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<p>The best sources of data available to identify the number of people participating
in sporting activities in a) North Swindon constituency and b) England in each of
the last five years is Sport England’s Active People Survey and its Active Lives Survey,
both of which are accessible via Sport England’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Active
People Survey collected data on participation rates across England from October 2005
to September 2016. The Active Lives Survey replaced the Active People Survey – using
a different methodology to measure participation, but still focusing on England only
- and was first published in January 2017. The attached table provided a detailed
breakdown.</p><p> </p><p>Both the Active People Survey and Active Lives Survey collect
and provide data on people aged 16+. Data on the number below the age of 16 has not
been collected to date, though Sport England is currently developing an Active Lives
Children Survey, which will include data for children aged 5-15. The survey will be
launched later this year with the first set of results available in early 2019.</p><p>
</p><p>Data on the number of people participating in sport across the UK as a whole
is not collected because sport policy is a devolved matter.</p>
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