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THE UK BY NUMBERS

London 2012 Olympics THE UK BY NUMBERS GB finished the 2012 Olympics with 65 medals: 29 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze. It surpassed the total of 47 at the 2008 Beijing Games and the target of at least 48 set by UK Sport Source: Team GB 120 SPORT 104 100 87 We present an at-a-glance overview of key issues in Britain today. This 82 80 issue our focus is on sport. Statistics are from Northern Government, 65

Sport , Sport , Scottish Government, and Team GB 60 44

40 34 35 Other 28 28

17 TV Access to sport facilities “If winning isn’t everything, why 20 Percentage of adults in who have access to local sports facilities “You don’t suffer, kill yourselfSports gambling do they keep score?” Vince Lombardi 0 within 20 minutes of their home by foot or on public transport - 2007/2008 GB USA China Italy and take the risks I take just forAdmissions Source: People and : Results from the Scottish Household Survey Germany Hungary Gym/sports hall Outdoor sports pitch Swimming pool money. I love bike racing” Greg LeMond Subscriptions and fees Republic of Korea

Large urban areas Sports equipment Sport-related expenditure Sport-related employment Clothing and footwear Other urban areas Consumer spend on was £17.384 billion in 2008 – Sport-related employment in England is estimated at 441,000 in 2008, up 138% since 1985. There has been a 6.9% increase in consumer accounting for 1.8% of all employment in England. Between 2000 and 2008, Accessible small towns spending on sports equipment between 2003 and 2008. employment in sport increased by 20.7% Other Clothing Public Remote small towns 23% and footwear Othersector 20% 13% TV Public sector Accessible rural Sports equipment TV 7% SportsVoluntary gambling Commercial Voluntary sector Remote rural 11% Sector Sector 76% Admissions11% Commercial sector 0 20 40 60 80 100 Subscriptions Sport and fees 18% Subscriptions and fees gambling Admissions Sports equipment “Sports do not build character. 18% 3% Clothing and footwear Most popular sports Source: Economic value of sport in England, Sport England August 2010 Heywood Broun They reveal it” Ten most popular types of sport in by percentage of respondents Percentage of 5-15 year-olds in England participating. One in five of respondents participates in swimming/diving at least once in 12 months Source: Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Northern Ireland 2010/11 encouraged to take part in sport more often as Continuous Household Survey 25% a result of 2012 Olympic/Paralympic Games Frequency of activity Percentage of children in England who had Percentage of schoolchildren in Wales who participate in extra- Swimming/diving curricular and/or club activity Source: School Sport Survey 2011 participated in sport in the last four weeks; 82.7 Public sector 88% per cent of 5-10 year-olds (out of school only) Keep fit/aerobics/yoga/dance exercise 70 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Voluntary sector Percentage of 15-24 year-olds in Wales who (incl. pitch and putt/putting) 60 participated in a sporting activity at least once Jogging Commercial sector 73% in the four weeks prior to survey 50 In Northern Ireland in 2011 41% of people participated in 40 some type of sport or physical activity on at least one day a Tenpin bowling 30 week, a significant increase from 37% in 2009/10. /pool/billiards In Scotland 54% participated in sport in 2011. Participation was higher among men (60%) than women (48%) and (indoors or outdoors) 20

declined with age (75% of those aged 16 to 24 compared Weight training/lifting/body building 10 with 21% of those 75 or over had participated in other Angling/fishing sports activities) 0 About once a week Twice a week Three times a week Four times a week Five times a week Source: Sport England, Sport Wales, DCAL Northern Ireland, 0 5 10 15 20 Scottish Household Survey or more often or more often or more often or more often or more often