Question follow-through · 2617

Sports: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the quality of sporting facilities in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
6 Sept 2024 · 38 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the quality of sporting facilities in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    This Government recognises that sport facilities are at the beating heart of communities up and down the country. High-quality, inclusive facilities help clubs to get more people active and by backing these clubs, the Government will support more people p...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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