The first chart below gives information about the money spent by British parents on their children’s sports between 2008 and 2014. The second chart shows the number of children who participated in three sports in Britain over the same time period.

The line graphs show the average monthly amount that parents in Britain spent on their

children

’s sporting activities and the number of British

children

who took part in three different sports from 2008 to 2014.

It is clear that

parents spent more money each year on their

children

’s

participation

in sports over the six-year period. In terms of the number of

children

taking part, football was significantly more popular than athletics and swimming. In 2008, British parents spent an average of around £20 per month on their

children

’s sporting activities. Parents’ spending on

children

’s sports increased gradually over the following six years, and by 2014 the average monthly amount had risen to just over £30. Looking at

participation

numbers, in 2008 approximately 8

million

British

children

played football,

while

only 2

million

children

were enrolled in swimming clubs and less than 1

million

practised athletics. The figures for football

participation

remained relatively stable over the following 6 years.

By contrast

,

participation

in swimming almost doubled, to nearly 4

million

children

, and there was a

near

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fivefold increase in the number of

children

doing athletics