Robertson: Labour's sports policy fails one million children

Hugh Robertson comments on the news that nearly one million children are not doing two hours of sport a week.

Commenting on the news that nearly one million children are not doing two hours of sport a week, Shadow Sports Minister, Hugh Robertson said:

“The Government has made some outrageous claims about the improvement in school sport but nearly one million school children are not getting the basic two hours of school sport each week. Given that they have also cut the number of teacher training places for PE teachers, it is hardly surprising that obesity rates are spiraling.

“Last year we had the farce of the Prime Minister offering an extra £20m each year to deliver 5 hours of school sport each week. Instead of announcing unbelievable targets with inadequate resources and no delivery plan, the Government ought to be concentrating on reaching the one million children that a decade of Labour Government has so conspicuously failed to reach.”