What the participation levels have been in (a) girls’ football in schools, (b) girls’ club football and (c) women’s club football in each y…

Answered Asked by Kenny MacAskill SNP Lodged 30 May 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the participation levels have been in (a) girls’ football in schools, (b) girls’ club football and (c) women’s club football in each year since 1999.

The answer

Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 12 Jun 2006 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

The participation levels forgirls’ school and club football since 1999 are shown in the following tables. Thesestatistics are taken from the Scottish Omnibus Survey.
Participation in Football ina School Context (at Least Once in the Previous Four Weeks): Girls and Boys Aged8 to 15, 1998-2000 to 2003-05

| Girls
| Boys

Percentage of respondents

1998-2000
| 8
| 19

1999-2001
| 8
| 18

2000-02
| 8
| 18

2001-03
| 8
| 18

2002-04
| 10
| 19

2003-05
| 11
| 20

Participation in Football inany Context (at Least Once in the Previous Four Weeks): Membership of a Club forFootball, Girls and Boys Aged 8 to 15, 1998-2000 to 2003-05

| Girls
| Boys

Percentage of respondents

1998-2000
| 4
| 22

1999-2001
| 3
| 24

2000-02
| 3
| 23

2001-03
| 3
| 24

2002-04
| 4
| 24

2003-05
| 3
| 22

Due to the small sample-sizes,accurate information on participation levels in women’s football is not held centrallybut information is available from the Scottish Women’s Football Association.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-26354 by reference.