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<p>Government remains committed to supporting disabled people to realise their potential
in sport. Since 2012 Sport England has made disability sport a key focus of its strategy
and the National Governing Bodies of Sport have specific targets for increasing the
number of people with disabilities who play their sport. Sport England is currently
investing over £171 million to make sport a practical and attractive lifestyle choice
for disabled people and to get more disabled people playing sport.</p><p><strong>Table
A:</strong> Investment in disability sport-specific facilities</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sport</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sport
England investment in disability sport-specific facilities since 2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair
basketball</p></td><td><p>£79,314*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blind cricket and deaf
cricket</p></td><td><p>£241,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair tennis</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair
rugby</p></td><td><p>£228,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair football</p></td><td><p>£179,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>*Includes £30,000 award to GB Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA) in
2013 for new wheelchairs</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the figures in Table A only
includes awards for projects which have a stated disability sport focus. Facilities
like sports halls can be used for disability sports like the ones listed in Table
A. Since 2012, Sport England has invested £39.8 million in 58 such sports hall projects.</p><p>
</p><p>As part of GBWBA’s Whole Sport Plan investment for 2013-17, Sport England invested
£154,833 in the University of Worcester Disabled Athlete Accommodation project. Across
Sport England’s National Centres for Sport, at least 20 per cent of accommodation
provided has been designed specifically with disability access requirements in mind.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Sport England is also investing £26,000 in a research project in partnership
with GBWBA to look at ways to increase the quality of surfaces used for wheelchair
sports.</p>
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