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Touting is an offence under Section 55 of the Civic Government Act 1982, but there is no specific offence of ticket touting at football matches.

I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-15179 on 22 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The Executive and sportscotland has awarded £49.5 million to the 10 successful bids made under the National and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy. This contribution, along with that from the funding partners, will see a total investment of up to £230 million in new and refurbished sports facilities in Scotland if all 10 projects are taken forward and completed as planned. The following table sets out the breakdown of investment for each project.

Lead Applicant Project	Contribution from
	Exchequer and Lottery Sports Fund	Lead Applicant and its other Funding Partners	Expected Completion Date
Falkirk Council Westfield Stadium	£3,000,000	£5,000000	March 2007
Stirling Council: Forthbank	£2,500,000	£18,500000	October 2007
City of Edinburgh Council: Sighthill Park	£7,000,000	£44,000,000	May 2009
Hunters Hall	£6,000,000	£26,000,000	May 2009
Royal Commonwealth Pool	£4,000,000	£27,000,000	January 2009
Aberdeen City Council: Linksfield	£5,000,000	£17,000,000	October 2008
Glasgow City Council: East End	£9,500,000	£15,000,000	March 2009
Scotstoun	£4,500,000	£7,000,000	May 2007
Toryglen	£3,000,000	£8,000,000	September 2007
North Lanarkshire Council Ravenscraig	£5,000,000	£13,000,000	August 2007

 

The Scottish Executive has no plans to make representations to the UK Government on this matter.

No, the Scottish Executive has made no representations to the UK Government nor received any representations from the Scottishmusic industry, or wider entertainment and sports industries, in relation to ticketselling or reselling matters.

I refer the member to questionS2W-15112 on 17 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The rolling average for 1999-2002(up to December 2002) was 78% and for 2000-2003 (up to December 2003) was 71.3%.Whilst this shows a decrease, we expect this to change once infrastructure developmentssuch as Active Schools are bedded in. Active Schools should lead to improved linksbetween schools and clubs (and tertiary education) and thus pathways for this agegroup to continue their participation in sport outside the school curriculum. Figuresup to December 2004 will not be available until summer 2005, and will be reportedto the Sport 21 National Implementation Forum in October 2005. Thereafter, figureswill be posted on sportscotland’s website www.sportscotland.org.uk

The method of measurement isthe same as that stated in the answer to
question S2W-14291 on 17 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Data collection for these participationlevels are not specifically for children over 14 but for all children andadults over 14 to help measure the related target in Sport 21 2003-2007. This commencedin April 2003 when Sport 21 took effect. Therefore, the earliest collated figures available here cover the period April 2003 toJune 2004 where the average participation level was 42%. The rolling average uptill the end of 2004 will not be available until summer 2005, and will be reportedto the Sport 21 National Implementation Forum in October 2005. Thereafter, figureswill be posted on sportscotland’s website www.sportscotland.org.uk.

The rolling average for 1999-2002(up to December 2002) was 42% and for 2000-2003 (up to December 2003) was also 42%.That for 2004 will not be available until summer 2005, and will be reported to theSport 21 National Implementation Forum in October 2005. Thereafter, figures willbe posted on sportscotland’s website www.sportscotland.org.uk

The method of measurement isthe same as that stated in the answer to question S2W-14291 on 17 March 2005. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the searchfacility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Data collected as part of theomnibus household survey, the Scottish Opinion Survey, are used by sportscotlandto produce their annual reports on sports participation in Scotland. Becausethe sub-sample sizes for many individual sports are relatively small, sportscotlanduse the data from the three previous years for each annual report. This increasesthe sub-sample sizes, thereby reducing the sampling error for individual sportsto make the estimates of participation more reliable than they would be for a singleyear. To take account of the seasonality of participation in many sports, resultsfrom only the two most popular months of the year are used. The rolling average for 1999-2002(up to December 2002) was 48% and for 2000-03 (up to December 2003) was 45%. Whilstthis shows a decrease, we expect this to change once infrastructure developmentssuch as Active Schools are bedded in. Active Schools should lead to improved linksbetween schools and clubs (and tertiary education) and thus pathways for schoolleavers to continue their participation in sport with a club and/or in further education.Figures up to December 2004 will not be available until summer 2005, and will bereported to the Sport 21 National Implementation Forum in October 2005. Thereafter,figures will be posted on sportscotland’s website www.sportscotland.org.uk.