More done to ensure PE in schools is available to all.

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He quoted a parliamentary reply last week showing that only 5% of the PE and sport in schools budget had been spent by 1 April 2004.

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It suggests the Games inspired more than half of children to take up a new sport, but 80% of parents say the amount of PE and games in UK schools has not increased.

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He said the government had, among other things, marginalised sport in schools, leading to a 30% fall in the number of trainee PE teachers, and abolished compulsory team games for children aged over 14.

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Scottish Government ministers are understood to be very interested in McLeish's proposals for sport in schools, which call on pupils to be given a minimum of three PE sessions a week.

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However, along with the loss of funding for the musical arts, PE has also suffered and classes are no longer taught nor required in a stunning number of American public schools.

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