Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S2W-27050 · Session 2

What the current participation rates are in youth theatre, broken down by age group.

Answered Asked by Kenny MacAskill SNP Lodged 22 Jun 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current participation rates are in youth theatre, broken down by age group.

The answer

Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 Jul 2006 · 25 days after it was lodged, on time

Research carried out for the Scottish Arts Council in 2001 estimated that there were over 7,000 participantsin youth theatre, taking part in over 300 youth theatre groups.
The survey also found that47% of participants were aged under 12, 50% aged 12 – 18 and 3% aged 19 – 25.
Promote YT (Scotland),the national membership network organisation for youth theatre, intends tocarry out a new mapping exercise and survey of youth theatre in the nearfuture.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-27050 by reference.