Band 7+: 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 period. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The first chart delineates information about British parent’s expenditure on their children’s sports from 2008 to 2014, while the second one presents the number of participations in three sports of British children over the same period.

Overall, the average monthly spending on children’s sports followed an upward trend, and was allocated on three different sports namely Football, Athletics, and Swimming.

The figure for average spending every month on children’s sports in 2008 stood at 20 pounds, which continued to soar slightly to 25 pounds in 2010. The expenditure showed no sign of declining, reaching 28 pounds in 2012 and finally settled at 32 pounds in 2014.

Athletics participants commenced with half a million children, and kept on gaining in popularity to reach its peak at 5 million children in 2012, plunging slightly to 4.7 million children two years afterwards. Children swimmers witnessed a steady climb, which had approximately 2 million children to start with, and picking up more children to stop at 3.5 million. Over the same 6-year period, the number of Footballers fluctuated at around 8 million, far greater than the other two sports.