Question follow-through · 87738

Sports: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support grassroots sports.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
12 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support grassroots sports.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone should have access to, and benefit from, quality sport and physical activity opportunities.In England, the Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sports through our Arm’s Length Bod...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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