Strategic monitoring is an important function of research at Sport England. This includes:

• Tracking how many and who participates;
• National and regional measurement of participation;
• Tracking trends and measuring performance against targets.

'Tracking trends' research projects can be found below:

The Active People Survey

The Taking Part Survey 2007/8

Taking Part Survey 2005

Yorkshire Participation Survey 2005

Lifestyle Sports 2005

An audit of sport provision in Higher Education 2004

Health Survey for England 2003

Participation in sport 2002 (General Household Survey)

General Household Survey 1996

National Survey of Young People and Sport 2002

National Survey of Younger People and Sport 1999

Disabled Young People's Participation in Sport 2000/01

Disabled Adults' Participation in Sport 2000/01

Sports Participation and Ethnicity in England: national survey 1999/2000

Sport Participation in Europe (COMPASS) 1999

Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey 1990