Question follow-through · 60282
Highland Games
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the contribution of the Highland Games to UK sporting (a) culture and (b) heritage.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the contribution of the Highland Games to UK sporting (a) culture and (b) heritage.
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2025
Answer published
DCMS recognises the contribution of the Highland Games to UK sport, culture and heritage but no formal assessment has been made as these areas are devolved to the Scottish Government.However, we would encourage the Highland Games community to engage with ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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