Sports minister Tracey Crouch says funding must be better targeted to address drop in people doing regular exercise since post-2012 Olympics high
The government has launched a public consultation on sport participation as it seeks to address a worrying decline in the number of people taking part in regular exercise since a post-Olympics high.
While there are now 1.4 million more people playing sport in England than in 2005 – when the UK won the right to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics – this increase came in two short bursts: one after London’s bid was declared the winner, and another around the 2012 Games themselves. The current trend is a gradual decline in the number of people playing sport regularly.
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