Question follow-through · 67303

Sports: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that older people can engage in community sports in the West Midlands.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
16 Jul 2025
Answer
21 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that older people can engage in community sports in the West Midlands.

  2. 16 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, including older people, should have access to and benefit from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.Sport and physical activity play a vital role in driving positive public health outcome...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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