	24	1,300
Yorkshire and The Humber	21	810	22	883	22	909
East Midlands	20	650	21	720	22	781
West Midlands	20	800	20	833	21	880
East of England	22	930	23	968	22	1,009
London	21	1,200	20	1,152	22	1,325
South East	21	1,320	22	1,396	23	1,493
South West	23	880	24	956	25	1,030
England	21	7,950	22	8,429	22	9,162

A final assessment of progress against the Department’s SR04 PSA3 target was published on 11 December 2008. Full details can be found at:

http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/5653.aspx

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what percentage of people aged 16 years and over (a) from black and ethnic minority groups, (b) with a limiting disability, (c) from lower socio-economic groups, (d) who were female and (e) from the total population, (i) did and (ii) did not participate in at least one active sport every four weeks in each of the last three years, broken down by region; and what assessment he has made of his Department’s progress towards its Public Service Agreement targets in this area. [244957]

Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 18 December 2008]: The ‘Taking Part’ survey is a continuous household survey providing national data on participation in culture, leisure and sport by adults aged 16 and over.

Tables 1 to 4 show the number and percentage of adults who engaged in an active sport at least once in the past four weeks. The data relate to the four sub-groups of the population referred to in the question, by region, for each of the last three years. Data are also provided for the total population in Table 5. The percentage of adults who did not participate can be deduced from the data given.

Due to small sample sizes, differences between regions or years may not be statistically significant.

Table 1: Engagement in active sport by adults from black and minority ethnic groups
	Black and minority ethnic
	2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand	Percentage	Thousand
North East(1)	—	—	—	—	—	—
North West	44	135	51	166	52	175
Yorkshire and The Humber	51	143	52	118	51	121
East Midlands	63	156	57	144	53	130
West Midlands	53	275	52	265	58	268
East of England	60	138	59	115	65	176
London	51	907	48	943	49	957
South East	60	260	62	217	56	230
South West	52	47	65	55	56	60
England	53	2,086	52	2,044	53	2,150
(1) The survey’s sample of black and minority ethnic people in the North East is too small to provide robust data.

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