AQW 42622/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 20/02/2015
Answered On Date: 06/03/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure (i) to detail the role of the Sports Matters Monitoring Group; (ii) the date of its most recent meeting; and (iii) whether it has commissioned any reviews of the Sports Matters Strategy since 2011.

Answer:

i) The role of the Sports Matter Monitoring Group, as set out in Sport Matters Strategy for Sport & Physical Recreation 2009 – 2019, is to:

•Bring together senior representatives of the Departments, agencies and organisations responsible for sport and recreation, health, education, employment, the natural and built environments and social development;

•Agree mechanisms to secure the buy-in and delivery commitment of key partners and stakeholders including those in the community, voluntary and private sectors;

•Monitor delivery of the commitments to sport and physical recreation set out within this Strategy;

•Approve, monitor and evaluate detailed action plans developed by each Sport Matters Monitoring and Implementation Group;

•Commission, or seek to have commissioned, periodic reviews of the Strategy; and to

•Publish periodic progress reports.

ii) The most recent meeting of the Sport Matters Monitoring Group took place on 3 December 2014.

iii)The mid-term review of Sport Matters commenced in 2014 and the report is currently being finalised having been presented to the Sport Matters Monitoring and Implementation Groups and the CAL Committee.