Question follow-through · 3209
Sports: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure children from deprived backgrounds can participate in sport.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Oct 2024 · 42 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure children from deprived backgrounds can participate in sport.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government believes that every child - no matter their background or ability - should have the opportunity to play sport and be physically active.We provide the majority of our funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body, Sport England ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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