Question follow-through · 42450
Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase access to grassroots sports in local communities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase access to grassroots sports in local communities.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the vital role that grassroots sports provide for people across the UK, including the physical and mental health benefits of participating in sport and how grassroots clubs can foster a sense of community cohesion and pride in pl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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