To date, the Scottish Sports Council’s planning work on hall sports has been based on previous studies of sports centres. This had proved to be inadequate, partly because the information has not been current but mainly because provision for hall sports in other types of facilities, such as educational establishments and community halls, has not been ncluded. To fill this gap, the Council commissioned a study which requested current information on the levels of participation in hall sports and on the main types of facilities used for hall sports.