Question follow-through · 49862
Sports: Public Participation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve links between grassroots sports clubs and schools, in the context of efforts to (a) improve physical education and (b) support participation in sport.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 1 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve links between grassroots sports clubs and schools, in the context of efforts to (a) improve physical education and (b) support participation in sport.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
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16 May 2025
Answer published
The government-funded School Games Organisers (SGOs) play a vital role in ensuring all children have access to local and inclusive sport and physical activity. With over 450 SGOs nationwide, they support schools in providing physical activity both during ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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