Question follow-through · 61843
Sports: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children have access to (a) safe and (b) welcoming spaces for (i) play and (ii) sport within their communities.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children have access to (a) safe and (b) welcoming spaces for (i) play and (ii) sport within their communities.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
Playgrounds are a vital part of our social infrastructure. They contribute to the health and development of children and young people across the nation and build on the Government’s mission of opportunities for all by ensuring everyone has the best start ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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