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Sports: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides to grass roots LGBTQ+ sports teams.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
17 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides to grass roots LGBTQ+ sports teams.

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The government is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in sport at all levels. We will continue to work with the sport sector to help it be inclusive and welcoming to its spectators, participants and workforce, including LGBTQ+ people.Sport Engl...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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