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

The first chart depicts the average expenditure on

children

's

sports

each month by British parents

while

the second illustrates the

number

of

children

taking part in three

sports

in Britain at the same time.

Overall

, it can be seen that the money spent on

children

's

sports

witnessed a gradual rise

while

the

number

of

children

taking part in three

sports

experienced growth in the period time in question.

Besides

, football was the most popular sport.

To begin

with, in 2008 the

number

of football participants started at around 8

million

children

and it

then

relatively remained stable in 2010.

However

, the figure significantly rose to 9

million

children

in 2012 and continuously went up in 2014. If we look at swimming, the trend is similar. The

number

of

children

opting into swimming began at around 2

million

and the figure

then

sustainably increased and reached around 3.75

million

children

.

Lastly

, in the first two years, the

number

of

children

who participated in athletics was unchanged at under 1

million

but it

then

remarkably increased to 5

million

in 2012.

However

, the figure experienced a slight decline

at

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around 4.5

million

in 2014. Moving on to the other categories, there was a substantial growth in the amount of money spent on

children

's

sports

by British parents each month which started at 20 pounds and peaked at 33 pounds in 2014.