The inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games, which are credited as being the brainchild of current International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, are set to take place in August this year.

Sir Philip, who is also an IOC member as well IPC President, revealed that he will be attending the Singapore 2010 Games and is very excited that they are taking place but admitted that a Youth Paralympic Games remains a long way from becoming a reality at present.

Sir Philip told insideworldparasport: "I shall be in Singapore for the Youth Olympic Games observing them and I’m very much looking forward to them.

"The IOC has put in a huge amount of effort with regard to education as well as the competition at the Singapore Games which is fantastic.

"But really, and this is not a comment with regard to the Youth Olympic Games, I see development starting locally.

"I see the development of new athletes, no matter what country in the world you are talking about, starting regionally.

"It really starts with local clubs and enthusiasts and finding those human energy sources that want to build Paralympic sport.

"For example, I recently heard about the revival of the Dutch men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams.

"Now that revival didn’t happen by chance; it happened locally within Holland and then became evident on the world stage afterwards.

"You see a lot of development like that in Great Britain too which is why I believe local development is the key for boosting young athletes in Paralympic sport at the moment.

"It would therefore be unwise to go through a world stage like a Youth Paralympics before we have many more development events at a far more localised level.

"Who knows in 15 or 20 years time, maybe we will have a Youth Paralympic Games but I don’t envisage that at the moment."

Sir Philip (pictured) also claimed that he is delighted to see a growing number of Paralympic events at a local level which he believe will only help boost the Paralympic Movement.

He said: "As well as the BT Paralympic World Cup, which features some of the best young Paralympians on the planet, we have the Arafura Games in Darwin which take place once every two years and incorporate Paralympic events.

"We also now have a junior Paralympic event in the Americas and a junior Championship in Asia so things are really happening right now but whether it will all come to a world level is a different question.

"Another thing is that it is so expensive to move teams around these days that I’d sooner see it kept at a local level for the time being."

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