Question follow-through · 8827
Sports: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing funding for local council sports grants (a) for young sports groups and athletes in Ards and North Down Council Borough a
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing funding for local council sports grants (a) for young sports groups and athletes in Ards and North Down Council Borough a
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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21 Oct 2024
Answer published
My officials have engaged with Treasury officials on this matter.The Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme has over 17 projects in 2024-25 in Northern Ireland. This Government is determined that, through our investment in grassroots sport, the legac...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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